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program will resume here tomorrow most of the victims were in the nursing program so the school thought it would be best to move the classes elsewhere. nursing students will go to unitech college in freeway. there are 160 students enrolled at oikos and 23 employees. much of them or returning. bullet holes had to be filled in and almost every door had to be replaced. as for the classroom where most of the students died that will remain unused indefinitely. >> alan: the school set up a memorial fund for the victims and their familiesle we have a like on our site. we'll have full coverage on the school's re-opening tomorrow on abc-7 news. >> ama: in albany, on earth day a group of activists is taking back the land. 6 members of occupy the farm
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want to turn the land into an urban farm and are planting 15,000 seedlings, the group says it's public land administered by uc berkeley who wants to pave the land and turn into it commercial space. the police told at the occupiers they're subject to arrest for trespassing. >> alan: hundreds of people came out today to help the san bruno neighborhood devastate by the gasline explosion. >> reporter: it was on september evening in 2010 that a tower of fire started shooting into the sky from a ruptured pg&e line. this sunday 200 people turned out to participate in a replanting project put together bay 13-year-old. amongst the caution tape, the houses being rebuilt, and the
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flowers on the chain-link fence marking where a gas-fed fire tore through this neighborhood, on this sunday, there are hem common -- lemon trees and wrapped blubz waiting to be planted. >> we're connecting the neighborhood and replacing the trees lost. >> for those who lived through the terrible fire that burned threw here when a pg&e gasline exploded more than a year and a half ago, this is a welcome day to replant and rebuilt. >> very heartfelt thanks from us and our neighbors. >> pat and her husband steve lost their home. >> we're picking up our miniature improved lemon tree go ahead and plant in our new home when it's completed. hopefully next year. >> you do need stakes because if it's windy, you don't want the tree to snap. >> this earth weekend event is the brainchild of 13-year-old
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julian levy. it's through his efforts the local 4-h club, scout troops, and volunteers turned out to plant the trees. more than 250 people. they unpotted and filled dozens of other trees and plants that will soon make this neighborhood green again. >> it means not only a tree and maybe a source of food and fruit but maybe a new token of hope and the renaissance of san bruno may beginning. >> reporter: more than 40 trees planted in the neighborhood today. the money raised to purchase those trees was in part through some grants for that young 13-year-old for julian levy, and also from independent fundraising, more than $4,000 he has raised for the greenery that was planted in the neighborhood today in san bruno. abc-7 news.
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>> ama: a newly revealed document reveals back in 1989 pg&e knew about weld defects on the same pipeline that caused the gas explosion. the memo describes a leak nine miles south of where the disaster happened. the san francisco chronicle reports the document was turn in last month, well after the conclusion of state and federal investigations. the memo indicates the likely cause of the leak was defective seam wel÷. lap. >> alan: one person end up in the hospital after a fourplex fire. firefighters suspect a pot of grease left on a hot stove sparked the fire. flames spread quickly from the ground floor the attic. >> a common attic and aggressive firefighterring to keep the thing from going left and right. the number two unit is the only one lost. >> alan: the fear department got
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assistance from san jose, and the red cross is assisting people. >> ama: in southern california a flightening fire. >> i thought it was bomb, heap forbid. it was bad. it was -- yeah, the flames were shooting up. >> ama: check out those pictures. happened yesterday in coachella. a truck carrying two propain tanks couldn't handle the desert heed, and the truck started to leak. >> when the driver tried to secure the leave, the static electricity charge was completed by him touching the valve. >> ama: the driver was the only person injured with minor burns. three other people in the truck got out safely. >> alan: astronomers say a loud explode was likely caused by a meteor. people called in about a loud boom and shaking.
