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all three were handcuffed and taken away for questioning. >> so biggest concern is that they skad weapons or not. so we're concerned about that and we're jumping off the boat. >> looks like everybody has been thrown around a lot there. is a lot of alcohol in there. >> this owner of the yacht was not willing to talk with reporter buzz we know his wife called abc 7 this morning after seeing the yacht on television. and is the head of a contact lens company. the darl sag expensive boat, another one built by the same company listed at $2.7 bill
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milin. last time this boat was available was in 2009 and going rate then was between 31 and $34,000 a week. the man in charge of getting it off the beach is tim parker. >> danger is that it has a 10 foot keel on it. it's standing on the keel rocking side by side. and... if you get carried away with pulling too hard you can leave it behind. then the boat is going to sink. >> and... we know that the names were just released within the hour, leslie gardener, a 63-year-old male, and lisa mottowell have been arrested in charged with stealing that boat. and it was a pizza and beer
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party that. is what they found on board when they went inside. we don't know how they managed to run aground. efforts now trying to get the boat off the sand back out to see. -- sea. >> what a story. mark thank you very much. we're about to get relieve from our dry well. there is a live shot showing calm before ther storm. >> we have clear skies just clouds off shore, and as we look off shore here comes a cold front it continues a good bit of moisture a lot of koud cold air wrapping around that frontal system. first rain drops expected to fall off on the north bay. through wednesday into wednesday night at 11:00 by that point up to an inch and a
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half of rain in santa cruz mountains. so an important one, we need rain and more after this. i'll give you the accu-weather forecast in just a few minute autos see you then. >> friends holding a vigil for a teenager shot to death in campbell around 10:30 last night. this is the first homicide in campbell since 2007. the mayor believes might have been a case of mistaken identity. >> you r he was just a friendly guy. >> there is no evidence to show he was a member of a gang at this point in time. we're continuing to interview family members and friends. >> the friends brought flowers
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to the crime scene today. >> and a memorial will be held on thursday for the two police officers shot and killed in the line of duty last thus this, is a photo of the detective with his family. the 28-year year veteran on the far right this, is detective elizabeth but wler her children. they were interviewed sexual assault suspect jeremy goulet when he opened fire and later killed in a shootout with police. a motorcade procession scheduled to start 8:45 thursday morning and travel over highway 17. the memorial was moved to hp pavilion to accommodate a larger crowd as expected to start at noon there. will be a lot feed of the service at the arena in santa cruz. we're going to broadcast the service live at abc 7 news.com. >> three burglary suspects under custody in san jess yeah
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after a shelter in place for three schools in the area, police say a woman reported a burglary around 10:00. students yents at nearby schools were all placed on lock down about two hours. the three suspects found in the neighborhood and alefted for burglary and possession of stolen property. >> a format that gets rallies today hoping that this is the near it will happen. and this time state republicans are getting behind the effort. nanette? >> november election highlighted the growing influence of latinos. supporters rallied to keep the pressure up. message? keep families together to get
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congress to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants in the united states. this family is worried dad, jose will be deported. his wife and kids are american born but with a previous deportation citizenship is virtually unattainable. even through marriage. >> my husband is undocumented. for me... and for my kids will be devastated if he gets taken aby. >> some believe this may be the year immigration reform will happen. republicans suffered huge losses during the november election partly because they alienated so many latino was harsh rhetoric on immigration. >> there are two ways to handle a loss, deny it or learn from it. >> at last weekend's state gop conviction, republicans elect aid new leader, one former minute men backed off a hard stance against illegal immigrants insists on talk
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about republican principles of free market and less government. >> go into communities and listen, then vrx a conversation. instead of making aassumptions if you pander on this one issue somehow you're going wind up with votes. >> participants boarded buses hoping that the new republican attitude opens the door to votes on immigration reforms. final stop, bakersfield on wednesday to rally at congressman mccarthy's office. >> last week two parties couldn't reach an agreement on ways to avoid sequester cuts. an agreement on immigration reform could be just as hard. >> california college students rallied today urging lawmakers to help make higher education more affordable. they're supporting a bill inro
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produce td by nor yeen evans imposing a tax with oil exare tracted from california lands. >> we have a problem when our colleges and universities receive 13% less in state funding. >> if you cut us down there won't be a few tour so i would like to see them stop cutting us. >> some students left to ask for a reversal of previous cuts to the system skpin creased funding for cal grant program. >> here is a story you probably heard today making a lot of headlines. what doctors are calling a fluke may have tlod a break through in treatment of babies born to hiv positive mothers. a 2-year-old girl in mississippi has been cured of hiv. she was born to an hiv positive mother and was also infected. she was put on high dosages of
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drugs at birth. her mother stopped giving her the medication at 15 months. the girl has been off hiv drugs for a year now and has been tested five times by five labs and there is no sign of infection. abc news chief medal cal editor says it could trance form the fight against hiv. >> if this approach works high dose treatment at the time of birth koit revolutionize what is being done adoctors believe the drugs wiped hiv from the baby's blood before it could take over dormant cells. certainly remarkable. >> coming up a foreign fashion fogul. >> and a new role arnold schwartzeneggar is about to take on.
