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captioned by closed captioning services, inc. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze major bust on illegal fireworks. two homes raided. amy hollyfield was there. she joins us live. >> reporter: fire investigators tell me they got a tip they would find illegal fireworks in these homes it was a good tip they feel like they've made a significant dent in the amount of illegal fireworks that will be available this 4th of july. with guns drawn, officers from the contra costa county fire department barged into a pacheco home around 8:30 this
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morning, looking for illegal fireworks. they handcuffed the six people who live here on temple drive then started hauling out explosives. >> this is the most amount of illegal fireworks that i've ever seen and even rivalled some of the pro al shows. >> reporter: inside a first-aid box office -- officers found several m-80s like holding a quarter stick of dynamite. >> last summer a juvenile in pittsburg lost most of his hand with some of these devices unfortunate they are so easily obtained. >> reporter: fire investigators are trying to get illegal fireworks off the streets before the 4th of july. last year many officers went into the hills and felt overwhelmed as they watched the illegal shows light up the night. >> the show afterwards from the backyards was bigger than the professional show. there's so much it going on people don't call it is difficult to enforce, that's
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why we are putting so much effort in and why the state is putting in so much effort to deal with the sources of this problem. >> reporter: they ended up arresting one man from this home they expect he will face felony charges. his neighbors say they didn't suspect a thing. >> would have never thought they would have anything like that >> this is interesting that's why i'm out looking. >> reporter: this is one of two homes they raided this morning. they've got two people detained at the other home now. no arrest at this point they are still processing that scene. the residents of this home tell me they have no comment. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. an investigation is underway right now after a train struck and killed a person in antioch. sky 7 hd was over the scene a few minutes ago this happened at l street near the san joaquin river. the accident involved a burlington northern sante fe freight train that uses the
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same rails as amtrak. amtrak won't run until it gets clearance. unclear if that will result in delays. police are trying why the person was on the tracks. stockton could officially declare bankruptcy as early as today, it would be the largest city in the country to do so. katie marzullo joins us with how city leaders are trying to ease concerns. >> reporter: the city is broke and in debt and time is up. the new fiscal year begins this sunday, july 1st. the only question now is, when between now and friday, which is the deadline to file for bankruptcy, will the city file? >> i don't know what is going on with our council nor do i understand what is happening with our council period. >> reporter: residents may not understand but stockton city leaders are hoping they will be understanding and trusting. >> i would say not to worry because we have it under control. >> reporter: the city council voted last night 6-1 to
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approve a especially bankruptcy budget designed to keep the city running day-to-day and plug next year's and 'tis baited 26 million dollar deficit. >> unfortunately, -- unfortunately, it is equivalent of cutting off your arm to save the rest of the body. >> reporter: the mayor promises police and fire won't be cut any further than they have been. the bankruptcy budget does aim to save money by reducing retiree medical benefits and pensions. >> did you guys assume that you had to look into this? did you not know that it wasn't funded? if you didn't, shame on you. >> reporter: something else, the budget aims to make money through code enforcement and parking tickets. bankruptcy is a clark cloud over the city the mayor is looking for that silver lining. >> it is never over until it is over we keep hoping with fingers crossed we'll have some kind of settlement or basis of a good settlement that could take us into chapter 9 filing. >> reporter: that settlement ship may have sailed.
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the council voted on the budget yesterday because monday was the deadline for the city to reach a deal with creditors to restructure hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. that under a new state law designed to help municipalitys avoid bankruptcy. -- testimony continues this morning in the trial of a man accused of beating a priest. he claims who molested him as a child. a witness took the stand for the prosecution and says she saw lynch strike lindner twice. father -- lynch is accused of beating father lindner in los gatos two years ago. lynch is expected to take the stand in his defense friday. he has pleaded not guilty. in colorado now firefighters say it is too dangerous to fully assess damage from the wildfire strengthening the city's second largest city officials don't know how many houses have been destroyed overnight that fire doubled in size forcing mandatory evacuations for more than 32,000 residents.