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residents reported seeing a bright meteor streaking across the sky just before 8:00 this morning. about the same time the meteor shower was peaking and scientist believe a meteor may have hit somewhere in the sierra aed in da -- nevada mountains. >> ama: today is earth day. in san francisco, civic center peninsulas would -- plaza was crowded. artworks made of recycled material and polar bears making a statement about the shrinking polar ice camp. coming up, john edwards is preparing for court tomorrow. the charges he is facing after the scandal with another woman. >> alan: wal-mart in hot water. accused of bribing officials to
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>> ama: opening arguments begin in the trial of former vice-presidential nominee john edwards, edwards is facing charges of conspiracy, issuing false statements and violating campaign contribution laws. the charges stem from his relationship with real unter, mistress. >> i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i caused. but i did not break the law. and i never ever thought i was breaking the law. >> edwards faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of all charges. >> another head-line grabbing trial starts tomorrowle jennifer
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hudson said she will be in court every day in the murder drill trial or her former brother-in-law. hudson may be called to testify. >> alan: accusations of bribely against wal-mart. the company is being investigated for its operations in mexico after employees were accused of bribing officials to speed up store construction. "the new york times" says an intern review found suspect payments in mexico totaling more than $4 million. >> ama: how climate change could affect your grocery bill. >> alan: the answer to what causes brain freeze? what happens when you eat ice cream too fast. >> ama: the cool weather is back and more rain is on the way. frances dinglasan has the forecast. >> rick: coming up in sports. the a's have their final game againsed
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i'll have blueberry pancakes. uh huh. actually, make that glazed pecans... ok. with chocolate... no... caramel sauce. whipped cream? uhhhhhhh, yeah... but on the side. introducing build your own pancakes. only at denny's. >> alan: gas prices are slowly falling down, dropping to $3.86 a gallon. the first major drop since december. in california, the average price is 4.19. down three cents in the past three weeks. the lowest average price right now is 4.02 in yuba city, and san francisco is the heist at
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4.28. research from stanford university warps even a small increase in global warming could grass click which i affect u.s. crops and corp prices. it could result in massive heat waves causing north. and it could cause huge price swings in america's number one crop. >> ama: you probably already know women live longer than men but women's life spans are improving slower. life -- the study what conducted at the university of washington. >> some answers behind a brain freeze, that instant headache brought on by slurping drinks or ice cream researches say it's triggered by an increased blood
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flow in an artery that needs the brain. the study appears in the journal experimental vie biology. >> in san jose, beautiful day was the perfect setting for a celebration of kids and baseball. [cheering] >> alan: the 50th anniversary of the evergreen little league. the league fields 55 boys and girls teams in baseball and softball. also a place where world cup gold medalist got her start. >> little league is where you first develop that relationship with what could be a life long friend. some of my best friends came from the girls i played with in little league. so, this where is you learn basic fundamentals and where the love of the game is developed. >> alan: after the ceremony and a walk across the field, it was time to play ball for the 50th 50th straight year. >> ama: that's awesome. it was nice earlier but the fog is just taking over.
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>> frances: it is, and that's going to be the story tomorrow. so i hope you got to enjoy the nice day we had the end of the weekend. here's a beautiful live shot in san jose where there's clear skies, but i want to show you another live shot. now we're looking south towards mt. sutro, already covered in the low clouds and fog moving in from the coast. seeping through the bay. past the golden gate bridge and into the bay right now. so, that's the big cooldown for tomorrow. that's in store for us. a beautiful shot there. but i want to take you to temperatures right now. starting to cool down already. in san francisco, 66. it's been cool along the coast because of the clouds. 54 in half moon bay. 72 in san jose. santa rosa is 61. and compared to yesterday at this time, they have tumbled by 24 degrees. so we're seeing temperatures drop by double-digits all around the bay area, and we're going to
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see another cooldown as well tomorrow. especially in the inland communities. we have fog and drizzle along the coast. overnight into tomorrow morning, it's going to be cooler and cloudy as well tomorrow. we'll still see sun but a lot of clouds as well. and then rain is looking like it's heading our way. the timing is now wednesday and thursday. here's a look at the satellite radar image. the area of low pressure, this southerly surge is bringing and helping to push those clouds into the bay area. but this is going to be a cutoff low heading to southern california, and we're actually checking out this low, this storm system that is going to move in wednesday and thursday. as i show you the forecast model. areas of green show the moisture and atmosphere and some of this getting down to the ground level. so we could see some drizzle, especially along the coast and the north bay and along the peninsula and the accept cruz mountain. so a lot of low clouds and fog in the morning that has spread inland overnight, and then of
