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up hydroplaining on the foil. the u.s. oracle team reach add cross the bay giving an idea of what is coming up this summer. >> it's great for the city. and it's a beautiful venue for. >> it an exciting event to have that close to shore. >> today is the first day of teams have been out practicing since announcement of new safety recommendations following may 9th accident that took the life of artemis team's strategist. the teams appeared to have that gear already. biggest change appears to be a maximum reliable wind speed. the managing direct swrerz the reaction to the recommendations has been good. >> something happened and artemis was a tragedy. we need to see the fine print
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here. >> the man driving the boat says the team may design decisions bigs baised on higher wind speed autos we agree we won't won't to see it being loaded too fast. >> none of the teams suggested sailing in these smaller catamarans. the 72s are the boats they want to raise. from what we heard it's the boat spectators want to watch. >> i've seen 45s. >> i'm for big fast boats. >> i saw the small boats. there are -- they were great. it's good to see big boats out there. >> we haertd from a native australian figuring several thousand of the countrymen will be out here to watch next september. some other visitors from utah, from atlanta, they said the event isn't againer yaigt much interest back tomorrow home, but it sure doesn't help. >> that is true. >> thank you very much. >> in san francisco there are a lot of questions between an
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accident between a bicyclist and a garbage truck. abc 7 news is live with the late new information on what happened. >> we're learning the victim was only 21 years old, flowers now mark the spot where the bicyclist lost his life. witnesses say it happened in the blank of an eye. sky 7 over the grim scene. a bicycle and a reecology trash truck collided in the mission. >> happen sod fast. >> the 21-year-old was crushed by the truck and dragged a half a block. police say they were both traveling east on 16th street but the driver turned right. the bicyclist collided with the rear of the turning truck this, man says the man on the bike was not wearing a helmet and going too fast. >> he's too fast.
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you know is in the driver is not at fault. >> the recology driver is cooperating. only hours after the accident we found chp officers inspecting trucks outside of recology san francisco facility. >> we're just lie triing to lower the amount of accidents on the road. >> just two months ago a recology truck hit a grandmother and 7-year-old granddaughter in a crosswalk. the girl's foot was crushed but she is recovering. >> the incident at broadway is under investigation by the police. >> spokesman robert reed says the company sends condolences to the family. he says despite accident recology has a strong safety record passing inspections for the last 20 years. >> safety is number one here, just a fundamental of what we
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do. >> focus is on this fatal accident. the investigation by police continues. the name of the bicyclist has in the been released. >> the rampage in february that claimed lives two of santa cruz police officers. the detective sargeant. we know the time line of the double murders and new details about the killer. abc 7 news vic lee has the story. afternoon of february 26th, sky 7 captured the shots of police looking for a double murder. jeremy goulet just shot to death police sargeant lauren baker. a team of three police officers and a sheriff found goulef r.t in an alley.
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>> he fired 15 rounds randomly. at the officers in the public standing in the parking lot. >> the sheriff says goulet died in gunfire. >> i believe the exact number of rounds from officers were 54 rounds. >> the tragic day started when they came to the home here and they wanted to question him about a sexual assault. at 3:15 the two officers spotted goulet and spoke through an open window. and ordered him to come out. at 3:23 just eight minutes after contact, he stepped out of the front door. >> within three seconds he fired five rounds at officers from his personally owned 45
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caliber pistol. >> the two officers never saw it coming. they lay dying he shot them again. >> goulet walked over to the mortally wounded sargeant firing two more rounds into him. >> goulet shot butler at close range then taking guns from the car and left. 30 minutes later goulet was dead. the investigation cleared the four officer who's killed him. the police chief called them hero autos they save lives and probably law enforcement lives by action that's day. >> the sheriff investigation may be over. sadly it doesn't bring back the two officers who were killed. >> united airlines is baggage handler is under arrest accused of stealing items from
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chekd luggage. police fitted ip yat yad was trackers and traced the stolen items to reyes home. he was charged with embezzlement and stolen property. prosecutors say he victimized 50 people all of this began in march. passengers started reporting missing electronics after claiming luggage. >> everything narrowed in on him. they did that for locking at -- lking at work records from determining from times of the thefts a list of possible or lakely suspects. >> united says his case is being reviewed. travelers can keep from becoming victims of theft by keeping valuable was them in their bag autos while we're talking crime a man got the maximum sentence for setting a huge fire on the peninsula six yearsing ayes. the fire roared through a building in downtown palo alto, kajing a drug store and shop. firefighters narrowly escaped when the roof collapsed. a 51-year-old was caught
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climbing up the side of the building just before the fire started. the judge ordered will kims to pay restitution. and an arrest has been made in connection with this fire. tonight the fire department says a juvenile was taken into custody that. is all they'd tell us about that. just outside of the gates of yosemite, oakhurst lodge has been destroyed by fire, firefighters forced to just let it burn z had to cut back on water usage. >> caltrans has begun work on the broken bolts on the side of the bay bridge. abc 7 news was there and joins
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us live. >> the work that had to be done is high above the water, job one to build platforms for workers to stand on. now thairks moving on. this drilling into it preparing to thread high strength stole wires across and around. the wires will be the cinch for the steel saddles. the large purple structures in this drawing. >> the bolts are no longer useful. so there is a saddle that holtds it nice and tight. >> in march, 32 rods broik when tension around a sheer key and bearings. those are seismic features helping road bed sway, but not break.
