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>> protest against the closing of oakland interest elementary school turned into stand off with police. small group of parent and others say they will stay as long as it takes. good evening everyone. dan and carolyn have the night off. well, they have been out there since friday camped out at lake view elementary ask demanding the district keep it open. john has been out there watching it all unfold. he's live there at the school tonight. john? >>reporter: allen, maybe few dozen protestors in and around the school. few of them aggressively controlling access to the building preventing anyone from getting anywhere near the campus. police put up
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fliers telling people to leave medley but it doesn't appear that die hard will budge. this is the start of night number 4 outside lake view elementary school. protestors camping out again intent and wondering if police will bring the demonstration to an end. >> they will do what they feel they need to do. police have a job to do. we have a job to do to stand up for public education and we think, this incident we feel that we are right. >>reporter: earlier in the dai day a sergeant from oakland pd and several police officers from the school district entered lake view after demonstrators got into the building and setoff alarms. >> we are not doing anything with the tent right now. >> you are not going to secure the building. it will remain open overnight. >> that remains to be seen. we are making sure everything is on up and up. >>reporter: this afternoon dozens of protestors including parents community members and occupy oakland supporters crowded in front of the school on grand avenue. >> but lets keep alert because the fact they left now doesn't mean that it's over. we can't
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trust them at all. >>reporter: lake view is one of 4 oakland public schools not reopening this fall. another one is being converted to charter. district says it has too many schools for its size and the closure will save about two million dollars. >> part of the thing is that some of these buildings they are actually spending money on them to change them into administrative offices. if they have the money to do that then they have the money to keep the schools open. >>reporter: immediate concern for the district is getting its building back. peacefully. if certain elements of the movement were to im bed themselves to fortify themselves, that would make any extraction much more difficult for both parties. we want this to be resolved to negotiations without conflict. >>reporter: but for now the protestors maintain control of this building. the school district is hoping that they will leave on their own. live in oakland, abc 7 news. >> thanks john. >> in san mateo 2 men upped
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arrest accused of trying to intentionally rundown a couple of cyclist with their truck. the 2 teenager boy were his riding the bic in the area of fourth avenue and grant street yesterday when witness say the driver of a gold pickup truck tryed to run the boys off the road. you can see the tire track where the vehicle jumped the curb. nobody was hurt but based on the witness accounts police took 24-year-old jason hernandez lopez and 31-year-old difficulty on burton into custody. >> the valley school district in portola dealing with big scandal tonight. lillian is there live where former superintendent is charged with embezzling money from the school district. lillian. >>reporter: tim hand is accused of using district money to renovate his woodside home. if convicted he faces up to 8 years in prison. investigators say tim hand began stealing money for the important toll valley school district months after appointed superintendent and chief business officer two
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years ago. all of this came to light when auditors began checking the district books after hand was charged in april for misappropriation of fund while working for the woodside elementary school district. investigators say the audit revealed suspicious invoices that totalled 100,000 dollars from the district solar panel escrow account. >> what they found 6 of the invoice were his not devoted to solar panel for the school. they were renovation at his own personal home yet the school district money was being charged for that, invoices run through the solar account. >>reporter: pictures of his home can be found on his architect web site. according to the contractor the renovation included work on the foundation, basement and kitchen. the superintendent is out on bail and has been charged with 7 felony counts of embezzlement. >> i think you need to leave. >>reporter: we tried giving him an opportunity to speak. he didn't answer the door but the man who did told to us call his attorney instaechltd our mess toojs the lawyer have gown returned. as for the parents
