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beach tonight. north beach ton. >> columbus avenue shut down and bomb squad moves in looking forg explosive trying to remove them from a hotel good evening i'm sitting in for dan. >> all started with shots fired at a hotel on columbus avenue in san francisco north beach. when police responded they found more weapons than what they believe to be explosives. lillian is live at the scene for us right now. lillian? >>reporter: carolyn, we are on
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columbus and vallejo and this is the building in question. it's columbus hotel. residential hotel. inside one of the rooms is where police found what they believe to be explosives as well as a sword and few semi-automatic weapons. bomb squad arrived as soon as they got word. residents meanwhile were told to leave the building. the possible explosives were found inside a room belonging to a woman who works as custod at the federal reseven. it was there earlier today where police say she suffered some kind of psychotic breakdown. during the conversation with her they say she told them a gunshot from her room before she went to work and that's prompted mr. is to do a thorough check of her room at the columbus hotel. >> officers were dispatched to this location. they found a bullet hole in the door. we forced entry to the safety concerns and found several weapons. and what we believe was possibly explosive device. so for the safety of the neighborhood and the people that lived in the building we
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evacuated the building. notified our bomb squad which is off to the right here. >>reporter: p.m. now it took awhile to evacuate the building. there was one resident in hospice and paramedic carefully rae moved her from the building. last we heard the bomb squad was doing another sweep of the building and examining the possible explosive. they plan to remove them. the woman is question she's is he psychiatric ward at san francisco general. live, abc 7 news. all right lillian thank yo you. >> preparations are under way in the east bay to shut down 3 fire stations and lay off crew even as we manufacture into a more dangerous phase of the fire seas eason for the closure sns voters said no to tax increase. 7 newsse. 7rs live with a story from oakland. nick? >>reporter: larry, the east contra costa county fire chief just addressed a roomful of frustrated people here at the city hall building in oakland explaining to them cutshat the cuts coming are tough. those
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hit the hardest will be those who live on the outskirts of the county. >> you know, they have just kicked us to the curb. >>reporter: this vessel island resident didn't want to give her name but frustration was clear. >> i that i lot of use extremely discouraged that metro s didn't pass. >> rae response from the year prior toyshtion a packed room the fire protection district announced they are preparing to close 3 fire stations and lay off as many as 19 employees. >> people represented by a number of service calls we have. >>reporter: among the hardest hit areas like beth el island. small pop paition on the outskirts of term fewer calls and limited resources. >> we have to make hard decisions on scene. are we going to be able to save a structure or able to have to save the neighbor house. >>reporter: fire offi hoped that measure parcel tax would raise 8 million dollars and provide a much-needed life line to the financially
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strapped emergency service and ems agency. but the proposal was rejected by voters. forcing officials to keep stations only in the larger more populated areas. >> if they are at other calls and oakley or brentwood, where are we going to fall on the list to come out and help us. >>reporter: funding would have allowed the district to keep 6 stations in operation. now they be reduced to only having 3. meaning the crew like this are forced to cover more than 240 square miles leaving of some of exposed now we are >> right now we are just lake a ticking bomb. >>reporter: and the explosion could still be coming. t comink these changes are, 2010 there were 8 fully functioning firehouses. now there are only three. and the chief says more cuts could be coming. in oakley, 7 news. >> today's heat didn't make fighting a 3 acre brush fire
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any easier. we were overhead soon after it broke out late this morning by the hills in brisbane. it closed in on the labs complex. no damage though reported no. word yet on a cause. of sandy is here now with more on this heat. >> yes. summer arrivedeather arrived about 9 days early. solstice doesn't occur until june 20. look at how hot it got. most of the bay area dealing with 90's with the exception of the coast and the bay. 96 degrees in antioch livermore fairfield up to 92 santa rosa napa mid 90's for clover dale, san jose, 90 degrees in san carlos. san francisco actually came down today. 75 degrees in the sea breeze knocked the temperature down half moon bay. 62 degrees but it was warm or hot enough depending on your definition. for records oakland airport 83 today. tied previous record set back in 2008. moffitt field 89 degrees. also a tie for this day. i'll be about a
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being to let you know when this warm spell or hot spell comes to an end. it will. >> all right thanks. >> the girlfriend of world famous artist thomas kincaid says he wanted her to inherit some of his millions. and this is her. amy says this handwritten letter obtained by our media partner mercury news was written by him and gives herman shun near los gatos. barely legible letter reads quote i also give the sum of 10 million dollars to amy pinto. she says kincaid wanted her to use the money to turn the home into an art museum. kincaid estranged wife is fighting that claim at hearing on the matter set for tomorrow in santa clara county superior court. kincaid died on april 6. medical experts believe he overdosed on alcohol and pain medication. tonight san francisco police sharing vital clue in the death of man who finished bay to breaker race. this is the people who confronted 3 31-year-old steven martin during an argument over cell
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phone in golden gate park. investigators say someone in the group wearing a niner jersey sucker punched him. fell. hit his head and died friday after being taken off life support. police want to question the woman in the orange tutu at sung at sunglassn in forty-niner jersey and the other guy wearing a black cap. >> we know these gentlemen were part of the of people that had the con frn twaition martin and his friend friends. if we can get photo of the actual assault. >> martin lived in santa clara. owned business in san jose. doing consultant work for homeowners associations. >> the party buss are a good way to keep drunk drivers off the streets but there's concern the same buses bring other problems including rowdy off under age passengers. here's more from vl lillian kim. >> they come in all sizes and styles. but this is an example of a party bus that often rode through the streets of san francisco. they can hold dozens of people and most drink alcohol. many of them minors.