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pieces of the broken bolts could be taken out for testing but because of location could not be replaced. caltrans settled on a saddle retro fit supposed to serve the same function as the faults. >> this will be safe. what we're doing is the -- it is the same function the bolts did at the same level. >> crews working 12 hours per day, seven days per week, bracing to get the fix in place by the opening. the contractor is talking to the skt for the job. >> they work on worked on skyway portion of the bay bridge. so if they're the ones doing work they're in the strangers to the project. >> there is a bevy of work going on here with an eye to opening whenever that may be. >> this is a official there is
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quite a bit of work to be done. there is painting going on. there is still installing seismic hinges and there is some paving and a long list. >> next week, wednesday, in a special afternoon meeting of the bay area toll authority. >> heather, thank you very much. >> a silicon valley college aged millionaires are a dime per dozen but coming up a man stands out from the crowd. an unlikely player coming forward to collect the prize. >> the surprising new fate of the san francisco carnival celebration. after a major fund raising drive, it's on for the weekend. >> we're looking at an increasing chance of showers on memorial day. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> from computers and glasses to self driving cars. silicon valley movers and shakers weigh in on the top 10
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a bay area man has come forward to claim his lottery prize. he's a millionaire now after getting some of the numbers in the big power ball drawing saturday night zabc 7 news is here. wayne, he didn't win $600 million but he's doing okay. >> he's doing all right. $2.3 million before taxes seeming almost paltry compared with other prizes in tens or hundreds of million buzz for
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michael garcia and family, there has been a difference between dollar signs and true wealth. this is about all we get to see of lottery winners. they walk into a sterile room, get behind a table and try to wax philosophical about beating oweds and striking it reach. >> he's caring. >> vivienne, a single mother of nine. her youngest is 22-year-old michael garsa. a security guard and student at san jose city college. he is now a millionaire. >> we-my mom worked two jobs often. just a struggle for us. this is something going to, we're in the going to struggle for our live autos michael bought the power ball quick picks last week. he knew he won but had to study before exploring further. the possibility of $2.3
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million never entered his mind. >> we didn't know that amount until the day after. >> we being family member who's have been so much together. we, being all of the family he intends to share with. >> my mi plans just to get a better job. be able to support myself better, just help out as much as i can. >> now to, get a bachelor's degree buy mom a car. >> we never had any money. we don't know what it is. we can't even have a car. >> they will, in time. even with a paltry jackpot. >> it's life changing. you can pursue to do something better or throw it away. i choose to better myself. >> doesn't that make you feel good? michael plans to invest but going to take a trip to texas. he has family there. he says he has not seen them in a very long time. carolyn?
