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concluded they were suggestive of electrical burns consistent a taser, all reported victims have difficulty communicating. and when questioned one patient uttered the words stun and malora's name. he was fired. we tried to talk to malora. court records show he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor possession of a loaded firearm, got probation and a $190 fine in lieu of jail time. malora was never charged with assaults and charge koz have given him serious prison tichl our request for interview was officials from center and office of protective services were denied. the sheriff's office told us we were told they need our
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help. and there were more than too confirmed abuse cases among roughly 2000 patients at the five state run developmental centers. rarely has violence led to arrests or prosecution. and in this taser case, they decided to handle it as an administration matter. the district attorney told us they only went after him on the gun charge because ops never referred the assault for criminal prosecution. the d.a.tells us they're reviewing this case after having received new information. there is jim bell requested an audit and tells us that should be completed later this year. >> that is incredible.
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>> there are concerns after crews cut into a gas line in this neighborhood where transmission line blew up in a deadly explosion and fire. this happened at the same location as a september, 2010 blast. and we have detail autos 14 homes were evacuated while pg&e worked to seal off the broken line. and clarence and his dog were among them. >> they said maybe you ought to move up. i grabbed dogs again. and we went up. >> the broken natural gas line was crimped off within a half hour of the break. pg&e says shaw construction, the contractor hired to install new water lines was digging with a back hoe instead of by hand.
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>> there going to be a full investigation to find out what happened. >> this is a sensitive area. and i think everyone is -- kind of heart stop when with heard it fwhaz glun view. >> near ground zero is an understatement. september, 2010 a 36 inch line with bad welds ruptured and ignited a fire, killing eight people, destroyed 38 homes, damaging more. this neighborhood is still recover asking it seemed impossible this was in the same location. and he couldn't believe it when firefighters knocked on his doors today. >> dog were looking at me and i didn't know what to think of it. it really didn't smell like gas. >> you weren't -- are you rattled by this? >> that expression of deja vu
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over again. >> and we've been unable to reach the contractor for comment. >> there is fairy commuters facing problems lately. there is many stranded once again. and the operator couldn't find spare buses to get riders where they needed to go. >> and there are back up boat has been in washington undergoing a refurbishment. so now there is this fall a
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web site will go up providing better information and commuters should be able to get text alerts to make alternate plan autos this appears field is set for teams are now in are italy, sweden and south korea. but that is only half of the number of times that are suspected and we're live with more on this. mark? >> we're outside of the america's cup center here at pier 23 this, rb the hub of activity. there is impact has been a big seller, we're told would it exceed $1 billion but that is when more than four teams were expected. this morning there is the ceo
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up front about the numbers. the chief executive running events told me that this economy is the main reason there are going to be four challengers for the cup. >> and he says he believes believes it will meet pro diction autos this reminds the cut. >> it is based on the plan to hold 55 days of racing. the four challengers will race against each other. instead of a best of nine cup will be a best of 17 series. >> this is the economic benefit to the region. it's in the ballpark of where it's reported it's going to be. >> and there is a report that
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found direct expenditures will be the biggest economic driver. and there are teams struggling to get sponsors on board. tim jeffrey spent the past few years as director of communication autos i'm from europe and if you look, the story is economy, economy. economy. and there is someone of it that's been terribly good news. >> good news? n.san francisco is that men and women running this event this is not their first rodeo. big x factor is the public response. the public will get their first taste of the cup about three weeks from now. when this smaller boat will
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race in the green. >> public school teachers struck a new tentative contract just three weeks after classes resume that had will add days to the school year after cuts forced the furlough days. and they will spent 179,000 days in the classroom. and the union rank and file need to approve that deal. >> california nurse's association is standing behind governor brown's tax initiative. cna pledged support and $1 million for the campaign z this afternoon said it's a necessary investment into the future. >> we know our families cannot succeed unless health care is affordable. and unless neighborhoods stay
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safe. >> if approved it could increase sales tax by a quarter sent. and could race income taxes. >> state budget could take a big hit if facebook stock value continues to plummet. the current budget relies on stock selling for $35 a share, adding about.$5 billion to the treasury. and they're hoping more revenue can come in november. >> coming up at 6:00 google goes back to school and takes a street view camera to santa clara university. but are there concerns? also, keeping power on. what environmentalists credit
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blackouts this summer. >> fog at the coast and cooling area wide. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and there is
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. google street view clicking away today and soon, you'll be able to see detailed pictures of the campus from your computer or mobile device. and how prot jekt came together. >> people visiting got a peek
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59 street view mapping in action. an suv roamed streets but it took pedal power to photograph the interior. >> i thought it was cool. i wondered how to get pictures they get. >> we're only allowed to shoot equipment and operations from a distance. mounted cameras capture 360 degree views at street level. one university alum first proposed street view partnership and in an agreement came together within weeks. this university says it will be an enormous marketing tool. >> we're excited to be able to promote it to other people. >> and google offered users a way to click on a map and get a tour of the location. students didn't seem concerned with privacy issues. >> a lot of times google blurs
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out face ootz company says it will use software which blurs out faces and license plates and this is dispute controversy, they're embracing the he technology, including nasa. >> i have used it before. it gives you an idea of what you're going to be visiting or moving to. >> the pictures should be online in the next couple months. >> that is kind of funny. ultimate technology, a guy riding a bicycle. >> and the o., a suggestion of a report relesioned by an investigation into the matter. and there is a on the verge of
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failure, analysts said it would be cheaper to let the company go under. administration restructured this lone anyway, and solyndra declared bankruptcy last year. >> environmentalists say california's solar energy policies are helping prevent blackouts this summer. the group says they're take advantage of less expensive alternative autos becoming as costs come down, accessible to more and more californians. this majority of growth has been in lower and middle income communities. >> and california public utilities commission are required to use renewable resources to produce 30% of our energy by the year 2020.