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those with live on polk street see the party buses all the time. this is a popular bar hopping destination where party buses park and unload the passengers? a of course large crowds. heavily intoxicated. and clubs are turning them away not letting them in so then they get rowdy and fights that ensu ensue. and police are called. and we witness this almost on a ave: party bus have become such a concern that members of the community and the party bus industry got together to discuss what can be done to regulate them. steven lee has had it with party buse buses. he's a founding partner of the south of market club the grand. >> something has to be done because the way it is right now we are not taking them. not helping anybody. >>reporter: california public utility commission has jurisdiction over party buses but mainly over insurance and listening issues. many hope a bill drafted by san mateo assemblyman hill will address their concerns. would it rare
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bus drivers to veriall pe that all people on board are at least 21 years old. those under age plus a chaperone. jones party bus. says her company is already making changes. >> we are doing a number of improvements which is having security on board and making sure that we have management and direction of the venue owner before we come to the venue. so i think that we are in the right direction. >>reporter: san francisco, lillian kim, abc 7 news. up next. fell from the sky. chunk of ice falls and anyone's guess exactly where it came from. >> also a judge ruled ding 0really did have something to do with the death of a baby. 30-year-old case comes to a close. >> and apple announces the new product. what to expect. >> then later on "nightline". >> hello. one teen incredible weight loss transformation year after surgery. plus the flip
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that fell out of the sky and through somebody's roof in fremont. allen wong has more on the mystery from above. allen. >> nobody was injured but it could have easily killed someone on the ground. it happened around 5:50 yesterday evening. now the faa trying to track down which plane were in that area. object one of the hottest days of the year something very cold fell from the sky. nd we were inside the we heard big sound. boom. and our house shake. >>reporter: when she walked outside she saw chunks of ice scattered around the front yard in fremont then noticed the piece office roof tile among the debris and looked up at the roof. >> i think the whole l is basketball size hole. >>reporter: it wasn't 10-year-old jessica basketball but she says she and her 15-year-old brother were only about 50 feet away when it hit. hit. >> came at us it could like kill us maybe.
