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but winds are beginning to now, these are similar issues you can point out. trees down. another symbol indicates powerful gusts. you can see downed trees and gusts around the bay area overnight. 75 miles per hour as just before 2:00 a.m. here in san francisco along great highway, ocean beach. we had numerous locations reporting powerful gusts. we have a wind advisory for all of the bay area and a good portion of the central valley. winds diminishing now we're looking at gusts still strong in spots. 35 half moon bay. 33 miles per hour gusts right now in san jose. you can see it's gusty and breezy these winds are lighter than they were during overnight hours, we'll see
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reduction of speeds down to just breezy tomorrow. most locations reporting we expect winds between 10 and 20 miles per hour. winds giving us a nice warm up. i'll show you just how warm in just a few minute autos thank you. >> remember, you can get latest weather conditions on twitter, just follow live doppler 7 hd. you can also get live alerts by following us. >> medical examiner says the death of a san francisco dermatologist appears suspicious and homicide inspectors are now in charge in this case. the 47-year-old was found dead inside of his apartment sunday night. police say that they detained his roommate for questioning. >> a 12-year-old boy accused of stealing from two women
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this morning then pedaled off on a bike. the theft happens around 9:00 where the boy snatched an iphone out of the hand of a woman. an hour later grabbed a shopping bag. an officer saw that theft, chased the downboy down and arrested him. >> this may seem common to fighting a spike in crime but one person's crime footing -- fighting tool is another person's invasion of price priasy. >> officials looking into a destris record license numbers that go into and come out of the city claiming that crime from oakland is spilling over. >> this issue is receiving a lot of attention but the police chief told thus is just one tool and less intrusive than most surveillance cameras
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and than those high tech toll taking systems. >> it's a good idea we need that. >> some piedmont residents say it's an idea that makes sense in a town where crime involves property thefts. many cities already have readers mounted on police cars. in piedmont, the price topped $1 million but a scaled back plan would have 12 readers in the east bay hills community. >> just to be able to tell if they -- if there is a stolen vehicle, a sex he fender but it's a good tool for investigations if you have a burglary or crime in the city. >> tiburon credits these
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cameras to a 30% reduction in crime there. license plate numbers of those who enter and exit are kept 30 days but in piedmont, it's to store them for a year. that has some concerned about pry wras vassy issue autos i'm worried about big brother. i don't know that government or public institutions should have unfettered access to any mi every move nmt a car. >> the city council will take a vote here on may 4th. piedmont did have a frightening home invasion here last few weeks. the chief told thus is the type of system that could help solve that type of crime. >> thank you. a trial underway over led warnings in baby food. they want the makers to include warning labels on products. both sides agree baby food do
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have led but the food company say levels are far below label requirements. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 flying in grumpier skies what passengers are complaining about and one carrier in particular. >> latest move from north korea to cutoff ties with the south. >> and at 4:30 questions about beyonce and jay-z's anniversary trip to cuba. did they break u.s. law going there? >> michael finney taking your questions and will answer them here live just a little bit later. >> it's 4:08 monday afternoon. let's take a look at traffic. it's bumper to bumper head
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was the south, pulling out 53,000 workers earlier, they blocked south korean workers from entering. worry is also growing that pung yang is preparing for another nuclear test. the seoul zboft on high alert. >> this is a chance probably greater than 60 years to get out of control. >> u.s. satellites spotted two missles on the move but have been unable to track them for six days. kim jung un warned foreign embassies to evacuate their staffs. the missles could pose a threat to the u.s. military base in guam. >> any future missile launch could woo wo lead to further pressure and ice joelation. >> the obama administration is pushing china to crack down harder on kim. >> we will work to get north korea to abide by
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international obligation autos it's unclear how far kim is willing to go but analysts say the provocative moves could be a negotiating tactic. the missiles could reach japan. >> a report says airline passengers complaints are skyrocketing and rose 20% last year. that came despite a higher percentage of on time flights in 2012 compared to the year before. passengers say they're fed up with shrinking seats as well as overbooked flights. united airlines has the worst ratings, complaints nearly doubled last year, virgin america had the best performance rating. >> google fiber is exn panding into the loen star state.
