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and did disrupt some father's day celebrations. >> my mom went to wake up my brother, who was asleep, and she noticed there was smoke across the street. so, we all paid attention to what was going on, and then we noticed that it was a blaze, and we didn't know what to do. we noticed it was coming closer so the police came in and he told us all to evacuate. >> reporter: her fence and the backyard went up in flames. other homeowners had their fences go up in flames, some landscaping also burned. no homes were damaged. no homes caught fire, no injuries in firefighters or civilians, but scary moments in benecia. abc-7 news. >> alan: a shark sighting had
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everybody out of the water at stinson beach today. the u.s. coast guard ship spotted the shark. it was heading south towards the beach so they issued a warning. today the beach was packed with people enjoying father's day but for the text -- next five days people will not be allowed in the water before the knees. >> in lake county a -- -- investigators searched search warrants and they're looking for kevin stone of clear lake in connection with shootings. >> a fairfield man suspected of setting off a bomb under a car last month is in custody tonight. daniel garcia was arrested after a 7-1/2 hour standoff last
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night. here again is john alston. >> with the choking smell of tear gas hanging in the air, jimmy hicks showed us the home he rant from daniel garcia. broken glass covers the living room from from the s.w.a.t. standoff, along with a search warrant, allowing police to look for pipe bomb, smokeless begun powder, triggering devices, duct tape and commuter equipment. >> mr. garcia every talk about pipe bombs. >> no. >> hicks who was arrested for obstruction of justice when he wouldn't come out, says he moved in only eight days ago and barely knows garcia. >> i'm not trying to obstruct justice but doesn't look like a man having anything to do with a pipe job. >> the police thought otherwise. garcia became a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car three week ago in fairfield. police searched his home when he
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wasn't there discovered what they believe was a pipe bomb. garcia returned yesterday, surrendering after the police filled the home with gas. >> he run up and down the street naked. other than that -- >> a neighbor says he spoke with garcia last year,. >> showed me an experiment to generate electricity so wouldn't have to pay pg&e. hooked up a bike with a battery and a generator. >> police confirmed they're investigate will go there is a connect with a bombing case in march. that's when an elderly man picked up a newspaper near his driveway and it exploded. seriously injuring his hand, arm, and leg. residents wonder if this could be a break in the case. >> maybe this will help kind of get some more clues as to what is going on, if they are related or not. >> alan: john alston tells us also that garcia is being held in the solano county jail with
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bought. hundreds of volunteers searched for a third day for missing nursing student michelle li. ly's friends and family conducted 30 searches in and around niles canyon. her father talked about how difficult today's search has been. >> it's such emotional thing, especially today, father's day. we all coming together, to help michelle come home. that's the biggest father's day present i would ever ask for michele. >> alan: the family says they will organize more searches to hell -- help narrow down the areas law enforcement has to search. ly has been missing since may 21st. a traffic mishap for a tourist in san francisco today, a viewer sent in this picture of the small tourist rental car that flipped over and sent a
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person rolling out. he was not seriously injured but complained of chest pains pains. e-mail your photos at ureport kgo kgo tv.com. >> a father's day outing turned into a rescue mission. the coast guard had to save a father and his two sons after their beat capsized near bolina bay. the about capsized near alameda's boat ramp in eight feet of water around noon. all three onboard were plucked out of the bay and taken to the hospital for eval quietion. a woman considered the up for ambassador of san francisco's chinatown has died. shirley fong was an active member of the chinese historical society. she was one of the california delegates to the white house
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conference on travel and tourism. she is fondly remembered for her many contributions to san francisco's chinese american community and also the sister of rollingstons magazine writer ben fong torrez. >> friends gathered at a rock 'n' roll club to celebrate the life of clarence clemons. the stone upon in as werery park, new jersey, is the place where clemons, bruce sprieng steen and the e street band got their muse news cal -- musical start. clemons was a major influence sprieng steen's life and muck. -- music. clemmons suffered a stroke last week and died from complications yesterday. the dispute over america's role in libya. an explanation from nato on what happened when a missile hit
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>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to an maintain to. >> alan: nato says an air strike went astray and may have killed civil wraps. officials say nine civil yaps were killed, including two children. a nato commander is blaming a weapons system failure and says he regrets the loss of independent -- innocent civil yap lives. >> it's been 90 days since president obama ordered operations in libya. under federal law the president must get authorization from congress to continue. so far the president has refused to do so. here's more.
