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we are looking at walnut creek and concord today close to one hundred degrees with mainly temperatures at our coast in the 60s. we are going to have dense fog from monterey all the way up along ocean beech for the early morning hours. then we should see some clearing. but we are talking about a sharp cool down with the return to normal clouds and fog tomorrow. kira. lisa, thanks. we have developing news out of the south bay this morning where milpitas police have confirmed that a baseball bat was the weapon used in a deadly beating inside the store at the great mall. police say this man got into a fight with another man inside sports authority just before 11:00 yesterday morning. the man then took a baseball bat off the store shelf and beat the victim to death.
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investigators say that authorities were able to make a quick arrest. >> they arrived on scene in about 13 seconds and was able to take the suspect in custody while he was still inside the store. >> the sports authority was closed for the rest of the day while police investigated. the man is booked into the santa clara county jail for murder. in san jose a man is under arrest for the beating death of another man. it happened at a home on huff avenue just after five yesterday evening. the two men, who are family members, had been involved in a fight. the victim was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. the suspect was booked into santa clara county jail on suspicion of murder. this marks the city's 23rd homicide of the year. new this morning, police in oakland are changing tactics in their effort to crack down on crime and sideshows. sideshows feature drivers doing
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donuts and speeding. the commanders will focus on strategies unique to their district. another change will bring more boots to the ground with more police working longer shifts alongside the chp. >> one thing we want to do is educate with enforcement through citations and also we want community to also provide education by letting people know that, hey, the police are out doing enforcement for activity that's involved in a sideshow. >> oakland police announced plans last week to change their strategies in response to a spike in side shows and gun violence. three people were shot, one critically, during a sideshow last weekend. developing news, there is new information this morning in the southern california shooting rampage that left at least five people dead. it happened in santa monica west of los angeles at santa monica college. authorities say now the gunman acted alone. they are still working on nine active crime scenes.
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abc7 news reporter john alston has more. >> we have corrected numbers. we have four deceased. including the suspect, that's five. >> the trail of death started to unfold at noon when police got a call of shots fired. what they found instead was a santa monica home was in flames. two dead people were in flames. >> i heard six or seven shots. >> we found multiple victims. it was clear they were fatalities. >> the l.a. times reports those victims might be the gunman's father and brother. it's unknown how it started. police say the gunman then carjacked a woman, forcing her to drive the santa monica campus. >> when he left the house there was a car driving down the street where he did carjack the lady driving. had her drive a a certain route, the route i dictated, and there were subsequent shootings on that route. >> police say he sprayed a bus with gunfire, injuring three people on board. >> i looked at the bus and i seen bullet holes. i just ducked and started screaming.
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>> a red s.u.v. crashed into a wall on campus, the driver killed and the passenger injured. the final victim was a woman shot and killed in front of the library. >> i heard bang, bang, bang, about 15 shots. >> i was in panic mode. i seen people running. a girl told me i had to get off campus because somebody was shooting. >> it all happened when campus police killed the gunman during a firefight inside the college library. >> police are trying to confirm the identity of that gunman. it's unknown what connection he may have had to the college. a person of interest who was taken into custody has been cleared and released. in the newsroom, john alston, abc7 news. marin county officials identified a woman whose body was found off sir francis drake boulevard. the 31-year-old woman has ties to the east bay. she was found thursday morning by a hiker. her body was down an embankment off a turnout near a ravine. she suffered what police called suspicious injuries. she could be the victim of a
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homicide. developing news. former south african president nelson mandela is in the hospital this morning. he's battling a lung infection he's had the past several days. the 94-year-old is listed in serious, but stable condition. the anti-aparti leader that was elected as south africa's president back in 1994 has suffered a number of health setbacks in recent years. governor jerry brown is expected to meet with china's president this afternoon at a resort in indian wells. last night president obama was near palm springs where he met the chinese president discussing espionage and other issues. another two hours of talks are scheduled today between the two presidents. obama said the u.s. and china are in unchartered waters as they tackle the issue of cyber security. they avoided accusing each other
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of spying, but acknowledged an urgent need to find a common approach to addressing the matter. the president started the day yesterday in san jose where he defended a secret government program to track billions of phone calls. obamhawat it will now be harder to detect threats against america now that two top security programs have been revealed. the president pointed out america must balance civil liberties and stopping terrorists. >> we will have to make some choices as a society. what i can say is that in evaluating these programs, they make a difference in our capacity to anticipate and prevent possible terrorist activity. >> president obama tried to reassure critics, saying the surveillance programs face strict oversight from congress and from the courts. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg said his company never received a request for any data and added, quote, we will continue to fight aggressively to keep your information safe and secure.
