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>> we know andrew bart simpson was trapped underneath that yacht as much as 10 minutes but why, exactly the yacht came part we don't know. at 1:00 the boat was turning down wind in what is termed a bare away maneuver when the boat suffered a catastrophic event. the very emotional race director struggled to gets the word out as he described andrew bart simpson who just joined the artemis team in member. >> he was supposed to be carrying an emergency oxygen bottle but we don't know if he had it or used it. the chairman couldn't say what happened. >> the boat nosedived and all
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we know from that point in that maneuver is that boat ended up upside down, cap sized. broken many piece autos out of respect the chairmen are wait tg question crew members on board but the father of the man steering the boat says he spoke with his son last night. he spoke with australia's nbn television. >> he's not very g said it's the worst day of his life. you know? a good mate, dead. he was skippering the boat. he said he didn't do anything different from normal but just feels responsible. >> he says his son described what happened. >> heard cracking noises and it collapsed. >> the director said today that questions about that are going to have to wait we need
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to give respect to the team, the families and will start details that the police department and when access becomes available. >> that will be next week. >> we know the term is the same maneuver the oracle team was doing. oracle made adjustments. we expect artemis will dot same when the boat arrives the first part of june. mark math use abc 7 news. >> the boats are many times faster than those used in the america's cup a decade or two ago. some will tell you they're too fast now, and not safe. abc 7 news is live with that part of the coverage tonight. wayne?
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>> dan, since the cup began in 1851 there have been two deaths. the first death of 148 years, 1999, a spanish sailor hit in the head by equipment. the second zej more controversial. >> an unmatched blend of speed and proximity. but after the death of andrew simpson yesterday and another crash the doubters have emerged, asking sit worth the risk? >> they wanted fast, exciting boats. >> scott mccloud markets the sport. three years ago. he warned they're too fragile, still too unknown. >> i don't think they knew they're risking a live. i knew they were pushing
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technology. >> we couldn't know but with the ac 72s america's cup racing entered a new realm. critics say it's not unlike nascar. >> these boats are fast. we'll know that sailors enjoy competing on. >> a once gent yeel, still elegant competition, testing a thinner right. >> any sport you know there are incidents people push to the limits. and in this case, wendz a fatality. >> the question, is this the
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end of the boats? if not, what type of modifications might they make? >> ed lee says the accident may lead to changes in this summer's america's cup race. mayor lee waiting for the final report before any conclusions can be drawn but says safety must be a top priority. >> any time there is a challenge we're going to make a pause here to let the investigation tell us how it occurred. >> the mayor does not expect the accident to impact fund raising which he says focused on improving the water front. >> throw days, three police chiefs. wednesday, howard jordan announced his medical retirement. assistant chief took over as
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acting chief and is today back to the rank of captain. nick? >> the police department announced a new leadership team that is effecting change at the top this week. now an open house where the chief would like to introduce himself. oakland mayor says stit is moving forward under the direction of new leadership. >> this is a better group and going to be stronger as we implement training programs. >> it's been a busy week. the police chief took over the position. city officials say the decision to give up the top spot was volume teary. he will
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go back to being a captain. >> people make personal stigss we have spoken this is a personal decision. >> the shake up came the same week that a report by an independent consultant was released. the so called bratton report ordered by the city to help a former lapd chief reveal several problems in the department. >> don't nobody know him. he don't know nothing about what is going on in the streets. >> todd walker spends a great deal of time with those who kind themselves on the wrong side of the law. >> someone looks like some of the kids that understand what's the kids are going through. >> when he need is leadership and stability moving forward. >> no clear direction or leadership creates low moral.