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>> wayne, what a story. >> well, one man's dress book a campaign and volunteers helped safe carnival in san francisco. just months ago looked as if it would be cancelled. organizers said it had grown that is where roberto hernandez got busy only has 82 day autos just started to call everybody i now over all of the years. and every person i called, thank god. answered marries. >> they say they raised $300,000 from the event. carnival is free to the public. >> good news. weather will be nice. cool. with memorial day weekend coming up, cal fire issued a warning be care wfl fire. the agency responded to 1600
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fires that is up 50%. officials urging anyone going camping this weekend to obtain a camp fire permit, check for restrictions and be sure to clear a peri meter around all fires. >> the least weather is doing it's part. i think fire danger will be down this weekend. >> true. it's cooler than average. humidity is up a bit. it does remain dry. we have dry conditions now, sunny skies, breezy. and cool. let's take a look at some current wind gusts that has been breezy cool all week long. 23 miles per hour around the bay. it's beautiful. how about this view of the
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western sky from our camera. 65 across the bay. 54 half moon bay. along embarcadero, blue skies it's 73 degrees right now. from the golden gate bridge of the golden gate bridge, clear, cool overnight. clear pattern into next week there. is a chance of showers monday. you can see movement of system as long jet stream. we have a storm track right now there is a disturbance moving into our direction which may bring us light rain. so let's start at 7:00 this evening. company remains in control. sunday the high pressure range
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weakens by monday, we can look at light rainfall. it's just a chance. we'll follow it as weekend approaches to let you know how great that chance is. tonight cool, breezy. low temperatures dropping into low to mid-50s. so, pleasantly cool and brisk overnight. then, tomorrow, breezy cool and milder than today. we'll see highs up to 70s in san jose. peninsula, mid to upper 60s. highs into mid to upper 50s. downtown a high of 62 tomorrow. north bay milder, mid-60s from santa rosa to napa. and eeflt bay, highs 67 in oakland z inland east bay, milder than that. highs into mid-70s. concord, 75.
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76 in antioch. here is the accu-weather forecast. some milder weather, it cools down sunday and will be further cooling on monday there. is a chance of rain. high temperatures on monday only into mid-60s inland. low 60s around the bay. so it will be unusual weather. but it's going to be pleasant feels like summer. >> yes. i know. i know. >> i'm hoping for a change. >> yes. >> or a chance. >> we have local reaction to decision made by the boy skous today. >> not everyone is happy about allo
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just about an hour ago the judge declared a mistrial in the jodi arisa trial. arias convicted of stabbing her boy friend. the jury that found her guilty began deliberating on whether life in prison or death penalty but they deadlocked. a retrial has been scheduled for the penalty phase. if a new jury cannot come up with a sentence a judge must sentence arias. >> for the first time in history openly gay boys can be part of the boy scouts of america.
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1400 volunteers voted to allow anyone under 18 and openly gay to join the group. >> a core value is kindness, being fair to everybody. and now, we can do that. effectively. >> consever tiff groups fought to keep the ban in place. some families here in the bay area to disagree with the change say they'll be pulling their kids out of the scouts. >> i don't feel that program would be the right one for our family anymore. we'll be putting out. our troop voted and we'll all be pulling out. >> a ban on gay scout leaders remains in place. activists say they're hoping that that is reversed at some point too,. >> imagine running out of toilet paper. now imagine a country running out that. is what happened inconvenient swaila. today it's expatriots
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dropped off rolls at the venezuelan consulate. this group blames monetary policy and want the tp they bought shipped to venezuela. the venezuelan government approved spending to buy 39 million rolls of toilet paper but that amounts to two rolls per person. >> still to come governor brown calls it a greater concern of war or the economy. >> and we'll bring you day's developments from oklahoma including a weather crisis that is soaking tornado alley. >> calling it a big win for privacy.
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from his political play book on this. >> he d man. no question bit there are lively debates to peer review. many of them believe that climate change is at a tipping point ask they say they sure could use help. scientists are convinced climate change is real. they're having trouble convincing skeptic autos have you to reach people who are skeptical and maybe somewhat hostile. >> they turned to governor brown tonight. >> there are large numbers of people in the social networks out there and in groups. the question is how do you increase that? >> part of the solution may be the tech companies in valley whose office hes and labs lie on low land.
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vulnerable to flooding. some are continuing to expand and build on low lanld. for others vulnerability may not be a major concern. >> one client is in vacaville. one is to avoid the earthquake issue. scientists have become circulating. the governor says he's alonged carbon dioxide has spiked to historic level autos california has a lot of innovations but most don't take off because the fossil fuels appear to be the area. >> still, they work to teach their children what they can do. >> every spring we've got 1200 acres. there is a small pontd. we collect garbage out there over the winter months. i'm trying to do my best.