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>> we are safe and secure with some warmth today. triple digits in some areas burks a cool down tomorrow. lisa already tells us about that. >> we are talking about temperatures perhaps 30 to 50 degrees spread from the coast to the inland. here's a beautiful shot. temperatures in the upper 50s. we are talking about fog at our coast. itit will be dense in spots, in fact right now visibility down to a quarter mile and upper elevations already in the 80s. it all turns much, much cooler. tomorrow maybe even higher elevations a thunderstorm. we will talk about it coming up. >> my goodness. we look forward to it. next, how much would you pay to have lunch with one of the wealthiest people in the world? we will tell you the price one bidder is paying to dine with warren buffet. >> and the high-tech techniques retailers are use to go find out how you shop. the seen you are
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a serial killer, night stalker, who terrorized people in the '80s is dead. he left symbols at the scenes of his crimes. richard ramirez sexually and mutilated at least 13 victims. ramirez killed at least two people in san francisco, including a nine-year-old girl. he was on death row at san quentin. he died yesterday of liver
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failure at marin general hospital yesterday. a parking lot mishap sent shoppers running for cover in pleasant hill yesterday. we have video showing what happened after a car hit a fire hydrant. it happened at contra costa boulevard and monument boulevard. nobody suffered any serious injuries. it will now cost the 49ers more to finish building their new home in santa clara. this comes after the team decided to add about $100 million worth of tech features to the stadium. that ups the stadium cost to about $1.3 billion. the decision to add extras follows super bowl 50 being awarded to the bay area. our media partner, the san jose mercury news, reports the team has already sold $1 billion in seat licenses and naming rights. an anonymous bidder has won lunch with investment giant warren buffett for $1.1 million and gives a huge boost to the glide foundation. a crowd gathered on folsum street to watch the annual auction on ebay. a big chunk of glide's budget
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comes from that auction. buffett was introduced to glide by his wife several years ago. he said he fell in love with their service to the poor and the homeless. >> it is a miracle, is glide. it saved my life. although it was a miracle for me, the real miracle is it does it every day for count less of people. that's the real miracle. >> since 2000 the auction has raised $15 million, not counting last night. last night's bid was a lot, but get this, last year's winning bid was $3.5 million. when you are shopping you are being watched and not just by security. retailers want to know everything about how you behave in their stores. now two bay area companies are working on technology that will watch you like never before. in this report jonathan bloom looks at what these new marketing tools could mean for your privacy.
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>> sometimes a sign is just a sign. but sometimes it's watching you. >> this sign here has a small camera ridden into the back of the sign. >> mark is a product director for efi. they are in the printing business. but now they are getting into the camera business. >> as i look at the sign, as you see my face is now circled. >> it's called smart sign. an ordinary cardboard sign with an extraordinary ability to recognize faces t can tell if you are looking at it and for how long and it tells your age and gender. >> why put a camera into the sign? >> because that's the best way to attract the immediate reaction of the observer in the sign. it's a one-to-one viewing angle. >> the chief technology officer said internet marketers can tell if you click on an app. stores often don't know if you are looking at a sign. >> who are the people looking at the sign? >> smart sign gives the answers on a colorful web page from a device so cheap that once they release it in a few months it could be everywhere.
