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the shooting is being investigated by lafayette police, the sheriff's office, and the district attorney. >> new information tonight about a man accused of crashing his dmoor a walmart over the weekend. coming out that he has a history with the police and was what is more plea, say he's used a car as a weapon before. we're live at a gas station. >> that is correct. these are just a few of the 93 pages released today. documenting violent likely drug induce behaviors dating back over two years ago. just three months ago, on december 16th police say that he ran a lexus through double glass doors here on capitol expressway. surveillance video confirmed that he was the driver plowing through the door knocking down stands and crashing into a case. no one was injured.
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police say just minutes before this happened he was involved in a hit and run accident about three miles away. police officer says he appeared to be under the influence of drugs and had a small amount of a pink colored substance in his possession. a convenience store employee described what happened when he crashed into the building. >> the girls telling me about it were telling me that they just heard a crash. they just jumped over the counter that. is all they d just frightened. next thing they knew police were here. and a guy was hiding in the rest room. >>? n.january, police called to a house on loreli avenue where the suspect had been living with a girlfriend. he let led police on a chase,
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once nabbing him he told police he'd been smoking meth earlier in the day. sigheed is well known to neighbors complaining he operated a body repair shop at the house. >> looks like a normal guy. but has been many incidents where he's been running down street intoxicated or on drugs. >> he will be back in court on thursday to face arraignment for incidents at walmart store on story road sunday. he's hired a private attorney from oakland to represent him. police, that is people here in san jose clearly are surprised to hear this incident at walmart was not the first involving a car he'd driven a car hoo this building as well. >> state lawmakers debating a bill to regulate a sale or
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transfering ammunition to be a authorized firearms dealer record buyer id and register the sale. opponents of the bill say it will prevent criminals from getting bullets and prohibit as dults from providing ammunition to minors thus restricting gun education. connecticut passed a bipartisan agreement yesterday calls for the first dangerous weapon offender registry and restricts ammunition clips. the agreement less than four months after the newtown massacre. the governor says he hopes connecticut gun laws will be a model for the rest of the country. >> oikos university is open a year after a shooting killed seven people. six students and a staff member, all women were killed april 2, 2 owe 0112. sit set up on campus.
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two memorial concerts are scheduled for saturday a man who lost his wife says it's been tough but says it's brought the family together. >> the tragedy we went through kind of like we've been closer than we have been. usually not everybody is stepping up to the plate. >> the suspected shooter sk treated in napa state hospital, charged with seven counts of murder but fund incompetent to stand trial. >> victims of the water main flood in the west portal neighborhood have city agencies ready to help them. a field office opened tow. 20 have varying degrees of damage after a 16 inch water main burst. the city set up to help residents deal with red tape. a city procedure and claims.
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>> we're trying to get the companies to do the right thing. residents are impacted by this. whether it's city taking responsibilities for this or whether insurance companies shouldn't be on the residents that. is our primary concern. >> this it's going to be months before the city know ftz homes can be saved and if more homes under jeopardy. >> caltrans estimating it will cost $1 million to shore up bad bolts on the new span of the bay bridge. testing revealed some of the bolts would fail during an earthquake. some are encased in concrete. caltrans says the eastern span is still going to open labor day as scheduled. >> a cab driver ended up getting arested after patrol suspected him of being drunk behind the wheel.
