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cattleman's is planning to make a donation to the family according to a facebook page there are 100 people saying they're going to be here for the memorial which starts at 7:00zq: >> thank you. >> it appears alisa may have taken a wrong turn, she'd left a music festival on foot, presumably headed for her hotel room about five miles away. now, the story from south lake tahoe. >> her body nound a snow brim just like this, just off of pioneer trail on this side of the birm. it was spot bid two utility workers driving in a high profile vehicle, only spotting the body because of the high perspective. they(ç81ñ were able to see overe
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brim. the search for 19-year-old alisa by. rne came to a sad end this morning. two workers found a body. >> investigators in this case responded to the scene, and just confirmed identify ti after lisa. i've notified her father. >> authorities had been a key part of the search because she was headed towards horizon hotel in lake tahoe, nevada but the body found a half mile away from the snow globe concert she'd been attending which is in south lake tahoe, california. investigators say she may have been disoriented during her walk. >> if shem5j.a was heading to te horizon, she was going the wrong direction. >> her body was found on the other side of a snow birm. investigators say she was fully clothed and there were no signs of foul play, nothing to lead them to believe she'd been hit by a car but there are still details including one report she'ds9ixz been seent horizon hotel just after the
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snow globe concert. >> if that person did see her, it's possible that she jumped back to snow globe area so. we've got a lot of leg work still to do. >> investigators are looking for footprints in the snow and other clues to piece together what happened. they believe this san accidental death, they'll be ending her body for a comprehensive autopsy. >> because of this case, and the circumstances, we want to be as thorough as possible. >> and as part of that autopsy they'll be conducting a toxicology screening to see if she may have had drugs or alcohol in her system.caíyx >> sergio, thank you very much. the family says they're doing their best to accept this loss.-wxm incredibly difficult n a statement they said our family is devastated. we were still holding out hope she'd be found alive. we'll miss alisa and she will
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be in our hearts over. -- forever. friends and family have been stopping by the family home and brugt flowers and left mementos. her great aunt says her mother ise just destroyed by her daughter's death. >> obviously kim is very distraught at this moment. as her whole family s we didn't expect this outcome. but we're going deal witness now. the best we can. >> the family says alisa was a strong, confident, friendly bern a bright future ahead of her, thinking about a career. this tragic discovery affected many people, hundreds of viewers are leaving condolences for her family on our facebook page and if you'd like to add something or have something you'd like to express, join us at facebook.com/abc 7 news. >> the man arrested for crashing into a car and killing two people made a court appearance today, facing
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two counts of murder but that clash injure aid third person. emmanuel garcia. now, his family is pleading to allow his father to come from guatemala to see him. >> this young man suffered several broken bones, a head injury. his family reached out to us this morning. i spoke to his mother. the family has hired an imgrigs attorney to try to help bring the father here, to san francisco. this mother of the 18-year-old spoke to abc 7 news from the hospital where her son is recovering after his white car was struck by a man running away from police. her sister, 29-year-old sylvia was also in the car. she died. she says her son doesn't remember what happened. they haven't told him his aunt
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is dead. family is trying to bring the young man's father from guatemala but have not been able to obtain a visa. she says her son woke up and said i want to see my father. the accident occurred on new year's day, garcia was taking his aunt home, police say morales ran through the intersection on 21 and south vanness, crashing into the white car. according to the investigation, morals was running from police, after he shot at three people insifd housing project not far away. a pedestrian was also killed, morales face twoz counts of murder and other serious charges. san francisco's district attorney says he was on probation forwy2$ñ involve wmt a street gang. >> it's a good example of someone that probably wasn't
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thinking the day he decided to drive into another neighborhood that he would be ending up killing two people, spending his life in prison. >> now this, is something that gascone is trying to keep young people from gangs. still, he says he will prosecute to2ao the fullest p extent of the law, d.a.asking bail set at $10 million. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> are thank you very much. now, three accused killers stood together, but silent in a courtroom today, charged with a mansion murder of a wealthy south bay businessman. abc 7 news was in court. >> three men accused of killing a businessman did not give indication in court today they know each other. the private attorney for one of the men tried to keep her client out of view altogether.