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it's key at the moment. >> now he assumes the top position in one of the toughest departments in the nation. oakland mayor says he will lead the search with the help of a head hunter. >> thank you. >> new details on a man in critical condition tonight after being shot insifd his car. sky 7 overhead just moments after this happened. the victim flown for treatment. police have now given up their search for the gunman. >> bart service just getting back to normal now after a naked man attracted police attention. here is a picture of the guy. there are reports he was spitting, going to the
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bathroom, you get the idea police apparently led haim way because trains are now back on time. lottery fever tonight with hundreds of millions of dollars. i suspect you've got yours? >> this fever is highly contagious. last month california swroined other 42 states offer power ball. so far no one has won. here promise of hundreds of millions of dollars is attracting people like a waiting bot of gold. tickets are selling fast, so are the megga. lottery players vying for more than $400 million. kblinlz displayed on store that's sell lottery and power ball is during people. just about every ticket buyer
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and pk market figured out what they'll do. >> i'll buy my house, my home. >> i will travel the world. quit work. >> once you get the first check, it's awesome. >> what is the first thing you would buy if you won? >> i don't know. >> pedro knows. he has a use for the money. last year he lost his leg to disease. woe buy a new leg with which he would walk better. now compared to this, super lotto looks paltry. but you can't win if you don't play and much of the money good does go to ed oox we can dream. thank you very much. >> game three and i'm spence yir chris chichblt we expect
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the deafening crowd could give them an advantage, too. at least that is what we're hoping, right? how social media is playing a role here. >> the crowd going crazy out here, you may notice a guy sitting up there with his head buried in an ipad. he believes he's making a difference. kevin is the warriors digital stick man on the team and will be adding a new dimension through social media. >> people are tweet asking seeing their photos on the score board with intagram. we have a check in deal. 5,000 fans goring to get a foam finger. >> first 5,000 fans receive a
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free foam hand. >> digital crossed the line between every department. >> he believes social media helped heighten the fan experience. >> everything you know it's going to be raised into players feel it, too it. >> it's a mad house something i want to experience. >> getting ajusted to the environment. it's unbelievable. >> during home playoff game it's going to be mixed year on the court it's going to be louder. they call come down to hand gestures and talking early. and they've been great all season long. >> of course generating hype
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can drive more fans to buy more tickets who says there is tho room fon the team for a computer nerd? shu will be here to talk about the game. you're going to like what he's wearing. thank you. >> for the best fan experience, follow up on twitter while you watch the game. >> you can see game four of the series sunday at 12:30 here on abc 7, tickets going on sale monday morning for game six if there is one. >> these two ready for the roracle. take a look. that is where you can play, too. >> san jose police are searching for two at risk missing children now. 10-year-old rachel rodriguez and 13-year-old christie rot
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rez ran away from their foster home, police say the sfers were upset about having to move into a new home f you see the girls you're asked to contact the san jose police department. >> vallejo wail lou citywide voting on how to spend $3 million designated for neighborhood projects. the vote open to everyone age 16 and older tomorrow monday through friday and at adult school next saturday. you'll be able to choose among 35 projects from street improvements, support for parks and schools, public safety and cultural projects. what an interesting idea. >> yes. we're looking forward to a bit of a warm up. >> you can find weather in terms of temperatures. going to be warm inland f you like it cool... >> here is a look at five
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doppler 7. it's been chilly along the coastal areas. lots of sunshine and we still do around the bay. low clouds over the bay. it's only 54 degrees at had hour. another live picture from our camera looking at western sky low clouds over the bay. temperatures 63 in santa rosa. now looking down on to the bay, low clouds pushing through there. lots of blue skies inland. low clouds will increase tonight and move across the bay and locally inland. warmer conditions over the weekend in our inland areas.
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highs near 90 degrees but remains foggy ask cool along the coast. still pushing into southwestern u.s.. high pressure in control of our weather picture but some thin high clouds are going to enter our weather picture. now, let's start at 7:00 this evening z during overnight hours, high cludz moving through. and we can see high trs above 90 remaining cool at the coast. overnight tonight areas of patchy fog ask low clouds we'll see low temperatures into low 50s, tomorrow, sunny skies with highs around 90 degrees maybe a degree or two above 906789 up to 80s ash
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around the bay. in the south bay tomorrow look for highs in low to mid-80s up to 83 in san jose. mid to upper 70. early mid to upper 60s on the coast. highs 82 in santa rosa. east bay highs inland east bay, highs up to about 90s in antioch and fairfield. here is the accu-weather forecast. 90 and also highs around 80. low 60s on the coast. remaining cool at the coast, warm inland. >> okay. thank you. >> coming up next why your ipad could be a health hazard.
