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could damage efforts identify a second suspect. valerie is begging the public for help. >> every day, i'm thinking about this. it's never going to go away. >> the loss has been painful because of the exciting future waiting for him just days away. >> where do you see yourself in three years? >> on a boat traveling the world meeting a lot of new people. >> he graduated from a marine training program looking forward a life of adventure, following the death charles gave the gift of life to others organ donation. another example, his sister says, that he was. >> he was so clean, he lived a clean live, all five of his organs were able to save lives right away. >> finding those responsible has been a slow, painful process. and valerie says sitting is not an option.
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>> i'm going to continue to fight for him. anything i'm going to do, i'm going to do. >> the organs donated to at least two other people, police are asking anyone with information to contact them, immediately. >> thank you, nick. >> there is some breaking news in oakland. we're live where the edwards after off vamp closed there. is a shooting appearing to be a window shot out of a car there. police not saying anything about circumstances and there is a edwards avenue off ramp shut down now for an investigation involving a shooting. >> in oakland a grieving for seven victims of the oikos university shooting began today with gentle strains of music.
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there is daily concerts being held. the tragedy occurred a week ago today. the man who admits shooting victims one goh is due back in court april 30th. the state assembly adjourned in memory of the victims. names of all victims. assemblyman swanson called it a senseless crime saying his heart goods out to families of the victims. >> police are preparing to present the district attorney with evidence from this weekend's crash that killed a father and young daughter out on a bike ride. witnesses say the 17-year-old who hit the victims saturday morning was speeding and trying to pass a car. he veered off the boulevard and ran them down on the sidewalk before running into a wall.
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his 11-year-old daughter suffer aid broken leg in this crash. >> i'm an old dad. i've got a 7-year-old sob son. so this made me kind of extra at night hugs and reflect on this easter holiday. what is important. >> this driver being held on two counts of manslaughter. it's going to be up to the d.a.whether to charge him as an adult there. is a discussion on our facebook page we asked if the driver should be charged now as an adult. nathan wrote no. society's fault if anything charged folks that hand out licenses to children. doug says this is a tragic event that is affecting everyone involved however, what i know speeding and texting and talking on the phone is charge him as an adult. now if you'd like to join the conversation just log on to our page. we'd like to hear from you.
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>> dramatic testimony today from a man accused of killing three members of a family. the 25-year-old ed win ramos told a jury his mother never loved him and he was beaten by one of her boyfriend. when he was 16 he ran away and joined a group affiliated with a violent latin american game. the d.a.says his case is strong. >> we feel comfortable in this case presenting nearly 100 witnesses and over 500 pieces of evidence. >> ramos is accused of shooting anthony bolognia, his sons in june 2008 as the family was driving home from a picnic. prosecutors say ramos mistook one son for a rival gang member. >> there is a grand jury not looking into the case of trayvon martin meaning the
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decision whether to charge a watch captain will be up to the prosecutor. and also, that first degree murder charge is now off the table. we report from florida. >> as calls for arrest grow louder a special prosecutor decided against sending the case to a grand jury. two prosecutors are working to determine whether there is evidence to bring charges against zimmerman. the family attorney says clients are hoping for a public trial to show justice system works for everybody. >> as they go through this day, they will see the announcement of no grand jury will be followed by an announcement of an arrest. >> zimmerman's attorney called this move cure ragis. thousands had descended on stanford, florida calling for zimmerman's arrest,
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criticizing how police handled this case. college students calling themselves dream degrerndz marched about 40 miles to the police station. this is where demonstrators blocked air main entrance. zimmerman's attorneys are cautioning people against jumping to conclusion autos everybody wants to know what happened. we need to take a step back and let evidence come out. >> in stanford, florida i'm sandra endo. >> police say the man a.accused of shooting five people, killing three in tulsa, oklahoma confence fesed to the crimes, they appeared in court today via video from jail. charged with first degree murder and shooting with intent to kill, all victims were african americans and prosecutors must decide whether or not this was a hate crime. >> certainly we'll take a look at all of the facts and evidence and make decision that the facts bare out.