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some firefighters being called heroes after using cpr to revive two dogs nearly killed in a fire. the dogs trapped in a burning mobile home outside sacramento. neither was breathing. rescuers spent an hour performing until both were revived it and was remarkable. >> owner of a popular hot dog restaurant says he will rebuild after a devastating fire. flames gutted the happy hound
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restaurant the owner says he hopes to reopen in about a month. people serving notice there will be clearing everyone out by the end of the week. the ramp has grown quickly after caltrans he fikte fikted -- evicted the homeless from a nearby camp two weeks ago. officials say the state does d.not cooperate with local agencies during january. >> fitness magazine says mexico's carlos slim remains on the top of list with a net worth of $73 billion. bill gates held on to the second place spot at $67 billion but spanish coat maker moved into the top three with $57 billion pushing warren
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buffet to number four this, is the fifrs time he's been out of the top three since 2000. >> after mazing number autos yes. we don't know any of them. >> wish we did. >> internet privacy heating up again in congress. >> most of the laws are kind of, you know, chew around the edges. you might soon be able to tell web sites to stop tracking you and allow consumers to demand web sites not track them. the groups say this would be a no brainer to nearly everyone but there is push back. >> this business model is
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based on supplying -- spying on customers. that is whaits all about right now. it's crazy. >> the law introduced by jay rockerfeller if you're a user of evernote the cloud note sharing service you may have had problems signing on this morning. hackers managed to breech it's computer networks. the company says they got encrypted pass are words however no content was compromised. evernote is the latest tech company in recent weeks to fall victims to hackers. the budget showdown might have a direct impact and here is the proof. yellow stone national park
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will remain closed another two weeks. the service usually hires these contractors to clear snow from park entrance buzz cruise won't get hired until later this month. many will cover fewer programs for visitors because of the showdown. >> thank you. >> sure. >> former 60s sitcom star is not done fighting for womens rights yet. along 500 women came out to hear them speak today and told the crowd the womens' movement has a long way to go. thomas told me she supports this conference because it gives women the tools to follow their dreams. >> it's never too late to follow another dream f your dream ran out or never happened make a new dream.
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>> it allows women to attend conferences in leadership, health and finance. it's sold out every year since starting in 2006. >> march is now womens' history month in california. state lawmakers passed the resolution today. other honorees include wailly di, the only co-founder of an american -- only woman co-found yes, i should say of an american semi conductor company. and dr. sally rogers dedicating her career to helping developmentally disabled children. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. >> we need this one. >> we need this rain. let'slett me show what you is
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going on now. i should point out the system is going to be a big snow producer for mountain ranges of california. that does include central sierra. take a look at conditions. a live view looking at sky to the west northwest, clear conditions at the moment. and pretty much uniformed meetings in our east bay hills camera. temperatures now 52 degrees, 56 in napa. on we go to our forecast features, increasing clouds tomorrow, rain developing late tomorrow afternoon skperlly evening in the north bay then sweeping south skbard eastward.
