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upset. so as she was getting out of her passenger seat to unharness our son, who is nearly three, he was panicked. you can see the panic and she was screaming. and i reached over from the driver's seat still with my seat belt on to my my hand under meej her arm to guide her back in the passenger seat so we can talk this through. and waits that when i put my hand under her arm she had been, got bruised. >> he says the false imprisonment is based on moment whez turned the car around against her wishes. he's fighting the suspension. a judge issued a ruling against his bid to have the city attorney disqualified. there is another hearing friday. that outcome will determine whether the ethics commission takes up the misconduct case against him monday.
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in the newsroom abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. the uc davis police chief stepping down in the wake of a pepper spray assault last year. the lieutenant sprayed students during a november 18th protest. the uc davis police chief says she's decided to retire after discussion was the family. and says, quote, the university does not want had to be the defining moment nor do i wish it for it to be mine. >> deputies admit they're withholding information about evidence found during a search for young sierra lamar and insist it's necessary because of the investigation. the sheriff's dive team continued its search of what is called perk yolation pond. and it's not far from the spot where the 15-year-old disappeared more than a month ago. you can imagine the search is a double edged sword, finding
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something could mean very bad news. >> it's scary in some ways but if they can find us smg that leads to us her alive that would be g you know? maybe there sefdz they threw in the water. >> the sheriff's office says investigators with omding evidence because the investigation is far from over. a ground search scheduled for later this week. >> a school crossing guard has been aest ared for punching a woman in the face. police say he approached a 53-year-old woman and the victim said hi, he then told her he was going to punch her and then, he hit her in the face. he was arrested for sau saub -- assault and battery and booked into jail. he worked as a crossing guard for the foster city school district. >> uc berkeley is defending a funding plan for $321 million stadium project.
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today's report that this has to possibly tap into campus funds. now, uc berkeley deny that's claiming they're barred from student fees from the owe project. and students had mixed opinions about this. >> it's part of cal pride. it's one of the oldest stadiums in california. >> this is. >> no anticipation whatsoever. the fees any other sourt of funds like that will be needed for the project. >> there is "wall street journal" has not responded to our request. >> and there is reaction to the minimum wage proposal
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today, requiring the state to adjust every year based on inflation. an net? the prices gfs and services are higher but minimum wage is not. a committee just approved a proposal to give low wage bork workers a raise. for shawn spencer taking time off as a waiter to visit old friends in sacramento despite working two jobs, the he finds it's hard to live on minimum wage. >> i'm not going on rent first, you have every day expenses. >> valets to car washers help may be on the way. the labor committee is considering a bill adjusting the state minimum wage annually according to rate of inflation. it could never decrease.
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and they want to address a income gap. >> this is talking about giving tax breaks and helping out businesses and thinking about what plan do we have for working families? so they can have some relief. >> the last increase took affect four years ago. but southern california businessman says tying to inflation is a job killer and employers can not predict how much wages will go up year to year. many workers are paid minimum wage. >> there is labor, the biggest expense we v if you don't have predicability you're going to go out of business or cut jobs. >> and it would help him and millions of other californians live a better live.
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>> and that is gas going up and i'm making minimum wage. >> and other states tie their minimum wage to inflation. the california catholic conference found a single adult needs to make almost is a an hour to maintain a standard of living. >> and there is a staggering budget deficit. officials learn there'd is a short fall of $88 million for the next fiscal year. analysts blame the cost of prison realignment. officials have to make cuts without the financial hole because governor brown is asking for more cuts to county budgets. >> big changes are in store for oakland cannibis college as it struggles to survive. richard lee is handing over
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control to sky jones. the change more than symbolic. school will separate from the medical marijuana dispensary that lee also operated but the raid and loss of revenue will hurt. >> this is what we need in order to operate the school. a short term, we can survive through new enrollment. >> the school will move into a smaller location and saying teachers will volunteer until they can get back on their feet. >> some confusing moments today at major intersections after a pg&e equipment problem, service affected in the area of martin luther king junger way and third street around 10:00 this morning. the outage caused confusion burke no maiblg major problems. the malfunction blew off a man
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hole cover and 3800 customers lost service. and took crews an hour to restore power. a warning tonight, tomorrow, pg&e will be conducting a controlled release of natural gas. and if have you questions or concerns about the smell of gas you can give pg&e a call. >> the man who brought rock and roll and new year's eve television is dead tonight at age 82. >> to an older generation, this was the introduction dux to dick clark. clark built a media empire including new year's rocking eve and had to live down his boyish appearance. >> i have a terrible problem because people keep referring
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to me as america's oldest living teenager and all of that. >> and flowers are beginning to be place on his star on the walk of fame. he died of a massive heart tack at a santa monica hospital. and there is rebecca c says he will be missed knox unone can age as gracely. rest in peace. and cliff h says it's a giant loss for rock and roll and a generation. janet m says love the dance party of my youth. miss you, mr. clark. to join the conversation go to facebook. >> lovely man and a wonderful sense of humor, too. >> moving on ground breaking local research could reverse damage done by heart attacks coming up. >> and the southern california whale rescue we've been reporting on hits a snag.