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>> the cost gets down to a couple hundred bucks to get one on street. >> but retailers don't have to put a camera in a sign to learn more about their customers. cameras in the ceiling. >> a system like this can use using your own existing surveillance camera. >> san francisco based 3dr is mainly a security company founded with money from the cia. they built facial recognition that profiles people by age and gender and tracks them in the store. >> understanding exactly what they are doing, where they are and even though people find it controversial, the way we like to talk about it is to say we are friendly big brother. >> they have tools aimed at customer service. >> i can ask the system to alert me when the line gets longer than six people because maybe i need to send another staffing member out there. >> it can tell if customers are happy or upset and answers the all important questions. >> the conversion rate. how many the people who came
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into the store bought. and that's where it gets sticky, cameras connected to cash registered. the stored vision of your face is no longer anonymous. >> it could be linked to a credit card transactions and then a store has a wealth of information available on people. we don't know what is happening to the data, how long it's being stored for and who it is shared with. >> the electronic frontier organization worries it could be used for invasive advertising or, in the wrong hands, identity theft. >> what's the solution? >> i think the retailers is for retailers to not store the information. >> efi is taking that suggestion. it analyzes the video, but doesn't storeit. all marketers see are the numbers. 3vr does keep the video but it's not linked to your identity. >> we around tracking people. we are tracking profiles. things that help people save time and money. consumer advocate john fox likes that argument, but he's worried. >> i think the problem with that argument is it relies a lot on us trusting companies. >> in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news.
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a new review has found that apple's new spaceship-inspired headquarters in super teen any will have a significant impact on a nearby freeing. yesterday cupertino city officials released a draft of the environmental impact report on the tech giant's new home. the report found that thousands cmuters will be dealing with what it calls an unacceptable level of congestion on interstate 280 during the morning rush hour. this report comes on the heels of an economic impact report released this week by apple. it says the new headquarters would bring thousands of new jobs to the area and dump billions of dollars into the local economy. one of san francisco's main thoroughfares is getting a much-needed makeover. a portion of market street is closed until tonight for a marathon repaving project. the work will go from venice avenue to 6th street. it will continue until all the work is done. the shutdown won't affect the uni routes along market street but other parts of the street will be repaved later this month.
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market street hasn't had new asphalt in three decades. you can probably tell driving on it. for help getting around the road closers this weekend just download the waze traffic app to navigate around the detour. it's free from google play or apple's app store. a spare the air alert is in effect again today as some bay area communities deal with temperatures over 100 degrees. some inland communities found any break from the heat yesterday with temperatures well above 95 even at 7:00 last night. at least one person needed medical attention during graduation ceremonies at a high school yesterday. some of the festivity--goers chose to give up their view of the event just to stay cool. others say even the shade provided no relief. >> i stand here and didn't say anything and pass out. >> i was wondering why my brother said we have these really good seats here and we are up in the shade. >> some inland locations had
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record-breaking highs yesterday. the high fire danger warning signs are posted this morning at mount diablo because of the high temperatures. cal fire is increasing their staffing to help protect against fire danger. the east bay is tinder dry and with the low humidity and winds we've been having, conditions are ripe for brush fires. a red flag warning is in effect for parts of shasta lake and buette counties. cal fire says now is the time you have 100 feet of defensive space around your home. you should also try to find fire safe landscaping for your home and get an emergency kit today just in case. you can get details and find more tips at abc7news.com. click on "prepare norcal." lisa argen joins us now with temperatures that are going to rival yesterday and in some places be hotter than yesterday? >> that's right. 50 miles from san francisco to the delta, almost a 50-mile
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temperature difference, 50-degree temperature difference. we are talking about cool numbers at the coast, low fog and clouds already at the shoreline. about five to seven hundred feet so it's very foggy at the golden gate bridge. today begins the start of the san mateo county fair. a warm day there and grand reopening of san francisco's lafayette park. mid-70s in san francisco. a really nice day in the city but we are a little warmer everywhere this afternoon. despite the intrusion of the low clouds and fog. but we will look for a big cool down for everyone tomorrow. here's a look at the live camera. you see a little bit of the marine layer. temperatures ranging from the upper 50s in san francisco, 57 oakland and 63 mountain view. half moon bay very foggy. visibility has been reduced to less than a quarter of a mile around ocean beech. take a look, you can see sutro right now, you can see just the very tippy top of the golden gate bridge. that runs at about 746 feet.
