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the san francisco recreation and parks department reassembled the three soccer goals and put glue on nuts and bolts making it harder to undo them. and there are people that value this park are upset. >> this is really bad. this stuff is for the kmuchblt i live a couple block as way. and and this used to be horrible. >> this has been an ongoing pob prem. in the fall the bleachers on the football field were stolen, only a few still remain. the price is only about 80 cents a pound. not that much compared to what it's costing san francisco to replace them. >> that is staff time. and there is something that could be used for positive thing autos san francisco spends $300,000 a year fixing and preree placing things. and there the board expected
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to add 450,000ses today the rec and park budget. they now have only 12 for all 220 park autos that will be able to have coverage at night. >> and they admit it's possible to at poll every park in san francisco. now, we have seen police patrolling today but rec and park says it would like the public to be more involved to keep a watchful eye. there is a windy park, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and there is a manhunt taking police to north carolina today arresting a second man suspected in the shooting death of three family members. there is a jury convicted another gang member in may. computers day it is a case of
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mistaken identity. police captured him with the help of local and federal authorities. rams claimed reyes shot anthony bologna and two sons to death. >> when i first talked to danielle this morning i can tell you she was extremely happy and extremely relieve that had finally, both individuals responsible are behind bars. >> and rams received a life sentence, reyees is waiting extra decision. >> police believe a confrontation led to a shooting that sent five people to the hospital outside of a popular theater, someone opened fire outside of the regal cinemas and there is all five are expected to survive. and there is what i'm going to
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say it's still safe to come down at night. it's a beautiful place. and there is a beautiful location. >> this is a really good area with a lot of activity in this area. there slt of entertain oomt police have not made any arrests and there is no description of the person who fired the gun. >> there is jury selection in the civil trial of a former software company owner convicted of murdering his wife. he is serving time for the 2006 murder of ninea riser, his children filed a wrongful death suit against their father and they want compensation for their father. the children are living with their grandparents now. >> children are struggling. they're 12 and 11 years old. they no longer have their
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mother and that means they don't have their father, either. >> the attorney believes riser may be hiding money in russia. the trial expected to last one week. >> and governor brown won a big round in court over the tax initiative will be placed on the ballot but that does not end the controversy. and. >> the tax measure jumps from number nine to number one but an antitax group threatens to derail top billing. the ruling clears the way to be placed at the top of the november ballot. this is thanks to a state budget that orders bonds be listed first. experts believe this will give an advantage because voters are more likely to mark yes on measures higher up.
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>> this deserves the dignity. >> there is a competing measure arguing they submitted signatures before the governor, and therefore should be place add head of the measure, there are residents arguing validity of the move and consideratizing for hanging on to their initiatives. all four will be turned in to the secretary of state. >> and this judge was reluctant to tell counties how to run their operations. our children, our few tours decided not to appeal the laws. >> look. the deaths may be against us
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but there is a good ballot measure here, we're going to fight for it wex believe we're going to continue. >> the governor's victory, though, may be short-lived. the howard jar advice association argues state budget shouldn't dictate position of a ballot measure. >> ability to pervert the elections process. >> and because ballots need to be mailed out in two months counties need a decision fairly quickly to get it started. >> and pg&e showing off newest infection technologies and the pipeline inspection gauge is called ping for short and can pinpoint where crews need to
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dig later. and over time, the facility modifications as we make launchers and receivers require expenses and that is a decision that will be had with cpuc in terms of how those improvements get paid fr. >> pg&e will start using the version from fremont to san lorenzo and has 1200 miles on which it can use th gas transmission network autos environmentalists turned in boxes of petitions claiming they gathered enough signatures to let voters decide whether they want to restore the hetch hetchy valley. to secure it nearly a century aloe. it delivers water to millions of people and thousands of
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acres of farmland. supporters want san francisco to develop a new plan. and to drain the reservoir. >> and cuts are forcing california community colleges to begin pry vizing enrollment. the board tentatively approved giving students who grew up in foster care and who grew up in low income families. >> we're an open enrollment institution but given scarcity we have to do prioritizing. >> and students with more units than needed for graduation or on academic probation will receive qlor priority for enrollment. >> and there is abc 7 working to help people find jobs in the bay area.
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sutter health and san francisco police department are among employers participating. >> and coming up, what is behind a sudden surge in surveillance? >> and a city that had illegal campsites cropping up at parks. >> there is warmer weather on the way. i'll let you know what parts will bake in triple bijit heat. >> and sfwhnl to send another unbelievable mileage
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ñ!ús santa cruz county has an
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aggressive crack down on homeless encampment that's could spark wildfires. there are several areas being targeted that is where we are live. >> and santa cruz police have been doing things like in the past but this time they're keeming -- teeming up with parks and rec targeting most-dangerous campsites as well as repeat offenders. there is a musician perhaps better known as one of the most infamous illegal camper autos how many tickets would you say you've gotten? >> innumerable amount autos you can't count? >> no. >> for a while, five, six per day. >> he says he doesn't drink, start open fires or trash the environment but many illegal campers do. stit formed a stas being force
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force -- task force to crack down on the campsites. >> we can't have people taking up space on public land, degrading that land skpim pact around public safety. >> the city says summer months bring more families outdoors and more complaints about homeless behavior. for the next four to six weeks additional resources will focus on cleaning up the problem areas. >> i feel like it's financial discrimination. >> they're trying to get 124 repeat offenders off the street that. is the number with citations that haven't shown up for three, or more court appearances. >> there are a lot of people need to get into a magistrate and if you fail to appear you don't have access to services they may need. >> if police find miguel he's on the list of violators. he's been homeless 10 years and like many, says he doesn't want the kind of help the city is offering.