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>> reporter: with winds whipping up to 65 miles an hour, firefighters in colorado continue to battle a wildfire raging out of control north of colorado springs. >> give you five minutes pack whatever you can and get out. >> reporter: 32,000 people fled to safety when the fires jumped from the canyon to homes. >> trying to get out. >> trying to get out of smoke. >> reporter: 700 cadets and personnel of the air force academy were ordered to leave. >> my dad called and said there's flames a from your house. >> reporter: once the fire took a turn for the worse the flames immediately began to spread coming didn't the hillside right next to this -- coming down the hillside right next to this neighborhood residents had to evacuate immediately. five minutes to pack. >> i'm scared. i don't want to lose my home. >> reporter: so many of the escape routes residents planned to use were jammed with bumper-to-bumper traffic. >> it is crazy, parking lot,
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flames coming didn't the him. -- coming down the hill. >> reporter: stuck in their cars they could only use faces to shield their from the smoke. firefighters aren't just coping with the giant blaze but also the searing record setting temperatures. >> we expect further trouble from the weather today. thunderstorms present a unique problem for us in that the wind can come in any direction from those at any time with pretty strong gusts. >> reporter: alex perez, abc news, colorado springs. passengers on a cancelled air france flight are about to leave san francisco after spending hours onboard their broken jet. jamie and her new husband chris were on that flight they boarded around 3:00 yesterday afternoon on their way to their honeymoon in itlism the
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plane never left. -- in it . the plane never . the plane was call back to the gate because of mechanical issues. cracked window shield in the cockpit may have caused the delay. much more ahead at 11. we are going to have a look at the technology tested in san francisco boy that could help cleanup the world's oceans with >> i almost feel like i don't deserve it. >> bullied bus monitor who became a youtube sensation meets the man who raised
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. a hawaii beach remains closed after a livermore teenager was bitten by a shark on maui. paramedics treated the 16-year-old girl for a three to five inch wound. she is expected to be okay. the attack happened while she was sitting in two feet of water very shallow. hawaii officials think it was a reef shark. they usually are five to six feet long and stay in shallow the beach will remained close until this evening. environmental group working to clean plastic from the oceans is testing technology in san francisco bay now that will help find floating debris. i caught up with the project at the alameda marina. they are going to be using high frequency radar they can monitor on an ipad to search
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the current if test is successful they plan to use it on a sailboat in the northern pacific to find tons of plastic. then they are going to use a device that will melt the plastic and turn night fuel. >> there's an app on smartphones currently only available on apple smartphones called bay currents that gives a live data feed from the tiburon radar array on angel island you can see in real-time what the currents are doing and where to look for plastic. >> the project is working with san francisco state and the turtle island restoration network to save endangered marine life which eats plastic or get entangled in it. find more information onddvñ abc7news.com. we have a heartwarming update on the bullied 68-year-old bus monitor who became a youtube sensation. last night klein has eight
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grandchildren within has down syndrome she will donate part of that money to support research. >> i almost feel like i don't deserve it. that i -- they should be sending their donations to other people that have got more problems than i do. >> everyone support each other and had empathy in their hearts none of this would happen anywhere. >> klein become a public symbol of the victims of bullying after this video showing 7th grade boys taunting her on a school bus was posted online. it ended well. now there will be money for research as a result of her kindness. >> great job. >> see how much they were shooting for? $5,000. oh my goodness. great when people's hearts
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open up and their wallets. let's look outside and see if mother nature opened up, sun, lingering clouds along the coast, seasonal weather pattern for a couple of days then more heat next week. plus the ipad and the kindle fire have a new competitor from google. we'll have a live report from san francisco where the new tablet was just unveiled. bay area firefighters come to the rescue when a dog gets to the rescue when a dog gets stuck 30 feet up in a tree.