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so you will notice that the marine layer not very deep. it is shallow and dense in spots and that will be providing very comfortable temperatures if you are in the city or coast. but inland it will be really toasty. 64 livermore and 60 union city. pretty comfortable from los gatos and 56 in napa. edgeryville nice and sunny. the forecast highlights more than 100-degree heated to inland anywhere from walnut creek and pleasanton out toward the delta. we have the northerly winds in the north bay. very hot, the sacramento valley. temperatures well over 105 in spots with the spare the air again. of coursed to cooling for everyone. sharply cooler, as much as 20 degrees of cooling tomorrow. here's a look outside. you can see the flag blowing there. air quality not the best today. a strong, high pressure, that --
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take it easy this afternoon because the ozone levels will be getting up there. 24 hours ago we were cooler. anywhere from two degrees of warming in san francisco to thirteen degrees warmer out by the delta. upper elevations with those north winds, some spots above 2,000 feet well into the 80s already. quite a spread all around the bay. we will be looking at the low clouds and fog banked up from the north coast all the way down to the monterey bay. but by tomorrow look at that fog inland. we are going to cool off significantly. one day of the oppressive heat. temperatures in the south bay today anywhere from the low 90s in the santa clara valley to 96 in morgan hill. on the peninsula look for 86 at the fair. upper 60s with some sunshine in pacifica. 67 in the sunset district. we will have that fog throughout much of the morning, but then it should evaporate. 96 in novato, but still it will
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be cool at the beaches. if you are headed there bring the sweatshirt. 80 in oakland today. but head out toward cation strow valley, 87 degrees. take a look at this. you are looking at 102 in pleasanton, 104 antioch and 102 in fairfield. temperatures will be coming down significantly tomorrow. partly cloudy to mostly sunny come monday and tuesday. the coolest days of the week. then we look for a slow warmup and that will bring seasonal numbers our way. we will let you know how hot it's going to be in your community. you can keep track of bay area weather on twitter at live doppler 7hd. already very warm in some parts of the the bay. >> good time to stay tuned to live doppler 7hd on twitter. thanks, lisa. next, take a look at these guys. a bay area group that's making a new home for
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>> san francisco officials have new food truck regulations. food trucks would have to be more than 75 feet from a restaurant. it also places restrictions on trucks operated by chain restaurants. but there are a few concessions made to these foodie favorites. food trucks will be able to park closer to elementary and high schools and they will be allowed on college campuses and next to hospitals. the land use committee will vote
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on the new regulations on monday. a family in los gatos is doing quite well after a construction project forced them to move. wildlife emergency services provided us with video of two barn owl chicks. their parents had nested in the attic of a guest home being built. the owls needed to be moved for their own safety and volunteers built a nesting box for them. the owls moved to the box after the chicks were placed there. coming up, the viral video that inspired a nation has now inspired a new documentary film. how it's making a difference for a local community and where you can see the movie this weekend. >> i'm nannette miranda. state budget talks heat up as the deadline to approve a spending plan is one week away. i'll show you why former
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>> 6:30 on the dot. we are starting this half-hour with a quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist and comedian lisa argen. >> thank you. take a look at the sutro camera nice and sunny downtown. marine layer from 500 to 700 feet, allowing for dense fog from the golden gate bridge down to monterey. that will impact the temperatures around the coast to about five or eight miles from the coast. inland already on your way to 70 degrees. 64 livermore, 60 union city. it will be warmer for you today in san jose. in fact with highs in and around the 90-degree mark. it should be very warm for the san mateo county fair. we are still talking about triple digit heat inland today around brentwood and antioch, over 100 degrees.
