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pride and also of hope. >> today absolutely means pride in every way. i'm proud to be here. proud to be alive. proud to live in the bay area. proud of everything we accomplished. >> reporter: a huge accomplishment is last night's decision to allow same-sex marriage in new york sit. setting all celebrations throughout the country. plaintiffs challenging same-sex marriage in california says the new york decision energizes them in their continuing battle to legalize same-sex marriage here. >> we're having the best pride weekend ever because it got kicked off with incredible news from the state of new york and it's inspied our -- inspired our community from coast to coast, and we celebrated spontaneously last night. >> reporter: people here at the park are thrilled. >> it's amazing fabulous. wonderful. >> reporter: while the lbgt make be celebrating the decision
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opponents of same-sex marriage are not happy. >> i feel sad for our children because the next generation has to deal with a culture where gender doesn't mean anything. >> reporter: there are now six states and the district of columny -- columbia which allow same-sex marriage. this is one of the many celebrations during pride yankeeend, which ends with tomorrow's huge pride parade down market street. reporting live in san francisco, abc-7 news news. an an -- >> alan: a deadly accident at the amberwood garden senior home. we're live where the driver was going to visit a patient. >> leigh: that is very true. the driver tried to park in this very spot in front of me when she suddenly accelerated into
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the rec center. it's now boarded up. but the damage inside is extensive. >> just heard a really big noise, and when i turned around, the car was already halfway through the wall and just kept moving forward hit and hit quite a lot of the residents. pretty scary. >> leigh: it was 9:45 a.m. and seated examiners hat just started for the elderly suffering from alzheimer's and dim men -- dim men -- dementia. >> a lot of screaming, a lot of yelling-didn't know what was going on. >> leigh: then the realization that self -- several people were hurt some severely an 88-year-old woman from dementia died from her injuries. >> sad for anybody, more so baas
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-- because i just talked to her yesterday and the staff will be devastated. >> leigh: san jose emergency crews called for backup. a total of six ambulances showed up. >> i feel really bad. >> leigh: visiting family and friends were on edge. >> everybody said to calm down but -- >> leigh: this woman didn't want to be identified. her father lives here. though he wasn't in the room where the car crashed, she worried about his safety. >> they could have put barriers there. they can't -- the shouldn't have parking there. right in front of the window. should not have no parking there at all. >> didn't look like it was unsafe. just a very bizarre occurrence. so i don't think there was anything wrong with the way the facility was set up. just a bad day unfortunately. >> leigh: spoke with the police who told me no charges will be
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filed against the driver and this has been ruled an accident. therapists will be here at the facility tomorrow to speak with residents involved in the crash. live in san jose, leigh glaser, abc-7 abc-7 news. an an in nevada they fowd skid marks where a semi track slammed into a amtrak train. an unknown number of passengers were killed but they're still determining the exact number. the crash, which happened yesterday about 70 miles west of reno is being investigated by the ntsb. officers will be looking at the autopsy results of the semi-truck driver to determine if he was under the influence when the truck slammed into the train. 204 passengers were onboard and we spoke to some of them as they arrived in emeryville. >> people were screaming and trying to get out and we were
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just trying to keep ahead of the smoke. and people just kept -- nice orderly way kept walking to the back and getting out as fast as they could. some kicked out the windows. an an the truck driver and an amtrak crew member are confirmed dead. fremont police are investigating the discovery of a body in alameda creeker in the 880 underpass. a passerby found the body of a smallly decome posted adult male. police say they're not sure how he died. the area has been taped off and plain clothed officers are assisting with the investigation. fire crews rescued a woman trapped inside a burning house in berk -- hercules. is 20 firefighters took half an hour to put out those flames. neighbors reported the blaze and alertedlifts there was someone inside the home. >> they went into quick attack