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and it's a high stakes showdown between traditional tv networks and streaming services. today in the speech before broadcasters in las vegas, chase kerry vowed to pull fox and afill yates off broadcast tv and put them on cable only unless they shut down the streaming service. this after a court ruled the service does not infringe on copy rights. ario transmits broadcast signals to internet user was out paying networks is backed by former fox ceo barry diller. very ironic. peter churnan is setting sights on a different tv service, hulu. the group offered $500 million for the online company.
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htc reported it's lowest quarterly profit on record. the company lags behind competitors like samsung and apple, counting on a number of new products to boost sales including the only phone that comes with facebook home preloaded. stocks rising today, investors await the start of kor rit earnings season. google is holding an event in austin tomorrow, now, the super fast service is only available in kansas city with plans to include a kansas city suburb. at bloomberg studios in stan fran, back to you. >> emily, thank you. >> it is beautiful out there. it's still blowing. >> yes. it's windy. >> so breezy.
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it's -- winds are taming down a bit. winds will continue diminishing. we do have cloudy skies and no precipitation in the area a fierce storm overnight producing downed trees and problems. here is a live view looking at golden gate s clear skies up to 75 miles per hour this is just before peak hours. cupertino, gusts 52 miles per hour. 44 in san jose. those powerful gusts were wide spread around the bay area. 68 across the bay in oakland.
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55 in half moon bay. forecast features winds continuing to diminish and will be breezy in the morning. sunny, warmer tomorrow, high as above 80 degrees in many locations inland. so here is a being view. you can see what produced powerful gusts this morning. a storm system moved inland now towards four corners area of the southwest. there is a high pressure off shore, we'll see pressure gradient relaxing and winds continuing to diminish and high pressure building in to bring us milder breezes but warmer weather tuesday and wednesday. let's take a look at lows tonight under clear skies with breezy conditions in some spots. low temperatures into mid-40s.
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low to mid-40s. in santa rosea, mid-40s around the bay. and here is a look at forecast animation, sunny skies, clouds off shore will lighten up during daytime hours, 70s around the bay and in our inland locations. 75 in san jose. low to mid-60s on the coast. downtown san francisco, almost 70 degrees tomorrow, mid-70s in the north bay valleys and santa rosa. and napa. 78 in livermore, here is is the accu-weather forecast. warmest day of the week will be wednesday. will remain mild for the rest
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of the week. we'll see a cool down sunday and monday. pleasant week is ahead. >> talking about winds. will this be candle stick-esq.? >> it could be. it's generally breezy there anyhow. winds will be stronger than average. so they'll continue tapering off. >> it has within a cold wind, too. >> i was going to say, every fly ball will be an adventure. >> up next, hollywood mourn the loss of a disney icon. the life of annette funicello. >> the power ball jackpot comes to california what. are the trances -- chances of you winning that jackpot? >> if you're trying to make your way to come to san francisco, very easy going.
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the original "micky mouse club". abc news as a look back at her career. >> annette funicello became a member of the "micky mouse club". she became the most popular mousekateer ask sang and danced on the show. >> because of those years, and walt disney, things, wonderful things happened. >> she was catapulted on to the big screen, playing a wholesome girl next door. >> just a couple neighborhood children. >> her greatest success came in a series of beach movie was frankie avalon. the formula was the same. they'd break up, and bet back together.
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she was a recording star producing a dozen albums. in 1992 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. it forced her into a wheelchair. but most will remember her as a perky, singing, smiling dancing kid with ears who stole america's heart. >> abc news, los angeles. >> and take a look at this annette funicello treasure from 1981. she headlined a tribute to the
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beach blanket movies, she was not in a bikini, she wore a white jump suit and micky mouse ears for the big beach number. they dumped two tons of stand on the stage for the show. >> still ahead, how margaret thatcher changed the face of politic autos why president obama boarded air force 1 with some families from newtown, connecticut. >> and information about be
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margaret thatcher saved our country. we should never forget... >> world leaders expressing praise for margaret thatcher. she died of a stroke at age 87. president obama called her a champion of freedom and example to women everywhere. >> abc 7 news mark matthews sat down with george shultz and here with more on the life of the lady known as the iron
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lady. >> he was in office for much of margaret thatcher's tenure. >> that is margaret. that is my wife. >> george shultz remembers margaret thaevrper. >> she had await bilt to say something tough in two sentences. >> among quotes, if you want something said ask a man. if you want something done ask a would. when she'd made up her mind on an issue, shultz says there is little chance of a u-turn. >> you turn if you want to. the lady is not for turning. >> the former secretary of state remembers once she train that had sharp tongue on him. >> in the case governoring into grenada, that was a big. >> a sore point because thatcher wasn't told in advance the u.s. was invading.
