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>> i've never seen a case like this. it's very rare to see and here something being hit from behind like that. >> the executive direct jerz cars hit bikes all the time but usually there is a drive opening a car door or turning right without looking. >> two unfortunate cases we can see quite a bit. >> in the case of tunnel road the city of berk sli planning an upgrade. >> are they going put the lane here? >> there is the program director saying a designated lane could be a start. >> this is staying aware. >> this is a tricky spot here, people are really taking off here. there is not enough shoulder. >> patricia lives just doors from where this happened its hard for me to get out of my driveway.
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>> and i've called police and they never have called back. we're hearing reports police may have recovered the car. reporting from oakland, berkeley rather mark math use abc 7 news. >> charges are expected to be filed next week against a san francisco cyclist who hit and kill aid 71-year-old pedestrian in march. the 35-year-old ran into the man in a crosswalk march 29th. now, the district attorney is preparing to file felony manslaughter charges. prosecutors believe he was grossly engineer in the riding before he ran into the man. the charge could bring a 16-month sentence if he is convicted. >> there is a look insiftd san francisco home where five pell
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were killed. an altar is now in the dining room of the home. abc 7 was invited in by a relative. it's pretty much the same it was the day after the murders. bloodstains on the floor and bleach stains on walls and bath rooms. and police say the suspect tried to destroy finger prints evidence and. we'll have a report on call that's led police to the suspect. >> three hours and counting now until the main road to the bay he bridge. abc 7 news is live with a look at how goitsing to happen this weekend. >> like the bear down of the highway structure years ago, doyle will be coming down for good over this weekend to with
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replaced by better views but getting there won't be without traffic lane. it's hard to predict how much. moat of doyle drive will be a pile of dust. there will be so much debris caltrans isn't trying to haul ate way right away. there is removeal taking place later. that traffic will be funneled ton surface streets and mason street could turn into a parking lot. caltrans is worried about gridlock. traffic and expected to move well monday when motorists will drive on a detour in place until the project is finished in about three years. this animation shows what the level detour will look like. caltrans says this weekend chrissy field will not be as hospitalable as normal with
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noise and dust but no one knows for sure what to expect in terms of traffic during this closure. and are most worried about north bay residents and tourists. >> there are three trials now so that is our north bay audience that is used to coming to golden gate bridge. there is a huge factor we're handing out ear plugs thchl is a national park saying it's not going to be a park-like setting. it's going to be the loudest national park we have known. you're looking at old, brittle concrete. they can only do it by chipping and hammering so it's going to be loud. >> at 8:00 caltrans and chp will close doyle drive and will do two sweeps to make sure every car is gone. and then, equipment will be
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let loose. caltrans is urging anyone who wants to use doyle get near advance of 8:00. it's not prudent to push it until the last minute. >> as park presidio moving tonight you can see that live over the roadway. that wasn't the case just minutes ago thanks to a caltrans flub with a detour turning left on to gehry which is a real no no. traffic officer says signs were never intended to turn people left but that is where it appeared they were sending drivers. the traffic cop got there and blocked the left turn, traffic is flowing properly again. there is no word on what they plan to do about those confusing signs tonight. >> there is a shut down not going to just affect traffic
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throughout the golden gate bridge. there is probably a back up tomorrow around 101. people can take the bridge. goitsing to cause traffic problems on the bay bridge. and there are some other see vents. the giants game starts at 7:15. there is a critical mass bike ride. and as you know doyle drive will close at 8:00. that is a perfect storm for a traffic nightmare. abc 7 nuts is your source for the closure, we'll have updates for you on progress and and everything is available for you at abc 7 news.com. you can down load to navigate around the problems. >> san francisco police hope someone recognizes a sketch of a man who attempted to kidnap a girl in the outer mission district. investigators say the man
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tried to grab a 15-year-old girl from behind while she was walking to school. that is about 7:40 yesterday morning. the victim says the man demanded she leave with her, the man was seen running south on mission street. >> police in the east bay are searching for three people who robbed a taxi driver at gun point. this started when the driver picked up three men in their 20s at bay point wart bart station, told them to take them to antioch. the captors let him go and a pello driver says he had only been with the company a few months. did he not want to show his face on camera. >> ways a nice guy. he's new. he wasn't looking over his shoulder too well. >> the bandit abandoned the
