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>> and we begin tonight in los angeles where occupy protestors are squaring off against mrichlts you can see the police line here. protest began as part of monthly art walk in downtown la still unclear exactly what caused the confrontation. >> occupy protestors are claiming police shot rubber bullet and there are report of protestors throwing bottles at police. according to the los
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angeles times at least 12 people have been arrested. but tense on the streets of los angeles tonight. >> also delevoping news in new york where a delta airline jet on the way to madrid with two 06 passengers on board returned to jfk international few hours ago after sky marshall saw suspicious wiring in a restroo restroom. a bomb squad evacuated the plane when it landed. male female passenger questioned then relessed. no explosive found. >> back here east bay jail filling up fast but the expansion plans unfailed officially tomorrow to make room for the i hope creasing number of new inmates met with resistance. prison that's might have gone to state prison are being sent instead to the west contra costa county detention facility in richmond. lillian is there live to explain the plan and lillian why some don't like it. >>reporter: sheriff's department says simply running out of room at this yale but
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former inmate we talk to say expanding it isn't the answer. >> jail never worked for me. never has. >>reporter: sam has been in and out of jail and prison for years. he's be held at the detention 6 separate times for drug sale and auto theft. today he says he's a changed man. >> today i'm ep rolled in cocoa college. i have a 3.9 xwchl p a. this is my third semester. >>reporter: he credit his turn around to program and services he's enrolled in since reless. not the time in jail. which isó why he and other former inmxpant contra costa county detention facility sheriff on friday unveil plans for two million dollar expansion. >> bottom line is people need help. investing people not in locking them up. >>reporter: sheriff's department says no choice but to expand. the so-called realanement shifted the responsibility of housing lower level offenders to counties. jim lee is the department
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spokesperson. >> looking ahead and we do need to plan for the future. it's going to be a problem. >>reporter: lee says the county is getting way moro fender than unusually projecte projected. 2 to three times more. the expansion will add one 50 beds to the facility 1 1900. >> cheapest of two million dollars. certainly cheaper than building a new jail facility. actually the safest because it's within the foot present of the west county key tension facility. >>reporter: even so this group plans to fight the ex packs every step of the way. they will be at the sheriff's unveiling to voice opposition. pushing for bail reform, transition housing program and less emphasis on jailing undocumented im graichbility we have a lot of talented people that are incarcerated for very able to be good membershat of our community. >>reporter: the sheriff will unveil his expansion plan at the community correction partnership meeting tomorrow morning. live in richmond, abc
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7 news. >> thanks. right now in placer county more than 1,000 firefighters from all over california including contra costa county are trying to keep a dangerous fast moving wildfire from spreading any more. it broke out late yesterday along the american river near forest hill. it quickly grew to more than 300 acres and is moving tonight toward the town of colfax. 50 homes are in the fire path. hundreds of residents grab what they could grab and pets and livestock and spending the night in shelters. firefighters try to keep the flames from jumping the north fork of the american river. fire is justin percent contained. there have been a series of fire set in san jose kelly park in recent days. firefighters speculate they are being sent by -- set by homeless in the area. encampment from growing and homeowners are fed up. we are life at kelly park for us where the city is come up with a game plan. lisa. >>. >>reporter: that is true. we were just here tuesday night
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when 3 separate fires broke out in this park. the fire department is still investigating the cause but those who live nearby say they know what is happening and they want it to stop. looking ou looking out on a brad new homeless encampment where somebody brought in building materials and stolen shopping cart. >>reporter: walker reportingott in kelly park. >> it's probably 15, 20 feet from the property line. >>reporter: she and others in the spring brook community are frustrated by the rise in homeless enc homeless encampment and fires in the park. and what they say is the city inaction. >> 7 fires in the last two wee week. >> officers have been told from what i understand to not go out and try to move the homeless or site them. they take reports and that's the extent of it. >>reporter: nobody from the police department returned my call today but in this memo in may the environmental services director says quote as j pd halted all clean up activities