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saying she didn't want potential witnesses to falsely identify him based on news coverage. >> denying that request and austin did his best to hide his behind attorney. the prosecution charged often along with javier garcia and lucas anderson with, six felony counts, each. charges include murder of ravi kumra and the assault of his wife during a home invasion robbery november 30th. >> you try them altogether. the only, would it have to be a decision to separate them.wkby but at this point seems they should stay together its not clear if a fourth defendant, raven dixon will be tried with the other three, police say she's a prostitute that had a
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relationship with kumra. prosecutors sealed facts in this case leaving unanswered questions. including how the defendants are tied together. there are, however, volumes of documents which painted unflattering portrait of kumra, akugs him of surrounding himself with prostitutes and hiding millions in assets from business partner autos that may supply moat skbrif opportunity for defendants to have taken advantage of him, trying to rob him and result in his own demise. it's not going to be a defense to throw dirt on the victim in this case. >> three murder defendants scheduled to enter pleas next month. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> the by area weather pattern about to change. spencer has the forecast coming up. >> it's going to change. our cold snap easing up, rain now coming into the pick turks we'll take a look atqra1j]t
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doppler 7 hd in just a moment. >> first a look at rap sheet of this man who has been pulling parking lot jobs for years and authorities and now have confirmation that chevron firefighters may have contributed to a massive last summer. >> we'll find out what is next i moved to new york to work in fashion.
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the driver is one passenger ditched the car and then, took off on foot. we're going stay on this wreaking news as police continue their search tonight. you're looking at live pictures from sky 7 hd. >> he seems to be unstoppable. a serial conman, praying on drivers in san francisco. abc 7 news first reported on him last summer after an arrest but he's still on the streets. and now, the question is how can he be stopped in vic lee has the story only on abc 7 news. >> this is mabimba, maybe the most prolific petty theft criminal in san francisco. police made contact with3vx) hm more than 50 times this, is the rap sheet. 12 pages long. almost every time he's arrested he spends a time in jail, then back on the streets doing what he does best. he goes to unattended parkingot
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lots with pay stations. he poses as an attendant, collecting money from drivers as they pull in. making things worse, the drivers often wind up with a ticket on their windshield from parking monitor who's check locks. last summer he was caught on a kgo camera as parking atendants grabbed him, he pretended to be one of them,. again arrested but back on streets just days later. >> this type of activity is unacceptable and criminal. >> the supervisor's district involves the embark dareo he's worried that they will pray on millions that will come to the city this year. >> we're talking to the city attorneys office as well as law enforcement to figure out if there are ways to improve on enforcement increasing local penalties. >> the da tells us they have prosecuted mabimba aggressive
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but but reality is that these are nonviolent misdemeanors. district attorney says parking operateors should increase security. >> he needs to puto[kqñ on an electronic gate.xol people have to pay. >> operateors say there are signs warning drivers and that more security would be ineffective. the president of priority parking told us the da is making it sound this is a business issue wh. if you look at rap sheet, it's clearly a chances are thr won't be his last. >> one of the most storied men in high school sports turning in his whistle. he's been called the vince
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lombardi of high school football. he is stepping down. what a legacy. >> it's true this, book inspired by the spartans longest football winning streak in history. now, today's announcement bittersweet. especially for players he coached in 1979. football coach approached for an announcement many expected after 34 years. few welcomed. >> this isn't ending for me. it's some what of a beginning. it's been my life. people ask me, what am i going to do nowog51? i don't know what i'm going to do now. >> what he did do in p 34 years is nothing short of exorderry. coaching this team to 399 wins, three ties and just 25 losses. players won 151 consecutive
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games. he knows what he wants to continue to do. >> i will still be involve ntd program. probably mentoring younger teams also. >> he's passing the ball to his assistant coach, 33-year-old former student. >> i won't be sitting here and frankly shouldn't be sitting here. if i wasn't cautious that. needs to continue. >> he credits player was having energy and willingness to win. players say he filled his teams with responsibility as well as developing talent. >> if you can't commit to person next to you, you can't trust them to be battling during the game he also teaches religion. finding his way into his