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a break through could help reverse damage from a heart tachblgt researchers have discovered a method to reprogram cells that normally form scar tissue. researchers injected genes that stimulate broken embryos. he says result koz have implications for humans. >> we want to try to avoid this growing list of people who have heart failure that
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need a transplant. only way to do that is to have those individuals generate new heart muscle we think this might be a direct way. >> and. >> he says the team now tries to duplicate result autos local pediatricians are seeing new patients with hand, foot and mouth disease. state health officials say patients suffer from larger rash that's cover more wide spread areas of the wod body and victims lose more finger nails and toe nails. and more adults are coming down with the strain. experts say it can be prevent bid washing your hands and childrens hands frequent lie let's update you now on a whale rescue in southern california. there is a 40 foot whale last
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located, there we go. there is last located yesterday. and we'll zoom in and show you. today, crews who have been out looking all day from pacific marine mammal center trying to track down his whereabouts to free it from a 100 foot line. there is the latest on the story. >> an afternoon trip off dana point. there is a boat sport fishing eastbound encounters a lot of dolphins but this 40 foot great whale has rescuers trying to free it from lines has yet to be seen again. >> fog moved in really thick, it's making it hard. >> hopefully just circling around here. >> a team with a nonprofit
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received reports yesterday of a whale in trouble. the mouth and fins entanseled with fishing line. >> this was a challenge. >> rescuers were bumped but the team managed to attach three buoys and cut away 100 feet of fishing line before having to suspends the operation for the night. >> officials believe it was once connected to a lab or lobster pot its coming from south of the border. we don't do that in california. >> it's the third rescue attempt in less than a month. march 28th thj whale's tail fin found tangled in what is left of a fishing line. and there is video that shows a rescue of another whale. the most recent whale needing
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help is described as kelsey. >> do not approach it it's a dangerous animal, even for us, we're nervous working around this animal. >> there is several feet of fishing line wrapped around it's mouth, it's now healthy but authorities are concerned it could be in trouble. >> from whales to pets there is no worse feelings than what it wanders and get lost autos but there are way to keep track of them. >> pet products were big. there are tracking devices to help locate a missing pet. consumer reports just tested three gps units to see how well they can track pets that wander off.
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>> jesse runs a pet city and has pets and says it's not uncommon for a kog dog to run off. >> best thing to do is just breathe, not to panic. >> consumer reports tested three gps tracking devices to see if they can help find a run away pet. the $170 gtu 10 for $100. there are virtual boundaries online, then, you can yees use a smart phone and the romo uses a radio hand set. >> testing these i had another engineer carry them around outside. i tried to locate him. >> good news no engineer was lost and testers did find a hand set made it easy to track. >> and there is limited rain.
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and buildings can enjoy that. >> and there is 24 hours of battery live. >> and it's minimum virtual boundary about four acres. bigger than your average yard. >> your dog could be next door. and you'd never know it location is quick if you use it for an additional $5 per month. >> this is easier to track. >> it just might be worth it. >> and the garment uses at and t and charges $50 after the first year. the tags just $7.95 per month after the first month. to use verizon's network. so consumer reports says be
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sure to factor those in. >> if it works well, it's worth it. >> turning our attention to weather. >> let's go outside now. >> yes. we're on a role. >> and this is own going to get warmer. there is a san francisco fog moving in and out of the picture there. going to be summer like. there is another live picture from the south bay. high temperatures 71 degrees and we'll see a wide range of conditions over next couple days. numbers 50s at the coast. yet 60s and 70s around the bay and inland. mostly cloudy skies overnight. interest there is warmer heading into the weekend. it's going to be warmer friday, saturday. there is a front up in northern california we're just
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getting high clouds ahead of it. and high pressure will be pushing the storm track north. warmer conditions are expected at that ridge builds in. you'll see why the coast is not going to warm tomorrow. there is temperatures into low to mid. >>s and we'll see upper 40s in santa rosa and there is rain with just a possibility right now. there is clouds burning back to the coastline, keeping coastal areas on cool side. inland areas are going to enjoy warm, sunny weather. there is from 71 to 78 degrees. you're increasing tomorrow. 80 degrees los gatos, yes,
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we'll see high clouds again tomorrow afternoon like today filtering the sun. there is mid 70s in redwood city. near the coast you can see fog that is not moving. not going away. temperatures not going to come up. 59 in pacifica. there is a holding pattern for the coast. 67 in downtown san francisco. and there is fog into 50s and 60s near the coastline. mid-70s in santa rosa. 73 in san rafael. sunshine, high clouds mixing in tomorrow. there is inland areas 80 degrees, 76 in santa cruz. low 80s morgan hill, here is the accu-weather forecast. temperatures will go up more. mid to upper 60s on the coast.
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mid to upper 80s friday, saturday. a little bit cooler sunday you'll notice a sharper drop off heading into the middle of next week. >> did you think you'd be saying steamy and a little bit of spring? >> coming up janet jackson wardrobe malfunction. >> and new at 6:00 i'll sit down for a rare interview with china's counsel general.xxit
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we're going to show you video you may find difficult to watch. five people sitting by the door on the left. look at that. there was a baby in a stroller there. too. the car comes smashing through the door at the publix supermarket. nobody was killed and three people are still in the hospital. including an 86-year-old man pinned under that car. >> unbelievable. thank goodness. >> janet jackson's infamous super bowl malfunction making news again. the fcc asked the supreme court to review a lower court's decision to rescind the $550,000 fine after the half time show. the u.s. third circuit court denied a hearing saying it was arbitrary and stations were improperly penalized. fcc said it was not a departure from precedence. >> back in a moment. it
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new at 6:00 a frightening swarm of bees in an east bay neighborhood. why it's happened more than a dozen times z a serious work place accident brings this woman to a hospital for a scalp transplant. she's making a remarkable recovery. now back to dan and cheryl. >> who says there is no such thing as a free ride sf. >> bart says so, handing out 5,000 free rides tomorrow. part of a blue sky festival. >> first 5,000 people to get a stamp by six exhibors will receive a $6 bart ticket for free. >> it features 50 eco exhibitions. >> that is going to do it for us.
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