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>> the cities want to get revenue they should get it the correct way, making sure they stay in good repair. >> if you're going to get $52 instead of $1 that, is wrong. >> they want policies to remain local. the full assembly expected to take up this measure this month. >> tonight money matters a major reboot for electronic arts. the video game maker confirms tonight it's sacked about 10% of the work force since the first of the year. the company trimming to achieve a better operating margin. the post office reduced it's work force but faces huge
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payments for future retirey health care benefits z you can't beat the price of gas at safeway, it's lower than competing stations but safeway has now rolled out what it called two-tiered pricing system. you'll pay 10 cents more per gallon if you use a credit card. >> a stockton teenager revealed a potential health hazard with the apple ipad determining if you hold it too close to the chest for too long, the magnets in the cover can turn off a heart rhythm device. apple won't comment but experts expected by bloomberg news confirmed the possibility. the 14-year-old's father is a doctor. she presented findings to a group of heart specialists today. >> bright young woman that. is important to know. we have another half hour of news coming up. a final resting place for one of the boston bombing suspects. police may be about to pin a triple homicide on him as
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wine country rocking tonight. the first ever bottle rock festival about great music, wine and food is underway in nappa. most folks lost idea, some are not happeny about the crowds and traffic that it brings. hi, laura. >> some critics are happy about what this brings to the area. folks still trickling in. the main draw is the black keys but there are other main
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attractions inside to suit yuft about everyone's taste, musical and otherwise. >> what would can better than food, wine ask a lot of music? >> what is with air plugs? >> it's loud. you know? i can still hear it, but it's loud. >> the first bottle rock festival seems to be a hit. at least for those on the inside of the expo. when not grooving there is plenty to eat and drink and a great showcase. >> yesterday just a rocking day.
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good crowd and fantastic music. >> in napa valley it's known for restaurants. >> there is a good variety here. >> i like what they're doing here. >> others not haters say the affair has created some hardships for them. you know this is like a hat tath yoo. you asked for it and said, okay. your buddies talked you into it. you did it. it hurt like heck. >> that festival runs through sunday night. besides good music and wine, org nidzers hoping to raise about $1 million for 20 local
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charities. >> that is an impressive amount. thank you. >> in two weeks boy scouts will vote on whether or not to enld a ban on gay youth. the father of ryan anderson was there to lend his support. >> that they begin to move into the 21 century. >> you can't vit both ways. if you want to discriminate, you can do it on your dime but can't do it on hours. >> mark leno co-sponsoring a bill that would revoke for any california nonprofit that discriminates based on rage or religion. >> abc news reporting that massachusetts investigators now have mounting evidence that the boston marathon
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bombers may have been involved in a triple hom sichld the murders took place in september 11th, twun. three men found with their throats slit and bodies covered with marijuana. one victim was a former boxing partner of tammerlan tsarnaev and officials say they have forensic evidence connecting the two brothers to the crime. tammerlan tsarnaev has been buried reportedly at this cemetery in rural have v va -- virginia. boston area cemeteries refused to accept his body. now, people in virginia complain they were not consulted before tsarnaev was buried there. >> imagine you've been named a top graduating senior and just 18 years old this, year's winner has won more than 40 awards totalling more than $300,000. we have the impressive story.