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they are shocked bit whole thing. >> yes he's a really nice guy and that's partly why it's shocking. >>reporter: glen has a child enrolled in the important toll valley school district and says the district is now considering lay off and other cuts to make up for the stolen money. >> it's jaws big disappointmen disappointment. like really? these are kids. i think that's really whatever you want everyone feels is find someplace else to finance your home. tishltion the auditor will make a public presentation of the findings at wednesday school board meeting. as for the superintendent, his next appearance in court scheduled for wednesday morning. for tomorrow morning excuse me. live in portola valley, abc 7 news. thanks lillian. >> highway patrol helicopter had to rescue a mountain bike whore took a tumble off marin county trail late today. happened at china camp state park in san rafael. woman whose name not released was ride with her husband in the back ranch meadow. she apparently lost herbal and fell
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50 feet down a ravine. the terrain so rugged that pair immediate hick to air lift her to safety. she was rushed to marin general hospital where she was treated for whether what were described as moderate injuries. >> san jose man who worked with special needs kids for years is under arrest tonight for child molestation and rape. 33-year-old bailey was arrested last week accused of sexually molesting 2 young girls in his care and raping an 18-year-old woman with mental capacity of a kindergartner. he recently worked in los gatos that houses children who are depend interest 0to the court. also worked at chief kids in san jose facility for developmentally disabled. investigators fear there may be more victims out there. serious fire power taken off the street in oakland. police today showed off a cache of weapons found inside the home of a robbery suspect. on friday officers served search warrant at the home on eileen
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street in north oakland. illegal assault rifle was found inside, illegal machine gun, 3 pistols and illegal high capacity ammunition magazine. >> we don't see magazines with this high capacity twll this holds 100 round. we see them but pretty rare so this was quite a significant find to the rae move from our streets mayor wants plants dried marijuana and electronic they believe stolen. investigators say the suspect convicted felon with long criminal history. alameda some resident startled today by the sound of car crashing through a house. one person was taken to the hospital after the driver plowed into the side of this 2 story home on eighth street. it happened shortly after 4:00 p.m. sky 7 hd shows a tow truck company trying to remove the car. it's unclear if the person who was hurt was the driver or somebody inside that home. up next. battle in the rockies. more homes were lost
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to fire today that has been burning for more than a week. >> also. look at this. smart phone video of man vandalizing valuable picasso. >> and the boy who played darth in the popular commercial proving to be a force on his own. >> then on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline". hidden danger of losing big. alarming new study shows that gastric bypass surgery may increase the risk of alcohol addiction. >> plus they pack your lunch. go on play dates and the numbers are doubling. real life trophy husband open life trophy husband open nightline
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>> hundreds of tuesdays of americans have gastric bypass surgery each year to fight obesity. the results of transform lives but today researchers at the university of pittsburgh are reporting a side effect in some patients. alcoholism in people who never had the problem before. hears amy. >>reporter: it's a life saving procedure and the pictures are the proof. before and after. obese adults mile an hour
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alaska usually losing hundreds of pound with surgery but for andrew who dropped one 80 pound the after came with an unexpected side effect. alcoholism. >> i started drinking and first time in my life that i was drinking heavily that i felt i didn't have control over myself. >>reporter: he says he was a typical social drinker before the surgery before after his behavior changed dramatically. >> i drank by myself. in my car. >>reporter: today a mainly new study reveals this surgery increases some people risk of developing alcohol problems by up to 50%. here's why. this is what your stomach typically looks like but look what happens after gastric bypass surgery. the size of the stomach is significantly reduced. it limits what a person can eat. but incorporating to the study it also forces any alcohol consumed straight into the intestine allowing the body to absorb it rapidly. >> after the surgery people metabolizes alcohol differently