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mode made a search located the victim just inside the structure, with the assistance of other firefighters they removed the victim. the victim was immediately provided advanced life support care by firefighter paramedics. >> alan: the victim was airlifted to the burn unit at valley medical center. her condition is not being released. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. the search resumes this weekend for missing nursing student michelle le. it's been nearly a month since le disappeared from kaiser hospital in hayward where she was nursing student. >> we're here today to help the family search but essentially eliminate areas for the pd to look. >> alan: le'd family and volunteers have launched 128
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searches. the police have classified the disappearance as a homicide. they have identified dozens of persons of interest but no arrests. >> a football game in pacifica had special significance for one team, playing in honor of a murdered team member. david hinderson was playing for the semiprofession afghan pacific ca islanders when he was shot in may. he was taken off life support in june 6th. today friends and fall lid held a fundraiser. he helped the islanders make the playoff. >> come from nothing and built it to something. i was proud of him. >> alan: police don't have a motive or suspect in henderson's murder. new insight into america's most wanted man. what some james whitey bulgers
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are saying. >> the giant symbol commemorating gay pride week is unveiled. >> leigh: a lot of fog out there, too. you can barely see it. the low clouds and fog slowly burned back to the coast today. this afternoon delightful day. temperatures warming a few doagz -- degrees today and then a chance of light showers ha you called to switch us to anthem yet? honey, how can i call now i can barely hear a thing with amber's band practicing. ♪ ♪ you're right we've had enough. but i know exactly what to do. you take care of the music and i'll switch us to anthem. sometimes you just have to pull the plug.
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> alan: through the fog you can see the pink try angle on twin peaks peaks to commemorate gay pride week. the group, the friends of the pink try -- triangle placed on twin peaks before every gay pride parade since 1995. >> organizers of the day pride parade say it's going to be as big as it's ever been. san francisco pride celebration committee is trying to resolve the financial difficulties of the past year. the san francisco chronicle says the nonprofit has reduced debt from $225,000 to $77,000 after community groups complained that they'd been short-changed by the
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event organizeres. the parade starts at 10:30 tomorrow morning at market and beale and enat market and eighth. >> americans are underestimating the country's debt crisis according to an "associated press" poll which found 41% of americans are opposed to raising the country's debt ceiling and 38% are in favor of it. lawmakers face an august deadline to raise the borrowing limit. economists warns the u.s. could default and cause a respeaks and loss of faith in the economy. republican -- president obama is pushing for increased tax revenue to be part of the deal. some new insight into the life of mobster james "whitey" bulger after his capture earlier this week. bulger was arrested in san mont nick -- santa monica after 16
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years on the run. neighbors see bulger gave him gift and worried about their personal safety, giving one a flashlight and a picklight, and his affection for dogs. >> i found my dog in the dumpster of he said somebody who put a dog in the dumpster should be shot in he head. >> alan: still ahead on abc-7 news sigh of relief for some praising for historic flooding in north dakota. and here in the pay area, a little cooler and breeze 'er today. >> leigh: rogue says there is some rain in the forecast. >> mike: the g-men with their fourth straight men behind a stellar performance of matt cain and serena williams, after nearly a year off, has moved a step closer to defending her
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>> alan: good news for people living in north dakota. the national weather service has lowered its crest projection for the river saying it may not crest until early tomorrow
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morning. already more than 4,000 homes in minot have been flooded and more than 11,000 people living nearby have been evacuated. not much surprises, leigh, but rain in the forecast at this time of the year. >> leigh: may see a little something-something come in here next wednesday. in fact, i have been putting the forecast models together for you. at least today tonight tomorrow, the next couple of days no rain in the forecast. then in fact we are going to feel some warmer temperatures. this is a live shot from the watermark cam . a you can see the low clouds venturing back inland and that's what we'll see overnight. 83 in antioch. 57 in san francisco. golden gate bridge, 73 redwood city. san jose, 69. sunshine. 72 los gatos. here's a look at the highlights for the next few days.