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this is one of cal's brightest seniors. his grade point average is high. >> it's 3.99. >> you did knit three years? >> that is right. >> he doubled major in chemical biology skpat 18 is the youngest recipient of the medal a prize hundreds of students here qualify or as long as they have close to a near perfect gpa. martin mida is a professiono professionor -- professor. >> just sort of crazy gpa at this point but what matters afterwards is that what did with a the wattents. >> his family settled in milwaukee. the family moved to fremont as he was about to enter uc berkeley. at cal he's won 40 academic
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and community service askbardz two years ago founding see your future an out reach program for students living in under served communities. >> every young person can change the world we have to acknowledge that. we have to give them ways to show that. >> at this point i had enough gumption to ask about live outside school. >> do you have time to date? >> yes. it's -- not something i've persued. >> okay. how about hobbies? >> love to play basketball. i'm an outside shooter. >> i can see the height. >> from here he will go to oxford, then m.i.t.for a p.h.d.. he was telling me this as we passed room 307. that is where plutonium was first identified and later used to develop the ato thic bomb.
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summer almost here and can mean an ocean of care free days. >> but for parents, presenting a challenge. how to keep them busy? >> yes. you know, many families go on vacation for a week or two, but what about the rest of the time? kids get bored around the house but they're filling up fast and they can get expensive.
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it's almost that time. the final school bell rings, kids set free. summer stretches out. >> panic come nchlz you want to make sure they're doing something interesting. >> julie says it takes a lot of planning to fill the days for her 12-year-old daughter, holly. >> she needs to be occupied while i'm working. she needs to do activities that because it makes my life easier. >> it provides a plaigs to go however, camps are filling up a lot of camps are full but still a lot of camps have veilibility. >> nina thompson works for go kid.org. she says there is another consideration. cost. >> between $300 and $500 a week. >> however, 7 on your side found there are bargains, even camps that are free.
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san francisco police run a youth fishing program. off duty officers take kids, rods and reels on the bay and there is a free musical theater camp and aim high operates camps throughout the bay area offering academics, art, sport free you look for camps offering financial aid. >> there are dozens of low cost camp that's offer scholarships. you'll find many at recreations and parks department. the city of san jose runs 40 day camps costing just $139 per week. the city of vallejo has day camps for as little as 7 $5 to $100 per week. >> they have discounts if you
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sign up for more weeks they have discounts. >> look for coupe yonz offering discounts. she says activities vary widely so ask what they want to do. >> my favorite thing is probably laser tag. >> i like this one. it's scary first. then you're like woo-hoo. >> i've posted links just go to abc 7 news.com and you can ask dan ashley, favorite, camp concord. >> we will be back here in just a moment. >>
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here is live doppler 7 hd. marine layer back with cooling influence at the coast. clear skies inland at the moment. tomorrow, sunny skies and warm in some spots. here in the bay area after areas of fog we'll see sunny skies into afternoon. fog will hold on ot the coast and will be cool there. highs into upper 50s to around 60. 70s around the bay. 80s to 90 into warmest locations tomorrow, and tomorrow afternoon at at ask t park giants taking on braves again. game time 1:05 tomorrow afternoon. breezy, sunny and mild. temperatures 65 degrees. here is the accu-weather forecast. mother's day, sunny, looking good. sunday looking g sunny mild, warm inland. relatively cool at the coast. you can get mom any kind of weather she wants. >> there you go. thank you.
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>> good. >> they think that bottle rock is going to be loud you should hear roracle tonight. >> it's deafening. sometimes you can't hear what your teammate is telling you. warriors on center stage arguably the most-entertaining team in the playoff was apologies to lebron, sorry. getting set for game three this is a live shot. how much will fans impact the game? a live report coming up.
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good evening wrkts splash brothers, stej curry the warriors have become the surprise story of the nba playoffs after splitting two games the warriors home tonight for game three and mike shumann joins us live. warriors are riding a wave of confidence. spurs still dang ruchls i can see you swiped a tee shirt
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from a little kid. >> that is true. true. peer pressure is so great i had to wear the shirt. they broke once. that is all you want to do is come home. your team has home court advantage. warrior dz just that. game two. thanks to clay thompson through down 34 points. they wanted the first time since 1997. that is a stretch of 30 games. they're excited to be back home. so spurs nowo to win on the road. >> we have tremendous respect for the spurs. we know they're more than capable of coming into this building or another buildings and winning a game.
