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these are christians with a message. they don't believe harold camping, and they're here to help anyone that did. >> we have a compassion for the people that are affected. they've been deceived. it's a big hoax. >> lisa: today, kelly and keith bauer were here at radio headquarters. they drove from maryland with their two small sons. part curiosity and part belief that today do be judgment day. >> we had bills, we had to tell time. we thought if it does happen. >> reporter: since it, meaning the rapture didn't happen they left. for their cross-country trip home. believers and nonbelievers have been stopping by all day but there's been no sign of harold camping, the man who actually made the prediction. >> it will be the beginning of
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judgment day and it will begin wherever the calendar says may 21. >> lisa: no one was home at camping's alameda house but his neighbors were. >> i'm a skeptic. it's going to end sometime, but i think his pages must have stuck together in this copy of the bible when it says we're not to know the hour of the moment. >> that's -- he made a similar prediction in 1994ishing i hope there are no bad repercussions from it because everybody reacts a different way to these things. >> the athiests through a party, calling it their regional immediating meeting and post-rapture party. >> what normally happens is they say, well, god changed the date.
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we were right but god changed his point and -- mind again. >> lisa: they're here to help not a sungle camping follower has come by asking for it. live in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news. >> alan: a masked man got away with a bag of cash after he robbed a precious metals business in mill milpitas. he pulled a gun and demand cash. >> the business was open. the suspect came in the business with his handgun, and i'm assuming demanded money. there's no audio only video. so that's all we can talk about. >> alan: it appears he took more than $10,000. officers and sheriff's deputies searched the area near the store
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but failed to find the man. the store's surveillance camera might help them identify the robber. >> san francisco police are carefully reviewing surveillance tape in theirs investigation of a stabbing on muni. it happened around 8:00 p.m. last's last night. it started as a fight between a group of men and women. the victim was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his face ander torso. pg&e reports one of its gas transmission lines passed a pressure test. the test resellled -- resellled this test. when i reedge gauged the line it showed two different readings about they weren't drastically different and there's no reason for concern. the test comes in response to the tragedy in san bruno when a gas line explosion killed people and destroyed homes. they're going to have another
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test in south san francisco and san bruno so that might cause you to smell some gas in the air. >> san jose's vietnamese community celebrated the unveiling of a sign welcoming the world to little saying -- saigon. private donations paid for the sign, and naming the area little saigon ignited a controversy four years ago. a council member opposed the idea and suggested calling it the saigon business district. that started a recall effort against her. she kept her seat but lost the sign battle and did not attend the ceremony. if you're headed to lake tahoe anytime soon, some good news. highway 50 just re-opened a few hours ago. the main highway between the bay area and south lake tahoe was closed for nearly two weeks while crews raised the height of some rock wall barriers there. this is time lapse video of the
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project. there are currently no driving restrictions on this stretch of highway 50 but come monday it will only be open to one-way traffic during construction. this will last for another four to six weeks on weekdays. two pieces of steel from the fallen twin towers ahead in napa. they plan to use the buildings in the steel of its own september 11th memorial. the port authority of new york and new jersey own the buildings. the agency offered the steel to communities around the world to use in memorials remembering victims and heroes of 9/11. napa will break gowned on september 11th the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks. >> the former site of san francisco supervisor harvey milk's camera store will open as a suicide crisis call center. it's a nonprofit that provide
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crisis intervention to lgbting you. tomorrow's unveiling will happen of the harvey milk call center tomorrow. also in attendance will be members or harvey milk's inner circle. he used the store for his campaign headquarterses. another republican says he is in 2012. who will join newt beginning goodrich. mitt romney, and ron paul? next time you have a question for your doctor, you could be asking a computer. end's watson could soon be called dr. watson. >> the signed of the ends of days. iceland's most active volume can know -- volcano is rerunting. leigh >> leigh: right now we're seeing
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cain announced he is running for president. >> this moment i came here to declare my candidacy for the republican nomination for profit the united states of america. >> alan: cain is a tea party favorite. the 65-year-old has been traveling all over the country to sproa dues himself to voters. on monday tim pawlenty is expected to announce he plans to run for president, too. a nasa first today. the pope gave a blessing to the crew of the space shuttle endeavour. >> dear astronauts, i'm very happy to have this extraordinary opportunity converse with you during the mission. >> alan: pope benedict xvi bestowed a historic blessing on the 12 strawtz -- astronauts circling earth. it included good wishes for gabrielle giffords. the pope said he admired the astronauts courage, discipline and commitment.
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>> i believe it was very interesting event for him. in fact it was the first time that the pope has called to a station in space and i think it's really touched him. >> alan: the extraordinary conversation as pope benedict described, occurred after the astronauts inspects a small gash in the shuttles belly. nasa says the gash poses no safety concern. iceland's most active volcano is erupting. an eruption has begun. local media are reporting smoke can be seen coming from the volcano. scientists have been expecting the eruption but it is not expected to cause a disruption to air travel.
