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and in any event you can see there are fire units in the ground and that there is a huge contingent of firefighters who have been here all afternoon working on this fire. the fire did go from calaves road to the south. more than 200 firefighters have been on the scene and two air tankers that can dip into reservoir to get water. and let's take a look at land owned by san francisco water department. it's part of hetch hetchy water system. there is a briefing from the incident commander. >> this is some roads we've been able to use to keep knit check. there is a good potential to go over that.
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but we're fortunate that winds haven't surfaced yet but heat is there. there is a tough fight. >> and cal fire telling us there are about 60% containment. what is helping is that there are streets and ditch that's is keeping the fire from vangs but they're having to keep plenty of personnel on hand they're worried about sparks setting off grass fires so this is far from happening. no winds to speak of. so they're trying to make sure we do not have a larger incident here, cal fire has been here in fremont camp parks fire and we're live. >> thank you very much. we'll check back in with you. sky p was over the scene of
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another fire that is in brush and trees. that fire has zwished in 20 minutes and residents are being urged to take precaution autos and the fire danger is expected to just get worse this weekend and so will the air. >> there is a look at high temperatures from the day. and this is how hot it has been. there is numerous 80s around the bay skpinland. and there is concern about fire, fire warning in affect for high fire danger from 8:00 to 9:00 in the morning and that is over north bay mountains. there is low humidity and warm, and getting warmer tomorrow, there is a spare the air day
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tomorrow, poor air quality inland and there is thing koz get worse in terms of fire conditions tomorrow. temperatures could exceed 100 degree autos spencer, thank you very much and there are officials say it could take until tomorrow afternoon to cap a leaking tank that released a chemical today. that is leaking hydrogen sulphide. officials received a number of calls from neighbors complaining of a rotten egg smell coming from the leak. >> there is a tank repair contractor here on site and we expect to have it passed by afternoon. and we're transfer prog duct to another tank. >> there is no shelter in
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place in effect but they have collected air samples for testing. >> the president took a step today and easing enforcement of immigration laws allowing hundreds of thousands of young people in the united states el lily to stay. >> this is not amnesty this, is not immunity this, is not a path to citizenship. it's the right thing to do. >> and starting today, young undocumented immigrants will not be deported under the conditions. if they'll lived in the country five years or attending or have graduated from high school or honorably discharged from the military, it brought hugs of joy skppl watch the presidential speech, live and they say it will bring them out of the shadows. >> now, i can drive a car, not ab frayed to be deported.
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>> and we don't know if we want to cry or scream its going to have lasting implications for my life. >> and there are mark matthew was the new policy and reaction to it. >> and as you know economy is the number one issue in this race for the white house. >> the president says it make nose sense to expell talented young people but as he spoke, students occupied offices around the country in protest. >> and we're going to stay here until he gives an order to stop deportation. >> in berkeley minority students applauded this plan. >> yechl i know a lot of people will be impacted and there are friends.
