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>> ama: eight children are without fathers tonight after two men died during a shooting at a birthday party in vallejo. we begin with developing news out of vallejo where a gunman shot self people. right now the search is on for the gunman. tomas roman is in vallejo with what happened. reporter: the two men who were killed last night worked as landscapers. their family told us they don't
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know why anyone would want them dead. they and the police are searching for a motive. this is alfredo sanchez. his family and friends are laying flowers where he fell. he was shot four times in his chest. >> we feeling bad. we're family, in shock. we can't believe it. we -- not know exactly why the people shot. >> sanchez, who has four children, was celebrating with three friends and several young children at this garage. at 11:40 p.m. saturday night, witnesses say man walked up near the driveway and started shooting. first sanchez was hit. then a close friend, seen here in an earlier photo, was head in the head, stomach and chest. he also has four children, all boys. two other men war grazed by shots fired at the group. this one of several bullets that this he house.
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this is leg belongs 16-year-old manwell whose mother did not want to see him on camera. >> i feel like sparks and i hit me the cement. >> he is carrying around evidence in the shooting. >> left the bullet in there. until monday. >> the family doesn't have any idea why someone would want to kill any of their members. >> we don't have no problem with nobody. we work every day like everybody else. >> the police are investigating, but have little to go on. >> we're looking for a hispanic male, approximately 20 to 30 years old, 5'6", to 5'8", with a medium build. >> police say he also has a mustache and a goatee, investigators working on a composite drawing to see if they can make an arrest. is this vallejo's eighth and ninth hd hd this year and police are asking anyone with information to give them a call.
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abc7 news. >> we have new video from southern california where a raging wildfire is destroying homes. the so-called powerhouse fire has been burning since thursday in the angeles national forest. it's blamed for charring six homes. a thousand people were evacuated, and here is a live look at the fire. look at those plumes of smoke. you can see winds help the fire grow quickly overnight to over 19,000 acres, just more than 30 square miles and 20% contained. volunteers widen their search today for a missing san francisco teenager who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury, 19-year-old sean sidi has not been seen since may 21st. searchers met in golden gate park to plan where to look. new evidence suggests he may have been in the area.
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>> initially the police thought the cell phone ping of sean's last call was at bakers beach. we reconfigured information is that the cell phone ping came from the east end of golden gate park, which is why we're here today. >> sidi's father searched marin and smoke -- smoke -- sonoma. >> inow seem at the crews are searching for a man who was swimming when he went over a waterfall. he came to the park with a church group and was last seen yesterday afternoon swimming above evidence in -- nevada fall when a current took him down the stream. >> oakland police hope surveillance video of an illegal sight smooth help find a shooter who wounded three people.
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security cameras captured the injuries saturday morning. someone fired into the crowd around the same time a party bus tried to drive through the side show. the 25-year-olden woman is on life support after a bullet struck her in the head two men were also shot and are expected to survive. trial is set to start tomorrow for he men accused in the gang rape and beating of a richmond girl. they're charged in the october 2009 attack of a 16-year-old girl outside richmond high school after a homecoming dance. a rare dual jury trial is scheduled. the two juries will hear most of the witness testimony together about deliberate separately in all, eight people were charged with some already sentenced and others facing upcoming trials. the death toll from friday's tornadoes in oklahoma has risen to 13 tonight. we learned three storm chasers, including a father and son, were killed by one of the twisters.
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reporter: first wind. >> homes flooded. reporter: now water. >> we have been hit with a lot of rain at time came counsel heavy. >> reporter: er to rein shol rain was swamped large areas. fields, farms, and cars alike are stranded in water. the rain opened up a massive sinkhole that engulfed this length of highway. these trailers stand empty after flood waters ma rooked their -- marooned their residents. the flooding wasn't confined in oklahoma in springfield, missouri, rescuers used an inflatable raft to pluck this family from their home and ferry them to safety. >> we will rebuild. >> in oklahoma, more than 40,000 are without electricity. 200 have homes too badly damaged to live in. >> it's going to be fine.
