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when going out to work in the morning, this is many times, some don't return home. >> along the way, police and firefighters stood at attention, saying their goodbyes to one of their own. highway 29 two truck as top an overpass raised their ladders and attached a huge flag in the final leg of the procession a helicopter dipped over the motorcade and followed that hearse to the funeral home. it arrived at the funeral chapel at 1:to. and the casket was carried into the home. officer young dm storm's family members. jenny came to pay respects said what was on the minds of many today. >> just want to them that
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we're praying for them at this time in their lives. >> and this was an emotionally draining trip. and i spoke to several of them today they told me this is part of the healing process. >> so sad. >> a chain of gyms found a way to honor the officer and raising money in the process. everybody who works out is being asked to donate to the memorial fund. the gym's owner is a fire fighter. he created a work out honoring the officer. >> this is based on his line of duty and a rep scheme similar to cross fit. >> the officer's badge number
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180-64. and are being asked to run two miles and do 22 dead lifts. >> and and the chp says the service will be held in thursday at vacaville. >> there is a father accused of grabbing kids and taking off in a sail boat he appeared in a courtroom to hear charges in connection with his children. abc 7 news joins us live with more. >> ahe did not enter a plea but did week speek out in open court. what he had to say outrage aid number of people. >> this is the man who faces
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eight felony counts after allegedly kidnapping his children and sailing off with them, law enforcement rescued the children friday night near monterey. today when he appeared in court he spoke out, offering a reason, in his mind behind the actions and perhaps a glimpse at his legal defense, told the judge with all due respect to this court my children have been put back to the place where they are being accused -- abused. deputy district attorney says that statement attempts to be a an attempt at defending criminal actions. a boater spoke to abc 7 news and i says when asked about where to get boat fueled he noted he was doing something wrong. >> the answer was no. if i go there, i'll have to stay. chi found another red flag went up abc 7 news legal analyst says that he signaled
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he will be abresive. >> we don't know his side of the story. there are lots of defense that's can be raised in cases like this. and i think case could become a petri dish of legal issues. >> and i spoke with a mother of the two children just moments ago and one told me she's upset by what is called an outpurse the in court and says as a nurse she's dedicated her skplif career to helping children norkt harming them and she hopes he will take responsibility for his actions and this judge did order him held on half a million dollars bail ask is scheduled to enter a plea next week. >> there is former supervisor
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nadya lock year appeared in court, standing before a judge for just minutes and prosecutors say she was caught with methamphetamine and placed her 9-year-old son at risk being under the influence of drugs in his prebs presence. >> i am extremely happy to be receiving help and focusing on getting healthy. i hope to inspire many, many others to do the same. >> the judge will let lock year see her son as long as her estranged husband is present. >> grass fire in orinda burned three acres and and there is sky 7 out there a couple minutes before the first fire truck. the grass fire burn add long
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the ridge of the hill and this is below power lines. no reports of out yanls in the area and nobody was hurt. >> there is where pechb people need to find a new place to live. that one broke out before 2:30 the flames gutting two units and an apartment building. and investigators believe it started as what they describe as discarded smoking material autos efforts to monitor air quality will be improving. there are officials reaching that meeting and the management district decided they'll pay for additional air monitors. sending thousands of people into hospitals and says because this travels so far up into the sky, air pollution monitors failed to detect big
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increase in smoke part cell autos this is between information going on too long. >> there is an opportunity to improve and we can't forget the problem here is stopping it from happening the first place. >> officials receive aid report from several agencies investigating the fire. >> there is a 17-year-old teen shot after he allegedly tried to rob the wrong person an off duty sheriff's deputy. it happened this morning near lake merit. one man was suffering a gunshot wound. a second man said he shot the man. a firearm was also found. the teenager was taken to a hospital where he is listed in stable condition. >> silicon valley giant hewlett-packard announced thousands of job cuts today.
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and that 2000 more than what the company announced in may and last month posting largest loss ever and the company hit hard by slumping sales of personal computers and printers and stock rose 30 seconds and is still trading near an eight year low. >> a new national strategy aimed at preventing suicide. it's going to use face wook to help people who talk about sue skpid connect them with help and there is a concern is that 16% of students between grades 9-12 have considered suicide. >> some of the thinking is
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that talking about suicide may prompt someone to commit suicide. >> it's important that you ask, ask the question. and have you thought about suicide? >> and you can log on for several links for help including national suicide prevention lifeline. >> shocking. >> yes. >> and coming up, something the state failing to do that is putting women in domestic violence shelters in double jeopardy. >> the coast guard able to swoop in and rescue a pilot and his son off the coast. >> toys are us getting into a new game. tablet wars. michael finney explains piece of mind they promised to deliver to parents. >> and there is a late summer
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warm up coming. the news continues in one minute.
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this video shows a rescue swimmer helping victims of a small plane crash escaping with out a scratch. the crew helped in that rescue. >> and they credit a gps device. >> they had a signal to a satellite which is registered. and describe the vessel they own and who owned it and what type of vessel this is because they did that, this helped save lives. because if they had not we'd not been able to find it and
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there the pilot and son now plan to have the plane hoisted from the ocean. >> there is a whan who killed a woman after his pick up drove ni noo a sidewalk has two convictions for dui. the 53-year-old arrested twice in ventura county in 2005, regaining his license in october, 2009. and is being held on manslaughter charges after plowing his truck into a family around 6:15 saturday. a 52-year-old santa barbara woman died and her daughter in law remains in critical condition. >> there is santa clara county is one of four counties accused of failing to protect the public in connection with domestic violence. the new report is that county did not do what they're supposed to do to give that money to shelters.