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>> she's talking about classmates at stanford. >> they're asking students that i know that are undocumented there now, studying. >> and he adds this issue will drive voters in november. >> and we're looking for hope. >> there is movement growing over last 24 hours, i feel like it will be huge. >> this afternoon, mitt romney saying the president overstepped. >> this makes reaching a solution more difficult. >> and that is repeated by the chair of the gop. >> this could be more devicive in the long run and less helpful to the country than if he passed a law. >> so this is talking about the process being somehow bad. >>. >> this is somebody popular, it's something that will help in the hispanic community and this is where he's been having
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troubles. >> some are red necks. some are criminal in their approach to immigration. >> the chair of the san francisco hispanic republican assembly and immigration attorney and a firm believer in republicans should be providing a path to legalization. >> and if our politicians don't dhaer message, they heed this warning. they may not get elected. >> and in talking with the professor he points out this issue is going to be bigger in california. and there are house and senate races in california and lots of states where he says this issue could be significant. >> today was a delay free day for bart because that have major fire near the west oakland bart station. there is team coverage and abc
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7 looks at how they responded to the shut down. and we're live with the latest on the arson investigation. >> and there is a team of city and fire investigators who are just itching to get into the fire scene. but this afternoon, this first person to get in there is how safe this schl after assessment, fire investigators will be able to get in until late next week. >> three people entered the twisted aftermath. the first to enter since yesterday because a fire burned hot and damaged a concrete first floor of a five-story apartment building still under construction. >> there are parts that owe
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could collapse inside. they're going to make sure what parts are safe and unsafe for investigators to go inside. >> and after today's assessment, fire investigators will not get full access to what remains in this building because parts still have to be shored fourp safety. >> that process could take anywhere from three to four days. there is a large platt form, want to make sure we don't miss anything. >> that means this scene will continue to be cordoned off. the property owner hired a team to make sure no one gets hit and messes with anything that could be key to the investigation. the atf says they'll continuing gathering information from around the property including details from witnesses. >> and have you started interviewing snem. >> absolute lie lots? >> we've been interviewing. >> there is a security guard reportedly noticed three people near the scene just before the fire started. and so there is any further
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information could be useful. >> there is a atf says they're going to bring in another engineer on monday. atf brought in by oakland fire department because they have access to dogs and labs but none have been brought out here and they haven't been able to get into the fire scene to figure out what they need. >> thank you very much. bart's transbay tube shut down put the network to a test yesterday and with traffic backed up, barely got a passing grade. we're live with a warning that we may not be ready to deal with the next major shut down. >> that is right.
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yesterday made clear without the tube there are not enough buses, ferries and bridges to handle the load of people. skbis transportation leaders say time to start doing something about that is now. there is damage that closed the tube and brought bay area commuters to their knees. or feet, standing in lines for alternatives and sitting on break in gridlock. nightmare and wake up call. >> there is a region we're not prepare forward a big disaster. we better think about it. >> and the tube carries equivalent of saichl-lane freeway. without it, best plans come up short. yesterday's damage fixed within 14 hours, damage from a disaster or terrorist attack could take much longer. >> there is probably a bridge short of what we should have. there is if that goes out,
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we're down to zero. >> the idea of another bridge was abandoned years ago that would have crossed the bay to alameda. and transportation institute executive thinks anything involving more cars on our already congested roads is a waste of time. >> we need one more tunnel under the bay for bart. >> saying we have to pln for population growth and there are train that's are the solution. >> we're talking about a major indplees california population by 20 50s and 20 60s. it's 40 years away. it takes 20 years to build another tunnel. >> there are 3ss today $10 billion. >> yes. definitely. i love taking bart.
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>> there are people backed up. i think we need alternate means how far, how it should be funded is beyond me. >> how they might be asked to pay for it? increase in sales tax and possibly higher polls. >> and this is the hottest ticket in town what. would you do if you zront a ticket to us us open. what happened to abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman when he found a back way in. >> and schools out for summer in oakland but how some parents are taking extreme actions to keep the doors open this fall. >> in sacramento, democrats passing a state budget but critics say it's incomplete,
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. u.s. open is the toughest ticket to get in town. assuming you can find one, but is the average person locked out? wayne freedman joins us live. wayne? >> a little investigating for certain. it's a given when you get a big event, someone is going to take it as a challenge to try to crash the gate. we're in the west gate section of daily city. right over there. and there are fairways of the
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olympic club. challenged anyone? u.s. open is american golf's biggest stage but without paper work it's a closed set. around the olympic club you'll find a maze of fences, reroutings and rerouters. >> and what if a guy wanted to sneak in? >> i think that is impossible with the police. >> and imagine living less than 100 yards way and watching them only after they go into space, and back. and this man told us there is a solution. >> is there a leak in security? >> there could be. >> so off we went. >> two blocks up seems logical. a few years ago we caught up with bill clinton through a hole in the fence. if we can beat the secret service, how tough could the united states golf association be? >> thanks you're welcome.
