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disabilities. one patient was shown being daysed by a care giver. >> this report from the legislative analyst is the latest scathing review of the state developmental centers. alleged abous ranges from simple neglect to cases of assault. now a path to those centers begins in a place like this with a court order. some say it's time to close facilities for good it was the worst five years of my life. >> antioch kim williams spent part of her childhood at the sonoma developmental center she now lives in an apartment and uses an electronic voice box to communicate. >> i felt like a president nerks only reason i was in that hell hole was because i was born with ker bral palsy.
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>> inside, lawmakers discussed the state and fate. a california five developmental jernts including a report saying there needs to be independent oversight but by the inspector general. >> over the past decade there have been allegations in findings of misconduct by developmental center staff. >> abuse begins with an allegation a staff member repeatedly used a taser on disabled residents. >> every person i've spoken to has faced abuse. >> there have been very bad thing that's have happened. >> the director ak nolged problems but insists jernts are still viable. >> a lot of work has been done, a lot still needs to be done. we look forward to working
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with licenses and the federal government to get things fixed. >> one senator thinks it should be closed rather than fixed. >> i think we're naul a lit bit of denial heerk it's not working. >> we're getting to a point that the hue man tear points are closed. >> one argument foreclosing the center economics according to the state's own developmental services budget is this year the past of maintaining the program will be more than $400,000 per patient. >> thank you. some breaking news from sacramento tonight. a federal appeals court panel threatening to find governor brown in contempt if they don't comply with an order to reduce the state prison population.
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>> well, jarring news tonight from the state department of corrections since late 2011 near bli 5,000 sex offenders disappeared into the communities after cutting off their gps ankle trackers. we started seeing large newspapers of fugitives after they started sending paroles to county jail. >> they're not cutting them off to drink a cup of coffee. they want opportunities to go commit new crimes. >> we'll go after them and 90% of the time we catch them. >> critics say parolees are ditching their gps trackers because of weak consequences. being caught means just a few more days of jail. >> a long list of recommendations caused the police chief to throw in the towel n tasers.
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he wanted to arm a small group of officer was tasers. the police commission made so many recommendation that's the chief says it would just confuse the cops. those recommendations include not daysing women, people who are wet or people near roadways. chief sur says he wants an alternative to firearms. >> i think to have something less than a firearm to go to without going to a firearm is better than november knot to have it. so that is not going to happen. >> san francisco is one of the few cities in the nation does not arm officer was tasers. >> computer sales show another major drop off as more tech users shift to more mobile devices. david?
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>> pc sales have been dropping for a year and trend escalating so much so any pc maker who hasn't gravitated towards tablets or smart phones could end up here. desk top pc is important in libraries and offices. >> i don't think it's going to be exstikt right way but i think the market is getting more savvy with regards to show it's using the digital world as popularity grows sales have been dropping every quarter for a year. the drop is the sharpest yet. down 14%. down nearly 24% for palo alto based hp. these numbers have to alarm pc makers.
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scott stein talked to us from new york via skip. >> have you to look at them as a challenge and call to action. you don't want to face a situation where maybe the world is moving on without you internet security experts say it only a matter of time before attacks shift from pcs to mobile device autos we're seeing that start sto shift and started seeing that last year, then, more of it with compromises of java exploits. they expect platform autos consumers may need or want one at home if they send thoes files to the cloud for storage. >> that is what makes the pc
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appealing. i think there is a need for that. you can't do that on a tablet easily. >> in cases you want to have access to be able to sit down in front of a december wk a larger screen. but i don't think it's going to be extinct right away. >> analysts say a new version of the operating system for microsoft as well as intel have not eased the drop of pc sales. >> thank you. wall street reaction, dow jones average went up, hewlett-packard fell. and microsoft fell more than 4%. >> still ahead here what will it being take for san francisco to land super bowl 50? tonight a prominent pair of ex-49ers lend their names to the campaign. >> a former champion of
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bring the super bowl to santa clara. two 49er greats hoping to secure super bowl 50 comes to the south bay. carrow sflin. >> we just played in the super bowl. now, bay area wants to host a super bowl. there are two up for grabs and because of the significant san francisco is pulling out ought full stops to get that one. two super stars have been added to the bid committee. >> we traded up to get two top guys in the draft. >> 49ers ceo jed york recruited steve young and they want nfl owners to choose the billion dollar football stadium the team is building as the site for super bowl 50. >> it was, in i believe 1967 the first super bowl was played in los angeles california.