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the cab crossed all lanes of southbound u.s. 101 and hit the center divider. this happened about 1:30 in the morning. nobody was hurt in that accident. >> an el cerrito man wanted in qex a gold theft turned himself n the 49-year-old david johnson being held on $1 million bail, named this weekend as a suspect in the case. a second suspect is still wanted two. accused of stealing $1 million in items from a court house display case. this ichb cluds jewelry, artifacts and gold nuggets date back to 1800s and z.have not been recovered. >> sweet sounds of a labor
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agreement filling davie symphony hall, musicians back to work after reaching an agreement yesterday closing the curtain on an almost three week old strike. it does keep them among the top paid in the nation. this agreement in time for the concert for school children. this concert will go on as planned. >> developing news a meeting set to begin in just moments to discuss down sizing the concert venue being built for america's cup. the entertainment commission is holding a hearing tonight at city hall on those scaled back plans proposed 9,000 seat water front venue at piers 27, 19. -- 29. concerns from neighbors prompted a reduction. and groups are expected to attend tonight's hearing. >> sky 7 shows workers
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picketing on union square. hotel union unite organized that protest. leaders want the hyatt to improve conditions for workers and have launched a campaign called someone like me. that is a call to create awe new position for a hotel employee. >> well, if you need to take bart at night, here is a reminder delays continue this week because of work going on inside of the trance bay tube. crews continuing the work to make the tube safer and you can expect delays tuesday, wednesday, and thursday night for 14 months. one tube will close during work hours. until a train coming from opposite direction exits the tube, then, it will take its turn going into the opposite direction. >> still ahead a battle
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abc 7 news reporter vic lee has more on the controversy. >> planned parenthood wants to operate in this building across the street from city hall and public library complex. it's within sight of a catholic church and school. planned parenthood said it won't perform abortions here. >> 97% of what we provide is preventative health care and with this center we're hoping to preproe vid primary care for communities interest there. so i think you know, and we're not going provide abortions services there. >> there has been plenty of opposition to the clinic. this letter -- binder contains letter autos i'm opposed to abortion though they said there is not going to be procedures but i know it's just to get the foot into the door business owners are worried. most concerns center on what they say is a lack of downtown
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parking but the city approved a parking plan for the clinic saying there is space. laurie owns a business next door. >> my customers need to park in front of the store. i don't want them have to walk miles to get to me. >> she voices a concern, the threat of protests from opponents. >> people who are going to be blocking my front door from my customers coming in and if they're preventing them, it's going to affect my business. >> two years ago, planned parenthood wanted to start a clinic. a car rent agency withdrew the offer to share with the clinic at the same time protestors threatened to picket their office. some say they're considering appealing the decision to approve the clinic's parking plan but swril to act fast. deadline for appeal is friday.
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a new bill would ban employers against discrime naming workers. the bill's author says one in 10 workers has care giving responsibilities for both elders and children. and she says those people frequently women, are less likely to be promoed or recommended for hire. >> our bill says if people are doing the same work if they're doing it well you can't assume they're not going tibl to perform because they're care givers so we have to address this issue. treat people fairly. >> state senator jackson says the goal is to educate employees of the legal risks involved. and. >> for the first time since
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winning reelection, president ob yaum raa is coming to northern california. he's going to be here tomorrow and thursday for a series of events for democratic campaign committee autos on to consumer news, are you on the do not call list? but you still get unwanted calls? if so, you're not alone. >> federal trade commission gets 200,000 complaints. >> well, i'm going tell but the smart guy solution. this contest to see who can come up with a best ways to stop aloiing robo calls. there are two winners. they're computer scientists. they came up with a software that can detect and screen out calls that come from computers
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each receiving a $25,000 rise. -- prize and products customers can use on phones then, say bye-bye to pesky calls. a survey shows late payments on credit cards are at lowest levels in 18 years. american bankers says 2.5% of the accounts are delinquent. that is half the level reached in 2009. analysts say improving economy is helping. you think? skpf folks are more caucus about spending money now. >> fill your wallet with crisp bills. consumers more likely to hang on to scleen cleen money but try to get rid of crumpelled old cash.
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and this found consumers are disgusted by dirty old bills. consumers tend to tuck away new bills so getting the money can be incentive to save f you have crumpelled bills and won't want them, you can send them to abc... >> they're all good to me. >> exactly. thank you. >> all right. another disappointing report tonight. latest reading shows sierra snow pack between 50% to 70% of normal providing about a third of the water use in california as well as much in nevada. it was near truckee and tahoe city, california. last three months among the dry gleft a century. >> and we're getting a little bit of rain but it doesn't sound like it's nouf make a difference.
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and that is talking about rain in the bay area, snow mixing n know levels at 8500 feet. by the time you get snow level calling moisture will be long gone. so we don't have any rain to speak of. you'll notice the coast is socked in. visibility down to seven miles. they've been dealing with fog so far, only 55 degrees but most of our inland areas warm up into low 70s, here is a look at fog from our camera. you can see sutro tower just peeking out from fog. san jose, 65 degrees, here is a different perspective from our east bay hills camera. high, thin clouds here.