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patchy low cloud overnight, moving inland. a warmer day on sunday and monday, and then we start to cool things down, bringing in a slight chance of a shower or two as we head into tuesday night and wednesday. we started off this morning with a pretty good deck of low clouds and fog nor the coast but the west to northwest winds pushed it down banked it up along the coast, the winds will return overnight. we look for some of this to venture back in over the bay. 57 santa rosa. san jose 54. today it was high pressure/low pressure battling it out. creating strong onshow winds so the fog out there this evening will be push inland because of the onshore winds. tomorrow, high pressure will build in and that's going to bring us the sinking air and thin out the low clouds and fog.
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we'll be up another four our five degrees tomorrow. let's talk about this chance of rain. this is 7:00 a.m. tuesday. this is just one forecast model, but a pretty active funnel system developing to the west, and by tuesday night, 10:00 northern sonoma county may be getting rains and showers over much of the bay area, and then just moves out wednesday night. i show you this in case the roof is off your house or you're painting your hose this will help you be prepared. here's a look at the highs for sunday. lots of sunshine. 60s, pacifica. 77 redwood city. sunshine for san seasons tomorrow. 67 degrees. infinor, if you're heading to the race, they're starting enens at noon.
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80 for napa. 72 for oakland. san lee andre, 73. interior east bay temperatures warming up. 85 for pittsburg and look for 72 degrees for watsonville. the accuweather seven-day forecast. nice mild to worm temperatures sunday and monday. temperatures start to drop off on tuesday. increasing clouds, leading to a chance of showers mainly in the north bay and then warm things back up next weekend, just in time for the long 4th of july weekend. >> alan: giants bouncing back. >> mike: that'sthat's right. behind matt cain. and sanchez on the d.l. and zito is activated. beautiful day for sailing by the bay and cleveland in up to. in the fifth justin to-bat
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masterson, sit down. bottom seven. scoreless. matt chops one up the middle and after a walk. tony zip' in relief and he balks. the only run of the game. giants win it. >> that's the way it goes sometimes. got to find ways to get across and do whatever you can. just trying to pick those toys up and keep taking advantage. >> unfortunate games go out and not get the win. for us to be able to fine some way to score not the normal way to score but we'll take it. >> mike: got do something about the beard. a's in philadelphia trying to snap a three-game losing streak. top three a's down 1-0. gonzalez, deep to right and gone. the solo shot ties the game at
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1-1. trevor okay hell pitched very well. got some help today. robbing chase utley. scott sizemore with a clutch twoout single cocoa crisp will score. first saturday at wimbledon, all the beg guns on the grass courts. roger federer advances, and nadal resuming his match against mueller today. battle of the lefties. nadal up two-0. cruise in the third. wins in three sets. nadal will next meet del potro on monday. also today, djokovic and marcos, getting the best of novak. four saying, djokovic up a set. then djokovic comes up with a
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lob that marcos cannot handle. match point. marcos wide so djokovic moves on. >> women serena, the big serve. what else is new? and then she wins that set. match point same recipe for success. even bigger forehand. rolls in straight sets. >> let's tee it up pga tour. third round of the travelers where 19-year-old patrick cantily shot a so-under -- 10-under 60 yesterday. a court record at tpc river highlands in connecticut. cantily came down to earth today. 4 off the lead. bryce moulder had himself a round. check out this & birdie putt.
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he is 15-under. one back of your leader, jacobsen. he was on fire, well off the green. he is 16-under and has not made a bogey all week. third round of the weg men's emergency emergency -- lpga. yani tseng a 13-under, five-stroke lead heading into sunday. >> earthquakes hosting the los angeles galaxy. first half, san jose on the attack. check out this hit. l.a. would have to good to a third-string goalie mike mcgee. he plays forward. earthquakes still couldn't score. >> goal cup final tonight in
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mexico, and u.s. we'll have that for you a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
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hooting has left four people injured on market and jones street in the tender line. the shooting happened 15 minutes
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