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and takes less alcohol in order to become intoxicated. >>reporter: that quick unfamiliar rush can make alcohol more addictive. >> alcohol took over my, my being. >>reporter: andrew went through treatment for his alcoholism and today he has no regrets about his surgery he just wishes he gnaw more about the risk he was taking. this is all about education. researchers want patients to know about the risk of alcoholism before getting the surgery but they don't want to discourage anyone from getting what can be a life saving procedure. notably some of the symptoms didn't show up until several years after the surgery so patients have to commit to life time of limited alcohol use. amy, abc news, new york. well that lovable little boy who played a miniature darth vadar home from the hospital after open heart surgery. doctors at children hospital in la say 7-year-old max page is doing great tonight. he played darth in popular zune e.coli bowl ad for
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volkswagen amazed how the force works for him. he had his valve replaced 4 days ago. >> i'm excited about a lot of things. i want to have a milk shake. thank you. sour good. you are the best. come on let's go. max was born with a congenital heart defect and undergone several operatio operation. the mini hasn't seen any of the star woovs movie because his mom says he's still too young. l. >> baseball star roger clemens cleared of all federal perjury charges. washington, d.c. jury today found the 49-year-old cy young award winner not guilty. he appeared humble by the verdict. >> a lot of hard work into that career. and so again i
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appreciate my team mates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. from my team mates.so thank you all very much. barry bonds trade on similar charges but convicted on one obstruction of justice charge which he's now appealin appealing. his 10 week trial ended a 5 year veetion into one of baseball all time premier pitcher. >> next time you travel you may want to pack hand sanitizer if spending the night in a hotel. new research shows that tv remote and bedside lamp switches are among the dirtiest items in the room. the good news? study focused on hotel outside of california. in texas. indiana. north carolina. the find wrtion presented this week at the microbiology ji researcher conference here in san francisco. police are using cell phone video in the hunt for for man who vandalize picasso painting at houston texas museum. vandal spray painted a picture of a bull and the word
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conquer and picasso woman in a red armchair last wednesday. another museum 54 shot the video of the vandalism. he says the vandal told him he's a young mexican-american artist who wanted to honor picasso. picture is now being repaired. >> northern colorado hot weather helps super charge a massive wildfire burning for the past 9 days out there. charred nearly 92 square miles near fort collins after sparked by lightning. today authorities announce the fire has consumed 8 more homes bringing the total number of structure destroyed at least 189. right now it's about 50% contained. okay. let's check and see what the weather is doing out there. let's go to sandy how are you doing. >> hi allen. still red flag warnings going for tomorrow afternoon in parts of colorado due to gusty winds hot dry conditions there. so fir danger remains high there. but
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here in the bay area not the case. check out live doppler 7 hd. we have our own radar. top mount saint helena tracking the weather. around the monterey bay we see patches of fog here but a northerly wind flow has pretty much cleared out the entire coast line so things are changing. here's view from the high definition mount tam camera. lovely sunset. sun went down at 8:34 signs of fog disappearing. show you what it looked like today and compare it to tomorrow's high pressure. today high pressure were down anywhere from 10 to about 15 degrees in many areas some areas like the coast only 5 degrees and koochlingt reason why we saw the cooling today marine layer deepen up sea breeze stronger. things changing as marine layer wiped out and sea breeze back off for your tuesday afternoon. warming trend so santa rosa going from 75 today to 88 tomorrow. san francisco only
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59 for the high. tomorrow afternoon 67 degrees and look at san jose. 78 to 82 degrees. so we are headed towards a warming trend. temperatures right now in the 50's. and the 60's pretty mild at this hour and i show the highlights. warm interall area tomorrow. summer arrives on wednesday at 4:09:00 p.m. appropriately.so bring the temperatures up. much cooler weather though for your thursday and your friday. so don't get too used to the warm-up that's coming. here's pacific satellite picture. this area of high pressure he already noseing in so we see warmer conditions than next two days. not a huge warm-up. but enough to where you will notice tomorrow and then temperatures will be within a few degrees for your wednesday. tomorrow morning skies pretty clear inland but we will see some patchy fog along the coast. sought fog will reform. temperatures in the 50's across the entire bay area and us a will notice here on the computer animation the fog very