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in order to ensure the city procmplying are complying with state requirements. recently the city learned state law requires it to class fay and record all items taken from a cleared encampment which is costly and time consuming. >> the challenge we are facing is very complex. >>reporter: city communication director says solving hom homelessness involved several agency and money. these are the short-term plans. massive encampment clean up scheduled for thursday of next week. brush cleared along the creek to help prevent fires and the city will try to hire more park rangers from the county. >> frustrating as the neighbors. trespassing. littering all against the law why can't you just lock them u up. doesn't work. no place tlobing them up if you clean them out just displace comes back later. >> we need regular patrol and regular enforcement. i have never seen police car come down the fire road day or night. >>rd >>reporter: and those who live nearby say that they are
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considering of hiring private security to keep an eye out for fires and for any issues with the homeless. live in san jose tonight, abc 7 news. thank you.ing developing ste working to restore electricityys to nearly 3000 customers in san francisco. more than 10,000 residents in the western edition, eureka a valley, haight laurel lost power of pas restaurant made the best of it by can late. tough on the drivers. street lights out. most customers had the power restored within the hour. pg&e not true when everyone will be back on line. nobody knows what caused the outage. >> sandoval will in the be arrestedsault at sexual assaultt least for now. santa cruz continue sheriff's department today doesn't have enough evidence to arrest him. 21-year-old woman accused sandoval of sexually assaulting her at the seascape resort last month. the case has now been
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turned over to the district attorney office for review. da could still decide to file charges against sandoval. decision expected early next week. >> we learn tonight that the huge yahoo security breach affected hundreds on line. the log instance leaked along with 4 50,000 yahoo e-mail addresses and pass words. group of hammering claimed responsibility and did it to point out a security fraud. they are changing pass words of affected users. >> french vernment official calling on all french restaurant to stop selling california wine. politician in the region known for the foix gras outraged over law ba new law banning the delicacy. restauranters and retailers oppose the ban up understand the sentiment. >> law already put out of business one small company.
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with the next small company to be put out of business by the law? >>gras band took effect after animal rights activist switched them who took them, supporters of the ban are 0okay because france doesn't import much california wine any way. coming up next. young man over coming the odds. tonight a victim of oakland violence receives an honor that will help him achieve his goals. >> made in china. china. china. >> and u.s. olympic team dressed in foreign made clothing. first reported reporn both democrat and republican can agree on. >> what caused the fourth of july fumble in san diego. >> coming up next. raw teen
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>> back to the braking news at the top of the broadcast tonight. occupy protestors are squaring off against police in los angeles. you are looking at live pictures. >> this all began as part of monthly art walk in downtown los angeles. still not clear exactly what caused the confrontation but we have seen these 2 vehicle here. this white and black vehicle. police officers are moving from the location we just shed you to another location. so really trying to get a handle on this.
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we understand police are now on a city wide tactical alert. >> couple hundred protestors involved. >> back here. success story out of oakland tonight. recent high school graduate was honored with a college scholarship. good student who caught a bad break but as amma explains, didn't let it keep him down. >> this year for the second annual will anderson award we award jerrold williams. [applause]. >>reporter: 18-year-old jerrold williams recently graduated from high school in oakland. tonight he was given a scholarship from the foundation led by oakland cousins limp running back for the seattle seahawks and johnson a quarterback for the 49ers. reward is for percent veering. >> be able to go through trial and tribulation living in oakland, being a young black male. just being able to stay on top of my game. finish high school and finish what gpa of
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3.5. >>reporter: stayed on the game despite being shot last year in downtown oakland at 14th and broadway. >> out there mingling. somebody started popping. i start hauling. i got hit. >>reporter: you cap see the scar on his arm. his dad was the first to get to the hospital. and dad couldn't be prouder thathis son is now offhs to san diego state university. >> in the hospital he was like dad you told me this type of stuff could happen. i'm going to finish school. >>reporter: had he help from utah alive. >> we work with victims of violent crime and 7 referral from high land hospital and trauma centers. >>reporter: so they received his case and made sure he kept up on his study. now with the scholarship and several grant all he has to focus on is getting his masters in business and playing football at san diego state. jerrold doesn't have whole lot of time before getting back into school mode.
