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with four doors and a black hood. sheriff investigators say the blook hood appeared to be a modified feature, her father says that could prove to be another source of information. >> anyone that might be seeing this if they remember doing something like that, that is useful investigation. >> investigators say it's not clear who is in the car but her mom is convinced her daughter is still alive and has a message for anyone involved in the disappearance i'm not looking for trouble or a conviction. we want her safe return. we all want this nightmare to end. and that is my plea out there. >> and detectives not revealing if they have license plate number of the car they're looking for. if they do have it they're not releasing that information just yet. and one other bit of new
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information is the crime lab analysis on the empty box marked handcuffs and two used condoms are back and revealed that those items are not related to this case. or sierra's disappearance. abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. >> south san francisco police need your help to find a man who grabbed a 12-year-old boy inside of a mcdonald's rest room on saturday afternoon. the boy says he was drying his hands when the man grabbed anymore a bear hug lifting the child off the ground but the boy screamed for help and then escaped and the man dropped him. antioch police are hoping these sketches will help them identify three of four snekts the kidnapping and robbery of a cab driver. and there is wearing a blook
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hood sweat shirt. the second suspect five to 10 to six feet tall and was wearing a black shirt and black jeans, it's believed the men may have ties to antioch and oakland east oakland where the taxi was recovered. >> more now on some developing news. u.s. officials have seized an under wear bomb from an al qaeda group in yemen. the cia believes it's going to be used to blow up a u.s.-bound airliner but say more could still are out there. and say it was an upgraded version of the under wear bomb that failed to detonate. the new plot timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. >> this makes clear is that country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that seek to attack this cup
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tri. we'll do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> the fbi is now examining the device which is nonmetallic. officials believe there are other would be bombers out there with similar devices. a major fire in san francisco gutted one building and frayed nerves as well. >> they look at the outside of the building. >> and you can see just how destructive the fire was and it could have been worse frkts rushing into the burning building kept the flames from jumping into a a.jaisent apartments. still some residents had to fend for themselves. >> my mom is 65 years old diabetic and doesn't see well. >> flames pouring in through the kitchen window and i grabbed what i could.
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>> 37 people were displaced and fighting the fire. the cause is still under investigation. >> investigators reveal a man was unarmed after a car chase ended. investigators believe someone in the vehicle brandished a handgun in a parking lot just before 8:30. it happened in south king and story road. officers chased the suv when it came to a stop three passengers took off ai. motorcycle officer claimed he made threatening gestures, police took him in for custody for resisting arest. >> there is occupy protestors announcing their departure plans saying the university is working hard to reach a peaceful end to this demonstration. and this is used for
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agricultural research. >> we told them we hope and expected to have a response by saturday night and were disappointed we didn't get it. >> occupiers say they'll give the university a response but did not indicate if that will include a departure date. researchers want to begin yugsing this land june 1. >> video game maker electronic arts is going to layoff a number of nem a move. and the fiming papers with the securities and exchange commission detailing it wants to align the cost structure with digital transformation, calling for having changes in place by the end of september. >> there is is a set back in ora cell.