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reporter: among the tornado's victims, storm chasers, tim, and his son and another partner. >> he devoted his life to saving others lives and to be able to capture tornadoes and to be able to save lives through the technology he developed. reporter: residents are pulling together. >> the help has been overwhelming. everyone has a big heart here. reporter: but for some it's too much. >> i've had enough. i'm sorry, oklahoma. but no. reporter: the rainfall and flooding are heading east, with the worst downpours from raleigh to chattanooga and down the gulf coast. >> ama: the noaa says severe weather is canceling its planned fewer lows. 12,000 employees were looking at as many as 20 days of furloughs but a new budget plan has been developed. noaa warns of an above normal hurricane season. >> the work week commute could
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take longer than usual beginning tomorrow. there's a major lane change now in effect on a bay area bridge. we'll help you prepare. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. the sea breeze kicked in. temperatures went down as much as 15 degrees today. we'll look at the forecast straight ahead. >> ama: angelina jolie steps out in her first public appearance since announce herring mass sect
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mom... yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy.
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[ dad ] jan? ♪ >> ama: be pred for significant detours if you use the san rafael bridge. this is so crews can replace
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westbound bridge decks. you can see the lane re-alignment and construction zone. westbound vehicleses now move across the median for a quarter mile before moving back to the westbound side. westbound traffic will be slower than normal. the western onramp on eastbound 580 is also closed during construction which could last three months. >> crews spent the day chopping up a huge tree that fell in a san jose park and injured two people. today's cleanup work uncovered at least three vehicles which were damaged when the tree fell on the last night. the other half of the tree landed on a nearby bowling green. the san jose bohn bowling club was hosting an event that feet tired 19 members of the 49ers coaching staff and their wives. everyone escaped injury. a car plowed into a building this morning in san francisco. happened just after 6:00, when
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police were investigating a call about two people sleeping inside a car. police say the driver took off, speeding for a block before slamming into the building on mission street. no one was injured. say goodbye to s -- the museum is celebrating its final moments before the big expansion. also... >> i was surprised what it took. >> ama: ' brad pitt talks about his fiancee's decision and having an emotional moment on the red carpet as he accompanies angelina jolie back into the spotlight. >> much cooler out there today. we'll find out how long the cooldown will last. now here's david muir with a look at what is ahead on world news at 5:30. >> tonight on world news, explosive winds in the west. more on the wildfires, too. the homes lost. thousands being evacuated. we're on the front lines. from the tornado zone, veteran
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scientist and his son killed in the tornado. what we're
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>> ama: angelina jolie head her first public appearance since announcing she had a double mastectomy. they appeared a world premiere in london of his new film, world war szz jolie saysbit pitt has been extraordinary. >> it was a month ago. to be through it, and for her to be healthy and -- >> ama: joyly revealed last month she had her breasts removed after discovering she has a gene that puts her at high
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risk for great cancer. >> the san francisco museum of modern art will close in 45 minutes and won't re-open until 2016. museum plans to upgrade and expand its home on third street during the next three years. the expanded museum will include more public space. curators promise you can still see some of the museum's collection at various sites around san francisco. including a sculpture exhibition going on. >> leigh: low clouds and fog and a stronger onshore wind component cooled things off. you can see from live doppler 7hd we had a little eddie form right here, the counterclockwise curve and that helped to bring some low cloudiness and fog near ocean beach, already starting to move through the golden gate
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bridge, and temperatures tumbled today. down as much as 12 degrees in san jose. strong onshore wind, sfo down four, down 13 in santa rosa. hayward, down 12, and livermore down 11. really temperatures cooling off will be the trend for at least the next several days. a live look right now, the embarcadero, 59 in san francisco, and santa rosa, the toasty reading of 83 in comparison to napa, 73. 82348 fairfield. livermore, 82. 79 in los gatos. here's the forecast highlights through the work week. low cloud and fog return tonight, and a cooler day on monday. we'll look for a little mid-day clearing and then seasonal temperatures where we kind of should be for this time of year,
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through mid-week, and then after that get ready for temperaturess to soar back up into the mid-to upper 90s. antioch, one of the warmers locations tonight. and the low clouds and fog moving in, temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. 50, half moon bay, 53, san francisco. here is the trend the next two days. low pressure starting to position itself just off the coast. counterclockwise spin. you get the idea. the stronger onshore wind flow, cooler air mass moving in, and the low fog and clouds will -- the winds will push it further inland so look for a cooler day tomorrow. you can see the forecast animation, 11:00 this evening, the fog already starting to move in through the gaps, the north bay, even the peninsula, even possibly as far east as the delta overnight tonight. so that's a good indication that temperatures will start to come down. 11:00 tomorrow we should start to see some of this peel back