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move over kindle fire and apple ipad you have a new competitor right now at the google developers' conference in san francisco the search giant is introducing its first ever tablet. terry mcsweeney is live at the mosconey center. the rumor are true. >> reporter: the conference is so popular that the over-flow rooms are overflowing people wondering what this was going to be what the name was going to be? i can answer the first question, it is called the
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nexus 7. take a look at nexus 7 this is google's entry into the tablet market. it is called 7 because of the screen going up against maybe not so much apple ipad which has a 10 inch screen but going up against the amazon's kindle fire which has a 7 inch screen lighter than the kindle fire and far less expensive than the apple ipad. going to be available mid july for $199, the ipad is $499. you can preorder it today available mid july. nexus 7 going to run google's android operating system called jelly bean. lots of android powered tablets ii pad and kindle fire are the hottest here's why bias people say nexus 7 will compete. >> front facing camera, perfect for google plus hang-outs and video chatting. all options would you expect,
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wifi bluetooth, gyroscope essential for high performance gaming battery up to nine hours of video playback. >> reporter: did he sell you one? the tablet designed for google play online for for movies, books and apps. again $199 definitely far less than apple ipad, also far smaller than apple ipad. you can order it preorder it today give it two, three weeks before it is available. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. if you had your eye on a new samsung galaxy tablet you maybe be out of luck. yesterday a judge banned sam spblg from selling -- samsung from selling it in united states. apple claims it is an illegal copy of the ipad. a big trial is scheduled to start next month.
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a man is thanking firefighters for the rescue of his dog trapped in a tree. somehow the 40 pound 8-year-old dog climbed 30 feet up a tree while chasing a raccoon last week, 50 feet over a drainage canal many menlo park firefighters reached the dog and used k-9 -- knin seat belt as a rope harness. >> chief there -- saying first time in 30 years that he has seen a dog in a tree. named guinness. i bet they needed one after that. thinking about animals think about the pets with tropical storm debby i heard reports of and malls being lost because people left them behind they didn't realize all the flooding. nice to see that happen there's always another side. good morning 11:20 i thought
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you would be interested to know there are dogs available for rescue in that area after debby went through. one finger of fog rolling across the golden gate bridge about all we are going to get today as far as the coastal clouds go. doppler is showing a clear sky this morning as you saw right there over san jose, it is beautiful and blue and no need to worry about the pollution. finger of fog along the coast slowly dissipating. temperatures responding nicely to the weather, 70s in our inland valleys even mountain view, 60s around the bay low 60s at the coast monterey bay start 60 monterey 69 watsonville inland 77° in gilroy. sunshine everywhere, temperatures close to average everywhere, cloudy along the coast everybody else should be
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clear cooler highs, slightly cooler this weekend, this maybe the biggest jum or decline in temperatures we see for the better part of the next four, five days as we are locked into a seasonal pattern concord will jump six degrees as will -- fremont four the closer you are to the ocean and bay water less likely you are going to judgment top that. sunsets:35 before it does mid and upper 80s in the east bay valleys. berkeley around 71, hercules around 80 south bay low to mid 80s milpitas at 79, 70s peninsula. low to mid 60s along the coast today downtown south san francisco upper 60s sausalito 72 low to mid 80s north bay valleys 20° cooler sunny at beaches, 66 monterey, 78 santa cruz. going for the sweep sunscreen and brooms that's what you
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need at at&t park. warming up to 70. if you heading to the alameda county fair pleasanton, mid 80s by 4:00, drop to 75 by the time the fair closes tonight. mid 90s around fresno to 74 tahoe to 110 in palm springs. a lot of sun across the state. tomorrow almost like today, more clouds friday morning signals sea breeze that's why temperatures drop a little saturday and sunday back to near 90 inland monday, tuesday, 80 around the bay. for the first time, we are getting a close-up look online at the life of atlantic puff fins the birds are nesting on a remote island in maine that has the largest puffin colony in the united states the first
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time cameras have been used to stream video of the birds the goal to increase interest. we have a link to that camera on abc7news.com. click on see it on tv. just try to wrap your head around this situation. how did a suspected thief look at this fool, got his head caught a door. learning the hard way crime
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shocking surgery to remove a tumor that was bigger than the little girl to which it was an tapped. then the first new prescription diet pill in more than a decade designed for the overweight who have other medical issues those stories and more later today at 4 and 5.
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finally, a massachusetts man wasn't using his head when he tried to rob a store after hours. take a look. >> how long have you been in there? >> since this morning. >> what time this morning? >> probably since oh probably 12:00. i'm fine. >> oh boy. that is cell phone video taken by a worker when he opened the store the next day. police say the man pride open the door and go stuck for nearly nine hours. >> suspect he has a large bruise on his head and facing charges of breaking and entering. >> there you go. >> that is going to do it for us.
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