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even walnut creek can see temperatures flirting with 100. but we will have some sun at our coast at times today. a tough forecast there. the temperature spread nearly 50 degrees today. the models are having a tough time handling this. we have it covered and we are talking about a big cool down for everyone tomorrow. kira. >> thank you, lisa. 6:31 right now. state lawmakers have less than a week to approve a budget and california's former foster children will be watching the negotiations closely because their health coverage is at stake. abc7 news capitol correspondent nannette miranda reports the fight is over $3 million. >> the state's foster children are eligible until the age of 21 for coverage under med-i-cal. a healthcare program for low income californians. they lose the insurance after that. >> i really don't have a safety net. >> that's what happened to 23-year-old crystal, the stanford grad who has a painful chronic illness and is uninsured
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while wait to go a-end law school >> i either limit it and try to tough it out and take whatever tylenol you can and maybe spend a day in bed or something like that, or front the cost of going to the emergency room. >> in 2014 former foster youth will be required under the federal affordable care act to be covered under med-i-cal until the age ever 26. over 6,000 have aged out of the system. they have been trying to get the legislature to pay for the extra years because other adult children have been able to get coverage under their parents private insurance until the age of 26. >> so in order to be equitable, because the state is the parent of these children, we really need them to have parody and to stay on our health insurance until 26. >> but governor brown has been reluctant to increase funding despite extra revenues this year. he says the state budget is balanced only because government programs have been dramatically scaled back.
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plus he anticipates a slow-down in the economy. >> one of the things we don't want to do is return to the days where the budget has levels of spending that can't be supported. >> democratic lawmakers have been at odds with the governor over state spending. their budget proposallal indicates an extra $3 million to the program for former foster youth coverage. crystal is crossing her fingers and ready to see a doctor. an alter net, less expensive plan is to cover just the former foster children that will turn 21 this years. that would cost $600,000. in sacramento, abc7 news. new this morning, president obama says there is no reason why congress can't pass an immigration overhaul by the end of this summer. in his weekly radio and internet address, obama pushes a bipartisan bill that pushes a path of citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants. he said his opponents will do everything possible to stop it.
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>> we know the opponents of reform will do everything they can to prevent that. they will try to stoke fear and create division, they will try to play politics with a program a vast majority of americans want addressed. if they succeed, we will lose this chance to finally fix an immigration system that's badly broken. >> obama said the bill has bipartisan support, as well as support from labor leaders, law enforcement and clergy. here in the bay area, america's cup officials say next month's races will be scaled back, but safer. new zealand's team practiced yesterday as they announced next months prelimbs are being cut from 21 to 15. the safety precautions come after last months fatal crash of the artemis racing catamaran. team artemis has announced it has another boat, and surprisingly to some, will compete later in the
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prelimmaries. the 12th annual san francisco documentary film festival is in full swing and this year one of the films is by our own dan noyes. it tells the story of a high school coach here and his battle with lou gehrig's disease. here is abc7 news reporter cornell bernard. >> a courageous effort. >> it was the amazing video that inspired a nation. san francisco's university high school cross-country runner, holland reynolds, collapses from dehydration only feet from the finish line. but musters enough strength to crawl to the finish. holland said her coach, jim tracey, inspired her to make that famous finish. he had just been diagnosed with the devastating disease, a.l.s. >> starting the race we all knew we had to run as fast as we could, as hard as we could for jim. i think that was reflected in my finish. >> it meant that she and i were on the same page all the time. you know, the achievement page. the let's do something
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important, let's get it done page. >> three years after holland's finish, jim tracey now uses a wheelchair, but is still coaching young athletes. his story has inspired a new documentary, running for jim. >> the film follows jim from the track to medical appointments. >> go, go, go, that's it, that's it, come on, coach! >> there are so many championship pennants here in the high school gym and 30 have been won by jim's runners over the years. all modesty aside, he said there is a reason for. >> that i didn't want my illness to get in the way of all the kids are going to achieve because, you know, when you work with young people, you want them to achieve and you want them to understand that there is a world of achievement out there. it's all just right ahead of them >> the documentary was made by abc7 news i-team reporter dan noyes, whose own father in law suffered from als, a disease with no cure. >> that's the point, to raise
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awareness and to raise money for research and to raise money for jim as he battles this disease >> the coach said movie or not, as long as he's able, he will keep comg to work to do what he loves the most. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> you can watch "running for jim" at the san francisco film festival. it airs at the roxy theater tomorrow at three and monday at 7:00 p.m.. new this morning in just a few hours, people in the bay area who lost loved ones to violence will hold a 3k walk to raise awareness. the fourth annual warning mothers walk will be mc'd by our own cheryl jennings. 1,000 mothers to prevent violence is the organization that puts on the walk. 300 people came out for last year's event. today there will be lunch, live music and a silent auction. it begins at 9:00 a.m.