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course it pulls back by the afternoon but still a possible chance of a light shower in the north bay areas, and then be under cloudy conditions. so, for tomorrow morning, look for the lows to be right around the low to mid-50s for everyone, with the exception of santa rosa at 49. so fog and drizzle everywhere. 54 in san francisco. 56 in antioch, 55 in san jose. tomorrow will actually be pretty mild, and i think more comfortable than interior valleys, going to be closer to the low 70s, and just a couple days ago we were hitting the low 90s. so look for 70 in concord, 64 in san francisco, 70 in san jose, and also be low 70s around the interior areas of monterey bay, morgan hill, gilroy, hollister, santa cruz, 66 degrees. so here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have had everything in this seven days ahead. we have the chance of showers and drizzle monday and tuesday, rain likely wednesday and thursday. temperatures come down even a little bit more. and then warmer, close to normal
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by next weekend, and dry again. >> ama: thank you. >> alan: let's talk to rick. there's a nor'easter on the east coast. >> rick: blame it on frances. we're enjoying sunny weather here in the bay area, the same cannot be said about new york city. rain postponed the giants-mets game so they'll play a double-header tomorrow. tim lincecum and mad son bum barner are settled to start for san francisco. >> it was raining little leaguers in the coliseum. 1 or in the third. pennington rips into the gap. weeks scores. the game is tied. the a's took the lead in the next inning. jeff smith connects with a man on. his first homer since coming to oakland. makes its 3-1. pitching on his 25th birthday, tyson ross gets the victory. gets help from weeks who turns a line drive into a double-play. the a's got an insurance run from curt suzuki who brings home
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his fellow hawaiian. oakland says aloha. >> trying to think bat where i left off from the injury. the deep are i go in games, more confidence. >> as a team we're taking it one game at a time. obviously after the day, it's sweet, but at the same time we were 2-0, and we need to play the exact same way. >> rick: the warriors in minnesota playing their fortunately road game of the season. america's tallest man was at the game. 7'8". the warriors could use a big map. webster drains his first three of the game. wolves lead by 18 in the second, the dish to williams who finishes with the two-hand slam. minnesota by 16 at the half. golden state comes back. jenkins led the way with back-to-back jumpers. warriors come back and tie it up on the basket by rush.
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jenkins with another jumper puts golden state on top. get thursday. the warriors win 93-88. napping an eight, game losing streak. >> at the staples center, will ferrell took in the lakers-thunder. nothing to raft at here. metta world peace with the dunk but as he celebrates, vicious elbow to james hardin's head. metta will be suspended. occ led by 18 in the third but kobe bricks the team back. tied at 104 in double-overtime. kobe with the jumper, finished with 26 at l.a. knocks off the thunder 114-106. >> the sharks saw their season come to an early end last night, losing to st. louis. the blues will next take on the kings if they can close vancouver tonight. >> claude jerry are you was determined to take out pittsburgh in game six. first he levels sidney crosby,
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then scores his sixth goal of the playoff. the flyers win 5-1, take the series 4-#. >> defending stanley cup champ boston was trying stay alive against the capitals. thomas had 36 saves. boston would win in overtime in this breakaway by tyler saggan, game seven is wednesday in boston. >> at the texas open in san antonio, ben curtis started with a three-stoke lead. struggled early, missing this putt for par on 12, but came up big at the end on 17. he nails this long par putt to maintain a one-shot lead. he then birdies 18 to win by twosm it's curtis' first pga title in six years. >> ama: did metta say anything after being ejected. >> of course he apologized later. saying he was over ex-iewb bract but ifoy look at the replay, he
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>> i don't date guys that don't open the door for me. >> really? >> really. >> oh, man. >> ama: oh, man. the battle of the seconds -- battle of the sex knocks out hunger games. and lan. >> alan: "the hunger games" dropped to third place. the disney documentary chimpanzee debuted at number four, and three stooges rounds out the top five movie. >> ama: we'll hear from the author of the lucky one, talking about the new movie and his
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growing popularity as an author and movie maker. >> alan: that's it for us. >> ama: a quick look with frances. >> frances: we're seeing the natural air conditioning of the bay area system in place. coastal clouds, low fog along the coast, moving in over towards the bay. so temperatures dropping by another ten degrees and then rain mid-week. >> alan: that does it for abc-7 news.
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