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>> year after year, domestic violence survivors and shelt vers fwougt prevent their finding from being cut. most times, their efforts unsuccessful. the findings of a new audit are a shock. there is more money they could have gotten to maintain services. in reviewing santa clara county sat on $715,000 that should have gone to shelters. and there is a state shelter. >> without the money, fewer families can get help. some feeling forced to go back to their abusive relationship. shelters can't provide as many beds for women and children. and some instances legal services were eliminated. >> this is decimated our domestic violence programming. >> shelter workers are he is spishlly frustrated courts are
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l.a.x. and adding insult to injury, they haven't been collecting mandatory court fees and fines from convicted abusers in l.a. county collection rate averaged 57% and san diego, just 12%. >> what we've seen is some feel sorry for perpetrators and they aren't forcing them to pay fee autos and they say they'll improve wage, shelters looking back and shake their heads there is a lack of money is real. a survey conducted found shelter koz not fulfill a thousand requests for services and imagine that on a daily basis. >> there is more of a change at toys are us. >> and there is amazon, toys are us launching its own
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tablet computer aimed at children, it will be in stores late october and will be called tabio. >> and it features a seven inch screen, wi-fi, and 50 preloaded kid friendly apps. there is extra internet safety controls so parents can protect their children and there is a soft bumper to protect if it's dropped. it runs on google an droid operating system. known as ice cream sandwich. the average price for a gal yochb gas jumped eight cents over two weeks and that is putting the price at $3:84 in california lowest average price $4.05 out of bakersfield. san francisco, the highest of $4.19. average state wide, $4:13.
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and do look happy as a new car lot? august was a great month with sales tracker and data that is reporting sales jumped. sales up more than 10% if a year ago. ford reporting a 12.6% raise. and there is h.that is pretty good. >> and you may have seen today there is her first guest, jessica simpson, cheryl skro took time off to make a special aappearance. and she performs katie's theme song saying writing the song was no easy task. >> i'm thinking how do i write a song that not polly anna but
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it i wrote it from my perspective. things we talk about and we can do this if we do it together. >> and tomorrow she talks to a graduate student who lost part of her limbs to a rare flesh eating bacteria. >> there is a look at the weather now. >> and the weather is exciting if you like warm weather. fwoitsing to be beach weather into the mid well of the week. there is a live picture, top of the towers barely visible around 18, 1811 feet there. so there is a fog layer at the coast. there is san jose, l 3 degrees
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and sunny skies. clets show you what it looks like. highs up into low 90s and there is coastal areas into low 60s this afternoon. heading down towards monterey bay, there is some moisture continuing to move up into southern california. they've been seeing thunderstorms there. there is likely seeing a repeat of this as we head into tomorrow. temperatures now looking like this. there is warm inland mid to upper 80s inland. 57 degrees and there is going to be cooler by week's end making your weekend plans. first thing in the morning looking for fog and temperatures into 50s and this
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is except santa rosa. upper 40s there. a cool start. there is a trough passing to the north this is not going to have much of an impact on weather. we're waiting for the ridge of high pressure that is warm air, wednesday, thursday, the numbers peek, tomorrow morning foggy inland and there is a wide range of conditions and areas into 90s, you'll be into 60s and 70s getting into the bay. highs for tuesday, 82 in san jose. there is 85 in loss fwat yos. you mikelike it mild, we'll bring you mild weather, sunny and 77 in san mateo. 62 on the coast. there is some lingering fog into afternoon. and downtown san francisco, 68
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degrees into north bay there is 4 in santa rosa. east bay communities 73 in oakland there is a beautiful day inland going to be like today. 90s in livermore there is 72 degrees in santa cruz. there is warmer pattern into wednesday and thursday and friday. there is mid to upper 60s coast side. and everyone on sunday. but still pleasant weather is ahead. >> nice for raiders game. >> going to be into mid 60s and dropping into upper 50s. >> stuvm, listen to this, cleaning up a hoarder's mess. how it's created a new hanta virus scare. >> there is finally over. at 6:00 animal line for a soft
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this is some story. houston woman got sick cleaning the home of a hoarder but health officials are rushing to say it was not the hanta virus. the woman cleaning a house for a few tour episode of "hoarding". yuck. bury add live. she later developed a respiratory disease. health officials thought koit have been cause bid hanta virus. and as many as 30 people including clean up crews were in and out of the home so far nobody else reported falling ill. >> and that house was like made to order for that. there is nothing cleaning
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going on. nothing getting moved around. there are rodents inside. >> so sweeping and vacuuming these things going z into the air and it's breathed in and affects lings -- lung autos three people have died after contracting hanta virus this year. all of those cases are linked to infected cabins at yosemite national park. >> officials investigating whether patients including premature babies were exposed to tuberculosis in methodist hospital in sacramento. a person with an active case of the disease spent time in the neo natal intensive care unit. administrators are trying to find out that might have been exposed. >> health care workers now required to get an un ann you'll flu vaccination or wear a mask on the job. this is designed to prevent
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health pro fengsals and infecting co-workers and patients. falling in line for similar workers in san francisco and sacramento counties.
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coming up the 6:00 a new direction for a fremont tonight. what is to become of the enterprise he started to drew attention of the president z a social network for animal yorns. if you're looking for live chances pay depend on what kind of pets you have. and michael finney shows where you can find bargains, coming up at 6:00. >> and thank you. >> and a reminder about abc 7's all new afternoon line up that started today. again general hospital airing at 1:00 p.m. instead of two. and there is katie at 3:00. >> world news is next with diane

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