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taxi on 83rd avenue. >> investigators need help in solving a cold case murder from 1993 this, is a sketch made by a forensics artist. the victim is described as female caucasian, five feet to five hour inches tall, 90-120 pounds. the victim had a hysterectomy. the body found june 2, 1993 under debris near reservoir street in fort costa. no suspect was identified. >> construction is now officially underway on the america's cup spectator village. this is pier going to serve as the heart of the race. the village will include a 10,000 seat viewing area. san francisco mayor says everything is starting to come
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together for the event. >> you'll see the tents crowd up. and you'll see the teams already starting to practice. >> this finals will be held next summer. >> there is a heads up for anyone planning to go boating or drafting. the bureau today opened the spill ways to release water from lake folsom. it's from snow runnoff. about 15,000 extra gallons will spill from the dam throughout the middle of the month. so being on the river will be faster. >> a state wide scandal over testing that has gone viral. >> a giants ball player's health situation is that more common than people think. >> warmer today. we'll bump up temperatures
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one of several dolphins is now caught in the shallow waters of the wetlands. you can see the dolphin swimming around huntington beach. marine mammal officials say the common dolphin looks healthy and could go day was out eating. he thop to use a hash harness, searchers hunted all day with no luck for the entangled whale spotted in trouble in southern california. the gray whale spotted tuesday near big sur. rescuers have not seen it sirns and say the lack of sighting increases a chance that the whale has died but
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they're not giving up the search yet. >> pg&e shut down diab lch o canyon unit two saying the screens are being plugged by jelly fish like creatures and it's not going to open until they're gob and no one is sure when that will be. the state's other nuclear power plant has been off line for three months. >> well there is a lot of talk and concern tonight over san francisco giants first baseman aubrey hough. he's just gone on the disabled list. he has just been pardon me. he has just been diagnosed with anxiety disorder. one of the surprise heroes of the world series win in 2010 now dealing with what w.what is a troubling and common disorder. and abc 7 is live at the
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giants ballpark tonight. don, really it's a really much more common illness and he will bring an interest to that now. >> it's probable hi a sign of performance anxiety. a fear of being in public and doing something embarrassing. fans are saying they have faith he'll work this out. >> anxiety in one form or another walks through my door every day. >> leslie is a psycho therapist at interstate yut for health and healing. >> this is very, very common. and there is no tron think they're not as common in athletes. >> they say more people are coming to see them with symptoms of anxiety or worry. young kids with school issues. seniors thinking about what they could have done. business people finding i
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difficult to cope. economic times contributing. >> in terms of treatment that kind of thing to medication manment and psychotherapy. >> and believing to turn around issues she sees. >> wung of the thing sthaz we shorten our breath and hold our breath to. learn tools and relaxing your body and find. >> and he other athletes have gone through situations. one is steve glass the former pirates pitcher. he lost control after 1972 season. there is a sigma attached to anxiety. but when someone high profile admits this it can mean change
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autos it does help to say he can do it so. can i. he says there aren't snt a cure but people face it head on they can probably learn ways to control it. and fans are hoping aubrey hough will return to the line up, soon. >> social media is taking cheating schools to a if you level. california department of education found images of the high school exit exams that include test page was some answers filled out. the state is asking those sites to take down images. teachers being asked to make sure students don't have cell phones or other devices in the classroom. >> there are a number of programs helping mentor young people to improve their ability to get jobs. >> some of us were born in the
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concrete jungle. had to swing the vines of violence. homosexuality in the hood has never been fairy tale. >> we want to develop young writers and young mentors for other kids. so they feel their voices can be accepted. >> this sunday you're going to meet people from around the bay area providing help for teens and young adults. i hope you'll join me for a look. >> april is national child abuse prevention awareness month. there is a new message to protect children. there is a video being debutted from stand for families free of violence. this is treatment programs for children and families is have z.have been around since the
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late 70s. the fund-raiser is this saturday night and you can log on and look under ski it on tv for a link. >> california's annual ban on the sport harvesting of mussels applies to coast, bays and harbors. the state health department says warmer weather increases risk of toxins linked to shell fish poise qloning and does not apply to commercially harvested mussels, keep in mind. >> you're looking now at live pictures from sky 7 hd. less than three hours from weekend closure of doyle drive. and there is some confusion about that mess. we'll see. >> we'll have everything for you and there are ways to get around there. >> sandhya patel has been checking on that for us. >> weather has been fantastic.
