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and 70 parks faced closure. >> some employee did the right thing to say if s.this okay to do? and we said no. >> and that is correct. >> our copy accuses lopez of telling employees not to discuss anything in an e mail or memo and that a post it note in, cases would suffice. and there are koz falsified with hours keyed in as overtime, investigators concluded he authorized payouts because his department would lose money unspent at the close of the fiscal year and too many workers were above the limit allowed for buyouts at retirement. >> this is out ragis. >> ted jackson is livid because some parks don't need much to stay open. >> there are a number of parks that only needed $100,000 or $50,000, $200,000 that would
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have got them through. >> the parks department points out funds from a different budget year would not have saved parks on the list this year and there visitors could see what the money could have been spent on. >> no maibt nens on the lawn. bathrooms are fall pargt. tables dip lip dated. >> they're dirty and there is no live guards and lots of trash. >> neither audit will result in criminal charges because employees are entitled to vacation, they just got it early. >> there is a surprise move by yahoo hiring one of fwoogel's top tall yepts as a new ceo. marisa mayor was the 20th employee and a key member behind development of google
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maps. she swril a difficult task of turning around an internet pioneer that is struggling. this is a surprise since several were certain ross levnison was a lk for the job. she says her tas sk resister the yahoo brand name. >> bill lockyer filed for divorce the day his wife crashed her car in front of the couple's home that. move follows months of controversy including time in rehab after allegations she was beaten by an exboy flind a hotel and later her resignation from the board of supervisors. police confirmed took took a fast turn using a cell phone, then crashed into a tree. the ambulance took her to the hospital. police say there is no indication drugs or alcohol
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are involved. he says he wants it to result in the best interest of their 9-year-old sob. >> pro testors disrupted service to two muni lines this morning over the one-year anniversary of the death of a man result of a shootout with police and there is concern they can shut down again this, evening. >> there is a lively mem wril for kenneth harding underway as i speak here in san francisco's the bay view district. i asked his mother if pro testors would disrupt muni service. she said it's left to be seen. there are the group split and moved towards church street. to disrupt service.
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>> shuttle buses were ready to transport riders but police admit they didn't expect prot testors to move. >> when we were able to get resources together, and come on scene, they dispercented. >> this is a statement. >> and is a protest, harding is involved in a shootout with police checking out ticket evadeors. police maintain harding fired at them, first. the coroner ruled the bullet killed him came from his own gun. police believe harding may have accidentally shot himself after being hit in the leg by one of the officers. she doesn't believe what investigators have told her. >> the investigation will be
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closed and will be ruled a suicide. there won't be an open, active investigation, still. >> harding was a parole and a person of interest in the murder of a 19-year-old seattle woman. police did not know that at the time of the shooting. new, with record from the investigation his mother is right. it's still open and still an open case. you can see behind me, the memorial started at about 5:00 and if there are any destructions to muni will certainly let you know. >> members of a heboro -- he brew congregation marked in redwood city to protest detention of shalim tinder. his family says he was riding
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in his parents car and gang enforcement made a traffic stop and according to his mother, questioned everyone inside. he was detain forward not telling police he was on parole. >> any time you can stop a car and question the whole car after showing identification, proof of insurance, registration, what else is there to show? >> the district attorney tells abc 7 that tinder was arrested for resisting arest and battery on a police officer. police would only say it's conducting an administrative review of what happened. >> and jackie speier monitoring a military sex scandal. she's trying to get a law passed to protect victims. proceedings started today against the staff sargeant accused of sexual assaulting 10 female trainees and this is among a dozen that are being
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investigated. her bill would allow victims to report to an independent panel not to their commanding officers. >> there is a second suspect in a triple murder has been arrested in north carolina. willford reyes appeared before a junl deciding to wave his decision to fight extradition. and there are police bringing him back to face charges. and he was found guilty on the shooting death of anthony tony bologna and two sons. >> business expect today return to normal tomorrow at san francisco superior court polling a strike today by court lerks. there are 120 staffers
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claiming they're refusing to open books to tell them why they should accept a pay cut. >> we're not going to do it if they're going to withhold information for us. and we just want a fair contract. >> they've been working without a contract since february. the executive officer brot many union as agreed to wage cuts because they recognize they need to be a part of the solution not a barrier to it. >> east bay school workers making concessions to help students in new haven school district does z.they are among the plomys taking an additional cut and working a reduced school year. and they join teachers who have agreed to accept the same deal. funds will allow the school
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district to continue offering music and art in middle school. >> a high-speed chase ended in a crash in east oakland and this is a suspect driving a red suv and that led police on a chase from 56th avenue and mcarthur boulevard ending when the vehicle spun out of control and flipped over. one suspect ran away and a second suspect was injured. and police looking for two more suspects they believe were led out of the suv during that chase. >> condition vikted wife killer hans riser told jurors he would like to have a chance to teach his children important lessons about life. in his closing argument riser, acting as his own attorney told members of a jury his son and daughter need someone who believes in them and their
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success, those are his words, the wrongful death suit brought against him by his children is in the hands of jury. he is a former software company owner. a judgment would allow them to go after assets entitled them to money he may make in the fewer tour. >> an oakland man accused of trying to steal money from fire victims will be sentenced to three years for pretrending -- pretending to be a victim of the san bruno pipeline blast. prosecutors say he gave a false address when he claimed his belongings burned in the explosion. a dmv helped police catch him. >> firefighters struggling to get control of a wildfire that grew 100 acres overnight and spreading to four miles now.