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>> if you're looking for solar power today, you got it in the east bay. >> there are bright sunny skies and there are hot conditions in the 90s. there is a looking west, you can see bay bridge, a lit of sutro tower. there is low clouds there is a same picture giving you a look at the outline at the coast which moves out over the bay this evening. now it's still hot inland and there is 91 in concord. notice how much cooler other locations are in the north bay ask south bay. mainly 70s. there is cooler days inland. and temperatures bottom out then, there is a trail of
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moisture bringing some high clouds with it. and there is saturday, starting at 5:00 saturday morning over the sierra, there are thunderstorms activities that will fuel those thunderstorms and that will continue to a risk for fire. so there is a fire weather watch in effect and this is saturday afternoon to saturday evening because of a dry lightning possible. in the bay area, lows into mid to upper 50s and mild again overnight. and there is sunny skies, mild, low l 0s and there is highs
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into 70s. there is 79 in mountain view. on the coast cool and foggy. highs into upper. >>s and there is 65 downtown, north bay highs upper 70s to mid-80s. there is near east bay, upper 60s in berkeley and richmond. low to mid-70s elsewhere. there is warm, but not quite so hot in the week. there is low 70s near the bay. low to mid-80s inland. temperatures bottoming out over weekend saturday, sunday, highs into mid-70s and 70s around the bay. there is gradual warming after
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that. >> thank you. >> sure. >> thanks to all of you taking part in the abc 7 sleep train dream campaign. and you can help make a difference, just like abc 7 news and $1 gets donated to the dream campaign. >> there is ñ!ñcús
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you can see a pilot program gets rolling tomorrow to allow bicycles during rush hour. official as announced bikes will be allowed during peak times and only on friday. officials hope to use this trial run to develop a more bike friendly policy and have begun removing seats near doors and-to-make room for more bike autos that means i can get my bike out of the way and there are other cyclists can put their bikes next to mine. >> officials are asking riders
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not to board a train during rush hour if you can see it's too crowded. the goal is doubling the number of riders on bicycles traveling on bart. >> there is a generous donor to thank for two new soccer fields. the gift of $4 million may be the largest private don wraigs toot city. this is already in planning stages and will have professional quality art firm turf. and there is a the san jess yeah city council will accept that donation next week. >> now, dissatisfaction with a lack of detrails -- details on a plan to boost the euro. the dow finishing at 12,878.