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livermore, 70 same thing for fairfield. 62 union city. fog around the coast and bay overnight tonight. warm inland tomorrow. we're looking at rainy conditions as we head into thursday so there is a storm coming. i want to show it to you here. it's developing out over pat civic. before the storm arrives, though, we're going to see a bit of a warm up, clouds thicken throughout the day tomorrow, so day goes on, you'll notice clouds increasing and rain arriving late wednesday night with this system. thursday's commute looks pressy. 7:00 p.m. tonight, high clouds and fog. then, heading into the midnight hours you'll see rain approaching the coastline heading into 5:00 a.m.
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light to moderate rain here at 5:00 a.m. start of the rush hour here. scattered showers for afternoon starts to taper heading into afternoon and evening hours. rainfall totals highest once again up to the north as we see half an inch to an inch. and into the south bay about a tenth to a quarter inch of rain through thursday evening. tomorrow morning giving yourself extra time. morning fog could be nick spots and may slow you down. temperatures into 40s. antioch, 51 degrees. 76 los gatos, morgan hill, 70 in santa cruz, peninsula, 73 redwood city. downtown san francisco, 65 degrees and clear lake, east bay, 70 degrees inland areas
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warmest weather there. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. it's rainy and cooler on thursday. chance of showers friday. dry saturday but a slight chance of rain on sunday. windy, warmer. inland. abc 7 news has a great weather resource for to you. get information and weather tweets. >> we're hanging on with finger nails. >> i know, anything we can get. >> i know. >> new survey finds women feel more empowered about finances but more fearful what. they're worried about. >> and addition of power ball to the lottery line up.
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research finds more women are responsible for household finances than before. 620% of the women say they're the primary bred winner more than half describe themselves as the household chief financial officer. despite the growing control, half of all women are frayed of becoming december stit yut. 42% believe financially independent women are intimidating to men. >> every april 15th america marks the breaking of the color line in baseball. a new movie highlights pioneer that's made that happen. 42 tells the story about jackie robinson. >> we think everybody this this country needs to watch this movie. i can say with all sin sir ti
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it was powerful for us. >> jackie robinson's widow joined the first lady today sat alongside harrisonford who is in the film. baseball retired the number 42 in 1997. >> can't wait to see that movie. >> still ahead mystery of the tree in golden gate park. >> the door is now gone and has some people a little unhinged
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moment we know who took a tiny wooden door appearing in a golden gate park tree. >> watch it. >> it's alice in wonder land. you can't touch it. >> the door captured imaginations after it was gone. but by today waits gone. >> kids were quick to report to it passing police officers. some children imagined the door led to a magical word or created by elves or gnome autos rec and park department took the door because it damaged the tree. officials notified us. they're going to put the door back. >> people had fun with that. >> it's magical. >> thanks for joining us. this is "world news." tonight, danger zone. our own martha raddatz on the hot border, eye to eye with the soldiers of nuclear north korea. the u.s. commander telling her his greatest fear tonight. the teacher.
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an abc news exclusive. she hid her tiny, first-grade students from the shooter during the newtown massacre. tonight she talks to us about that class and their new mission. >> we can get through and come out on the other side. we can learn from this. we can be stronger. pay what you weigh. the airline now charging passengers by the pound. will this fly? and top of the world. nearly a decade of determination. tonight we take you to see the spectacular first view from the top of the new world trade center. good evening. we begin with north korea, the strange and mysterious nation playing a dangerous game with the u.s. and much of the world tonight. north korea has raised the ante specifically on nuclear weapons, the u.s. secretary of state
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called the threat provocative and reckless. abc's martha raddatz is the only american reporter to make her way to the border with north korea today, to talk to the american general, literally on the front lines. >> reporter: we stood just yards from north korea's red hot border. its soldiers watching our every move in this buffer zone between north and south, with more than a million and a half land mines reinforcing the divide. >> there's another guard post through there. >> reporter: general james thurman is commander of all u.s. forces here. his job, to help protect america's ally, south korea, to prevent war, an increasingly difficult job with the alarming threats coming form the north's new young leader. >> the situation is volatile and it is dangerous. >> reporter: what is your greatest fear right now? >> a miscalculation, an
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