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it's preliminary to determine what motivation was behind this. >> police are examining his facebook page say postings show he was seeking revenge for the shooting death of his father which he blames on a black man. >> and clear skies coming to an end. there is a wet tomorrow. >> absolutely no. just tomorrow. there is a live doppler 7 hd. there is some moisture and the beginning of the storm. there is no rain reaching the grounds yet but this will be changing. there is a quick preview. you'll notice showers into the wee hours of the morning. and there is beyond afternoon, this is just the first system, two storms totalled this week.
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>> thank you. see you shortly. a study suggests a link between obesity during pregnancy and autism. its the first time research linked autism with weight. >> this 7-year-old diagnosed at 4. his mother says he has add ai sues year after an immunization and she thinks there is a connection. the theory has been rejected. now a new study says obesity might increase of chance of autism but ronnie says her weight was always normal, and anyway, she tried not to dwell on discovering a cause, focusing on needs, now. >> i would love to find what caused it. then, i think intervention is the key. i think when you, i know it's hard to find out when your child is suffering but i think
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the quicker intervention it's better for everybody. >> the davis study looked at a thousand children two to five years old. nearly 700 add developmental delays. more than 300 did not. and there is a one in 88 chance of having a child with autism. >> what we've found is the children with autism were more likely to have a mom who had been obese during pregnancy or diabetes or hypertension that is about a 60% higher risk. >> the study senior authors say all three of the conditions share chronic inflammation skpin creased insulin levels but that is just a jumping off point. >> and how that would affect the brain of the feem feetus is not well understood, it
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adds a suggestion why it's not a good idea to be obese when getting pregnant. >> rechers say they'd like to see more studies on environmental factors contributing to autism. >> just ahead face dookbook with a big buy. >> the company is instagram sold for $1 billion. >> also, a job opportunity for yahoo employees facing layoffs. the rekrurting efforts from the motor city. >> it's a dirty job for firefighters. stay with us. the news continues in one moment.
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face bk is spending $1 billion to buy insta graham. it lets people share photo was friends. this is a picture of the golden gate bridge today. and this... is how it looks with instagram. like a polaroid picture from 1970s. so here, take a look at this picture of the bay bridge before instagramz then... take a look. here it is after. after the filter is applied abc 7's david louie is going join us live now to tell us more. >> and this is the largest accusation. >> and a sample helps
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underscore why it's become so popular and why there are 30 million users today. facebook spent $1 billion on it but reasons just beyond esthetics. instagram is more than a photo application. it let's fot yez -- people post photos on different social media sites. saying it provides valuable information about personal interests. >> taking photos of snow boarding i'm taking photos of cars face dook book going to be able to tap into the data. and victoria is the ceo of a marketing software company. photos are searchable and posted to promote popularity
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this will give it more value. the ceo wrote, quote, we don't plan to do many more of these in fi. but providing best photo sharing experience is why many people love facebook and analysts don't believe facebook is done with acquisition autos reality is that they're going to spend the money looking after into the future saying they are is just not credible. >> there is only 13 employees and two co-founders own 50% so they'll get $500 million. the rest going to early investors and perhaps employees. and users won't see major changes. they can still post on nonfacebook sites it shouldn't affect their exkbreerns a lot. i imagine face book is going to learn a lot from instagram. >> this has some people
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cheering and others scratching their heads because, by contrast yahoo bought flicker for $30 million and google just $5 million to acquire picasa. >> that is a lot of money. and a finance company trying to lure laid off yahoo workers to michigan. quicken loans started a web site to promote the city to yahoo worker who's lost their jobs and plans to interview candidates and fly them to detroi. yahoo is handing out pink slips to about 14% of its work force. >> there is a san jose man accused of bilking investors settle wtd sec tonight. did not admit or deny charges of fraud. he agreed to permanent injunctions against his web-based start up companies