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next, how do you make 600,000 pounds of flour a day? we will take you inside the bay area mill and show you its new green upgrades. a live look outside. can you guess what you are looking at? that's our sutro cam shining down on san francisco, covered in a low blanket of low clouds and fog. lisa argen has an extraordinary forecast coming up. temperatures with a 40-degree spread, between 70 and 100 here in the bay area. stay with us. abc7 news wants to mac your commute a also more bearable this summer. giving away shell gift cards to 7 lucky winners over seven days. even winner gets $700 of free gas. eats a big thank you to all of our facebook fans. like abc7 news on facebook for your chance to win and $700 in free gas could be yours. if you are already a fan, you still need to enter to win on our facebook page. starting thursday we will announce one winner a day during
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>> welcome back. you are taking a look at the bay bridge from our exploratorium cam. temperatures in the bay area today will be anywhere between in the 70s in san francisco to the 100-degree mark and even a little bit above that in the inland areas. meteorologist lisa argen will have that complete forecast for you in just a few minutes. but isn't that a lovely look starting your saturday morning? the concept of making flour out of wheat hasn't changed for thousands of years. but the process is becoming more environmentally friendly. abc7 news reporter alan wang reports from oakland where flour
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supplies is a huge baking industry. >> the flour mill hasn't changed much since it began grinding wheat into flour. >> we can make an entire truckload in one hour. >> but inside the mill is using less power. con agra just spent $21 million on energy efficient technology from it's recyclable bags and l.e.d. lighting to computer panels that control each separate mill. >> we are able to shut down all the mill or portions of the plant just to save a small amount of energy. >> it can send portions of the energy back to the grid on days where there's high demand. like oakland's thriving baking industry that buys the flour. 90% is sold within 400 miles of the mill. >> the wheat flour is in licorice sticks.
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>> they are also realizing its in their pizza dough. in order to go from this to this, the mill is using 10% less energy and it's actually producing more flour. >> a hall of fame institution in oakland, and we don't have too many of those left. >> the city says con agra is a model for oakland's energy and climate plan. it's reducing waste and pollution while keeping money in the local economy. in oakland, allen wong, abc7 news. >> i didn't do much justice for meteorologist lisa argen's forecast because you have a lot going on. >> yeah, a lot to cover. some areas will be rather cool, and right now at santa cruz we are talking about the cool weather with numbers in the 50s there. later on today we will be in the mid-70s. so that's coming up from yesterday just by a few degrees. yes, we are still talking above 104 today in the inland east bay. quite a range around the bay. we will let you know how far the fog will get today and about everyone's cool down tomorrow. that's straight ahead.
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>> also negligence next, the a's try to stay hot in chicago with an opportunity to move into first place. larry beil has the highlights, including this amazing catch by josh reddick
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>> new this morning the raiders are getting in the game of encouraging physical activity in the youth. this weekend the team hosts more than 300 local kids for the nfl football camp in alameda. the raiders are the first of twelve nfl teams to host the two-day noncontact camp. nfl play 60 is the league's youth, health and fitness campaign aimed at getting kids active for 60 minutes a day. it runs from ten to noon today and tomorrow. new this morning, the second
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bay area fair of the summer season kicks off in san mateo. the 79th annual san mateo county fair will feature rides, big races, musical acts and, of course, lots of food. a brand new feature this year, a robot that throws frisbees. the disk-throwing machine was built by a high school robotics team. the san mateo county fair runs until june 16th. 6:47. a good day to go outside and get some sun. probably warmer in san mateo than it would be, say, in half moon bay. >> exactly. not only do we have the fog this morning, we have the possibility of upper elevation thunderstorms tomorrow. that will aid in the cooling. but aiding in the cooling today is the fog. live doppler 7hd, it is dense in spots. it sits below about 700 feet. we are talking about the marine layer this afternoon definitely playing a role in the