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>> historic flooding forced thousands of gulf coast residents from their homes, but tonight, evacuations has been postponed at the mississippi is at a slow rise. cloudy and breezier weather in the bay area but warmer temperatures ahead. leigh glaser is coming up. >> mike: the sharks are back in their series with vancouver as they win last night and now trail the canucks 2-1. game four is on sunday and ♪ ♪ ♪
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>> alan: the jeopardy winning computer, watson, could soon be called dr. watson. the supercomputer is now getting into the medical profession. >> familiarity is said to breed this. watson. >> what is contempt. >> alan: ibm computer is best known for defeats the world's top jeopardy players. it's taking training questions from medical students. ibm says watson could be diagnosissing patients and suggesting treatments in the next couple of years. the mississippi river continues to swell as it approaches baton rouge
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louisiana, and the delta area. but it's slow going and that's a relief for some who are still hoping they don't have to leave. we have more. >> reporter: residents of st. martin parish have been evacuating when a mandatory evacuation order went in effect. thursday those who refused to leave had to sign a waiver. >> i'm not going to put my tail between my legs and run off. >> reporter: most heeded the words, but saturday morning they were unexpectedly coming back. with the river rising slower than expected officials postponed the evacuation until monday morning. >> hoping for the less. the levels have gone down. which we're tickled about. >> reporter: for residents of butte larose it was reprieve. in many cases they left their
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homes undefended. now they were giving a second chance. >> i have better shot of protecting my property. >> reporter: there are were some whoer in planned to leave in the first place. >> made the decision to leave the last second. we're not going to get out unless it's obviously still does. >> reporter: east of butte larose, the city of baton baton rouge awaits its turn. a 20-barge accident closed five miles of the mississippi river on friday. >> alan: i'm glad it's not the end of the world today. we wont be able to enjoy this nice weather. >> leigh: the low clouds are moving in bought lot of sunshine still with us. the westerly breeze really kicking up. anybody over the waters the low cloud and fog, the sea breezes are going to move it inland tonight. still have two 70s.
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santa rosa, 71 and los gatos, 70. 57 right now san francisco. concord, 64. we had 69 in antioch and 62 right now in livermore. here's a look at the winds. they're starting to die down in some locations. by sfo airport gusts at 31. westerly winds half moon bay 22. and northwesterly now 17 in san jose, she wind -- the wind should die down this evening. we look for low clouds to move in get ready for a breeze and and cooler day on sunday, and then these clouds and fog will be with us for the next couple days. we actually had a weak cold front or a trough of low pressure, it squeezed out a few drops in the higher elevations today. here we are right now. the trough is pushed towards the east. there's a little break in the action you can clearly see the
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low clouds and fog gathering off the coast. those sea breezes usually move inland tonight. 50 tonight for san trance and oakland. 46 for napa. san jose, 49 degrees. here's a look at the setup for at least the next couple days. there's the trough that moved through today. we still have a little high pressure with us, and that will keep us with some rain -- no rain but a stronger sea breeze setting up behind the trough as this system gets closer to us. the stronger sea breeze will translate to fog and clouds tomorrow. here's a look at the highs for sunday. 59 for campbell. los gatos, 70 degrees. 66 for sunnyvale. at the coast, strong winds out of the west. a breezy afternoon, highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. we look for mid-to-upper 50s on the practice. -- on the peninsula. in the north bay, 71 for santa rosa, 68 for napa.
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oakland tomorrow 66. 65 for castro valley. interior east bay brentwood, antioch, temperatures to climb into the low 70s. 71 for concord. walnut creek 69. 65 for santa cruz and gilroy 70. the seven-day forecast, coastal fog sunday and monday, and warms up tuesday and another system will bring us clouds on wednesday. and then warm back up by next thursday and friday. >> alan: thank you very much, leigh. shu, it really could be thoafnedz the world for some fans if the sharks don't pull off the stanley cup. >> mike >> mike: now they have a chance. we have not had a trim -- triple crown river since 1978. we go to baltimore. we had a clean start of the race. 14 horses trying to hold off animal kingdom.
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and shackleford battles for the lead route out of the gate. >> animal kingdom on the outside. in the inside it's shackleford. animal kingdom. shackleford. hold on. >> mike: shaglefordor winner, holding off animal kingdom by treeks -- three-quarters of a length no triple crown winner in two 11. >> the sharks played with a sense of urgency in their win over vancouver, and as a result they're back in the series, trailing the canucks 2-1. they came out firing. canuck goalie long go scoring three times on power play. yesterday's game was blueprint to the series. they need to replicate nat game four tomorrow. >> energy, desperation, sense of urgency, you know. >> kind of easy to find.
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i'd like to see us find the next game. >> i'd like them to approach it like it's game seven. >> mike: game four even conference finals, boston and tampa bay. bergeron with the steal and goal. his second of the game. 3-0. the lightning storm back. three second-period goals. ties the game at three. in the third malone drops one back to gagne and he finds the line. tampa bay evens the series with a 5-3 comeback victory. game one of the regular season bay bridge series had a dramatic ending last night with aubrey huff's tenth inning rbi single giving the g-men the victory with the 2-1 final. the torture continues. the a's looking to snap a skid in san francisco. buster posey grounds one to several, plates torrez.
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1-0g-men. anderson we woo get out of the inning without anymore damage. five ks in five innings. lincecum was dealing as well. he had a one-hitter through seven. now bottom six. still 1-0. the line into the corner, huff tries to score from first bull ellis nails him at home. we have your complete highlights at 11. >> pga tour's crowne plaza invitational where david toms is trying to win his first golf tournament since 2006. great start tying the pga record for two rounds with back-to-back 62s. sun was out early in colonial in ft. worth. shot of the day. tricky chip. lumpy is 1-under. tom missing the short par.
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3-over when play was suspended due rain. on 11, wie's approach. 104 yards, nearly holes it. 3-under through 14, and 12-under, only one shot back of toms. >> the tour of california is down the final two stages as we look for our 2011 champion. the queen stage second to last stage, and it's grueling. 75 miles from claremont up to mt. baldy. it was your race leader to emerge from the front of the pack. horner retains the yellow jersey and maintains his eight second lead heading into tomorrow's final stage. >> mavs and thunder, earthquake and saber cats for you tonight. >> alan: coming up, the biggest feline celebrity in the bay area it's klepto the cat. he made an appearance with
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