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>> so she was informed after the operation was underway. and she went throughout roof. >> but he says that was a rare nomt a productive relationship between thatcher and president reagan. >> a number of oceans, president reagan wanted to know her view on something. and i said i want to know her view. i don't want to know the view of the british government. i want to know the view of the prime minister, personally. they weren't always the same. they got the same pretty fast. >> nancy reagan says the world lost a true champion of freedom and democracy. senator feinstein's statement no matter politics lady thatcher was an invaluable ally in the united states in the joint battle against communist. what george shultz learned
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from watching margaret thatcher answer questions from reporters in the united states and what she said about political science last time she came to visit the united states in 2000. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >> the body of a u.s. diplomat killed in afghanistan is become in the u.s. today. 25-year-old ann smetingoff killed in two attacks this weekend. her parents travels to dover air force base to receive her body today. she worked to help afghan yeez understand how much she had in common with americans. her parents say they're proud of their daughter. >> there is one of the the thing that's gives us comfort is that she was doing what she loved and it was something that made a difference in the world. that is very cones yoling. >> ann smetingoff met john
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kerry just two weeks ago. kerry described her as vai vaishus, smart, cape skbrabl a true leader. >> family friends celebrated a funeral mass in chicago today for roger ebert, who you died on thursday of cancer. >> there is more media made in manhattan. more films made in hollywood but in chicago you find america's spirit. because roger understood that spirit and lived that spirit. able to bring the spirit of film alive. >> his widow said roger would have loved the majesty of the service. he died on thursday just days after he announced return of the cancer that left him unable to speak, eat and drink. roger ebert was 70 years old. >> want to give you the latest
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on pg&e crews continuing to work on restoring power that is knocked out during our wind storm, people hardest hit, 1720 people without power. 506 customers affected in the south bay. and number of people without power is down to 73. this morning traffic lights out in this intersection in san jose. the lights are now working again. abc 7 news with more on the storm affects on the peninsula. >> falling tree dz all kinds of damage to lines, cars and homes. they seemed to have in common the terrifying sound made. >> it's not a good sound. there is something major that
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happened. >> the tree branch caused a scare. >> you heard a crack then a big white fire wall, then, i went outside and end of the wire was shorting out so it's just making like fire works in the backyard. >> in san mateo, homeowners say they were asleep when the redwood missed their bed by 20 feet. everyone was okay but six rooms sustained damage. in redwood city, it knocked out power. >> you don't have internet and power but it was crazy. >> winds created a mess, debris scattered around city streets. and the houling people awake it was strong and strong gusts
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wex had a roof on the back of the deck. you heard it hitting and making sounds. it was strong. >> look at this sign that fell over from the winds in redwood city. lots of tree limbs and leaves about the city streets. the winds left a mess to be cleaned up, today. >> the president is bringing family members of the newtown shooting victims back to washington on air force one to help push for gun control. they boarded just moments ago. earlier today, the president started a push in connecticut with victim families in the crowd he talked about the day 20 children and saichl dults were killed in december. and promised he's not forgoten the loss autos once teddy bears were gathered up again,
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that the country would somehow move on to other things. newtown we want to you know that we're here with you. we will not walk away from the promises made. we're determined to do what must be done. >> the house and senate are both expected to take up the legislation this week. the house may begin as early as night. the 11 family of the shooting victims are going to lobby for the measure. >> rutgers university will implement new policies in the wake of the firing of their men's basketball coach last week. the announcement made during a meeting today in newark. the meeting took place a week after the university fired mike rice after video surfaced showing hism physically abusing players and today, he defended the way he's handled this swigs. >> is there anything here boy
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have liked to do over again would it have been to see that video. i'm not going to retrace that ground. i did not see it before tuesday night of last week. and i immediately terminated the coach. >> he has a video since november but didn't look at it. he says no one recommended to him rice be fired before the video surfaced. the athletic director resigned last week. and he ordered reviews of practice videos of all teams. >> a report says the visit to cuba by beyonce and jay-z was a cultural trip. the power couple seen strolling streets of havana word there to celebrate their 5th anniversary two. florida republican was cuban roots demanded answers since travel to cuba for anything but official business is illegal. some question whether the couple was given prefr shall
