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. >> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking miss. >> sky 7 hd live over mountain view where a car has hit and killed a pedestrian near a bus stop. investigation into how this happened is underway. good morning i'm terry mcsweeney in for cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. david louie has just arrived at the scene. >> reporter: as you can see this is an active investigation scene. we are at -- there's a bus shoulder behind me where a person was standing waiting for a vta bus when a late
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model audi going eastbound on california lost control and struck the person waiting in that bus shelter. down the street you can see what remains of the audi. it traveled a little distance perhaps another 500 feet or so then ended up on the curb. the person who was in the bus shelter has been confirmed as a fatality. person who was behind the wheel of the car, that person has been injured and is at a local hospital undergoing treatment there were multiple witnesses. police are in the process of trying to get as much information as possible. we can see an overview of the situation. the police and fire department have a three to four block area cordoned off. these streets will cause diverses for the next four hours -- diversion for the next four hours will they are able to chart out the path of the car where the pedestrian was hit where the person waiting at the bus stop was
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hit, et cetera, still a fluid situation. again, lots of diversions in mountain view. we will keep you up dad -- updatedded. we are also following developments in a fatal fire in berkeley. fire killed a woman 2:30 this morning. a story we first brought you at 4:30. katie marzullo has been on the scene all morning. >> reporter: we just learned from investigators that there were heat detectors inside this home. we don't know if those were functioning at the time of the fire. take a look at this house as investigators look for the cause you can't see much damage from the front most is around the back there were eight young dumbs in this home when the house -- young adults
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in this home when the house caught fire one woman did not make it out alive. >> maybe the flames were 50 feet, i don't know there were embers flying through my house and the next house. >> reporter: smoke rises from the roof the fire just extinguished flames claimed the life of a young woman who was on the third floor in the attic space. >> they were able to retrieve her out and bring her out to the air. once she was out of the structure she was being assessed, cpr was initiated. sometime later the patient was determined to have passed. >> reporter: an ambulance rushed two others to the hospital with burn injuries and smoke inhalation. five others made it out okay. survivors sat sadly on the curb staring straight ahead. >> they are students they come and go they are nice young people. >> reporter: investigators must tread lightly as they try to determine the cause of this deadly fire the old house
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suffered more damage than apparent interest the street. >> we have significant fire damage to the rear we have to worry about collapse. this will be a detailed process. we had a fatality in the fire. we just want to make sure we cross every t and dot every i. >> reporter: as investigators go about their detective work neighbors are trying turn from tragedy to an important safety reminder. >> not something we expect what we should be prepared for is always earthquake fireproof preparedness. >> reporter: again latest on the scene is investigators did find heat detectors inside. we've asked multiple times whether there were working smoke detectors? investigators have not yet determined that. katie marzullo, abc7 news. meantime, vallejo woman being called a hero for rousting a sleeping family from their burning home. this fire broke out before 3:00 this morning in the home on round hill court. the vallejo police department
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provided these photos. flames gutted the house everyone was safe thanks to the actions of a neighbor nobody was hurt and the cause is under investigation. investigators in the east bay trying to figure out what set off a fire that destroyed a 4200 square foot home. the homeowners called 911 after 11:00 last night. one firefighter was treated for minor injuries. everyone living in the home got out safely. san francisco fire investigators are waiting to enter a potentially dangerous building this morning after a massive fire along the waterfront that broke out yesterday afternoon at pier 29. you can see pieces of the structure crashing to the ground. an entire section of the embarcadero was closed until midnight. amy hollyfield is live with the latest. >> reporter: they've red tagged this building, no one is allowed in or around it. you can see they've blocked this huge section, traffic
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flowing, street is open, but the sidewalk is closed causing problems for pedestrians, bicyclists and fire investigators. fire investigators had to cut their inspections short yesterday after engineers decided it wasn't safe inside fire damaged pier 29. they are hoping to get back in today. even with their short time taking a look at this fire scene, they feel sure this is not a case of arson. >> there's nothing suspicious. they've given all indications no suspicion to this fire. there were some workers working in the building earlier in the day. they will take a look at that. >> reporter: this section of the sidewalk on the embarcadero is closed indefinitely. >> there's concern the facade could still fall. it is an issue that could be a safety issue for pedestrians and we are trying to keep traffic lanes open. >> reporter: this promenade is popular with runners and tourists. not only is the sidewalk closed but the fence around
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the dangerous area takes up a part of a lane of traffic. after a few close calls police decided to try and divert people across the street. >> it is making cars stop to avoid them or quickly change lanes. we are concerned about a collision. >> reporter: some people are ignoring the wishes of police and are going through any way. one bicyclist told us a little risk on the road is something he's used to. >> a little cramped the same as every morning for me just ride down the 'em sometimes a car in the bike laney way. right here wasn't bad just around. >> reporter: they do hope to open this section of the sidewalk by the end of the day tomorrow. this afternoon they are going to be bringing in a crane and start tearing down this main entryway door before any more chunks of it fall. they are going to be proactive with tearing this down and trying to protect people. they say they are working with a historic architect to try and preserve what they can.
