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she tumbled onto the floor. so i watched it. >> and after our reports, dozens came forward to say their children also fell from the chair. and following our investigation, the company recalled the chairs and added warnings. and there have been 130 incidents. this is according to the cpsc, today, there is a new warning. >> this is a safe, and it's to be used on the floor. >> the company, once again is recalling the chairs so it can add a seat harness. >> bumbo is confident this is a safe product when used on the floor. with adult supervision.
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>> the consumer products safety commission says the belt isn't fool proof but will make it safer. but there aren't guarantees. one advocate says he wishes it was off shelves. >> we didn't get that. and what we can see is fixes put into place. hopefully that, will solve the problem. >> we'll take a look at that question. and also, you'll find our past reports on this with an investigation until now. there are links to explain how to put that fix on to the seat. and is this a fix for your child? >> the death of a newborn boy at marin general hospital in march is being investigate bid state he fishls. the coroner says it turned over the case to the state because marin general decline frod vid document was out a subpoena. and the journal reports that a
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nurse administered a labor inducing drug without a doctor's auj saigs. a hospital is refusioning to comment in this case but a spokesperson did say tragic events do happen. >> and the popular all star most popular player melky cabrerra is banned after testing positive for a performance enhancing substance. >> talk about letting the air out. not only did the giants lose to nationals today but lost arguably their best player, giants and fans have not had a let down like this since last year since buster posey this, decision by a player with 60 runs batted in. and 11 home runs. now, who knows?
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>> we looked for fans today and after the first inning they disappeared. and out in left field, he was a no show. >> this is major league baseball suspended cabrerra after a test for steroid autos oh, my god. >> this came out. >> the all star mvp and a face of the chan chiz went from hero to persona nongrata. bonl player, luggage separated from the team until five games into the playoffs. >> this is rumored that there was a rumor about this and he denied this. and not anymore. now, he has set that it is. >> what do you tell your son about this? >> well, it's not a good thing.
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and we enjoy him. >> you look like you're ready to cry. >> yeah. i am ready to cry. >> and you might wonder where the people in the stands have gone. according to more than one emmoiy it appears that they were also employees of the giants to stir enthusiasm for that player. >> and this is a shame. the giants said, quote, we were extremely disappointed and support major league baseball policy. and efforts to remove performance-enhacing drugs from the game. cabrerra is the second giants player to receive this suspension this season. this pitcher was penalized for 100 games in may, so high because the second time he had tested positive. and in 2006 he played for mets
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two. other players have been suspended including infielder and and sky 7 hd right now where a police chase has ended in a crash. it was a chp officer doing that chasing saying it started when the driver refused to pull over on 13th street. and this driver crashed into a pickup truck at the intersection with civil avenue. you can see the trees. the driver tried to run for it and he went to the hospital and chp says it could be serious injuries. no word yet on condition of the driver of the truck he hit. >> and know word on when the intersection will reopen. >> the first lawsuits have been filed against chevron and
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ples say law firms filed lawsuits suing for gross negligence and how it responded to the fire. the civil rights turn john buress says there will be a class action lawsuit z 9 spokeswoman says the company will review based on merits of the claim. >> and the oakland police kept says it's getting numerous new leads of last year's killing of a 5-year-old boy. police released sketches of an african man they say commit that had murder. gabrielle martinez was gunned down in december and police say it took time to compile a sketch. investigators say the pair was driving a light colored chevy impala. >> there is something
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outrageous. crooks caught in the act. watch this, guy comes up to a war and pounds on the rear window and then starts stealing but there is more. we're live tonight with the exclusive. >> there is steve mcdermott invested $900 in a surveillance system after his home was burglarized in 2009. now, he and his family are saying gotta! this is 555 in the morning. the target is that 1995 cam yairo. he notices stereo equipment connected to an amp plyer. he looks around to see if anyone is looking and waits, no time, smashes the rear window several times, and finally steals the amp plyer. what he doesn't notice is the
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four camera surveillance equipment recording it all. steve mcdermott's room is above the driveway. he was able to access the video. >> to use a spark plug and then push glass in. the window is ox we didn't hear anything. >> there is more. a second man gets out of the van intu not wearing gloves and careful not to touch anything. he may leave his fingerprints that. is when he notices the cameras are looking right at them. >> they wanted to get more but he looked up and noticed cameras there. they took off. >> and mcdermott e mailed the video and we handed it over to antioch police. >> are the chance goods you're going to get these guys? >> very g once videos aired someone will call us and give
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us a tip as to who suspects are this resident says things have changed. >> it's been over probably in three years. a lot of section 8 coming in. >> she's referring to people who qaul by for low income housing. the cam yairo belongs to mcdermott's brother. >> and to with able to have this in the path and share to get word out about it. we just want them caught. you know? >> and antioch police say that if you recognize the two individuals go to their new tip line. and they just gave it to me. and if they say it's anonymous.