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treatment because of their friendship with president obama. >> still ahead at 4:00 the sound that says hospital groups may be leading to patient death autos and sky high adventures of one senior citizen. she decided on this daring act to celebrate a big birthday. >> today 7 on your side g and a just ahead so if you'd like to contact me now i'm still taking your questions. you can contact me on facebook.com and over on twitter m finny. i'll answer questions here live a little later. >> i'm spencer christian. beautiful view looking over san francisco. blue skies this afternoon. strong winds there diminishing. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> at 4:38 another live look at the afternoon commute this, is 680. oncoming traffic northbound. moving nicely and better for folks on 680 south heading to
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14,000 feet above earth. >> what do you think about that? >> i said thank heavens. i thought the chute would never open. >> it's a risk. i'm proud of her. proud she can -- people around her can makeup -- look up to her and the vision she has. >> she was joined by her sons 69 and 65. mom refused to back out. >> marion says she has no plans to do it again, settling for being the oldest person to ever jump at this operation. >> would you do that? >> no. i think it's funny she said she'll never do it again. it's why i never need to do it it's a bucket list thing. she crossed it off. >> not on my list.
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>> nor mine. jand patel is the toughest member of the abc 7 news weather department. >> her list may be complete. it's not near my list. take a look at live doppler 7 hd. clear skies around the bay area. strong winds tapering off right now. it's breezy and we have gusts above 25 miles per hour. so what about at and t park? we'll have plenty of daylight as the game starts. it's going to be cool. temperatures only 56 degrees in temperatures dropping during game and it will be breezy and winds could be gusting from time to time during the game. bundle up unless you like blustery weather.
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we'll have snow into upper mid west. showers pushing into great lakes. most of the remainder of the nation will be seeing quiet weather. sunny skies and mild seasons. 65 in fresno. 82 in palm springs, here in the bay area, lovely day starting off breezy into morning near the coast. by afternoon, mid to upper 70s around the bay skpinland locations and 60s on coast. pleasant weather coming our way. it's going to be blustery in the ballpark today. as larry would say, candle stick-esq.. >> a twist in the mystery whof owns a ronoir masterpiece. >> hout size of a plate may determine how much your child
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>> identity of a woman who claims to have purchased a renoir in a flea market has been released. the woman is a 51-year-old former p.e.teacher who lives in virginia. an auction house expected to fetch as much as $100,000 until the baltimore museum called. >> they discovered it had been stolen as a loaned painting in the 1950s. we agreed with them we needed to contact the fbi. >> the fbi is holding the painting until a judge can decide who is the rightful owner, documents say she told the fbi she had no training or experience when it came to fine art. however, washington post reports her mother was an artist who specialized in reproducing pieces of famous artists like renoir. >> all of the alerts in
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hospitals with k.give doctors and nurses alarm fatigue and lead to patient injuries and deaths. that is a warning from a joint commission in the u.s.. the commission found alarms can sound tens of thousands per day in hospitals that can desense ties doctors and patients. studies suggest smaller plate sizes and eating frek qently can help kids keep off weight. researchers say first graders using miniature dish ware served smaller organizations -- portions of food. a second study found children who ate smaller meals and more snacks during the day were 22% less likely to be overweight. a nutrient found in red meat and solds a supplement may
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damage the art heart and arteries. bacteria in the gut breakdown the knew trent lcarnatinitne. scientists say higher levels of in the blood are decreased -- increased risk, rather for heart disease. the findings published in journal nature medicine. >> now, michael finney is. question, i was in mexico and used atm machines and six weeks later received a call from card security someone got almost 500s frdz my account. from an atm in mexico. >> there are several ways that could have happened. the person that owns the atm could be in cahoots with
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criminals. there are a million ways it can happen. happened to me in italy one time. important thing to know is that you're only on the hook for $50 as long as you report it. and generally banks won't charge you $50. >> i don't know if it's rampant but it's out tlrk quite a bit. >> it's tough. >> fred se mailed what is the california labor fee. a friend charged two cents for a two by four for a weird fee. >> it started and it's owed. it's a lumber tax, 1% but not lumber. the stakes you nund a ground are not taxed by shakes on the roof are taxed plywood is taxed furniture is not taxed. even if it's all wood.