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he heads down to state state for orientation on august 3rd. >> members of congress are calling for action tonight after abc news revealed olympic team wearing clothes not made in the usa. from the hat on the head to the shoes on their feet the u.s. olympic team decked in and out yawn form made almost entirely in china. discovery setoff a bipartisan backlash. rare agreement on capitol hill. >> they should be in uniform made in america. know better. they woulknow bett. >> i think they should take all the union form put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. >>reporter: uniforms were designed by ralph lauren but the company has declined to comment on the criticism. olympic committee told us they are singularly focused on supporting our after lets as they take the stage in london. >> well we have the best video yet of that july 4th disaster that fireworks fiasco in san diego.
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>> the fireworks company blames computer glitch for the half hour show very early curtain. lasted 20 seconds. sure was spectacular. can't argue with that. it was enough to become a you tube sensation with 4 million hits. i don't know. it was a distinctive fireworks show. >> amazingly nobody was hurt in that. it seems like it could have been. >> kahn immanuel what the crowd was thinking. >> what is this? >> all right let's get a check on the forecast now. >> all right. sandy is here. >> hi. the forecast is changing quickly. today cooling started. it's really going to kick into high gear as we head that your friday and inland areas. you will notice the cooling. especially by sachlts here's the camera, sum up what it looked like this afternoon as we look down to sausalito, richardson bay. we
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had the higher clouds moving in up above associated with monsoon moisture. the hazy sky really poor air quality quite evidence here and then the fog. fog is going to be a bigger factor in the coming days. today temperatures fell. san rafael came down about 12 degrees. it was 80 degrees there. 102 in antioch. still hot in our inland area but it was ba degree lower than yesterday. 89 concord. livermore. san jose 84 degree degrees. san francisco 66 half moon bay up to 57 only so it was a cool afternoon there with the fox. 100 degrees in clover dale. 85 in napa. these temperatures going down for your friday. here's look at live doppler 7 hd now. and you will see what it looks like. we have some fog along the coast line and fog will be pushing in over the bay in the overnight hours. as you look to the south though it's the monsoon moisture into southern california that continues to bring them some showers. still possibility of showers perhaps
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even thunderstorms down in southern california. so if there there for tomorrow keep that in mind. in the morning we will certainly start out with the fog. numbers right now running in cooler in most areas. 50's 60's antioch still 72 degrees. here's the wind direction. this is signaling a change. south west wind in fairfield gust to go 33 miles an hour. that's the on shore flow. cooling wind so the fog will push locally inland overnight tonight. cooler in all area tomorrow and pattern continues as we head into next week as well. here's what is setting all the change into motion. this area of low pressure pushing hot air mass east so our cool down continues for your friday. like i said you will feel tonight our inland area for tomorrow afternoon. so fog coast side bay side first thing in the morning light jacket. 62 degrees. in antioch. tomorrow afternoon the cooler day. 81 degrees in san jose. occasional high clouds 78 in sunnyvale on the peninsula 72 for san mateo o. os altos. 78 l.
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pretty mild afternoon. mid 50's coast side where the fog hangs around. 55 daly city. 57 degrees mid 60's for san francisco and in the north bay 88 for santa rosa. head out to the east bay. 68 oakland. inland area warm but not quite as hot as what we have seen. 90 antioch. 84 pleasanton and monterey bay 62 degrees in monterey with some fog hanging around. cooler days friday saturday little bump up sunday. only to go back down again early next week. tuesday only 82 in the warmest inland location. that's a 20 degree drop from the warmest location did which was antioch at 102 degrees. mike of course in at e 4:30 tomorrow morning with any weather update. >> thanks so much. remind you about our new alarm clock app for the i-phone. 7 bay area news headline you wake up. >> check that out. comic book lover converge in san diego.