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at the moment, clear skies at the moment. rain arrives tomorrow, it's going to rain much of the afternoon and evening. chance of showers on sunday. we can expect sunny skies and milder weather monday and tuesday. overnight tonight, chilly but not that frigid cold weather we've had. look for low temperatures in north bay to drop into low to mid-30s. 32 in fairfield. mid to upper 30s inland east bay. upper 30s near bay shore, low 40s as well. cool to chilly night. but not a fridge yitd one. high pressure continuing to hold on for a while. this is a system bringing us clouds later tonight and rain in the morning. we won't have much rain, just a little bit developing in the north bay ask and along
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coastal areas but later in the day by 1:00 we'll see rain becoming more wide spread p more concentrated. then, still, later about 5:00 p.m. heavier rain in south bay and east bay. there will be trailing showers behind that cold front into early sunday. but sunday it will start off as a cloudy day, looks like we might get sunny breaks on sunday as well. so by 5:00 monday morning beginning of push hour we'll see rain ending. in the sierra,don't expect nuch snow from this system. as it moves out that way saturday, mostly cloudy. then, it will be becoming partly sunny monday. back in the bay area, wet, cool, high temperatures from
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upper 50s and to our south around monterey bay, highs in mid-50s. here is the accu-weather forecast. starting to get breaks of sunshine but further clearing monday, tuesday, milder weather with high temperatures around 60 degrees then, more reasonable weather with just a slight chance of showers. so tomorrow it will be wettest day in the forecast period. >> okay. thanks spencer. >> coming up next, a convicted rapist is awill youed to go free. >> because woman he attacked was not married.
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investigators confirm chevron's own firefighters may have contributed to the richmond refinery nir august. according to a draft report now being circulated for comments, firefighters were able to put out a flash fire caused by a small leak. but in so doing they may have also accidentally punctured a main pipeline, releasing a bigger cloud of gas. investigators say the pipeline appears to have been punctured from the outside, they're exyachlining firefighters tools to determine whether one did it. the fire sent black smoke
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throughout the area, and thousands of people sought medical attention. chevron expects it owe to be back on line in the next few month autos on skur california law allow aid convicted rapist to go free because the woman he attacked was not married. this recreation shows what happened. the victim then awoke realizing that someone was having sex with her, she demanded it stop, but the defendant continued. his attorneys claim he should be acquitted because he impersonated her boyfriend, not her husband. >> the law really requires that that person be someone who impersonates her husband. and that was not the fact of this particular case. >> impersonation of anyone to rape should be a felony. >> that crime victim advocate plans to work with lawmakers to close this loophole in the
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california rape law. >> well, still head here tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 demonstrators joined some prominent lawmakers in giving thumbs down to the story of a raid on osama bin laden. >> also tonight a new messaging service from facebook that could some day allow to you call your friends for free forever. >> hey, good morning. >> and mcdreamy saves the day for hundreds of workers in a bankrupt coffee shop chain. stay with us. abc 7 news at 6:00 continues.
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we have more breaking news to share with you. apparently two people have been shot at sunset market. we think sunset market sat 5th street in richmond. these are live pike tours. we do know that two hours, we're hearing maybe three people injured in this. this is at fifth and chessly avenue tonight. >> a controversial movie opens about the hunt for osama bin
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laden. the senate intelligence committee wants answers about the making of the movie and are worried the film will show movie goer that's torture is acceptable. >> i'm sure film makeors be answering dwe qes about oscar and protests from the likes of amnesty international. the movie zero dark 30 is about the hunt for osama bin laden based on a true story but naifr narrative suggests water boarding is what lid to the killing of osama bin laden. out side, members of the world can't wait and amnesty international staged a protest trying to stop movie goers from seeing the film. >> are we, have we lost our}/
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moral compass? that is what i hear when i think torture. >> most people had the same reaction as antonio. >> it's not a documentary. it's basically a work of fiction. >> the film makers have been quick to point out it's a movie but cia did provide and now, senators are writing with questions about what sort of access they were given and what information was obtained through water boarding or other quote, enhanced techniques. >> you believe whilegmq watching this movie water boarding leads to information that leads them to elimination of osama bin laden. that is not the case. >> in december, the acting cia director called the film a drama.