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limited. it will burn away quickly as it is shallow. sun out early. temperatures coming up for your tuesday afternoon. 60's along the coast line. we get you all the way up if a the low 90's inland. specific numbers tuesday afternoon. 82 san jose south bay. 85 in los gatos. 80 degrees in sunnyvale milpitas peninsula redwood city and 75 in san mateo. writ near the coast line half moon bay 62 degrees and on the breezy side. downtown san francisco getting to 67 degrees and up into the north bay we go. low 60's coast side but all the way to the low 90's clover dale ukiah. 88 santa rosa. pretty warm day east bay 73 oakland. hayward. head inland and you are going to feel the warmth there. 91 in fairfield livermore. 64 degrees in monterey. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. warmer the next two days. 60's coast side. low to mid 90's inland. summer begins at 4:09 wednesda wednesday. appropriately so warmer weather but much cooler
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weather is coming. allen as we head into the friday mid 70's inland. >> wow! >> really. weekend will remain in the 60's to 70's range so well below average for this time of year. of course we'll be in tomorrow morning tracking weather changes. >> up next. small. furry. hairy or bald. all showing up to compete in petaluma ugly dog contest. we'll
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l. >> microsoft took the wrap off the tablet that it hopes to challenge i-pad called the surface. it include as cover that is also deattachable rubber keyboard and runs the new window 8 operating system t.the tablet comes in 32 or 64 gigabyte version. has 10 inch screen and slightly thinner and heavier than the i-pad. surface is due out this fall. >> pooch for the face that only a mother could love. hopes to become the top dog of unusual competition out in the north bay. annual ugliest dog contest at the is sonoma marin fair in petaluma gets under way
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next week. this dog has been named britain ugliest dog and arrived at san francisco today but this dog has fierce competition. icky from davis. is also hoping to walk away with the title and the 1,000 dollar prize. it could get ugly. >> all right. cute. a little force for you. >> mat not perfect tonight but help his own cause. playing defense. took a hit right back home enough for the victory home enough for the victory find out next in sports
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>> mat was perfect last week for the giants. this week the angels made sure that didn't happen again. kobe bryant on hand to see if he can get another per game. 3 pitches is all it took. mike says not this time. he hits a single. then top 2. crawford bullet down the line. 2 runs 64 on the triple. bottom half of the
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inning mark gets all jumbo one swing of the bat. solo shot. 16th of the year. 2-2 game. today cabrera in. up 4-2. la with runners in scoring position and trout hit the bac back. runner out at home. went 5 innings. gets the whip improving 9-2 with a 5-3 victory. well today the sharks announce head coach todd will return behind the bench next season. as first round exit in the play offs question were his raised whether san jose would keep him. today gm wilson stood behind his coach. sad news san francisco forty-niner legend rc o passed away yesterday at the age of 78. he was affectionately known as alley oop for the ability to out leap defender and come down with the catch. rc played basketball at the college of idaho with baylor and eight year nfl career. 1957 to 64 with 49ers colts and giants
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catching 2 06 passes and 22 touch downs. he worked for the 49ers after his career in community relations. was selected for the bay area sports hall of fame in 2010. 49ers hall of fame in 2011. former san diego charger running back tomlinson retired today after 11 nfl sochbilitys only 32 but for a running back east considered a grand pachlt last year he played with the jets but signed 1 day contract to retire as charger. fifth all time with 13064 rushing yards. 145 touch down league mvp in 2006. >> like i say i thought about this for about 5 months and really thought about it hard what i really wanted to do and yes, i did have opportunities to continue to play football but at the end of the day it was time for me to leave the game. >>reporter: game 4 of the nba finals tip off tomorrow in miami. miami took care of home
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court yesterday first of 3 games in miami. james led the way with 29 points. 14 board took over in the third with thunder up 10 points. durrant says it ain't over until it's over. >> that's the part of playing basketball, man. fight for adversity and fate through the tough times. we did that and gave ourselves a chance to win but unfortunately we didn't. have to be ready for tough game 4. >> coverage starts here at 5:3 5:30. stick around after the game and that was the sports report brought to you by riff rock casino. >> who do you pick. >> thunder to win in 7. >> all right. >> night line is next. thanks for watching. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning starting at 4:30 am and we are always on 7 news.com for all of always on 7 news.com for all of us here, good night
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