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>> dramatic new numbers out tonight show a rising demand for commercial airline pilots. airlines looking for nearly half million new pilot over the next 20 years. according to boeing industry forecast, in69,n north america with greatest growth in the asia pacific region. forecast is also raising safety concerns that the rapid growth will create a shortage of qualified experienced pilots. all right. favorite comic book characters are rubbing elbow with the masses at this year cop convention in sdaichlingt 43rd annual intervention poll culture cop convention kicked off today with of fans of fans streaming into the san diego convention center. got wonder woman, the trekie everybody is there. event runs through the weekend. larry.
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>> welcome back. second half of the season begins tomorrow will the giants resemble the team that strong together 4 straight shut in and out late jump or the one that finished first half losing 5 of 6th find out together. team reconvene early this morning. houston in town to start 3 game set tomorrow night. if the all star game is any indication they should be ready to good. matt cain buster, pab will, and cabrera dominated national league 8 nothing whip. >> if mvp i asked if i couldboro the car for awhile but he hesitated object that one. it's going to be a tight race. three times right there it's going to be this way i think all the way through the
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second half. it's what we expected. the we are in a good position. >>reporter: about a's in minnesota tomorrow. kobe bryant and other members of the men basketball team say they could have beaten the 1992 dream team. one of the members larry bird rae spopded today admitting, ya, they probably could. because i haven't played in 20 years. i love larry legend. 3 members of the 92 squad in vegas tonight to watch the current team take on the olympic. early on and 21 in the first half finance wish 24. team usa up at the break. third quarter. if durrant. coach had to like that. chandler pouncing on it to tl an traichlt lack out below. team usa rolls 115-59. got the win but lost griffin for the olympic. he suffered a torn meniscus in the left knee not dm
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scrimmage. yes. his replacement anthony davis big range. finish with nine points in 10 minutes. british open next week but but outside of mickelson 1 over to the first round in the scottish open most of the americans remain state side. they are in illinois first round of the john deere classic shot of the day. steve stricker second shot on 14. back it up like dan ashley. into the eagle. 6 under 65. he's 4 off the lead because troy madison played out of his mind. then 6 under after the birdie on 1. keep in mind the record is a 59 approach on 5 almost pulls i. 10 under 61 for madison. fichlt change of score card after the open because he ground the club.
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first to third place. u.s. ga championship record of 28 on front 9. he's clubhouse leader at 5 under. that is the abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino oychlt tore it up. >> no kidding thanks. >> "nightline"up next. >> we want to remind you that you can make a difference in the lives of bay area foster children. for every gnaw life on facebook page a dollar goes to the dream campaign go there. >> for all of us hereñ!ñcús
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safeguard the materials, or perhaps other peoples efforts to overtake them. will become part of their arsenal or doing it as protective measure. the fact that chemical weapons in syria on the move is scary. we don't know what that means or what could come next. >> 17 months. hearing reports. maybe 17,000 dead. when is somebody going to step in, unfortunately. a lot of women and children dying. drug enforcement agents have uncovered a highly sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel from mexico into arizona. investigators say it was so well equipped and efficient it allowed mexican drug runners to smuggle tons of marijuana, cocaine and meth into the u.s. every day. here is abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: abc news was taken inside what authorities say is one of the most sophisticated tunnels for smuggling they have
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ever seen. >> you see right down here. >> reporter: abc news producer ray homer got a firsthand look inside. >> it is only about 4 feet high at this end. i'm told it -- it gets taller, maybe up to about 6 feet as it gets closer to mexico. >> reporter: it stretches more than two football fields long. from an ice plant in sonora, mexico to a nondescript commercial building near yuma, arizona. >> seems like there are wooden beams every 12 inches or so. well constructed. >> reporter: the tunnel took an estimated year to build and cost more than $1 million. >> it is incredibly advanced. i haven't seen one this sophisticated. >> reporter: the tunnel allowed the mexican cartel to smuggle drugs by the ton into the u.s. every day and bring back loads of cash and guns. it also just happened to be only a block away from a checkpoint in a border crossing. and those tons of drugs seized
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