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and adding this strong impression key is a false impression. some told protestors they were wrong. linda was uncertain she thought about water boarding. >> it's hard to say. >> i'm asking you if you think it's a good thing. >> it's a really hard thing to say. >> the director says water boarding of prisoners did happen in real life. she wanted to portray that. however, before the movie came out, the cia told congress it did not provide key intelligence. >> mark, thank you. >> one witness rit twal took place today. the people you see here are the members of the electoral college carrying tallies from states into the house of representatives, tabulated
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before a joint session of congress. president obama won, you'll recall with 62 more electoral votes than he needed to win. here is a final vote count of the popular count. which was most closer. >> facebook getting into the phone business, sort of. the social network has become the place to share your thoughts and now, your voice. it's called messenger but couldn't do anything you couldn't already do. >> i'm just ewing facebook messener option. >> she is sending by recording her voice. you press to record, then let go to send. >> so it's really easy to send record a voice mail and send it and match up a voice mail. so easy to do that. >> it's a novelty some said they'd have fun with. >> send your dad a voice and say it's a text message.
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>> this is personal. >> yes. personal during holidays. >> but bigger news is a feature facebook claims is rolling out. three phone calls. >> to connect you don't need numbers then. a lot of people would find value in that. they might not have a number but be facebook friends at them. wot toth idea of making phone calls. some said the biggest concern was privacy. >> sometimes i'm not close to you. i don't want them to contact me back to give them a phone number. >> they were looking at privacy settings to control how easily they could call me. >> what i might use it for is international calling. those tend to be more expensism i use skype a lot replacing skype just like facebook replaced chat rooms and in cases e mail, all part
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of mark zuckerberg's vision. >> it's all about communication and they are saying we want to connect people. that is a big thing for them. they want people to use their app for everything. they want to be network for people. >> tonight a positive new reading on the u.s. economy. reporting employers added 150,000 people to payrolls, about average but it will take until 2015 to remain all jobs lost. welcome news for wall street. the dow ended its best week in six months up 43 points. the nasdaq held back. >> and a story we promise fod follow up on for you. that is actor patrick dempsey.
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submitting a bid for tully's coffee chain. his goal to save 500 job autos i feel a responsibility to the company, my employees and building this company up and stabilizing it. i don't think we have to worry about growth. just have quality control and customer service. >> a judge will have the final say in one week. he plays mcdreamy in the series gray's amat any. >> coming up next washington lawmaker as prove a tax break. >> and now, sacramento may follow suit.
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talking about four day nootz new year, already airlines trying to make us pay more. >> michael finney is following that and is here with the story. >> airlines raising prices? >> imagine. >> united airline as tempted first air fare hike of 2013. now, here is the question. will it stick? united raised price business just $2 to $5 each way,
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however, other airlines cannot immediately follow suit. now, usually the fare increase only sticks with other airlines raise their prices. but, fasten your seat belt. analysts predict they'll see a half dozen fare increases during 2013. general moators recalling about 55,000 suvs because they can roll away. the recalled models are the 2013 silver raddo, tahoe, avalanche and now, gm says cars can be shifted out of park, even if the key not in the ignition. so elt it's not a problem that could be. the company will notify those who did buy one, dealers will replace a column free of charge if that turns out to be necessary.
