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from the game but this happened as the game let out. thousands trying to get on 880 and was nowhere to go. it was rough. a man driving a porsche was shot to death. his car had several bullet holes in it. the driver or the person who shot him got away. the passenger in the porsche got out of the car and he was hit by a car and killed. >> we want to get to the bottom of this. through our investigation we want to identify the parties involved doing the shooting and bring them to justice prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law. >> no arrests have been made. they don't know the motive. they have not given up a description of a possible
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suspect or fin they are looking for. at this point two people killed last night. the highway was shut down. whoever did it is again. got away at this point. >> 4:31. students at san francisco state are back in the dorms under increased security after a group of trespassers tried to occupy a resolution distance hall. this is video of the disturbance at the hall. police arrested five people. the officer was taken to the hospital after a clash between police and trespassers. police think the squatters are the same people evicted from an apartment building in the ocean view district. a fire alarm was pulled forcing students out of the dom and they had to show i.d.'s to get back inside. >> richmond police need help finding the killer of a woman who was called granny, the 64-year-old was hit as she slept in her bed. she died after being returned to
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the hospital. her home was riddled with bullet holes. connectives believe her son was being targeting her son. >> an 11 year sold safe and a man was arrested on a federal raid on child porn. david stevens was arrested on wednesday after a manhunt. stevens is accused of sexually abusing a young girl and making child porn video. agents remain tipped off when danish authorities found them online, the girl was victimized for years. >> the concern we had was there was ongoing abuse. when we come across child pornography it is dated stuff. >> police believe there could be other victims. stevens will be arraigned in federal court next month. >> in san jose a child is recovering after a truck hit him at an intersection after school
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let out yesterday afternoon. a witness tells us the truck dragged the child for some distance before it stopped. police say the driver is cooperating. >> walnut creek police are notifying and looking for suspects after several credit card skimming devices were found at two gas stations. they were discovered at two stations, and are impossible for customers to notice because they are hidden inside the gas pump. east time a card was swiped, the account number was recorded and personal identification number. police do not think crooks got the information. coming up, abc7 news reporter cornell bernard will join us with why police have bigger concerns at how you can protect yourself at the top of the hour. >> developing news from texas with a search continuing for a handful of people still missing after wednesday night's deadly tornadoes. we have new details this morning
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of th destructive of the storms. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the news room. >> the death toll is six but seven are still missing. the sheriff says the search is still activity but it is now a search and recovery effort with crews turning over every piece of debris. the national weather service says 16 tore nays -- tornadoes touched down in north texas. one neighborhood that was wiped out was built by has been tap for humanity and one destroyed homes was just finished and about to be turned over to the new owners. another couple waited two years to get their home which now is gone along with six of their neighbors. >> you look where the houses normally are, nothing is there. piled up cars. cars in trees. there is a car in our water tower. >> the strongest of the 16
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tornadoesn ef4 with wins up to 200 miles per hour. texas has not seen an f4 since 1994. people who live in the hard hit areas may not be allowed to return home for days and it could be weeks before power is restoreed. >> new? morning the owner of the feet that met with tragedy in the america's cup practice run is arriving in san francisco today after voicing safety concerns of the race. the fatal accident on may 9 near treasure island in the bay involves the swedish catamaran artemis that took the life of crew member andrew simpson. investigators are looking to the cause of why the yacht broke up. the "san francisco chronicle" reports that the team owner has no plans to pull out and the sam is coming to follow developments and see of potential changes to the race. >> the tour in is day
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six of 750-mile race with cyclists in san jose, and on saturday they take off from livermore and circle across contra costa county before ending on top of mount diabolo and ends on sunday from san francisco to santa rosa. >> some residents of a small east baytown want to put up a "do not enter" sign for bicyclists would use their community as a shortcut to mount diabolo. the residents say the cyclists pedal too fast and run stop signs along private roads. a meeting will focus on banning out of town cyclists unless they can prove they are visiting someone in dab -- diabolo. they want to check driver's licenses and entrances into diabolo. >> the season is over for the warriors but the fans had quite a ride eliminated in game 6 by the spurs last night at oracle arena despite injuries.