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we are told that plans to use this area for next year's america's cup are still on track. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. developing news in san jose. testimony is on hold in the trial of a man charged with beating a priest. he says molested him and his brother when they were children . the judge abrupt the jury home for the day discuss a pressing issue with attorneys. the defense wants to pursue perjury charges again the priest. yesterday in court lindner denied ever molesting the defendant william lynch or his brother. prosecutors have not denied that the retired priest ever molested lynch. lynch is accused of beating father lindner in 2010. if convicted he could face four years in prison. much more ahead. the fate of former penn state coach now in the hands of a
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jury. what his defense told jurors during closing arguments. video is sparking outrage. middle school students taunting and bullying a grandmother. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet...
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better call at&t. yep... ♪ about an hour ago jurors began deliberating in the trial of jerry sandusky. sandusky's attorney told jurors in closing arguments his client is the victim of
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his accusers and their lawyers motivated by profiting off their allegations. the defense faulted the legal system that presumed he was guilty before he faced charges. sandusky faces 48 charges of abusing 10 boys. you are about to see a video you won't forget. middle school students bullying a school bus monitor, assaulting her with insults to the point she started crying. these pictures have gone viral, sparking outrage, also an apology. >> you are just sad. you are so sad. >> outside rochester, new york 68-year-old school bus monitor is under verbal attack from a small group of 12 and 13-year-olds. she tries talking to them. >> unless you have something nice to say don't say anything at all. >> insults continue. one striking too close to home a comment saying she has no family because they all killed themselves. her oldest son took his life
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10 years ago. klein can be seen on the video crying. the boys also hit klein a couple times. as bad as it was in person it was worse for klein after watching the video. >> i didn't like it. i didn't want to watch. >> didn't this hurt you karen? >> oh yeah. yes it did. >> they were bullying you. >> yeah. and i tried to ignore 'em. >> the world might have ignored it, but one of the perpetrators posted the video on facebook. robert ellis tells abc7 morning news his 13-year-old son is one of the bullies. >> my heart broke i couldn't believe my son could treat another human being like that. >> he says his son knows he was wrong but too late the family is already receiving death threats. klein doesn't like that but does want the bullies to be disciplined. >> for me not to put up with that crap.
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>> the school district says the boys will be disciplined and charges may be filed. a fundraiser to send klein on vacation has already raised more than $100,000. meteorologist mike nicco ahead with our forecast. much cooler. absolutely, some areas 25° cooler now than 24 hours ago. definitely a change look at clouds coming in waves so is the cooler than average weather. i'll tell you how many days this will last. plus, bay area billionaire goes on a buying spree in hawaii buying not just a home but an entire island. >> we'll show what is behind this video that has gone viral. why is this kid crying over a basketball game? ed
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residents on hawaii's circumstanceth largest island are talking about the island's new owner. oracle's ceo larry ellison he has bought 19% of lanai from david murdoch the state owns
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the remaining 2%. the tech tycoon already has a home on the island two resort hotels, golf course, water utility and 88,000 acres. some people are skeptical about the new ownership. others hope it will bring new opportunities. >> [ unintelligible ] younger adults can have a future. >> this island does need some change it is just the rate at which the island will change. >> three thousand people live on that island. it is not known how much he paid. estimates around 500 million dollars. >> i'm sure there's some decent yachting to be had over there, right? >> his yacht is about 300 million itself. a lot of money. >> it doesn't feel tropical here mike. >> sure doesn't.