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this is where hundreds of residents have been evacuated and a hom was lost yesterday. 2100 are on the scene. and this is called robber's fire because it broke out in an area notorious for stage coach ambushes in the gold rush era. >> and a cosmetics out there bound to have a chemical linked to diabetes. >> and are they barking up the wrong tree? shelter pets for the city's homeless. >> and summer taking a vacation now, how long this pattern will keep us company. the forecast is coming up. >> abc 7
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. there is new information in sunnivale. police tell us it was not a random act and they're looking for a third suspect, a woman, this was reported around 4:00 this morning. abc 7 news was first on the scene. police surrounded the area of south pastoria avenue. waverly street and evelyn avenue. investigators say the female arranged to meet at the house. she and other two robbery suspects were there with her. >> a pilot program in san francisco that was providing formerly homeless people with dogs from animal shelters is drawing fire from a national animal rights group.
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>> dogs are looking for homes. owe for some, time could be running out. this is called one little opportunity for occupants or woof. >> we create foster guardian who's give these dogs social saigs from two weeks to two months and help them have better prospects and generate income. >> residents would give get $50 to $75 per week. the in in a grant. >> the center shut down and they get extra time and attention and or rowdy one ones can get training. >> she says it can make a difference. this is petey. cowind up in the program. that is, unless someone takes him. they live inform city-funded
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housing. >> i need a companion to keep me company at night. a dog you know. can't top that. >> not everyone thinks it's a good idea. >> peta calls it ill conceived the plan is too daempk russ she called the prospect troubled people and says it's like playing roouett. >> people can change, too. >> and is offering the city 10,000ses today cancel it but the program is set to begin august 1. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> there is safrlt r.santa clara getting a new court house after planning and development this, is a sketch of what the court house will look like.
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it is expected to save between $2 million and 3dzs million a year. and there is a july 2015 come police date. >> a study suggests a chemical found in every day cosmetics could increase the risk of type two diabetes in some women found women with higher levels of phalates had almost twice the risk. researchers say the link is an important first step. >> and graco is banning the use of certain chemical flame retardants and is reported they've committed to removing four of the most-toxic flame
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retardants. and nearly 4,000 parents signed a petition asking the company to do this. >> there are scientists promising to fix a bug in software and users learned private messages were recent to other contacts and believes it was introduced and plans to put out an update to fix this problem. this isn't the latest problem for skype. it suffered a crash in may, last year and knocked it off line. >> and there is june gloom carrying into july. >> it's drizzly and
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temperatures well below average tlchl is a dreary pattern. we're heading into another night of weather. san francisco bay under a small craft advisory through late tonight so there are choppy waters. it's socked in along the coastline and over the bay. we take a look here, there is rech mond you can see live doppler 7 just cloudy now. and it's going to remain that way throughout the night. there is petaluma, delays being reported on departing flights at sfo. 15-29 minutes due to weather conditions and winds. temperatures are on the cool
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side. there are highs so far, upper. >>s along the coast and upper 70s in places like antioch. there are numbers good to 015 degrees below normal. there are winds gusting to 35 and there is a good delta breeze. this is roaring inland. cloudy skies, areas of drizzle. windy, cool tomorrow and there is an upper level low dropping down going to park along the northwestern california coast for a couple days. it continues to spin here this is keeping us in a cooler wind flow pattern. cool, windy for tuesday afternoon and there is a a repeat expected wednesday. we may see marine layer mixing
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out by wednesday afternoon and there is drizzle along the coast tonight. tomorrow morning giving extra time and this could with damp on roadways. 72 degrees in san jose. there are sunny skies and 56 on the coast in pacifica going to be a windy day. daily city, 63. northay could see showers around clear lake, low 70s there. there is 68 in santa rosa. east bay, 66 oakland and hayward. below normal tn conditions inland. this is noticeable and going to be mild. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. there is a bump up in temperatures on wednesday. you don't notice numbers returning to average until
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coming up at kf searching for the end to america's housing crisis. tonight michael finney explains why we could be waiting a long time and a consumer group calls for a closure of an east bay oil refinery. and nasa's countdown to what sit calling hardest mission ever attempted by a planetary growers. those stories and more coming
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up tonight. >> worlds news is coming up next. >> and from all of us here, thanks for watching. we'll see new half an hour. tonight on "world news" -- the cruel summer. a dangerous new heat wave. half the nation parched by drought. a fierce lightning strikes houses and turns a soccer game deadly. and look what firefighters saw coming toward them in the middle of a wildfire. air scare, passengers discover needles in the sandwiches on board several flights from europe to the united states. injuries have been reported. olympic breach. as american athletes stream into london tonight. serious concerns about security. is that officer napping on the job? hidden in suburbia. this ordinary high school kid on the skateboard, allegedly at the
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