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we'll have a beach hazard advisory throughout this afternoon. a danger sneaker waves ever are a possible. -- possibility. avoid outcrops and jet yeez now here is our satellite image looping over last 12 hours, frontal system does contain some moisture. there is cold air behind that front as well. we'll see rain arriving into early evening hours. so let's start at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. there may be some light rain already developing up in the northern most part of the viewing area. it will be wet wednesday morning's kmeet commute. periods of rain and showers tapering off late in the day but there is another wave of rainfall poised to come in, at least showers, thursday morning. lows tonight under
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increasingly cloudy skies will be into low 40s. and high temperatures in the low to mid-60s up to 63 in san jose. low 60s in pal yos yoe alto. downtown san francisco, a high of 58 tomorrow, 56 in the north bay district. 61 in napa. east bay highs 62 in oakland. 61 fremont. inland east bay, 62 at concord and walnut creek. here is the accu-weather forecast. rainy weather wednesday. showers lingering into thursday. cool wednesday and thursday with highs only into 50s across the bay area, then we can get milder and drier weather over the weekend. sunny skies and high temperatures up to about 70
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degrees. you can follow weather conditions at live doppler 7 on twitter for latest conditions rain or shine. get video forecast, power outage information and weather tweets from your favorite weather team, certainly mine. >> thank you. >> okay. >> thank you very much. >> coming up next, fbi files show why witness any houston may have wanted to hire her own bodyguard not just like in the movie. >> the fate of sunset magazine after reports of a big corporate break up that
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balloon. it took minutes to cut it. they are not sure if someone did this on purpose after being treated the bird is recovering before it will be released. and just another day on the job for officers in contra costa county that had to round up horses who were moseying down an off ramp at i 680. officers korald horses and believe they got lose and horses went to animal service who's contacted the owner today. >> fbi releasing files on investigations the agency conducted on behalf of the late pop star whitney houston showing houston was concerned ban extortion attempt in 19926789 two other investigations in 1998 and 1999 were based on fan mail.
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houston drowned in a hotel bathroom last year on the east of the grammy awards. >> former governor schwartzeneggar is going back to his roots. we don't mean his acting career, he's go going back to his career as a body builder. he will be group executive editor of flex and muscle and fitness magazines. he will write monthly columns and provide monthly input. >> maybe he'll try for mr. olympia again? >> hmmm. >> well, get ready for the bay bridge to shine just a little bit brighter. >> the transformation maigs you'll see tomorrow evening. well, well, well.
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back on the streets. >> michael finney will be back at 6:00 tonight with some advise on renting a car and his tips just might save you a fortune, too. >> just how much more productive you can be if only you had someone to sort through your e mails for you. it's coming up in a half hour at 6:00. >> we'll see you then, but here they've been testing new light show on the bay bridge behind us there for months but tomorrow, it will mark the official unveiling of the daylight. >> the art project had a grand lighting tomorrow night at 9:00. or will hold it at 9:00. 25,000 lights go on and off in a variety of patterns. artists say the bay winds and fog and waves inspired his work. >> if you can't get to san francisco to see it, we'll be streaming it live on abc 7
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news.com. in the evening you can catch a glimgs behind use it is neat. world news is coming up next. i'm dan ashley. this is "world news." tonight, gathering storm. expected to be the worst snow-maker of the year. millions bracing for blizzards as the roads are already turning into ice. vatican imposter? how did this man sneak in, dressed as a cardinal? and what gave him away? sink hole. for the first time, we see the crater that opened up 100 feet deep beneath a sleeping man. and, she's back. what barbara walters tells us tonight about the real concern after that chicken pox and fall. >> it's a serious thing. >> it is a serious thing. >> advice for everyone at home, tonight.
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good evening. on this monday night, we begin in the heartland, with the month of march barreling in like a lion. look at the map. from montana to virginia, 19 states under winter watches and warnings. two bracing for blizzards. and the huge storm they call an alberta clipper is picking up speed as we head into this night. abc's ginger zee is in the storm zone in minnesota. >> reporter: it's march madness on the roads in minneapolis. persistent plowing in north dakota. tonight, a storm targets the twin cities, then joins forces with another storm from the south. chicago gets it tuesday into wednesday and the mid-atlantic wednesday into thursday. it's been a winter full of snowy headlines. blowing snow is really the problem here. we were there when the blizzard blitzed des moines. i was goggled up in boston. heard thunder snow in topeka. ah, there it is.
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