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marine layer has thickened during the morning hours up to around 2,000 maybe a little above we are at 2600 here on mount tamalpais you can see we are looking down on it just a little and sausalito, you can't see san francisco not here and not here either we look from south beach this morning back to the west let's take a look at what is going on live doppler is showing a lot of cloud cover out there even a little bit of drizzle still hanging on especially around the san mateo county coast and possibly marin county coast. we are retreating clouds that is, back out of the north bay to east bay valleys in the south bay, more stubborn around the bay especially along the coast expect it to stay cloudy there. seven degrees cooler than 24 hours ago in half moon bay everybody else 14 to 22° cooler today hope you had the wardrobe ready we are going to be in the 50s right now near
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70 in antioch, cool breezes have made it to your neighborhoods too. mid to upper 50s monterey bay inland to salinas, sunshine 62 gilroy. first day of summer sharply cooler, cloudy tonight mist and drizzle possible for the morning commute cooler than average afternoons for at least now through the weekend. by the time the afternoon is over concord will have topped out 23° cooler than yesterday, san jose 21, santa rosa 19. south bay partly cloudy, 69 milpitas low to mid 70s. peninsula mid to upper 60s. maybe a pocket of sun here, there downtown south san francisco near 60. partly cloudy north bay valleys, upper 60s to low 70s. beaches cloudy mid to upper 50s. clouds linger around berkeley and richmond low 60s.
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low to mid 70s partly cloudy afternoon in the east bay valleys, same around morgan hill, gilroy hollister. clouds stubborn around monterey and 60. coliseum, going to be cool 12:35 first pitch, 60 maybe warming up to 63° if we can get a pocket or of two sunshine to open up. tomorrow morning low to mid 50s. we have drizzle and mist for the morning commute by 9:00 starts to clear cold front to our north starting to push, a chance of showers into the north bay during lunch, during the afternoon early evening pockets of drizzle maybe light rain as weak front stalls and fall as part across the country overnight hours into saturday morning then drier and cooler air by noon saturday into the afternoon hours we will have sunshine look what it does to temperatures reinforces cooler than average temperatures that will hang out through monday.
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tuesday we start to hit 80s inland. mid 70s bay low to mid 60s at the coast. four, five days of cool weather. you guys ever feel stressed sitting in traffic? >> yeah. >> we don't drive in it often, when do, yeah. now cardiologists believe traffic noise may raise risk for heart attack. researchers phone people had a higher heart attack risk when they heard increased levels of traffic noise around their homes increased by 12% or every -- for every 10 decibel increase. sports fans know how heartbreaking it can be when your favorite team loses, especially for the younger ones. listen to how an oklahoma city thunder fan reacted when his team lost to miami on tuesday. [ crying [ j are you crying? >> i hate miami.
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>> his father was worse i'm hearing. the boy's parents moved this video on youtube. his mom says the first grader plays basketball everyday his favorite player kevin durant, because he never gives up. oklahoma faces elimination tonight in game five, right here starting at 5:30. >> my son did the same after the giants loss to the marlins this season. hate is a strong word. >> i hope he doesn't cry every time he will be dehydrated. one in million expected to fill the streets of sierra madre if weekend. >> the annual pride celebration. more on that of what is hot around the bay area.
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today at 4:00 the bargain sunscreen rated the best. then the economy's effect on americans living arrangements old trend that is new again. there's stories at 4 and 5. free summer concert and pride in san francisco this weekend. >> arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez has what's hot. ♪ ♪ >>reporter: she listened to her father's singing when she was a child now lisa marie presley -- american idiot based on green day album returns to the green bay where it started on stage in the or the yum theater. -- --
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