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and seems only fitting the nfl bring the 50th super bowl to northern california. >> super bowls have a way of defining careers and cities. >> young describes the stadium as unique. a large space and he believes in play it should be selected to host the big game. not just once. >> think about how what we feel about the bay area that is why it's one of the number one destinations in the world. makes sense this, snot -- they don't need me to do this. >> backers believe the history will be a key selling point. >> this helps you with community outreach and shows bid committees and folks voting this is a community
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effort. >> he says new york raised $60 million and the bay saer now in line. >> we have hotel rooms and hospitality, transportation network and community support. to do this right and well. >> san francisco submits a formal bid may 7th then if the bay area loses out to miami we then go head to head against houston for super bowl 51. >> maybe we'll get one of them here. >> the colorful darn value festival is in financial jeopardy this year. with only six weeks to go. organizers are short on both money and volunteers we were
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briefed on n.a meeting last night hosted by lyanne melendez. >> san francisco mission district known for great murals and carnival. residents have many ways to describe the event going on 35 years. >> culture. >> fun, music and dance. >> it's a two day event but a few months ago the organization running it said it no longer had the resources, the event had become too big, too costly. close to $1 million. they turned to a community leader. >> saying you don't cancel carnival or christmas. >> he and others began working to raise money. first thing they did was stale back budget now $300,000.
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>> things have skyrocketed permits and a lot of safety to have a safe event. >> many say without carnival, the mission would lose a part of its identity. >> we showcase some of the best music dancers and their costumes is an art form. >> it would like losing a part of the commission. >> vent organizers still short about $163,000. volunteers are also needed. >> so if there are angels that want to help safe carnival, you know, you can fly into the sky for the carnival weekend. >> if you want to make a donation we have a link on our web site. and click on see it on tv.
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>> our events are held throughout the bay area a great chance to hear from you and if you would like to host one go to abc 7 news.com and look on our community page. >> another gorgus day out there. >> about a 10 degree drop off. that means we had 75 or 76, not bad. let's take a look at live doppler 7 showing mainly clear skies big feature is a cold air spilling into counties to the north. there is a frost advisory in effect for wee hours of the morning for these counties so you can see firefighters going to be dropping there. we're going to have cool weather inland valleys as
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well. here is a live view looking at western sky 58 degrees in san francisco. 64 half moon bay. santa cruz 66. another live view looking down from mount tam, clear skies, temperatures 73 in santa rosa. 74 fairfield. los gatos, 70 degrees, forecast features will be chilly tonight in north bay valleys, cli around the bay area tonight. sunny and warmer tomorrow. and cooler weather settling in on sunday as a pattern changes. here is a look at the satellite image over last 12 hours, you can see a dry cold front swinging through the bay area behind that comes cold air. dry cold fronts swinging through dropping temperatures just a bill little bit
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tonight. starting at 7:00 we'll see thin clouds around. and tomorrow, low clouds along the coastline. mainly sunny day torj warmer in most areas around the bay and inland. near the coast, breezy and cool. probably a couple degrees milder on the coast. low temperatures into upper 50s low temperatures into north bay valleys. 41 in clover dale. tomorrow, in the south bay, sunny, warm, highs mid to upper 70s, low to mid 70s in redwood city. upper 50s low 60s on the coast. highs of 67 tomorrow and 60 in the sunset district. near east bay highs 72 in
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oakland and union city. inland east bay highs into upper 70s at livermore and ant yochblgt and mild weather remains with us throughout saturday. but will cool down sunday becoming windy and cooler monday. no rain is in sight just a little bit of a cool down. >> still to come governor brown gets a glimpse of california's future. >> taking high speed
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a big cat giving people in one neighborhood a scare was captured and released into the wild just momentsing adwlo. is new video just in showing state wildlife officials dropping off the tranquilized mountain lion. rescue workers will stay with the cat until it starts to wake up. it's kbrogy, it seems earlier, glendale police got calls as people reported the lion
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rummaging through their neighborhood. you can see dozens of people taking pictures of the cat as it was being loaded on to a truck. >> san francisco mayor ed lee says the city will break ground on a scaled back housing project this summer despite the loss of a sizeable invest frmt chinese government. the mayor says u.s. development partner will begin with 200 homes on the ship yard. it still needs funding after a $1.7 billion deal fell through with the chinese. >> we had a lot of conditions had to be met. local hire and all of the other things making us proud to have this investment. >> governor brown is now on day three of his trip to china. he met today in beijing with china's premier on topics
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ranging from renewable energy to higher education and technology. the governor and his wife, ann boarded a high speed train from beijing to shanghai he will open a trade skpin vestment office. the state's first new foreign trade nofs a decade. brun wants to bring high speed rail to california. i has been marveling at the pace of construction in china. they don't have environmental constraints we face here. >> there is more still to come tonight at 6:00. just ahead, we're on tornado watch with this individual yof a giant twitter. >> some new signs of a pending nuclear launch in north korea tonight them. may be ready to strike after all. >> and a former guru of reagan yomics tells our mark matthews
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through rural mississippi. >> go. go. >> i'm looking at it now. >> twisters like this one killed one person and injured five others. national weather service issued a warning for seven states across the country. these have left a trail of damage in missouri one trd in this community uprooting trees and hurling debris in all directions. one worker was eek cuted while helping restore power in one city. line of storms is now headed towards georgia these are the skies right now after sunset. it's making a bee line for augusta where the world's best golfers are now playing in the master autos president obama issued a stern warning to north korea to ratchet down it's increasingly hostile war rhetoric amid a report revealing north korea has likely nuclear weapons that