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the warriors were in it until the end down by just two points with less than five minutes to go. spurs pulled it out at 94-82 taking the best of seven series 4-2 so the warriors will stay at home but the fans are thrilled of their first post-season appearance in six years. >> they will be so good next year. they will be back next year. >> the crowd and the team turned it up big time. >> san antonio advances to the western conference finals 89 hark fabs are trying to recover from a heartbreaking loss by san jose in game two of their playoff matchup with the kings. they held a 3-2 lead with two minutes left but the kings tied the game on a power play by brown and just 22 seconds later, still on the power play, lewis slams home a rebound just like that and the sharks go from even
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to trailing 2-0 and the kennelings beat the shacks -- sharks 4-3. >> it is a team on the rise. >> also doing away with the pesky sprinkles the past few days. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> warming trend for the weekend. we are starting off with temperatures cooler than yesterday. look at the north bay, napa, novato, eight to seven degrees cooler. san jose, about three. concord, five. livermore, two. so temperatures are up to the low 50's under partly clouds but it will be dry. it will be cool for lunch. upper 50's at the coast. low-to-mid 60's for the rest us. hanging in the upper 50's at 4:00 with a few more clouds at
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the coast. if you have lands for the evening, dress for cooler conditions, mid-50's to low 60's by 7:00. falling into the 50's by the time the evening is over. now, what will happen through the weekend, a big warming trend tomorrow and into sunday and it holds into monday. have a great weekend. leyla gulen? >> we have an accident just cleared in san jose so it was an overturned vehicles but now all lanes are open at nobody 880 and traffic is moving smoothly. to the further we have construction, guardrail repair will last until 8:00 this morning where we will see at least one to two lanes blocked: here is a picture of our maze westbound 80 through berkeley and toward 580 we have clear conditions. if you travel further to the south we do have construction southbound 880 if you head between high and 66 avenue three
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lanes are blocked until 5:00. >> leyla gulen, thank you. last minute drama in o.j.'s hearing in las vegas as the former nfl superstar tries to get a new trial for his armed robbery and kidnapping conviction. >> eric, breathe, breathe, breathe, the powerball jackpot is bigger and it is not your only chance at unbelievable riches. >> topping america's money, bill gates is the richest person in the world with a fortune valued at $73 billion. he re-captured the top spot from the mexican billionaire. it has been a roller coaster week for wal-mart with stock shares hitting a record high on wednesday and they posted weaker-than-expected first quarter earnings on thursday because of a slump in store sales. after years of complains, amtrak has upgraded the reliability of wi-fi service on the trains. the speed will still be slower than most people have at home
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because of the challenges of maintaining a connection on a moving train. american airlines is hoping to speed up the boarding process with passengers with a bag or personal item that will fit under the seat will be able to get on the plane first. that means there will be fewer people that will be waiting in the aisles while others put the
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>> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good friday morning, it is 4:43 and the embarcadero in san francisco from the downtown buildings and the ferry building. it is a cool spot for us but mike nicco says it will be a sunny day and then get ready for a big change for the weekend. mike will talk more about that coming up. >> missing at risk petaluma man has been found safe 40 miles away in napa county. police found the 49-year-old
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john worth yesterday. he is being reunited with his family after being reported missing. the family was worried because he has a brain injury and cannot perform every day functions without help. >> house of representatives committee will have a hearing in the growing i.r.s. scandal and a second official is stepping down, joseph grant, will retire in june. this comes hours after president obama named a replacement for acting i.r.s. commissioner miller who was fired but will testify at the hearing this morning. tea party activists descended on washington claiming vindication in their complaints about government overreach. many say they plan to sue the i.r.s. >> last minute drama on what was scheduled to be the last day of o.j.'s hearing if las -- in las vegas. a new witness has come forward that could take the stand for
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the d.a. but they are not saying who. o.j. lawyers left without comment and said in court the defense would immediately object to this mystery witness if called to the stand. o.j. is fighting for a new trial for the 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping convictions. >> on this one month anniversary of the deadly texas fertilizer plant explosion officials admit they are not sure of the cause. officials now say the cause of the april 17 blast may never be known. 14 people were killed and 200 injured. investigators think it was started by an electrical system, a battery powered golf cart or a criminal act. it triggered two explosions that flattened part of a small town. >> yahoo could be in talks to buy a social networking site with sources saying the talks are serious. it could cost $1 billion. c.e.o. is trying to attract a hipper democrat graphic if
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yahoo. yahoo and google are among the top ten bay area companies with the best business outlook, with a new survey showing google at number one, and 86 percent of employees believe the giant is headed in the right direction and will perform better in the next six months. san diego came in at number two with qualcom and yahoo was heard with 75 percent believe the company will do better. >> you will be saying "yahoo" if the win the lottery. you will have two chances to strike it reach this weekend with two jackpots ballooning right now. this morning, at least 740 million dollars are up for grabs in back-to-back jackpots. mega millions worth $190 million and the big one, tomorrow night's $550 million powerball jackpot.