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the -- oracle. and google used in its andy roid phones but the panel could not agree whether google is protected by fair use doctrine providing limited exemptions to protections. analysts say the decision makes it difficult for oracle to win major damages in this case. google asked a judge to toss it out of court. >> california governor jerry brown declaring this to be wildfire awareness week and nannette miranda joins with us more. >> the air fleet remained intact for the fire season and the rest of the operations didn't farewell. >> from january to arngs california responded to 800
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wildfires. last year, only 300. the alarming spike combined with dry winter forced the state to urge californians to do their part by creating defensible space. >> we're prepared and individuals need to be prepared. >> the homeowner preparation is important this year because of cuts that are totalling millions of dollars, five bulldozers won't northbound use, one air base was shut down. three-man cruise will be a sign for engines and for a second year, california could not afford to keep the converted dc 10 on a contract. so states swil to fight over it. >> to have it available oncall costs us more per hour. the operator has to make his money, pay people and to do
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maintenance. >> all of the talk of cut backs worried residents who live right next to areas prone to wildfires. they'll be depending on cal fire since vegetation is noticeably dry this year. >> i don't know if response times will be increased or if there will be less man power. >> i think basic protections is something this that our government needs to pay for. >> saying state has ability to call on other agencies for help. >> we use fire weather and behavior specialists to help us anticipate what weather and other conditions are there and keel staff it accordingly. >> and this is getting ready to build residents up to $150 a year for fire protection. >> thank you. >> police officers from all over california joined governor brown in honoring
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peace officers who died in the line of duty today including eight who perished last year. >> and officers from vallejo saluted one of their own. his name is now on a memorial at the capitol. >> and those who give their lives pursuit of the duties are worthy of our admiration. >> it displayed names of 1500 men and women who died in the line of duty. >> cal state board of trustees meets to consider suspending a decision to give a 10% raise over their predecessors. the board is expected to ask what calls campus nonprofits to donate money to makeup the difference. it's a compromise plan following student protests
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over state cuts and tuition increases. >> and a lot more to get to at 5:00. coming up, safeway announces a big change in the port promise. >> and then, from michael finney how going green could cost you a lot of green if you're in the market for a family car. >> i'm sandhya patel, there is another warm spring day but there is cooler weather coming up. i'll let you know when that is going happen coming up. >> and there is another powerful weather phenomenon raced through the country.
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dolphin spent more than a week stuck in a channel is back at sea tonight. the wayward dovin swimming in circles until finding his way out of the wetlands over the weekend. it hasn't been seen since. >> toxicology tests blame the
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deaths of two dolphins on a swiss zoo on someone giving them a heroin substitute. the zoo posted a large rave party for thousands of people. the report was leaked to the swiss media and prosecutors originally rejected idea someone tossed drugs into the training pool during the raid but that is what happened. >> safeway today announced it will quit buying pork from company that's keep pigs in what is called gestation crates. animal welfare activists pushed for looking -- using open pens instead of confining them. safeway is the nation's second largest grocery chain. it isn't giving a firm date yet from when it will go crate free. >> dominoes is set to start delivering gluten free pizza announce it will add a crust made with rice flour instead of regular wheat flour, costing $3 more. and despite the gluten free claim dominoes does not
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recommend their pizza to those with celiac disease. that is because they can't guarantee it won't come into contact with gluten during preparation. and coming up how gluten free could be harmful to the health of some people. >> and there is more talk tonight about doing away with mail dhifrry saturdays. >> the postal service is facing a budget crisis. there is that and more. >> looks like saturday mail delivery may be on the chopping block. u.s. postal service is urging the house to pass legislation. giving a broad authority to close thousands of post offices. the bill passed last week provides the postal service with $11 kbrinl to help pay down debt. and those closing are a part
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of the post office cost-cutting plan. the price of oil dropped falling below $100 a barrel. national average price dropped several cents per gallon and says further reductions should not be far behind and takes pressure off the economy which has seen slow growth since the recession officially ended. and if it an electric shock or sticker shock? toyota's electric rav 4 will save on gas but cost you plenty saying monday the electric rav 4 will cost $49,800 whit goes on sale this summer. that is more than double starting price of the gas version. and it goes on sale this
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summer, toyota expects to sell about 2600 over three years, and widens a choice for u.s. buyers until now, only electrics on the market were small cars like nissan leaf and high end sports cars from tesla so this is breaking new ground that wow. nearly $50,000 a car? there you go. >> a lot of money. thank you. >> there is a joint venture between abc news and uni vision two company goesing to create a new service geared towards hispanic americans. abc news reporter explains. >> it's going to be a game changer. a channel dedicated to hispanic americans. >> we're going to trance form the way our organization communicate with 50 million hispanic oosz news important to latinos told in their
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perspective. the news and programming focusing on immigration, health care, economy sels life style and health z will be around the clock and in english. >> we let ourselves dream about a pioneering new never done idea. this is going to be a unique way of connecting with the audience in english but at the same time be broad appeal so that this morning both uni skprigs abc news announced plans to join forces. >> there is calling it a catapult in the future the president ben surewood says everyone will have access to this reporting by this summer. >> we're going reach this
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hispanic audience with high quality programming. >> the management team team celebrated. >> we defer to the masters and programming with this huge audience. uni vision understood the u.s. hispanic community. the true masters at reach tg this audience. >> there is the new venture available online this summer. >> there is a destruction phone when new video revealed after a tornado tore through parts of japan. you can see it moving across the highways. there is an area 10 miles in lengths. and officials say 14-year-old boy died from injuries in that storm and 30 people were
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injured. >> wow. >> and around here we've just spectacular weather. >> great day. sandhya patel, got to love the sun. thank you. >> and back by popular demand, warm weather. there is a live picture now and there it is sunny. there is another live picture now from the coastline. take a look at the satellite picture here. this morning we did have patches of fog there is the only catch down near monterey. temperatures on the warm side and there is 89 in fairfield and concord. nappa, santa rosa. these are highs so far.