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let's hope it makes it up the hill. >> in a lot next to the course some of the volume lun tweerz nice enough to give us a lift to the first two dwaits. -- gates. on premises now, moving past official cars, a lot of official cars, actually, no pun intended. then, it got tougher, there are plenty of openings but security posted at the exists. >> and hi, how are you doing? >> not good. >> we saw other who's perhaps had the same idea as us. >> can i come through here to goat candle stick? >> joseph neil hit a proverbial green wall. lots of green wall autos i say this this is the last stop we last saw joe he was off to find another weak point. good news, it -- luck, it may be easier to break out of jail than into the u.s. open.
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so close, yet so far if you live in the west lake section of the daily city. and there is the trees you can see the olympic club from inside of the house over there. and last time he said there are two more days to reach the goal. >> and there is rick qaun going to be here with highlights today. >> let's talk about the weather forecast for golfers. there is for the rest of use breezy but nice, warm and cloud-free there. is a live view from our local camera on the embarcadero. blue skies over the bay area now there is no marine layer, no cooling influence at the
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coast. just a very warm day and there is pleasantly warm in spots. there is a live at live doppler 7. there are no clouds threw bu there are puff that's will begin to make a touch towards the coast. and readings 94 degrees in antioch, upper 80s inland and there is 67 here in san francisco. and 57 in half moon bay and sunny skies. highlights, 100 degree temperatures plus in many inland locations tomorrow. there are high fire dangers in north bay hills. cooling down for sunday. father's day. satellite image shows high pressure as a dominant feature, take a look at this alignment of systems. there is that counterclockwise flow combining bringing us a
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warming flow and as we put maps in motion there is warm to hot days tomorrow, that continues and the low will reverse on sunday and there is a sea breeze bringing us a cooling influence. temperatures going drop off across the entire bay area sunday. and overnight, mild and clear skies. looking for upper. >>s to mid-60s, conditions for third round of play at u.s. open sunny skies, and high temperatures into morning hours and there is winds five to 15 miles per hour. we'll have sunny skies and will be warm to hot. high temperatures mid-90s. there is highs to 90s in redwood city. and there are low 70s on the
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coast and half moon bay. downtown san francisco there is a high of 75 tomorrow, up into north bay, will be hot. upper 90s to above 100. there is 82 in berkeley z 90 in union city. 92 in fremont. inland east bay there is 100 or better at concord and pittsburgh and brentwood. there is upper 90s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a sharp cool down sunday, father's day. mid-70s around the bay. low 60s on the coast. cooling into next week. and wednesday, marks official arrival of summer. >> and that is going to feel like it before then. >> and we have more still to come tonight on abc 7 news including an apple original.
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school is out in oakland but parents vowed to stay on a campus to prettiest the closure, supporters made signs and called for lake view elementary to stay open as classes met today. and this is after the board voted to shutter five schools to save money. >> this is a tough decision it's one we need to make for long term benefit of the school district. >> we're going stay here as long as what we want to do is create a forum for skpairnts teachers to have a voice. now, we don't. we don't feel empowered. >> officials say parents who are staying can remain for the time being in f.they wish, one school moved off the closure list. teachers, parents and students learned yesterday that it will reopen as a charter school. >> and one of the first apple computers sold for big bucks at auction today. and sold for p $74,000 mer than twice expected. the mother board built by
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steve jobs in 1976 and this also included a video terminal and operation manuals. only 50 are believed to still exist. >> boy. rare, indeed. just ahead lawmakers approved a budget on time but despite a yes vote it's not quite finished yet what. is missing. >> and an east bay judge that has his day in court. but this time on the wrong side of the law. >> and hemp con kicks november a city that has not been crazy about cannibis. stay with us. hello?
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using majority vote powers voters gave them under proposition 25 in 2010. no republican votes were necessary. by approving main spending plan they get to keep their entire paycheck. and others deny lost wages was a motivator. but the plan is incomplete. a host of trailer bills explaining how cuts will be carried out need an okay. and those couldn't be voted on. >> we acknowledge that we still have some more work to do. >> the governor and leaders have yet to agree on how many home care hours to take away from elderly and whether to eliminate cal grants for students. in home care providers held a vigil hoping the governor adopts less severe cuts. >> so to cut this is alike no.