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you know? this is a bet battle. it's important to qum a right mind set we're trying to get back here. >> we're a young team. hopefully, we can bounce back, quickly. and then, we'll be fresh tonight so we have to play on tempo to be effective. >> mark jackson said david lee will be available tonight. you might see him. the team so confident in this building i think they can take both here, we've got to go one game at a time starting tonight with game three. >> are you keeping that shirt? >> i'm going to turn it over. >> okay.
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>> there you go. we'll see you at 11:00 tonight. it's been a rough week for major league baseball and their umpires. astros manager brought in a relief picture. they switched hitters. the rule states the relief pitcher has to face one batter before being replaced. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply, hardware. >> first rule of baseball is know the rule autos yes. especially if you're the ump year. >> -- umpire. >> yes. >> you think that would be on the test. >> yes.
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>> tucked away in the los altos hills there is a bird sanctuary. they're trying to bring back birds to release into the wild. it's not open to the public very often. but tonight abc 7 news has your ticket in. >> visitors greeted by a chorus of cackles, hoops and coos. thoos birds surrounded by wimsy. this isn't just a bird sanctuary. it's also a home. >> we have two versions is how we got our name. pandemonium is the block name for parrots. we got the name before we had parrots. >> michelle started her flock in 1997. she stopped to rescue an injured dove. >> i didn't want to see it
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lying there to be run over by a car. i took it to a vet. >> word spread quickly. she was willing to help out. >> then, one by one, then, 10 by 10, then hundreds. >> the rescues led to pandemonium aviaries. now, volunteers help take care of the animals. >> this sour last aviary. every time i go there, i say to my husband this is the last. so on this it got confusion because we kept moving it. we retired it at number nine. we have now 64 it still cares for sick and injured animals they took in, they no longer accept rescue birds. >> and we breed endangered birds to release into the wild. >> today, they are one of the largest bird sanctuaries in the united states. the facility home to 360 birds and 70 endangered species.
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>> what we have here is a green python. we have more here than in the world. >> right now, they're engaged in breeding several of the endangered species, including blue crowned pigeons. >> they're the modern day dodo bird. dodo bird was the world's largest pigeon. now, these are. >> maintaining and caring for the beautiful birds is expensive. >> unless we get support bit public we won't be able to save these birds. >> exotic birds. now, they're opening is its doors for an event this weekend. proceeds going towards continuing the program for tickets or making a donation go to abc 7 news.com. click on see it on tv. doing great work. >> remarkable assortment there. >> exotic. >> it's something to see. >> join me tonight at 9:00. coming up then, preventing panic at the mall.
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a security now making this popular shopping center one of the safest in the country. >> then at 11:00 shooting blanks, gun owners facing long waits for bullets but what happens when the cops can't get theirs is in the public safety issue hitting some communities right now. >> and tonight prime time line up begin was back to back episodes of shark tank followed by 2020. back with abc 7 news at 11:00. >> this does it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.
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this is the "jeopardy!" college championship. here are today's contestants -- a sophomore from washington university in st. louis, from solon, ohio... a junior at wellesley college, from emmaus, pennsylvania... and a sophomore from the university of tulsa, from claremore, oklahoma... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank yonny. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the last of our quarterfinal matches.
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much to be decided in this half-hour. the winner, today, of course, comes back next week as a semi-finalist along with the four previous winners from earlier this week and the four high-scorers among non-winners, so there's a lot at stake. forrest, laura, and nishanth, welcome aboard. pick up those signaling devices, and let's go to work in the first round of play, whic y contains and let's go to work in the fthese categories.y, first off... we want you to give us the long form of the word in quotation marks. we'll give you the man. forrest, start. i'll take the short form for $200, please. alex: forrest. what is trigonometry? that's it. short form for $400, please.
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