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can be launch bid missile but reliability for them is probably low n a meeting the president warned the north that the united states will take in his words all necessary steps to predetective americans. >> this is a time for north korea to end the kind of belligerent approach they've been taking and to try to lower temperatures, nobody wants to see a conflict on the corin peninsula. >> secretary of state kerry is heading to seoul for talk was south korean officials. north korea placed missles on a launch pad yesterday loaded and furld a test. >> major hurdle has been cleared on a debate on capitol hill. the senate blocked republicans from filibustering the legislation. supporters needed 60 votes and got 68 including a dozen votes
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in support. families of victims of the school shooting crowded the gallies to witness the vote. >> we're standing here because my sister and mom can't be. their voices need to be heard. >> the legislation includes increasing penalties for sales. >> i believe the government should focus on keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals and those with mental issues to cause them to be a threat on our society. >> senator feinstein promised introducing the man late today. senate begins rebate next week. >> hebs of a bipartisan group of u.s. senators say they've reached a deal on a new sweeping immigration bill and say it contains almosts to
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remake the nation's immigration laws. including boosting border security and putting 11 million people in the united states illegally here now on a path to citizenship. >> ronald reagan's budget director is in town speaking at the common wealth club and what he is saying is that they've failed. mark is here now with more of the conversation. >> david sack sman here pushing his new book and warning of a another financial melt down. john maine boehner went after the president's budget. >> we need need to be raising taxes on the american people. >> but the director tells me republicans got it wrong. >> we don't have to pay bills.
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just wait for the budge dwroit balance itself. there are our economy is in bad shape. >> not only on the rich but on the middle class, in order to reduce the deficit. >> and order to overcome this deficits don't matter led by republicans. >> for republicans who refer ronald yaing's presidency what stockman is saying sounds like heresy. >> i was drummed out of the and they believe in economic magic. >> stockman just as hard on democrats and pro pro gresives who say don't touch my social security. he says the president should step up he should have been telling afluent retirees that
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we're going cut back your social security entirely. and that is because we cannot afford to pay 100 -- $800 billion a year sit costing. >> that have crisis he reflects will be the collapse of the bond market. he told me he's keeping his money in cash. >> that is fascinating right there. thank you. >> that notwithstanding wall street continues to outdo itself. a 4th day in a row the dow jones shot up by 62 points. chevron went up more than $1. what joined markets was upnick retail sales, ross chain reported higher sales.
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video jant clara chip maker said would it give back $1 billion by buying back some of its own stock. that dropped after it warned a key part of its business would be flat this year. and walt disney confirms it shanding out pink slips at hollywood studios, 150 people will be laid off. this amid layoffs at lucas arts in san francisco. >> coming up a global break through in the fight against malliara. >> thanks to a company he started to turn his disco
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started the company to bring his research to those who need it most. >> we're living on less than $1 a day. and the government spends less than $4 per per person, per year on health care. >> another company will produce the drug produced by the company and plans to manufacture it on a not for profit model. >> students and staff are awaiting test results to see if they've been infected with tuberculosis. health officials began testing on more than 200 people at the school who may have been exposed by a student diagnosed last month. officials say a positive test does not mean a person will contract tuberculosis. >> it means tuberculosis germ is in your body and sleeping and you're not infectious. you're not sick. around 10% of the people develop the disease over their lifetime if they have tuberculosis infection. >> fempeople can be treat and
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the student diagnosed is fine after treatment and already back at school. a study of firefighters shows some have high levels of cancer causing chemicals in their blood. the study done by a researcher that took samples from 12 firefighters after they were done fighting a fire in 2009 the chemicals get released during fires and respirators provide only limit prod tex. >> you can get quite a lot of exposure from what gets on the helmet and clothing. >> to limit exposure san francisco is starting to require forts wash clothes after fires and looking at condition ducting a study among female firefighters. >> some of the legendary
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talking and texting are big no nos for driver buzz now, a state appellate court ruled last month that police can ticket drivers for simply holding their phone, even if they're checking directions on a map. in san francisco authorities blamed 60% of the pedestrian accidents on distracted drivers and they don't just blame cell phones. >> distracted driving also involves other activities. such as combing your hair, shaving. >> even eating police warn this could result in a ticket n 2011, more than 3,000 people were killed because of distracted driver autos wrestle sgt second most popular sport in mexico behind soccer or football as they call it and today, two of the
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were in the ring about something that happens at school it was hard for the doidz believe but two of the wrestling's biggest stars were victims of bullying. >> i had mate him so unhappy he became depressed bit. >> saying waits hard to tell an adult about it. kids at the community center understood. >> you don't want to tell teacher right? >> well, no. and and they'll call, you know tell everybody i'm a snitch and everything. >> then what happens? >> then they start bothering me. >> it gets worse sth. >> yes. >> both wretelers say i am having this problem. very people that are calling me names and making me he'll feel bad about myself.