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>> the distribution might be the willing noes put this issue on the front runner and reminding scientists, you win people over one at a time. >> thank you. heavy rain, hail, and flooding hampered efforts for people dealing with the aftermath of the devastating tornado in oklahoma. flash floods blocked streets today, it appears debris clogged storm drains. people in oklahoma city face a huge task rebuilding 12,000 homes damaged or destroyed by the tornado and fixing that will cost estimated $2 billion. >> it's really sinking home to a lot of people here in oklahoma there are a lot of people still suffering and will continue to face challenges moving forward in our state. we'll be there to support them. >> oklahoma lawmakers approved releasing money from their
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state's emergency rain where he day fund. the examiner officially set the death toll today at 24. >> the white house opening a phase on the war on terrorism. today, the president promised more transparency in strategies during a speech at the national defense university. he also announced a change in the administration use of drones. there have been nearly 400 strikes during president obama's tenure in office. >> the use of drones is heavily contrained. america does not take strikes when we have ability to capture individual terrorists. the preference is to detain, interrogate and prosecute.
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>> why don't i you sit down i'm going to tell what you i'm going to do. >> that is the president responding to code pink protestor from san francisco who got in by posing as a member of the media. after hammering the president over drone strikes and failing to shut down guantanamo bay she was escorted out by the secret service. >> tonight money matters turn around at gap continues. today reporting a 43% increase in earnings last quarter. gap says it's attracting more customers and boosting sales with bright colors and lively marketing. wall street we leaved when the dow closed only 12 points down. the pan dora lost about $28 million last quarter but the number of subscribers has doubled and listener hours grew by 48%.
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>> a big privacy win for those living with hiv and aids. >> michael finney is here with that story tonight. >> this begins when anthem blue close informed in sm members medications only would be available by mail order. that upset some paish yentsz and set a lawsuit into motion. >> i feel bullied by it. >> for privacy this hiv patient did not want his identity to be known. he worked to sue blue cross saying rules were discrime in a tori. >> this relationship is critical to their health care. and here in san francisco some of the knowledgeable pharmacists about hiv in the country.
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>> i hope they will allow me to continue my relationship with my pharmacy. >> there has been a change. the company says there will be new rules, anthem blue cross member who's prefer to receive their hiv-aids specialty drugs from a local specialty pharmacy can opt out permanently of the mail order program by making one convenient phone call. consumer watch dog told us anthem blue cross worked quickly to come to a victory. >> people want confidentiality and want the help of a pharmacist don't just want a box of drugs dumped on their door step. >> consumer watch dog says they want other patients to have the same rights. >> thank you. >> just ahead here tonight you
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>> self driving cars creating live so there are a few things likely to come up tonight as they speak of the an yule panel on top 10 tech treendz they're in the business of predicting the future but that does not mean they're always right, of course. >> sand hill road is at the center of the venture capitol world. >> the important thing when making predictions is make them often. and you're going get them most of the time. >> getting ready to speak at thisor's panel, men low venturist thinks he's right about one thing. >> everything from same day delivery to information on demand all enabled by smart phone autos it's changing industries. there is company called uber. you can take a cab anywhere. you couldn't have done that a
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few years ago. load an app like waze and know what the path is going to be today. >> as we keep using these devices computers are getting smarter, some say soon they can be smarter than us. >> i think called machine learning is making sense of the data. and figuring out patterns. >> ibm has been teaching computers to learn sometime but saying it's almost a core business of gool googel. >> they relie on machine lear learning. >> he has his eye on something far out. this investor in space x. he says soon, constall stelations of cube stats will send back photos of the earth. >> to give us information about the planet. >> is that cool or freaky? >> it's awesome.
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those tracking trends say oak slnd getting hot. today allen wong found the city on the list of the most attractive for tech start ups. >> in the shadow of occupy riot asks vimt crime, the city has been gaining ak yol yaids as the place to be. >> attraction is the diversity of culture. >> the national venture capitol association ranks it the 11th most attractive city fr tech start ups. electrifying villages in
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africa. >> i don't think we'd be able to be in silicon valley in an office space so it's probably we'd be working out of our garage autos also, mavoto named oakland the most exciting city in america. home sales are thriving and young fro proe fegsals are flocking here. >> it's changed a lot. and there are even restaurants. >> jack london square reflects the fast selling pace in homes in oakland. "new york times" calls it the fifth most desirable travel destination and forbes ranked uptown district ninthth among hipster neighborhood autos we can see a large number of people moving from oakland hills and from san francisco into downtown oakland. taking advantage of the vie ters ti going on here.