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and there is a 24 hour fitness up for sale and is on the auction block for $2 billion, it's grown to 419 outlets with nearly four million members and university airlines raising fares, the carrier confirmed that it's increasing prices by $10 per round trip. and still to come a woman victimize a religious leader tells her story for the first time. >> you, sir are a rapist and a child molester. >> next a woman relives horror she suffered at hands of yousef bey. >> and police think cause aid violent crash. >> meaning up ocean beach there is
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five years ago today, chauncey bailey was shot and killed while walking to work in downtown oakland. he as writing a story about finances of an oakland business called your black muslim bakery for the "oakland post "newspaper. the owner and several others were arrested and convicted for the murder. and we're also learning about his father, he died in 2003, but a woman known only as jane doe one has come forward to tell her story of rape and abuse by bey, senior. abc 7 news introduces us to her and why she's speaking out. nick? >> there is only feet from where chauncey bailey was
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killed. the woman is using anniversary of bailey's death to speak out. she spoke with our media partner. >> this first timt happened to me i was eight. i was in the bathroom with one of the wives. he came back there. motioned for me to come to him. and when i went to him, he started molesting me. >> she is exposing the dark side of a once prominent man. yousef bey. the founder of your black muslim bakery. she paints a different picture of the man. >> word on the street is that if you're down and out and black and you need a place to go, the bakery was there. >> bey founded the bakery in 1971 and used the profile to get other blacks excited about business ownership. anna lived in the east bay all
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of her life, remembering the bakery well. >> part of creating a neighborhood that has businesses owned by african americans serving in african american community at a time when that wasn't a lot that have happening. >> saying bey was a dynamic speaker. she would later get the courage to run and get help. her testimony led to imnal charges being filed against bey. getting her pregnant was she was 12. in 1988 she confronted him on the phone. >> i said i'm going tell you something i'm sure no one elts has told you. that you, sir are a rapist and a child molester and let me tell what you i'm going to do to you. i'm going to go owe to the police and press charges against you. >> the bakery now sits in an area of north oakland.
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signs have faded but memories have not. under the name jane doe she was able to prove with dna her children were fathered by bey. >> nothing happened to him. he lived a very good life to the day he died. >> bey died in the hospital before fashion trial. records show he fathered at least 40 children calling up to 100 women his wives. and she's a born again christian, has been married 18 years becoming an add ve kit for children who are abused and she's hoping to write a book and use proceeds to help those who have been abused. >> abc newsearned a psychiatrist expressed concerns about james holmes weeks before the massacre outside of denver, our sister station discovered dr. benton treated holmes at the university of colorado. he warned other members of the
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team to that she had concerns about holmes but that team did nothing because he quit his phd program in june. and experts say this should have been a red flag. >> that is a signal you should intensify efforts. and under those sirk stangss most well trained team woz have gone into action. >> the chancellor says he believes the school did everything it should have done. >> one person is dead and 38 others injured after a violent crash involving a double decker bus. and this bus traveling to kansas city. they believe a tire blew that caused a driver to lose control. they were at least 80 passengers on board, and the bus is the largest bus operator in the united states offering fares as low as $1.
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>> there is a a biggest beach in san francisco. trash and graffiti clutter ocean beach. she turned to dan noyes for help. he had the story in this report. >> san francisco ocean beach has big city problems. >> look at the cart. >> this is how it looks morning after a weekend crowd. >> i don't get it. >> robin walks the shore and says garbage problems are constant eye sore and a threat to the wildlife here. she's had enough. >> i feel like san francisco doesn't care p this beach that. is how i feel when walking here, it's like it shouldn't look like this. >> she says authorities need to step it up. and get tough with people who
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deface sea paul waul autos make hempeople held accountable for committing this crime. it's against the law to do sh this. i feel like people don't care. >> it skirts the city, the beach is federal parkland and this spokesperson says when it comes to litter, urban ocean beach has a pr people. >> people understand saying pack it in, pack it out. but may not raise roiz this is also a natural area. >> on a busy day, workers pick up trash sometimes twice per day, or more, barely keeping up. as far as graffiti, they're losing this battle. >> graffiti is just a complete draw on our time and budget. >> she says they're tough on lawmaker lau breaker autos we'll prosecute every case we can make when catching someone defacing government property.
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and carrying witness a heavy fine. and stiff penalties. >> she couldn't tell us how many citations were given out in the last year or how many they've won. >> i feel like people committing acts are just on a protected species list or something. and why should very to see this every day? >> park authorities say they're working on a campaign aimed at beach vandals and asking for your help. they want to you call their 24 hour dispatch line if you see a crime in progress. and you can click on i team to let us know if you see a problem athat needs fixing.
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technology opening doors for more and more blind people but with devices something is often missing from books for the blind. the picture autos abc 7 news introduces to us a group using the power of proud sourcing to help blind people see what they've been missing.
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>> there is rows and rows of books wrapped in rubber bands. the only thing holding them together. >> we take the cover skpof chop binding then we're able to feed it through a very spy speed scanner. >> scanning books for people like rob turner. >> like millions rob reads e books. rob is blind. >> by three additional names which we ought to adopt. >> there is a no text he can't ring reed as long as this is text. >> a lot of times would it say picture. and that would be a graphic. you think what is in that graphic? >> the vp explains this is a problem for students. >> a lot of students are diskurnled from studying math and science because the images and also math chr often depicted are just too difficult for people to get
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described as a school level. >> that is where poet comes in. >> they're standing and are -- it's cold. boy just say... a group of women huddled together. >> a free tool that let's hundreds describe images. >> there is a bride and groom photographed outside on the street. >> just a little bit of knowledge can make the difference. >> they see this as a game of catch up. with more and more publishers bringing out books on these devices they see this an an opportunity. >> there is a best people described as authors. >> and i would thereof see say can you spend two minutes to describe this image?