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>> reporter: for 90 days, without congress' permission, president obama has engaged the u.s. military in the nato-led mission in libya to remove gadhafi. the president's decision has divided washington. under the war powers resolution, the president must receive congressional approval to continue a military mission after 90 days of hostilities. >> we're spending $10 million a day to drop bombs on gadhafi's compounds. doesn't pass a straight face test that we're not in the midst of hostilities. >> the white house argues there are no ground forces fighting in libya and the u.s. does not face hostilities, but a top senate democrat said the u.s. is ingaged in hostilities and congress needs to sign off. >> i think that the war powers act and constitution make it clear that hostilities by remote control are still hostilities. >> reporter: outgoing defense secretary robert gates, who said the conflict in libya is not of
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vital national interest, doesn't think the president is breaking the law. >> i believe that president obama has complied with the law consistent in a american with virtually all of his pred are a- predecessors. >> republican senatorren john mccain is expected to introduce a bill in support of the mission. >> if gadhafi remains in power it could have profound consequences. >> even though speaker boehner suggested the house to use the power of the purse to cut off funding for the evident in libya, the white house is moving forward. >> alan: a new report describes early chaos after a tsunami slammed into japan's nuclear power plant. they had to bring protective gear and emergency manuals to distant buildings, and also had to borrow equipment from a contractor. the plant operator describes a
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desperate and heroic effort by the employees to keep the facility from melting down. the appreciate time was lost because they were struggling with unfamiliar equipment and the fear of radiation exposure. a group of bay area moroccans gathered at san francisco city hall to rally against violence in their country. [chanting] >> alan: protesters expressed the disapproval of the recent bombing in the city of marrakesh and criticized terrorism and praised the decision by the king to re-evaluate the country's constitution. and thousands are protesting the decision, saying the king's constitutional reforms don't go far enough. they're calling for more of a separation of powers. up next, some summerlike weather is on the way. meteorologist leigh glaser has your forecast coming up. rick rick.
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>> alan: hope you enjoyed your father's day. it was the day to do it. >> leigh: the first real heat wave of the season, and by tuesday, temperatures close to 100 degrees inland. >> alan: ouch. >> leigh: beautiful shot. nice visibility as the fog war -- was pushed to the south. the sutro cam, you can see the marin headlands and the golden gate bridge. it hasn't been a -- has been a warm day, 91 in antioch. 81 in napa. 69 right now in san francisco, redwood city, 84 degrees. check out santa rosa, 26 degrees from a high ofend. san francisco, up 10. 14 degrees in concord. san hoe sass was -- son jose was up 10 degrees. east bay, going to be a mild
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evening, overnight flows the 60s. warm to hot again tomorrow as we have a few more degrees of heating, and then looks like tuesday well by the hottest day with inland temperatures climbing close to 100 did he goes. started off with a little low cloudiness and fogger near the coast, and then in the morning hours, the wind started to push the fog well to the south of us. it was the northerly winds, and that helped to bring temperatures up as well. warm us up definitely this afternoon. here's a look at the lows tonight. mild inland, antioch, 64. 62 concord. clear sky. may see a few patchy skies. 58 for san francisco. and napa, overnight, 60 degrees. the setup for the next several days will be high pressure, bubble of warm to hot air will settle over the bay area. by tuesday, this high will be just on top of us. so, this will generate offshore winds and temperatures will be the warmestaround the bay area,
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70s, mid-to-upper 70s at the beaches. tomorrow morning, mainly clear. a little patchy fog here and there, put really we're going to warm up quickly tomorrow, by noontime, inland temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s. by tomorrow afternoon, mid-up to e. 90s, east bay, out towards the delta and tracy and the north bay. here's the highs, 90 for saratoga. at the coast, flirting with 70-degrees for half moon bay. 88, redwood city. san francisco, 78. 93 for santa rosa. napa, 90. oakland, 84. 88 for fremont. interior east bay, not only tomorrow but tuesday and wednesday, slow down a bet, check on the pets, because we're looking at high heat, especially on tuesday. we're going to 9 # for -- 96 for brentwood. 94 for concord.