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that is wrong. there is common sense here. >> besides this budget, republicans point out it relies on new taxes and assumes jortz will pass them. that is four month as way you think they're going to give you tax increases and all you offer them is this sham? you're out of touch. >> some lawmakers say a budget incomplete relies on new taxes should equal a dock in pay. >> this is owe ton ontime, one that balanced and if it wasn't so, legislation could lose money. >> the judge rule that had the state controller cannot be the sole determineor of whether the budget is balanced.
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>> newest unemployment numbers came out today showing jobless rate shrank during may, falling to 10.8% and that is better than a year ago. and california added 33,000 jobs last month and a report says more jobs and money would be generated more quickly if california built a high speed rail line in instead of in the central valley and with could pump $2.5 billion into the state economy. >> and east bay supreme court judge accused of stealing from his elderly neighbor more tan a decade made his first court appearance today as a defendant. and as mentioned live in oakland.
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nick? >> and there is a signal a courtroom behind me. this time at the defendant table, he's accused of taking his neighbor's financial fortune. >> accused of stealing $1.6 million from his neighbor he appeared in superior court saying nothing. >> there is no dmonts make wex haven't had a chance to read the complaint or amendmented complaint and have no comments beyond that at that time pitt. >> charges filed bit district attorney accuse him of stealing from his neighbor, who died two years ago, lived in this house. according to documents he befriended his neighbor in 1998 and by 2004 had taken over almost all of her finances adding his name on hear kts totalling $2.2 million, prosecutors are
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charging him with perjury for failing to disclose annual income, require bid law. and in a statement saying the ald condugt is both disturbing and disappointing. his alleged conduct is in no way a reflection of the outstanding caliber of judicial officers servingal media county. until yesterday he was still serving as a judge, recently ruled to continue stay away orders issued to some occupy protestors. still legally bound by the ruling irony of seeing the man who jujd him silent and preparing to stand before a judge himself was not lost him being quiet made me feel like he was corrupted for doing this type of stuff and there is something going on in the system that is not right. >> and the judge could be removed from seeing cases however, this law allows him
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to continue to draw a salary until the case is decided. >> the man what who killed the daughter of former wide receiver was sentenced today, conducting -- convicting him of first degree murder for the 1999 strangulation death of the 20-year-old. he was the girl's boyfriend at the time, found guilty of the killing once before but was thrown out an appeal. his attorney argued he never intended to kill her and should have been tried on involuntary manslaughter charge. >> still to come there is a unique film festival
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tonight, solyndra officials say they expect to file a bankruptcy plan as the company reached an agreement in principle with the majority of its major creditors. the company failed to find a buyer. and there are new documents show federal regulators wanted to know more about mobile users in its relationship with zynga. the information came in face wook's letters to secz the stock finished up nearly 2 points. and join jones jumped 150
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points. >> and 36th annual san francisco international film festival is underway. the oldest dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender programming. >> and abc 7 reporter nick smith tells ugs it promises to be exciting andthy as always. >> this is a theme this year. it's our tag line. >> this is a the largest film vest value in the world. and this year, find your story. >> maybe a total of 104 programs of 11 day autos one of the most buzzed about programs is a documentary of love free or die. >> having that whole theater watching this gorgeous story
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about this brave man and having him be there is going to be a special moment. >> there are racier films and films that are highlighting struggles of the community. and price says it's also about san francisco. there is to share a film with our audience at castro theater is just unique event. >> there is a slumping economy meaning the nonprofit had to work harder to secure donors and volunteers but says stream lining this organization ask asking everyone to work harder has pulled everything together without a hitch. in and now for more information about the festival and show times for the movies we have posted a link on our web site. and check that out if you can. >> and tom cruise like never seen before.
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and hemp con kicked off in san jose. and it's happening in the city that still has not warmed up to the idea of medical cannibis. >> you don't need to stick your nose in a jar to smell the marijuana here. all you need to do is walk down the aisles and inhale. you do need a prescription from a doctorer to get into this area but don't worry. there are three doctors out front and a line out of the door to see testimony. of course there is entertainment while you wait. >> my name is henry hemp. >> he is pot personify imd launching a new comic book. >> yes. he has super powers.