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off the coast. we'll look for some sunshine tomorrow afternoon, but it looks like at the coast, we'll probably continue to see low clouds. half moon bay tomorrow, 57. compared to san francisco, only 62. oakland, 68. with the onshore winds affecting you there. walnut creek, cool down to 79. and antioch, to 82. here's some other selected cities for monday. 74, san jose. peninsula, in the upper 60s to low 70s. palo alto, 7 2. san francisco tomorrow, low clouds and fog to greet you. 62. north bay, santa rosa, 80. sonoma, 75. oakland, look for 68 degrees. 70 for union city, and unland, mid-to-low 80s. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. another cool day on tuesday, and then would you look at thursday, friday, and saturday. friday, close to 100 degrees inland. what a shift in the winds, and
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80s around the bay, 70 at the coast. we have another great weather resource for you. follow on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions, rain or shine, video forecasts, "spare the air" alerts, power outage information, weather tweets your favorite weather team, so from one extreme to another. >> ama: shu hires with sports and both r exprz giants fans happy. >> unusual day. a's looking to break out the brooms with a sweep of the white sox in the coliseum, and the giants broke out their new secret weapon,
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>> mike: the free-swinging a's went on a walkoff walk yesterday, they've won eight of nine, 13 of their last 15, and looking to sweep the white sox today the coliseum. this woman brought her cereal for coco crisp serial give away. first back-to-back win this season for jarrett. coco crisp, scored both a's runs. the juggle allows cocoa to score from first. a's win, eight straight wayne. >> giants looking to avoid a sweep by the cardinals. brandon cross makes the great diving stop and throw to rob molina. molina thought he was safe and
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goes berserk. both me -- molina and the manager ejected for arguing. the game is tied and gaudin's only mistake, struck out five, g-men regain the lead. belt, pinch-hit in the seventh. a two rbi double. giants prevent the sweep with the victory. >> ncaa regionals, elimination gail toe usf and oregon. bottom three, may hue with a solo shot. then 1-1 in the north. ducks answer power with power, sean chase crushes it. 2-1 oregon, and usf is eliminated 6-1 the final. >> there may be no more dominant team in bay area sports over the years than cal rugby. they won another national title today at the rugby championship.
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jack clark, 30th year as cal's coach. bears dominate the first half. two barrett tries, let the team in scoring. then the great cutback. the bears win their first ever rugby title, 19-14 the final. >> when you tee it up at the memorial you know jack nicklaus is watching. he's the host, and if you win the event, what thrill to receive the trophy from one of the greatest of all-time. muirfield village, the course that jack built. matt kuchar, birdie putt on 11. 11-under on the tournament. all kuchar needed was par on 18 to win, but how about a birdie instead. gets it to go. kuchar wins his second tournament of the year and gets
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confirmation from the golden bear. >> to asphalt. fedex 400 at dover. lap 300. david gilliland loses control, crashes into ryan newman. now newman lets off a little steam with road rage. three laps to go. tony stewart passes juan pablo montoya. stewart wins. >> serena williams and roger federer at 6:00, hitting some tennis balls at the french open. >> think your job stinks? up next, the story behind
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>> ama: coming up at 6:00, a violent reekend in the east bay. at least nine people injured? shootings and one person killed. what oakland is doing to try to end the violence. saying goodbye to tasty history in the south bay. we'll tell you who is moving on. join us at 6:00. wildlife rescue crews had the hand full during a recent rescue near santa cruz. they were called in to remove several baby skunks after her mother was hit by a car. this video shows the bens played hide and seek but were caught and carefully, very carefully, removed. it took a total of seven days of work but in all seven kits were rescued. they are pretty stinking cute.
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that does it for us here at 5:00. i'm ama daetz. fo this is "world news." tonight, the extreme weather team on two, major stories. the deadly aftermath of the tornadoes. the rising death toll. the surging floodwaters. the families now starting over. and the veteran scientist, his son, their colleague, all killed in the tornado. they have taken us inside their journey before. >> i don't know how many storms i've seen in my lifetime. but every single one of them, i still get pretty excited. and tonight here, where the severe weather is headed next. ginger telling us, we're not in the clear, just as we start a new workweek. and in the west tonight, our team on the front lines. the wildfires, suddenly fueled by explosive winds. thousands being evacuated. and the homes already lost. also tonight, the mystery virus. the deadly new disease worrying world scientists. three more deaths tonight. and the pu

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