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here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. tuesday, the hot is day and also the first day of summer. 100 degrees in the east bay. mid-to-upper 70s at the beaches. wednesday will trend a few degrees cooler, but still going to be hot inland. the fog returns more onshore, cooler temperatures, friday and saturday. but slow down, take it easy tomorrow, be mindful of that if you -- your boss has you working outdoors. >> alan: thanks a lot, leigh, let's talk to rick quan in for shu. the u.s. opened the way we thought it might. >> rick: the new tiger woods. this time there would be no melt down, after blowing a four stroke lead on the final day of the masters, rory mcilroy has a record-setting victory at u.s. open. at # 2, the irishman is the youngest open champ since bobby jones in 1923.
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after a birdie on one, check out his approach on 4. he sticks it just above the hole. it will spin back to within a couple feet. he'd birdie to go 16 under. led by 10 at that point. then on the 214-yard par-3 10th, mcilroy with the 6 iron. ball appears to come to a stop. then starts to roll again. it stops just inches from being a hole-in-one. he would shoot a final round 2-under par 9. several players played well but no one to mount a real challenge. garcia with the bump and run chimp on 12, would tie for 7th mcilroy would complete his wire-to-wire victory with this tap-in. his 16-under par total breaks the u.s. record by a whopping four strokes. jason day was second, eight strokes back. mcilroy's first major championship. >> i could have held a couple more putts today.
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i couldn't ask for much more, just so happy to be holding this trophy. >> rick: last month, the giants swept a three-game series from the a's at at&t park. today oakland had the chance to return the favor. going a ball game with dad is a great way to celebrate father's day. rowand with a double-down the line off cahill. sheer holes scores. that would be the only run cahill would give up. got help from the defense in the third, weeks robs aubrey huff of an rbi. matt cain was pitching a shutout until the 6th. coco crisp scores weeks. the game is tied. affeldt gives up a no-doubter to landon powell, his first home run of the season, proves to be the difference as the a's completely sweep. it's oakland's fifth straight victory. >> just playing with a lot of
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energy, and guys are throwing and the b.p. has been dog a -- doing a great job, and the starters are hanging in there. >> a great series at home here, won five straight. sometimes it's your pitching or your hitting. >> definitely not playing -- swinging the bat well. it's been kind of an ongoing deal. hopefully we can just turn it around. >> rick: at the college world series, cal took on top cede -- top seed virginia. the bears hoping their cinderella story kind in omaha, it was scoreless until the seventh with one out. hicks singles and scores the first run. the cavaliers added two more in the eighth. bunting goes all out but goes over his head. virginia would open up a 4-0 lead. cal finally got on the board in
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the ninth but the rally falls short as cline shuts the door. gets mag enthuse to pop out to end the cop test. the bears lose 4-1 but play tuesday in this double elimination tournament. >> we got 'em where we want 'em. from here on out, everybody is coming off a loss, and we're coming off a win. that's where we're at our best so go with that. that's what i'm trying to condition vince our guys. >> rick: cal plays the loser of the game between south carolina and texas a&m. that's on tuesday. the bears like to do things the hard way, coming back from the dead. >> alan: and fun watching. ryan reynolds is the latest superhero to hit the big screen.
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>> alan: ryan reynolds' latest superhero movie, green lantern, earned $52 million in its dibuoy weekend. that's actually low compared to other comic book adaptations. super8 slipped to second place, earning $21 million, and mr. popper's penguins earned $18 million in its debut. a lot of great movies to watch.
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