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the chances of winning both -- both -- a staggering 1 in 30, 000, 00, 0300, 000. >> we have numbers that are small for this time of the year and low if you will. they are going to grow and get bigger and climb the scale this week. good morning, everyone. good luck with powerball. live doppler 7 hd shows we all have go luck with the morning commute. it is dry. it is partly cloudy and clear in most areas. we still have breezy conditions if you are headed to the bay shore or on the water or the delta and small craft advisory continues through at least 3:00 tomorrow afternoon and it starts at 9:00 over the ocean at this evening at 9:00, so keep an eye on that. a couple of areas of choppy water, with temperature at 48 in
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around 50 to 52 degrees until parker city where it is 55, and temperatures are mostly in the 50's but for palo alto and santa clara, and saratoga, and american canyon, and petaluma, mid to upper 40's so dress for cooler weather. this afternoon, we will have a lot of sunshine and a small cloud from time to time and maybe a few high clouds but it will an bright day with temperatures below average, mid-to-upper 60 throughout the santa clara valley to 70 in gilroy. headed to santa cruz? dress for 66 degrees. low-to-mid 60's along the peninsula, redwood city at 66 and palo alto and menlo park at 65 and upper 60's along the coast today to near 60 in downtown and upper 60's to near 70 through the north bay valley. not a bad day to be in the wine country. on the north bay shore, mid to upper 60's along the east bay
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shore and oakland around 65 and union city warmer in fremont and castro stream at 67. inland valleys, san ramon and pleasanton 69, and antioch and brentwood are warmer. the a's taking on the royals today. tomorrow, it is fireworks. today. 7:05 is first pitch at 58 so dress for cool weather. temperatures in the mid 40's around santa rosa and upper 40's to low 50's for the rest of us. here is what is happening, cold front rolled through yesterday and now we are on the back side of it and in the cooler weather today. today is the cool of the day in the forecast. as we look at the seven-day forecast temperatures are jumping away from the coast at four to eight degrees tomorrow and jump another six to eight degrees on sunday. we will hold that through monday. cooler weather on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday and it
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will be dry all seven days of the forecast. leyla gulen? >> we started off busy but it has calmed down. in antioch we have construction. mostly what we have is eastbound highway 4 one lane is blocked with cones picked up at 6:00 a.m. in the westbound direction you can have clear conditions. look at our drive time traffic along 580, you have a 24-minute drive between 205 to dublin/pleasanton. 101 from san francisco to sfo if you have a flight to cap, only 12 minutes. san jose, the driver northbound along 85 between 101 to cupertino is 17 minutes. the drive in san jose to 80 coming away from 17 is in good shape with a little bit to the south but northbound there was an early crash that cleared. eric and kristen in. >> thank you. how fans of the blue age gems
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>> right now on this friday checking out both sides of san francisco bay, it is a bit windy but no sprinkles this morning. it is dry. it is cool. our meteorologist suggests a warm jacket for the oakland a's game with the forecast for the game and for the weekend coming up. fans of the play angels home online fundraising can lead to the october show reaching cyber donors through a site called "crowd tilt," with a goal at, 650,000. so far they have $6,100.
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you are going to have to dig deeper into your pocket to visit the san francisco zoo. the recreation and parks have a $2 hike for rating costs so in september adult city residents have to pay $14 rather than $12 and not residents have to pay $17 rather than $15. seniors and children have to pay the increase. kids three and under can still get in for free. the zoo's last admission fee hike was in 2008. >> we had sprinkles yesterday so going to the zoo was not what you wanted but how about snowed. >> dry. still cool. >> still cool, and jackets anywhere you go today. unless you standing in the direct sunlight which makes it feel warmer. you can see a beautiful picture of the ferry and the winds are coming in from the west so we will be cooler today. san francisco is 61 like yesterday. but anywhere from fremont,
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concord, and oakland, one to two degrees cooler and you will notice it in san jose and santa rosa. down south you can see scattered showers and that is great it takes arm their fire danger and showers out into the desert where palm springs is 108 and 88 today. 77 in sacramento and 60 in tahoe under clouds and up to tahoe, today is the coolest day with 60 and mostly sunny with mid-to-upper 60's for sat and sunday. >> we are starting in castro valley with surface street closures because of an early police-involved shooting. this is right along eastbound castro valley boulevard and also the on-ramp to 580 from castro valley boulevard is blocked off happening around 10:00 last night, sos again, early police-involved shooting happened at this location. a look outside at the golden gate bridge, if you are headed out of san francisco and into sausalito, whereu might run
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into a little bit of traffic we have caltran picking up cones because of early construction and everything is clearing up. southbound is looking good. >> 4:56. first, milk, butter and coffee ran short in venezuela and now they are running out of...bathroom tissue. a man has been waiting for two weeks to buy some. a store finally got a supply but the government blames political opponents for the shot fall and hopes -- in hopes of destableizing the country they will import 50 million rolls to boost supply. >> music soothes the soul and even a young soul. researchers say music can help premature babies, calling their breathing and improving sleeping. some research shows it could help premature babies go home sooner. it is increasingly being used in new born intensive care units. >> now, an interesting sound.
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this is the vegetable orchestra of vienna playing a concert in madrid. they are using real vegetables as instruments. the orchestra bangs on huge pumpkins and whistles into carrots to play jazz, class calculate, and electronic music. >> that looked like a pepper. >> and then you can have dinner. >> next at 5:00 ap, east bay police discover a sophisticated credit card skimmer used at local gas stations. >> i love baseball, where else can you get this, some fans at a major league baseball game are calling the first pitch "the biggest
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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> this is a friday morning at 5:00 a.m., we thank you for joining us. >> got the weekend ahead, how is the weather going to be? we will check with mike nicco. >> good morning, everyone. we will start with live doppler 7 hd. no need to worry about grabbing an umbrella or having patience on the road as far as the weather. we dry. that is good news. we will talk about what is going on as far as this afternoon looking down to downtown san jose you can see a beautiful skyline. temperature inland will run from 68 to 71 north bay valley. 61 in san francisco and 64 in oakland and 67 in san jose. we will have temperatures in the upper 50's at the coast where we will have a little bit more in the way of cloud cover hanging around the
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