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>> more i'm outside, the more i love it. the more they put me inside, the less i care. i don't need walls. >> the task force is focusing on parks like this as well as river levies and beaches. >> thank you and also in santa cruz there is a huge tree that fell on mailboxes outside of the murphy avenue post office this morning. mailboxes will be replaced soos possible. customers had to go inside to send their outgoing mail today. >> and in the nation's capital washington monument will remain closed at least another year. national park service says repairs were delayed because of a lafk funds. this includes and expected to
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reopen in about 18 months time. >> and new data from cell phone carriers he shows an explosion in cell phone surveillance in the past five years, carriers say they're turning over records of thousands of times per a in response to police emergencies law enforcement and other requests. in the first public accounting carriers say there have been 1.3 million demabdz in response to a congressional inquiry that says laws need to be updated. >> and today's ininternet virus deadline turned out to have little impact. providers say few of the 42,000 who were to lose internet access were unable to go online. and there is a temporary patch
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connected them to the web was taken down. it seems warnings paid off. >> one consumer has a car story sounds too good to be true. >> michael finney is here to explain what happened. >> i love this guy. and this is bad news, you've been receiving unemployment benefits you could be asked to pay some back. the government overpaid $14 million last year to those who aren't actively searching a job, people who quit or were zpird those who continue to file claims though they found a new job. those circumstances make a person ineligible for benefits. okay. here is a guy. urban gordon's 1966 solveo 100 s just keeps going and going. there this schoolteacher hopes
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to read the one million park and this is the first person to hold that record. the 72-year-old drives he says everywhere. >> i'll hope it's a pit fall. you know? i'll go visit the pig farm. >> in simon temp yerl's car? he bought this car in june, 1966 for $4150 u.s. dollars. he wanted to buy the convertible with air conditioning but it was too expensive and would it last? one more bring to break, right? >> thank you. >> and roll the window tow town -- down. >> there what been an outpouring of support for usher after his 11-year-old stepson was declared brain
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dead. he joined his ex-wife in a hospital this weekend. the 11-year-old was inner tubing with a friend when a jet ski struck the youngster. he was reportedly hit on the head, knocked unconscious. the accident investigation continues. and there are celebrities joining fans expressing condolence autos and tom cruise and katie holmes's marriage is over. holmes filed for divorce requesting sole custody of the couple's 6-year-old daughter. they say they're committed to suri's interest autos they move quick lie and let's talk about the weather forecast. >> it's really foggy this morning and that is becoming shallower and into two days.
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there is a live picture from our camera. looking across the bay there towards the bridge you can see a patch of fog there. there is some fog around near the coastline. there is another live picture from san jose. sunny skies and high temperatures so far 76 degrees and there is tomorrow, low 90s. this is what it looks like looking at live doppler 7. sunny skies or clear across most of the bay area except for coastal fog, temperatures 55 in half moon bay. 92 in antioch. there is highs into 50s to low 90s inland. there is a spare the air fr tomorrow, here is what is bringing us heat, hot air mass
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retro grading and moving west it's going to be cooking inland tuesday and wednesday. there is fog still around and there you don't have to worry about it getting too hot. it could be dense and temperatures in antioch, 60 degrees and there is fog into bayside streets, then pull as bay. -- away. there is 60s along the coastline. enough to prevent from you getting too warm. it's a spare the air day for tuesday. poor air quality inland. moderate for another bay and there is good air quality where the sea breeze will keep atmosphere mixed up. 90s in san jose.
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there is 93 in los gatos, peninsula, warmer day. 86 redwood city. fog here near pacifica. temperatures into low 60s. downtown there is 72 degrees and going to be hot around yu kaia. 100 degrees there. there is 60s near the coastline so these are summer micro climates. 84 in castro valley. heading inland, you'll notice 99 in antioch. 95 in danville. 78 degrees in santa cruz. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. there is hot inland, trip qel
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digits expected. cooling trend starts on thursday. you don't feel it inland until heading into friday. when temperatures will be dropping back down closer to average. >> that will be nice. >> and still ahead stand your ground space that turned into just that. >> and a celebration of sound in the east bay.
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look at this light. punches startsed flying after the hearing was cancelled. officers stepped in and made several arrests. one man carried out on a stretcher. and an officer hit in the back of the head. the case involves a killing outside of a florida nightclub last year. >> back here, california supreme court handed down a decision today that once again confirms crime does not pay. not for long. involving a northern california man who vandalize aid woman's truck three years ago. the woman paid only $950 for the 1975 dodge, but she paid 2800s ndz repairs. and the high court ruled he hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol
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coming up at 6:00 san francisco mayor ed lee finally talks about the perjury allegations against him and the investigation of ross mirkarimi. also a transmission line breaks down before the transmission breaks down before the warranty is up. and those stories and more. >> also, the book on keeping score, a part of the national past time that is becoming pass yeah. join us for those stories and more coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. >> you can make a lot of difference with legos but have you ever seen a lego candy dispenser? >> this was made about 12 years ago put a nickel in

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