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>> so i worry about how this happen. >> i believe the most common cause of clear ice forming is a leak in the aircraft galley or the kitchen area. >>reporter: the faa says the house is in the flight pattern of several planes. it's asking the airlines to check for possible water leak in their aircraft. >> ice buildup on the skin of the airplane. as it descends from sub freezing temperatures into warmer temperatures the ice can melt and fall off the aircraft. >>reporter: this isn't the first time it's happened. something similar happened in 2006 when a chunk of ice 3 feett in diameter slammed into the ground at oakland bush rod park. >> huge chunk of grass was dirt all the way high up. like about 35, the wires splash splash in the middle. >>reporter: this is not uncommon. it's believed a 50
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pound slab of ice fell off air force one last year narrowly missed a crowd of people on the ground. the other possibility is that it was a mega crymed unl meteor formed under unusual atmosphere conditions. 2050 have been reported weighing 100 to 110 pounds. >> wow! all right thank you. lucky it didn't hit anyone. >> commerce secretary bryson announced he's taking a 11 of absence after suffering a seizure and get and get nag 3 tc accidents. 68-year-old bryson undergo test an evaluation. he struck one car twice on saturday near los angeles then minutes later he ramped into another vehicle. bryson found unconscious in his car after that. government official says bray son has limited recall about what happened. at this point investigators do not believe drug ors alcohol played a role. corner interaustralia has t wild dog ding 0caused the death of baby more than 30 years ago. she was two
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months old when she disappeared during a family holiday. it sparked one of the country most sensation murder mystery and still debated today. now the corner told a court in darr whip the baby was attacked and taken by a ding 0. girl mother was original nationally li sentenced to life in jail for the murder of her daughter. that conviction was later overturned. gentleman new lap top stole the headlines today at apple 23 annual developer conference in san francisco. apple ceo tim cook introduced the powerful new pro that includes the i-pad high rest logs retina displaylap top lap top and thinnest lap top the and at 2200 dollars and up among the most expensive. >> we have our p c. we have our tablet. we have our phone. i think it's clear today that the mack and notebook is not going away. it's just becoming more portable. more powerful. >>reporter: apple also announce dad t announce dad that the new mack operating system mountain lion released next month. next
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operating system for i-pad and i-phone with new facebook integrate will be released in the fall and syria soon available in some cashares t ape shares took a hit perhaps on the lack of news about a new i-phone or an apple tv. all right on to the forecast. hottest indicates of the year by far. >> another one on the way. let's check in with sandy. >> hi. inland area continue to see very warm to hot condition conditions. tomorrow but tows cal areas are going down. check out leif doppler 7 hd. we have our own radar. see the beam sweeming around mountain sell that. as you lack here we . saint line. saint helena. close in on the coast. half moon bay patch of fog. visibility down to 5 miles already. this is lovely view of the setting sun at 8:32. skies clear at the time sun was going down other than a few high clouds. get you up close
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and personal from our high definition camera at the setting sun. just an hour and a half ago the fog started rolling in and the temperatures are going down. especially near the coast line. look at the temperatures for your tuesday compare them to today high temperatures and you sea santa rosa from 92 today to 88 tomorrow. san francisco will see about a 5 degree drop and is expected to kilometer down from 96 to 91. san jose 6 degrees cooler tomorrow afternoon but it's going to take another day before the inland eally feel the cooling. that will be on wednesday. all right temperatures rate now in the 50's right around the coast and bay. most other areas pretty mild to warm. 60's even mid 70's in antioch. patchy fog at the coast tonight which means it will affect the morning commute. cooler at the coast for your tuesday afternoon. warm inland. we look at the cooling trend to spread on wednesday across they area. the bay area. here's pacific satellite picture. this ridge provided us with summer like
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heat the last couple days. it's beginning to weaken. all in response to this cold front that is approaching and here's what the front is going to d.actually going to bring in the sea breeze sooner so tomorrow afternoon with the fog around interthe coast. cooler conditions expected at the coast line. then on wednesday fog spreads into the bay and inland communities and that's when we expect sea breasts to reach your area so it's noticeably cooler by wednesday around the bay inland. tomorrow morning starting out in the low 50's to the low 60's with some fog. mild start. if you are heading to the u.s. open to check out of golfer with practice rounds tuesday lacking at temperatures in the low 50's to the low 60's. some fog will be 5 wind 5 to 15 miles an hour but just lovely weather for the practice round. in the bay area we really looking at nasty warm day again in the south bay. 90 in los gatos. 88 for san jose. low 80's redwood city palo alto ska on the coast in pacifica. downtown san francisco 70 degrees. blue sky
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in the north bay. upper 80's around santa rosa. 90 in napa. east bay 79 in oakland. 77 for hayward. inland areas pretty warm day. 92 in livermore. 91 in danville. for the monterey bay 66 degrees in monterey. look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. mild to warm tomorrow. cooler days for your wednesday and andp for father's day as you notice. really nasty lacking weather. michael first thing tomorrow morning 4:30 with any weather updates. >> thanks sandy. >> up next. twitter workers todayheadquarters today.ew intn >> as you might imagine they sergeanted tweeting photo sergeanted tweeting photo almost medley. stay with ♪