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if you're buying wood or wood products it's going to be an additional 1%. >> i have one million air miles what loopholes do i have to transfer to another care year take three of us on a trip. >> exact lie we'll tell you how great you are. >> you don't need loopholes it's unbelievable. american airlines has advantage people they have a dozen airlines so you can fly them, you can get magazines you can gift miles. and can give them to charity. so there is a great deal you can do. >> to your favorite news team for journalistic purpose autos thank you. >> thank you, michael.
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>> up next power ball buzz. >> did you get tickets today? what are odds you can win? >> coming up at 5:00 bakery employees enjoying free meals could learn there is no such thing as a free lunch. and do you use your gps in the zmar a ruling from a california court could make it a ticket waiting to happen.
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>> this is great for the state and schools. >> if people want to go for that, power ball may be the biggest we'll have. >> this jackpot starts at $60 million so what are odds of winning? >> with tickets, californians are jumping into the california lottery. >> i'm ready for it. >> california is now the 43 state to join the drawing that created frenzies including a half a million dollar pay out. last year, californians had to drive to arizona to play.
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>> we made it here. >> days afterwards, the golden state realized it's missing out on millions of tax dollars. lotto lovers are forking over $2 for each ticket. and that is expected to grow more. but odds of winning don't change. >> it's not zero. >> they have crunched numbers and odds of picking all five are one in 175 million. >> if you buy 50 tickets per week, you'll win the jackpot once every 68,000 years. >> wish me luck. >> abc news, los angeles. >> what a buzz kill. 175 million? we're thinking about how we're going to spend it not going to happen. >> no.
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>> abc 7 news begins right now. >> thank you very much. toppled trees litter streets and damage homes after strong winds blow into the bay area. >> and wind advisories remain up right now. i'm sand gentleman ya patel. how strong winds got, and where they're heading. >> baby food makers headed to court over dangerous ingredient they're failing to warn parents about. >> fufty winds hitting close to home for many people around the bay area, take a look at this tree that nearly miss aid bedroom. >> and a piece of sheet metal teetering outside of this theater this morning. >> and high winds closed this stretch of road and n.san francisco for the day. heading outside now there is a live shot from mount tamalpais showing the wind still blowing
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strong. it's been windy all day. >> at one point nearly 20,000 customers were without power. we are live with the latest i can see it. >> i have a block here with trees but when you're not way wind barrier it's still gusting out here and cold. they went to 40 loks to deal with 75 downed trees. this is sutro heights park. the city says the park service did not have necessary resources to deal witness so it contracted work out to the city. this is to get the tree out of the street. it came to rest on top of a
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rest room this, is a turn around for the lines that would move a block away for the day. rick lander monman's front door is just feet from where the tree fell. he said it was the fire engine arriving that first brought him out to look. >> i didn't hear anything crashing or creeking or cracking. and then, i looked out of the window i saw that like wow. >> this tree missed hitting anything but the roof but here, it snapped a pole and wrecked a car. >> this is messed inup. i don't have full coverage, just liability. >> no word on repairing this sidewalk. and there was plenty of damage
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on the peninsula. a tree brought down power lines in this backyard. >> you heard a crack then a big fire wall around the end of the pole, then, the end of the wire was sweeping down into the backyard. >> we do not have confirmation from ggnra. this tree was probably planted by sutro when he first developed this in the 1890s. and here are the latest numbers on power outages. 458 customers still waited for power to be restored. 438 in the north bay.
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