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>> and they're getting nogt a city that is knocked down with medical marijuana. and san jose is fighting over how to regulate the dispensaries. >> this is inteeter here. >> this is the city council voted to captain number of pot clubs then back down after opponents got enough signatures. some wished they won't spend so much on the fight. >> there are issue that's would stop a progressive medicine from reaching the public. >> and there is hemp con and exhibitors promise they'll be good neighbors. >> we're doing a good job of policing ourselves and making sure there is no problems between the two events. >> this antique dealer isn't the only one who told us the crowd seems bigger this year.
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>> i think there are more people coming out that would not attend this fight years ago. >> and in san jose, abc 7 news. >> there is a awfully hot. >> going to be hot tomorrow. there is a red flag warning from 8:00 tonight until 9:00 in the morning and this started warming up and there are winds gusting to 40 miles per hour and low humidity and there is a spare the air day. air quality expected owe to be low, or poor and tomorrow's projected highs. triple digit temperature readings in livermore and antioch. it's go tok a hot day. and we'll cool down sunday and there is more comfortable
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conditions than father's day there is next wednesday marks official arrival of summer. >> and if you don't want to be out in the heat you can go inside. and watch a play or a movie. and this is based on the stage show music of the 80s. >> there is flash backs of the 80s. arriving to become a singer and is attracted to diego. and what about tom cruise sne
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plays a reincarnation of brett michaels, surrounded by women in a haze. and alec baldwin in that long haired wig, and paul giovanni as a slimey manager. and this includes songs by night ranger and journey. and rock and roll is evil, he says like campaigns from the 50s. and if you love music from the 80s you have to see this film. the surprise is tom cruise. yes, he can belt a song. you'll see more of him than you've ever seen in any other film. rock of ages is like a string of music videos interrupted by
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kind of a flimsy story. it's a satire that never takes itself too seriously. less than three quarters of a bucket. >> and that is fun. >> coming up in sports up and down day for tiger woods in u.s. open. >> and meet high school junior who briefly took the lead. we're going to check coming up next. c c c
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join me tonight on coffee tv 20. >> not while i'm speaking. >> a moment of the rose garden and a confrontation with a reporter, then at 11:00 experts are bracing for a bad season for west nile virus. and the battle lines are being drawn tonight here in the bay area, hope to see you then. >> and there is a lot of to talk about. >> skm a good day for tiger and there is two rounds of the u.s. open, tiger woods is in a great position to win his 15th major but the day longed to bo hustler, one time held sole
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possession of the lead. let's go out to the olympic club, gorgeous. there is a long birdie. and he's one under. and there graham mcdo you well throws in this birdie on 15th. there is his third of the par five. and the day's will he round at 68 and there is a double bogey and shot at 75 today and there is is a ta foot footer for birdie. there is a share of the lead. story of the day had to be this high school junior who plays like a pro.
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giving him the lead. and and there is a 73 today to just four shots off the pace. so your leader board looks like this. there is a high and there is three others tied for fourth. mickelson did take the cut but roy mcel roy will watch from home and so let's hear from the kids. >> amazing and i knew, i feel comfortable out there. never got that nervous in the first two shots really. and i felt comfortable so this is special. i'm not sure where other amateurs stand now but i just want to make sure i'm keeping myself in my zone and trying to get the most out of the rounds. >> and joe montana, steve jung
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and jim plunkett among those helping raise money this morning for brain tumor research at ucsf. hosted by harris parton. both of his parents died of brain tumors. and there is a q and a session. >> these are the five greatest quarterback that's ever played to come back to do this show what's type of men they are. and give back is a big part of life. >> and two days after the perfect game, he had his appeal turned down. and the only hit vee jay with a grounder down the line. and the bet mets said it should have been an error. he had to settle for a win hitter. and this just n manny ramirez asked for release and a's
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granted his request. and never made it up to big leagues so there is an experiment that is over before it's begun. >> thank you so much. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> and you can join conversation on facebook.com about anything you want. >> yes. >> from all of us, thank you fosh watching. hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.
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