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sling box let's users watch home television shows remotely with a hook up, however, several customers complained sling media failed to honor service warranties. the better business bureau received 75 complaints. the district attorney filed a civil action against' company and agreed to pay a $195,000 fine without admitting any wrong doing. swing media tell meez and 7 on your side the company ahe is dressed it's complaints and now holds an a plus rating. when a banking forrives parts of the debt that counts as your income. have you to pay taxes well, federal government has decided not to tax that income for millions of disstressed homeowners. we've told but that. a bill in sacramento today would also waive state income tax on that de. lawmakers say homeowners should not have to
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face a tax when they have to resort to a short sale for get their principle reduced. >> eastbound encouraging lenders to do principle reduction and last thing you want is to get hit with an unexpected tax bill. this would be a boon to homeowners. >> this;[mc bill would renew te release one more year. that is probably what we need. >> thank you. >> okay. i.t.no longer stands for information technology, but intelligence transportation. >> means your car can talk to other cars
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increasing the risk of overuse injuries. his left elbow was on fire it hurt bad. >> he kind of drops elbo. ws getting that up and around. >> treating both children and athletes, these sensors are tracking movement patterns.4çz.' he will then use analysis to make adjustments. >> our gain goal is to work to identify before an injury happens. >> result reez veal he's in danger of future knee injuries and will work to show proper running, jumping and stopping. >> this other tips don't play through pain. play different sports. and apply lice is to sore
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areas 15-25 minutes after a game or practice. changes ian is willing to make. >> i don't want to get injured again to go through that tough time again. >> advice on treating them go to our web site abc 7 news.com look under see it on tv. >> this transportation expected to be a maingor focus in las vegas. and silicon valley playing a big role. a preview of what the future holds. two and a half years, engineers in cisco have been working on what they call smart, connected vehicles.ú doing so, goal toj9á avoid collisions and alert drivers.
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deliver pop ups to allow consumers to obtain product information to capitalize on interests instantly. >> that is interesting. and there is a coupeon. this is what people respond to. >> so this is a real shift in consumer electrickics, using it into technology used in our daily lives. >> very there are changes coming to weather. rain about to fall. >> it's getting closer, looking at live doppler 7 hd, we have mainly clear skies but clouds thicken overnight. rain arriving in the morning. gok a wet day throughout the day tomorrow here and cool, high temperatures only from upper 40s to low 50s now, looking for sunshine might want to head down to southern california it will be nice, sunny and mild to. rain going to get there sunday, then, you
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may want to head back to the bay area. here is the accu-weather forecast. partial clearing sunday. some leftover showers from late saturday night. partial clearing in after the foon. and quite mild with high temperatures around 60 digs and make changes within a short span of time. >> thank you. >> major change at did he la salle. >> yes. nationwide, really. >> i don't know anyone is going to come close to had in terms ever accomplishments. everything comes to an end, it did today. the most successful high school football co
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good evening, everybody. the most successful high school football coach in bay area history announced his retirement this afternoon, leaving after 34 years. he leaves with 299 victories just 25 losses and three ties. the highlight of coach la lad's run, the 151 game winning streak, that is an absurd dozen year was out a loss. he is stepping aside at age 58. his assistant coach will take over. allenbaugh was a player for
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coach lad. he is going stay on as a consultant. >> importantly for me the program remain strong than for me to hang on and coach. and i was kind of getting tired too. i just didn't think it's fair to him to be basically doing most of the work and not be ts head coach. i can't fathom 399 wins, but what i canoo!n fathom sim pactn people like me. i won't be sitting here and frankly shouldn't be sitting here if i wasn't confident but that league to continue. >> broncos linebacker dj williams played for coach lad and credits coach lad with molding him into the person and player he is today he helped me at a young age, probably was a father figure to a lot of young guys there. when i liked about him he didn't sugar coat it.
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casey is at five different coaches in that time span. red taking over and they do have the number one pick in the draft. hoops team off to their in history. cal won the last five meetings between two teams playing at altitude. utah cutting into a 12 point deficit. cal just five minutes until hitting a three. right now, cal leading with under a minute to go. they try to hold on, on the road. this sports report brought to you by mercedes-benz. >> thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00.
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coming up... >> this action is a big deal. at 9:00 ground breaking decision to make our food safen. >> then at 11:00 your tax refund, delayed. when you can expect the check. who you can blame for its tardiness. join us at 11:00. >> that is our report now. abc 7 news at 6:00. >> from all of us here, at abc 7 news, thanks for joining us. >> hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.
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hello, ladies and gentlemen. and we are delighted to have you with us for the next half-hour of answers and questions. they worked well for ashok yesterday, picking up over $21,000. will they work as well for michele and alison? we begin finding out right now as we move into the jeopardy! round. one daily double will appear in one of the categories. will it be... those three letters -- those six lettctually, will come up in each correct response, either/or. ashok, start us. african cities, $200. ashok. what is cairo? that's it. african cities, $400. alison. what is cape town? correct. african cities for $600. answer -- ily double.
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