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>> once they got it into the oppress stres and problems went went away. >> he started doing things and his attitude changed and self confidence changed don't feel alone. >> grace message, good for them. >> i've got to get one of those masks. >> you'd wear it well. >> here is a look at live doppler 7 showing no clouds. and sunny skies at this hour, sunny skies state wide tomorrow and warm conditions in chico. and mild to warm down south, here in the bay area cooler overnight tonight and highs tomorrow inland will be into
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mid to upper 70s to around 80s in antioch. and coast, highs around 60 degrees. here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll have two more mild days coming our way before a cool down under windy conditions and cooler monday and be sure to follow us on twitter for tweets and more at live doppler 7 hd. it's right there. >> and quick where we are rainfall totals? >> well below average. this is so we're going to finish the season but we're told that the levels are still good. >> okay. >> good. >> yes. >> we have that. >> let's dmek now with larry beil. >> there is a masters this week.
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good evening, masters teed up today with calm conditions, tiger woods a solid opening round sergio garcia tide for the lead. how about the great, arnie, gary, and jack. starting master was a tee shot. shot of the day jamie donaldson. this is perfection. the 24th ace in masters history. despite missing a few putts he would drain. and dustin johnson five under 67 now one back.
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freddy cups, -- couples boom, boom, knows this course. co-leader mark leashman. 14-year-old cam tour youngest ever to compete at the masters, way to close, kid. one over 73, and 14 years old? are you kid meeg? bubba watson, three over 75. >> i tried to play golf and i tried to give myself a chance to win it. hopefully, i'll be able to do that throughout the weekend. >> giants playing under sunshine and warmth and flew off to chick in polar bear weather in the windy city.
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look at this guy. if you know you're wrestling, ryan voguel song in trouble. he liked it. he's a little weird. giants down 5-0 in the north. then sandoval with a double left center two more store then three more in the fifth. nick noonan heading home, hello, noonan. that was a reach. voguel song, brilliant on that fly ball. giants hold on a 7-6 win and sharks look to bounce back against red wings.
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this is pure robbery right there. where w.a glove denied. waves do manage to get one past with a slapper and takes a lead in the third period. kindel on the power play. so good they named a tabblet after them. kindel reader? the philippino flash will be back in the ring puttinging his record on the line. a famed venue. do you remember that punch? he won gold in the olympic games with a cuban national
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team. >> that is already there. just knock each other out. >> i love that. >> this ab cl. 7 sorts report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> good enough. >> hello. >> we like that better than kindel reader. >> didn't work. >> join me tonight on cable channel 13. coming up, secret is out. five things you probably didn't know about swearing. >> then at 11:00 end of internet cafes why one community wants to keep you offline. >> and wife swap at 8:00 followed by gray's and then, scandal at 10:00. >> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news, thanks for joining us everyone.
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from laurel, maryland... a global health consultant from brooklyn, new york... and our returning champion, an environmental engineer from erie, pennsylvania... and our returning champion, and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! alex: thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our show. well, our champion, adam, must feel as if he's in the garden of eden, having won over $36,000 in two appearances. but there's a price for that. you have to defend. you have to play again. and today, he faces diane and brad. and look at how serious and determined they appear to be. all right, let's start the first round, shall we? and see how things work out with these categories.
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"d" in quotation marks because there will be three d's in each correct response. adam, off you go. stock symbol shopping for $200, please. diane. what is macy's? that's it. stock symbol shopping for $400. brad. gap? i'm sorry. what is gap? that's it. stock symbol shopping for $600, please. adam. what is foot locker? correct. symbol for $800. brad.
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what is men's wearhouse? yes. stock symbol for $1,000,sto. adam. what is gamestop? gamestop, yes. 3-"d" for $200, please. brad. what is deflected? no. adam. what is dodged? dodged. there three d's in "dodged" but not in "deflected." back to you, adam. "d" for $400. adam. what is dredged? yes. 3-"d" for $600, please. diane. what is diamond-studded? no. adam. what is star-studded? star-studded, yes. "d" for $800. brad. what is a wedding band? correct. "d" for $1,000.
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