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here you are incorporated and just use the money to stay in business. the agency will not seek advantage manages. >> on wall street jittery investors went on a selling spree reacting to disappointing job growth numbers. the dow closed below 13,000, adding 100,000 jobs in march. markets were closed on friday, so today, monday was the first chance to respond. the dow finished down 130 points. nasdaq down 33. s and p 500 lost 16 it seems self checkout scanners you probably use them from time to time are not saving retailers
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as much as expected because theft, weather intended or not is five times more likely to occur in a self check out lane. this is according to a report some ditched the lanes as a result of this. saying new tunnel scanners will likely reduce the problem by allowing them to put everything on a belt and have prices scanned automatically. >> i went to self check out yesterday. i don't want to be accused of letting everything get by me. >> i think they would know. >> throw me to the ground. >> you don't want a mug shot there. >> there is this week, you're going need rain gear so make sure you don't believe home without umbrellas. there are two storms coming. there is a beautiful view
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towards golden gate bridge. yes we're seeing clouds in advance of the first storm but that isn't here yet. there are highs so far 67 in san francisco. there is a lot of sunshine there looking towards the bay. wispy clouds livermore up to 71. there is spring like weather turning winter like soon here, there is moisture just off the coast here but it's well off the coast and will arrive into wee hours of the morning and going to be a wet commute tomorrow. here are the current readings, mild outside and there are temperatures into low 70s. 55 in half moon bay. rainy, cooler tomorrow, thunderstorms possible between tomorrow evening and wednesday. unsettled weather continues throughout the end of the week. here is a look at the satellite and radar.
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there is a system going to push in. the cold front will arrive we'll see conditions for your tuesday, wednesday, showers will be continuing behind the front. there is another storm coming up thursday, ging tonight just clouds at 7:00 p.m. there is rainfall approaching for morning commute we'll see wet roadways here beginning at 5:00 a.m. heading into 6:00, 7:00 rain spreads east and south. 10:00 a.m. front coming through everyone is getting wet. then behind this front there is still rainfall. looking near the front that isn't moving quick lism we'll see rainfall. could be heavy at times there is scattered showers and a little bit of a break that sets the stage for destabilizing the atmosphere.
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there is scattered showers continuing for wednesday afternoon and evening. rainfall totals beginning tomorrow morning, continuing until wednesday looking like this, up to an inch and a half, north bay a half an inch to an inch and a half. there is a quarter to three quarters of an inch. by morning cloud cover upper 50s to low. >>s. there is a cooler, wet breezy afternoon upper 50s to low 60s, tuesday also rainy ask cooler day. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. there could be thunder, more rain thursday with showers friday. then, in time for weekend plans we'll warm it up for you and bring sunshine and back to average temperatures by monday. >> that will be nice. >> yes.
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updating you on breaking news in oakland. sky 7 hd is on edwards boulevard. police say one person has been shot and sent to the hospital. and they won't say where the shooting occurred. we'll bring more information as soon as we get it a dirty job for a fire fighter in san francisco today responding to a trash truck fire at the
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great highway in balboa. seems the driver noticed smoke and called for help, firefighters say they had to dump a pile of trash into the street to put out that fire, which likely started after the driver picked up a can with something shouldering in it. >> a new state law takes affect july 1 but supporters say it's includes a key flaw, requiring used car dealers to post a report by a agency that tracks cars titles but not their repair histories. alternative bill giving the option 6 open r offering a record that includes a key detailed report. >> this is tough times, so families that are struggling buying a accused car, i bought my daughter a yees used car. i wanted to mow if the car had been in an accident. >> state senator says the bill is unfair to low income used
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a court injunction that could drive up california gas prices. a judge puts a stop to the club card discounts from safeway. there is a crisis facing the oakland police department. why they're too busy to respond to your calls. those stories and more at 6:00. >> the first family had some spring-filled fun today. >> holding the annual easter egg role at the white house. >> the president and fizz family, including first dog, bo sitting on the lawn reading books to kids. >> the event features egg-rolling races and a game called "hoot shoot for strength" with kids and harlem globetrotters. >> it took him
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