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>> that is very cool. >> using sound to see. >> california researchers taking a cue
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world's most famous letter turner was in the bay area to share big news. she revealed $67,000 have been raised for rebuilding together. that helps poor, elderly and disabled make repairs in homes. and this is where staffers built a community garden. >> to give away money for people who need it is special. it warms my heart. it's great to do these to be here. >> and maxwell house donates each time the bonus round is solved. you can help, too. go to abc 7 news.com and click on see it on tv.
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>> great day to be outside. >> warm and sunny. >> and there is a sampling. 10 to in yu kaia. inland east bay, sizzling and there is a summer spread one more day. there is a wide range of high temperatures tomorrow to 70s in oakland and there is 93 inland so there is about a 36 degree range there. will be a mild weekend and there is mid-70s around the bay. quite a sharp down turn. >> thank you. >> okay. >> and a nonprofit is training blind people to use sound as a
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method of seeing. zp abc 7 news has a look and a listen. >> for most people taking a stroll is relaxing but it can be indim tating. and for several months she's been learning a new system to see. her instruct swror also blind. >> what does this sound like? >> it's called flash sonar. the same way bats see in the dark. dolphins in the water, and submarines spotting other subs. and there is a clicking house with the mouth. >> there is a listen for the sound around it. >> you're able to term how
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wide, tall or solid it is. >> the president of the world access for the blind in southern california provides training. >> you can tell there are trees and bushes, planter box autos he demonstrated after seconds of clicking there is an mash in his mind. >> this is something more creative. it's not natural. >> he is the first to admit it's not vision but for syria -- keira it's life changing. >> there is no way to do this independently. >> and it is located in encino. we have links on our web site.
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sky 7 is live over two fires burning fear highway 17. there are two locations and we know two cars have burned in this fire near a transmission line. in the south bay, location is 85 and highway 17. we're going to stay on top of this and give you details coming up later tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. >> and there is what is coming up. >> what started out as a work shop spread around the world. the battle showing another side of the city of oakland. then at 11:00 every kid loves a slumber party. so what if you can have one at at and t park? there is a a special midnight
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edition in just seven minute autos how about sports now? >> there is more likely. there is a power play. there is mets getting to barry zito early on. there is a two run score. there is a sack fly. this team needs offense. there is a two more with a double in the 7th. there is 9-1 your final. 49ers back to work and next friday is the stick. we talked about that new found depth at running back with brandon jenk yinz coming back
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as a free agent. there is a the man that knows he can contribute to this offense. >> my rules could change accord together game plan. and one part of the rule could be down hill to the man who wanted more win autos raitders took a day off and there is a carson palmer getting coached up by his team hate. and liner plays with offensive coordinator last year in houston. >> this is nice to get a coaching point at a player. and if he hasn't done it, it would be done. it's more believable when you
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hear it from players. >> there is raiders and broncos in december and there is in ohio there is a bridgestone invisitational. tiger woods has it seven times. there are three bogeys including this three putt on 18 there is jim furyk rebounded here, 7 under 63. and there is a spoiller alert. come back when the music stops.
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>> there is china and usa now tied for gold. and there is a big day. >> thank you, shu. >> i can wake up to the iphone alarm clock app putting news, weather at your bedside every morning. and for shu, spencer, dan, carolyn and the entire news team, have a good night. see you at 9:00, 11:00 and if you stay up, 12:00. >> just stay up with us, join us. good morning! wow.
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captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's kids week contestants. this future kindergarten teacher is straight-a's in our book. from plano, texas, say hi to... he wants to be a chemist in the future. from indianapolis, indiana, how about a positive reaction for... and she wants to be an actress,
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and she's ready for her close-up, mr. trebek. from fleming island, florida, here is... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you all, and thank you, johnny. hello, ladies and gentlemen. i can't tell you how happy we are about the way the games have been going so far this week. excellent competitions, and, katie, alex, and larkin, let's do it. here is the jeopardy! round, and here are the categories for that round... you have to identify the country... and, larkin, you start us, please. i like to read for $200, please.
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