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>> what about crime? >> if you have street smarts, bad things won't happen. >> there could be positionr oakland's economic boom. >> and beats are getting cleaner. 93% of the beaches in our region your honor earned an a grade for the summer. there are still problem areas. several beaches also show high bacteria levels. beaches around the state are tested weekly for contamination. >> it was a sellout crowd at professional business women of california conference. sheryl sandberg and rita moreno shared their stories of
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breaking bearers. i had the honor of serving as a presenter. as did cheryl jennings. 4,000 attendies received valuable advice. >> and you came back inspired. >> there are wonderful things exchanged. >> let's talk about the weather. >> spencer christian is back with that. >> we have sunny skies right now clear and breezy. tomorrow, it will be sunny and milder in spots. 85 in fresno. 73 in los angeles. here in the bay area, mainly sunny skies, cooler than average. high temperatures in our inland lomts in the mid-70s
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tomorrow. 75 in napa. now, speaking of cool tomorrow night, at at and t park, giants taking on rockies game time, 7:15. this cool pattern gets cooler skpund monday. high temperatures monday into mid-60s inland there is a slight chance of showers. you can get information by following us on twitter. >> 66? >> with clouds, maybe showers. >> kill joy. >> yes. i know. >> sharks big game tonight. >> huge game. getting ready for game five with los angeles calling out
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argue sharks outplayed kings in this series game five coming up in los angeles. sharks took game three and four in the tank. tjguyard ai. kusing kings goalie of trying to draw penalties pretending he's been interfered w yes, he does that. >> playoff is different, i think. it's kind of starting over, fresh so you can win then come out 4th game they're all over you so it doesn't matter, just going to be who is ready first. >> how good has the men's golf team been there this year? scary good. lone player was michael weaver almost making the cut. they're fen nom until. bears ranked number one most
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of the year. 11 victories in 13 mirms, that is insane. they had next week's championship as the overwhelming favorite. >> what we want to do is put that point and grab that trophy, come home that. sit. it's been the goal from the get go. and he like our chance autos we're confident and we know we're good. and all we can do is play our hardest. >> that is brian palmer the leader but john rawlins on his heels. in st. louis, 74th senior pga championship including a lead
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heading for round two, tomorrow. tonight the all star game, now, another honor, all nba squad. lee garnered three team honors. leaving the first warrior on an all nba team. jim harbaugh is now adding pace car driver to his resume. this sunday will get behind the wheel. he's a part time owner of an indy based racing team. unfortunately, he doesn't get to keep the car, a corvette stingry. >> i'm awaiting my coaching.
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and ready for practice. actually be doing it. and i had dreams about it. and i know it would be nervous. >> coaches involves keep going left and don't hit anything. >> i don't know about this. as competitive he's not going to be content. he's going to want to win the race. >> it's good. fairly good. >> yes. yes. >> thank you, larry. >> join me tonight as officials warn of a tough fire season, new word tonight. >> the trendy new drink could put your life in danger. the hazards behind the vapor
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this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- a systems engineer from bloomington, minnesota... here are today's contestants -- directorovernment-s originally from shippensburg, pennsylvania... ...and our returning champion, an attorney from boca raton, florida... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank hank you, johnny. hello, ladies and gentlemen. nice to have you with us once again. i was very excited about yesterday's program because all three players performed extryou. twell. however, scott wound up with most of the money, and a lot of money it was -- over 40 grand.
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julia and mike, could you emely nd up with $40,000 today? maybe. let's see what happens. good luck. here are the categories. first off... great place to visit. ...the writer of the song. and finally, this. i'm joe biden with clues about the office of the vice presidency and some of my predecessors. alex: and, scottyou get to st. the new york public library for $400, please. mike. what are lions? lions, yes. produce some slang for $200. julia. what is raspberry? good. the vice presidency for $200, please.
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