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>> what a story. >> crews tonight say they've made progress battling two wildfires in lake county. and officials say they're now 70% contained ask could be out monday. and this fire started sunday ask that turning point game yesterday. 1200 were able to slow the fires progress. mandatory evacuations are still in place in riverside county. crews try to gain control of the so called buck fire. the blaze broke out yesterday afternoon. and that one burned 3,000 acres and destroyed four structures. and this fire sonl 5 a15% contained. saying crews found a hidden marijuana field. >> there is a little bit and
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i'm spencer christian. the accu-weather forecast center there might be center coming our way. we'll take a look in just a moment. >> spencer, thank you very much. and facebook investors with trading options. >> and skpf a gel in anor
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. a police officer filed a civil rights suit against the city because he says the department doesn't like his hobby of nude photographery. he claims he was suspended because of the pictures of naked women, come back to me that is the wrong piece of tape. the police chief and his predecessor is named as
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defendants. he's seeking unspecified damages and continues to work as a patrolman. now, surveillance video you got a glimpse of shows a suspect in a string of armed robberies in and around redwood city. police believe he committed five robberies and there are gas stations and mini markets were targets. anyone with information is encouraged to call police or sheriff's office immediately. >> tomorrow going to be a big day, an important day for facebook. and will those shares blood the stock market? what will it do to the stock price? david? >> those nearly two million shares held by early preipo
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investors. and they are locked up and can not be sold until spes spiffic dates. >> long before going public in may, facebook operating on venture capitol and an investment for microsoft. those early investors can start selling shares started thursday. a similar amount released in october. in november 332 billion shares or 49% will be released with smaller blocks unlocked in december. >> i don't know they'll be that impatient about getting out. employees may have an opportunity and there may be a sense of urgency. >> facebook is $17 below it's ipo price. employees shares could be traded starting in november.
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they may want to leave companies and start their own. >> they may lose talent. it's possible. they may have structure annual incentives to stay. >> and face book faces a tax liability. that is money it would use to help advertising strategy. if sold the real estate market is expected to benefit as millionaires look for homes. however, the president of the association of realtors thinks these ipo beneficiaries learn something from the bust. >> they know they need to save for the future, they swril families and children to put through college. they want to focus on things that will patter. >> the big unknown is how will
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stock price be impacted by investors cashing out. at the price, it's believed that inrestor who's missed out on the ipo back in may may face a good bargain price z a lot will depend on what investors think about the long range prospects. >> there is one of the largest companies in the world pledging to remove toxic chemicals from cosmetics. johnson and johnson made that announcement today. the brands include baby shampoo and aveeno. they expect to have product reform late bid the end of 2015. and parts of the nation are enduring worst west nile virus season since 2004.
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the dallas texas area is hardest hit. the mayor declared a state of emergency today nearly half of the 693 cases have been reported in texas. so have deaths. major break outs in indiana and right here in california. and contra costa county vector control will be fogging an antioch neighborhood tonight where infected mosquitoes were found. that is starting at 8:15. >> and sandhya patel is off and spencer christian is here. driving in the heat. things cooling down and and there is a live look towards san francisco.
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there is a marine layer along the coast. there are breaks here and there. we'll move across the bay and let's take a look at live doppler 7. showing fog still mainly at the coast. there are clear skies across the inland areas and around the bay. and there is current readings are these. it's 81 degrees in concord. hot spot, warm spot, antioch 87 now. 70s inland and around the bay there is areas of fog developing overnight and push across the bay. there is moisture moving into the atmosphere, overnight areas of fog near the bay z locally inland. low temperatures on the mild side, mid to upper. >>s. 63 in antioch. there is a upper level low
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pressure continuing to pull way from the coastline and allows for hotter air to continue advancing. circulation pulls up moisture from the south and clouds that is from remnants of what was tropical storm hector. and we'll start our forecast at 5:00 in the morning. we'll see areas of fog quickly disappearing and pull back to the coastline. we'll have our typical spread of high temperatures from 60s at the coast to 90s inland. temperatures near average range this time of the year, sunny skies highs into low to mid-80s. and on the peninsula, 79 redwood city. upper 50s to low 60s on the coast. now, a high of 66 degrees downtown tomorrow.
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north bay highs into low to mid 80s and higher moving north. near east bay highs, mainly 70s. inland east bay into 90s. here is the accu-weather forecast. there are high temperatures tapering off and partly cloudy skies friday and saturday and there are two days where there is a slight chance of a sprinkle or two. lovely weather is ahead. >> thank you. >> coming up next a 49er heavy weight working a guiness world record for a good cause. >> breaking silicon valley ceiling. using legos to help girls get
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a mountain view company and 49ers teamed up inn attempt to crack a record. they spent the morning packing lunches. the company launched it's web site coupons for change.org. >> there is one in four families living in poverty. you look at great ideas here. that is not something talked about or seen. >> dwight clark and tina turner were on on hand, helping pack nearly 400 lunches for needy families. >> that is a great shot. and some silver and gold medal winners came back to san francisco today, they were in china competing in girls math
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olympics. there are two that won sell ver. they say questions were different than they're used to in school. >> in school you memorize theorums and apply them, here you think about different ways in which to use them. >> this is girls given problems that each took an hour to solve. and that is awesome. good for them. >> yeah. >> that is another team i would not be allowed to join. >> san francisco's mayor sets sail to bring attention to america's cup. ñcús
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coming up at 6:00 suspension of melky cabrerra for performance-enhacing drugs, he admitted it. >> the federal government's new policy for young, undocumented immigrants and why it would have a bigger impact on the bay area. >> and local teachers learn how to make science come alive in classrooms. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. >> right now, though, the first america's cup events get underway next week. and mayor ed lee takes a look at how to maneuver the sail boats. >> the mayor took a trip on one of the racing teams ac 45 wing sails, look at this thing. >> and there he said it was kind of like nascar on the water. >> the races include

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