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88 for redwood city. 79 in san francisco. 63 degrees in half moon bay. sea breeze back on a local level that is why you're holding into 60s. there is plenty of warmth to go around. fog returning to the coast tonight. there is another warm day inland tomorrow. goitsing to turn cooler in all areas on wednesday. what is going to bring about cooling in just a moment. there is a ridge of company providing us with warm conditions. this warm ridge hangs around for tuesday, then changes coming. this front will knock down the ridge enough to bring about cooling on wednesday. there is a counts bouncing back up. morning readings comfortable. areas low to mid-50s and we'll see patches of fog near the coastline. some of our inland valleys will drop down into upper 40s,
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santa cruz also 49 degrees. showing you computer animation, patches of fog there is a shallow layer. so fog begins to burn off. temperatures warm back up into the 80s. and 60s along the coastline, wide range of conditions until headed towards summer. there is 73 in richmond. san francisco, 72 degrees, clear lake, nappa, mid-80s there. so if you don't like warmth head closer to the coastline. monterey bay, 74 degrees and 86 inlnld. accu-weather forecast, mid-60s to low 90s tomorrow. there is cooler for wednesday, you'll feel it. low 60s to low 80s, temperatures temperatures bouncing up, there is a warming trend taking into
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saturday. beach weather 70s to upper 80s and mother's day there is a beautiful forecast. upper 60 as long the coastline. temperatures trending down monday. beautiful weather. nothing but the best for moms out there. >> don't forget. that is the key. >> thank you. >> and still ahead an east bay city wants to be home to a new george lucas movie study yoe but there is something missing from the offer. >> and the former crew member trying to navigate a new path for his old ship. we'll be right back here.
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police investigating extensive vandalism early yesterday in an historic santa cruz chuf, someone destroyed property including a fountain donated by mexico in 1791. now, that includes holly cross church dating back to 1889 and a museum, also defaced. the deacon told abc 7 news he hopes video will help identify vandal autos city the walnut creek wants george lucas to relocate his movie studios to a nearby business park. and there is a they say they've pitched the idea to
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lucas films just scrapping a plan to build on gradey ranch in marin county. lucas films says it's not received anything from walnut creek and are not entertaining any unsolicited development plans. >> and coming up next, hundreds of bay area students hit the links today. >> so-to-learn a valuable lesson on the greens, stay
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sky 7 is live over a
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broken gas line in millbrae. >> pg&e says it's a two inch line and no word yet on who is responsible for breaking the line, it appears there are no evacuation buzz we're on it and will have more for you at 6:00. and there is a safety measure making this an unsafe intersection. confusion that has many drivers seeing red. and mark zuckerberg making his pitch for the big facebook ipo and planes are crowded but michael finney explains why paying more doesn't guarantee more leg room. all that and more coming up tonight at 6:00. >> and right now, hundreds of san francisco students skipped classes today and hit the golf course instead. >> they had fun but learned a lot. these fifth graders got the opportunity to tee off. >> it's part of a program to teach kids about golf. the goal is not to find next tiger woods or michelle wi but
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teach golf values to the kids. >> and the kids are learning to yell at the balls to don't go where they want to. to continue learning the sport at after school and weekend classes but there is a lot more to that game and sport. >> and it doesn't work when you yell at the ball. >> and it doesn't go where i want it to go. >> you can talk to a slice but it won't listen. >> that is going to do it for us. world news is coming up next. from all of us here, thanks for watching. we will see you again in a half hour.

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