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there is a view from our east bay hills camera. looking akrot the bay it's beautiful outside. clear, warmer than yesterday. now from our camera looking out towards embarcadero and bay there are blue skies overhead. high thin clouds that you can hardly notice them. there is just passing through here in the going to impact us much. nice-looking day. we're in for more sunshine. temperatures now into 60s and 70s. half moon bay is 55 degrees. numbers about four to eight degrees warmer. so here is the highlights. there are cooler patterns beginning next week. just a slow cooling trend. high pressure is going to keep storms north of us. so we're not expecting rain
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any time soon. going to be a dry weekend with minor changes on sunday. tonight heading into saturday, it's beautiful. lots of sunshine. inland areas warmer days saturday. coastal areas not much warming just a couple degrees will be seeing onshore flow. breezy conditions. there is tomorrow morning, we're going with a cool start inland. 45 degrees in yappa. 46 in livermore, upper 60s concord and fremont. low 70 -- 50s towards antioch area. 46 in santa cruz. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures will be coming up everywhere. places like half moon bay about three degrees warmer. there is 79 in santa rosa.
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80 degrees in yappa. there is 72 degrees in oakland. and head out towards kampk yord -- concord and low 70s and low 80s, there is livermore 78 degrees south bay san jose 76 tomorrow afternoon. there are nornl nice-looking day. highs running higher than where they should be. 72 in santa cruz. there is a warm up. sunday we'll notice areas coming down and fog returning so we're going to go with low 60s coast side and there is mer clouds and cooling off monday into tuesday, wednesday, there is partly cloudy skies thursday and friday. lots going on this weekend.
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pacific coast dream machine show both days. march of times walk tomorrow, and weather could not be better. lots going on, gorgeous weather expected hitting the weekend. >> it's a little bit of warm up. >> and get out, enjoy. >> that is right. make your plans outside. >> still ahead a finney's friday free stuff including a ticket the family can enjoy. >> and michael come together aid of a woman who kept getting medicines she never ordered and bills with them.
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weekend is here. >> couldn't be better. >> could it be finney's friday free stuff? perhaps? >> yeah. >> you know what? you look like you need many mornings of these. >> yes. we do. >> i have them there. there is 12 of them here. you probably pop them in the oven. there is absolutely as good as they look. there is taking about 21-26 minutes to bake. you're going give them. >> and there is a day to burn off. >> then, next thing we've got free admission in san francisco.
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and this is a thing they start aid couple years ago. this is only for the residents of san francisco. it goes by zip codes. you can't get m and see yourself for free. look at that. there is a lot of reporting there. >> and if you can get it free, wonderful. >> there are two additional items you can go to. >> how do we get there? >> and you can log on to abc 7 news.com at any time. >> thank you very much. >> and we'll be right back.
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in abc 7 newsroom we'll have new details on that san francisco mass murder investigation. our vic lee has information on the cell phone call that led police to their suspect. and if there is a steak on the dinner table be sure to see what the i team learned about meat glue and a look inside of a tunnel project below the bay protecting local water supplies, its coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. see you then. >> oakland is commemorating
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the 160th anniversary of the founding and the city kicked off a week long birthday celebration. >> residents invited to join a dance group or play hoops in front stiff hall. >> more events taking place next week. and they include a performance of les miserables. >> the mayor will be there to cut a giant birthday cake. >> and back outside now. doyle drive is about two and a half hours from being shut down and demolished. >> they're moving equipment into place at 8:00. if all goes as planned doyle drive will be demolished and a new roof will open up. >> if you want to go to abc 7 news.com we have ways for to you get around traffic gridlock. so that abc 7
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