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>> morning news team is going prime time tomorrow night. abc 7 news anchor eric and kristen along with meteorologist mike and traffic reporter francis will broadcast tomorrow morning as usual and then return for a prime time live news cast tomorrow night. we hope you can join 7 news rate after game one of tinals. >> nba finals. twitter employee were tweeting greetings today. or tweeting dweetings from the new
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san francisco headquarters. employee moved into the mid market street building this morning and made instant use of the instant messaging speedia with these pictures. mayor lee dropped by for a visit. boosters hope their presence will help the down and out neighbor. the complex includes an already popular roof top park. >> all right. from twitter to sports. take it away larry. >> brilliantly handle. to win a l cup win you have to have a good goalie. sports is have a good goalie. sports is next. h@
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>> hollywood is now hockey wood with former shark coach sutter at the helm. kings did something they have been trying to achieve for 45 years. kings beat new jersey and won the stanley cup tonight. game 6 in la. first period. key play. called for boarding on rob. he was ejected. kings go on a 5erl minute power play and really took control of the game right there do you doy to brown with ricochet pass for 1 nothing
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kings lead. power play still intact less than 2 minutes later brown fires. jeff carter on the redirect. 2 nothing la. 10 seconds left on the power play. lewis on the door step knocks it home. 3 nothing knocks it home. 3 nothing kings. to the final seconds [ yelling [ preb, 2, 1. the kings are the kings. >>reporter: darrell sutter. rare smile delivering the cup to la 6-1 the final. kings take the series 4 games to 2. >> feeling that you see in them so happy and work that you go through and you know the first thing you think about is the coach. guys are all young enough they have to try it again. >>reporter: mvp. tiger and phil along here with the best golfers in the world prepping for round one thursday. everybody on course for the practice round. tiger woods had up and down the past couple years but after the victor victo two weeks ago he's considered
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the favorite. he speaks to the media tomorrow morning. hear what he thinks of olympic and 6 70 yard, 16 hole. one of tiger rningmorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. former teammate at stanford casey martin. just lick 14 years ago martin the talk of the open because of a circulatorytory disorder in his leg in 1998 martin was the first player to use a cart in open competition. now head coach at oregon rarely plays and come to olympic with zero expectation. >> i have gone from basically to go no opinion kill of golf which is a lot to take n.e. motionally and mentally but i'm compete. give it my all and see what it means. if that means last place that's what it means. first place, then it's not going to be first place. but you know i'm going take what have i get and consider great experience. >>reporter: rain delay french open final finished up today novak getting from us stated banging head with racket rarely im proves things i can tell
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that you first hand. . lacknads court back hand winner. facing match point djokovic double fault. king of the clay. 7 frechbl open title almost dropped a trophy there. that is your abc 7 sports report. brought to you by riff rock casino oychlt all right. well didn't larry. juggling it all this evening. "nightline"up next even. >> thanks for watching everybody. 7 news continues tomorrow morning starting at 4:30 am. >> of course we are always available at 7 news.com. on facebook and twitter at this address. address. >> have a good
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all of us here at abc are absorbing the very tough announcement from our friend and colleague, robin roberts. five years after beating breast cancer, robin is now battling a rare blood disorder, reaction to her chemotherapy treatment a few years ago. >> through tears and laughter, robin told "good morning america" viewers today, yesterday, rather, she has been diagnosed with myelodysplatic syndrome, or mds. she is going to undergo a bone marrow transplant later in the summer or fall, her big sister you see there with the thumbs up, sally-ann will be her donor. robin and her doctors are very optimistic. >> robin is 51. she's healthier and more fit than i am, and her sister is a perfect match. and every expert i talked to says that they can expect a cure. that's what we all expect for
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robin. >> she continues to show just amazing strength and grace. she plans to keep working until the transplant when she will have to take off a big chunk of time. she says her first treatment, bit of treatment was last night. >> yeah, she left the show. that's why she wanted to make the announcement. in case you see her, she may be bandaged up or the treatment just began. you hear things like this happen that, god doesn't let bad things happen to good people. and news like this happens, i find personally hard to believe. what i do believe is in robin, her faith, family, she will pull through this. she is surrounded by love on all levels. thinking with you, robin. pull through. >> these type of storms really do determine our character. that last storm showed her amazing character. >> amen to that. here's your tuesday forecast, everybody. wet day for most of the west coast. rain from boston to d.c. thunderstorms, in the carolinas. florida and the gulf coast.
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