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comfortable temperatures coastside. around five to maybe ten degrees away from the coast. otherwise we are talking about excessive heat again, above 100 degrees. there it is. it tense to slide in from the mt. tam camera. but look how low it is. we are looking at the dominance of a high pressure. and temperatures well above average. san francisco in the mid-50s right now. oakland 57. 63 mountain view and 62 half moon bay. and santa cruz going for a high the mid-70s. here's a look at sutro. you will notice that the fog is very low-lying. but with the sea breeze kicking up throughout the afternoon today. up to 20 miles an hour. it's going to be in the 70s, above normal. and a few degrees warmer than yesterday. but nothing too extreme today downtown. 57 up in the north bay. that's where we have the northerly winds and the heat advisories up toward shasta county. some very dry brush and some
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dangerous conditions out toward livermore 64 right now. and fairfield 68. los gatos 59. you can see the fog here, kind after hazy view and a very pretty picture here with our forecast highlights, 100-degree heat, a spare the air again today. air quality not so great. we are looking at the sharp cool-down still forecasted for tomorrow for everyone. san francisco, nice and sunny. but the air quality not so great in the east bay. and moderate elsewhere around the bay with a little bit of ozone out there. so as we look at the forecast animation, you will notice the fog along the coast throughout the afternoon. that will allow for a cooling sea breeze. but take a look what happens through the overnight hours. the fog moves across the bay and everyone is going to cool down. we are only talking 80s tomorrow in our inland east bay. that will be a nice break from the heat. but for the week ahead, today in livermore, yep, this is right, 103 degrees today. down to the low to mid-80s
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tomorrow with the coolest day should be monday in the mid-70s. and seasonal throughout the rest of the week. if you can get through today, it looks pretty good throughout the up coming work week for this typical mid-july. is 110 in fresno, 100 to 105 the yosemite valley and one hundred 5 sacramento. excessive heat there. back home 74 downtown, 67 half moon bay. mid-90s morgan hill. a cool down for some today at the coast. but monday and tuesday pleasant and a slight warmup wednesday, thursday and friday. >> another roller coaster. thank, you lisa. in sports, it's expected to be a wet track for the 145th belmont stakes after the aftermath of the tropical storm dumped several inches of rain. this is how the track looked yesterday. today 14 horses, including the kentucky derby winner and preakness winner will try to win the third jewel of the triple
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crown. last night the a's had a chance to move into first place in the american league west. here's the highlights in this morning's sports >> good morning, everybody. john donaldson continues it make his personal push for the all-star team. donaldson's first career grand slam and ninth inning heroics from josh reddick add up to another a's win. in chicago, a good old-fashioned game. some people call it bags. whatever. third inning, jared parker room service fastball with tyler flowers on 0-2. that's gone. 1-0, white sox. parker, 7 inning, allowed 3 runs. a's come back to win the game. down 3-0 in the sixth. josh donaldson, first grandie, comes off of chris sale. hitting .329. top five in the american league. just like that. bottom of nine, conor gillispie, former giant. deep to right. have no fear, josh reddick is here! robs him of the game-tieing homer.
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a's victorious, 4-3. the rangers loss, oakland now first place in the a.l. west. they have the most winds in the -- wins in the american league. giants in arizona facing the diamondbacks. matt cain shaky early. walked three batters in the first inning. got out of the jam. paul goldschmidt. hitting into this double play. hit into two twin killings. giants only run comes in the seventh. blaine co. but in the eighth, gold member, the giant killer with two outs. opposite field bomb off of jeremy affeldt. a three-run blast and the d-backs win it. 3-1. dodgers and braves, the legend continues to grow for the rookie. the 22-year-old from cuba playing in just his fifth game. that's his fourth homer. he has 10 rbis in a week! dodgers beat the braves.
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2-1 in ten. the spurs were supposed to be old and tired and that was five years ago. they are up 1-0 on miami. at age 31 tony parker has become arguably the best point guard in the game. his last-second shot helps them ice the opener against the heat. miami has got to win game two on sunday here on abc7. dwyane wade said this isn't fun, it's a job. >> as a player in the playoffs, you have no joy until it's over and you have won. if you don't win, you have no joy for a while. but so for us it's the grind every day as a team of trying to win, you know, the series. to the ice. big papi. david ortiz watching the bruins and penguins in boston. up three games to one. adam mcwade drills it from the point. top shelf, 1-0, b's. the penguins shutout twice in
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the series. 50 seconds left. malkin going for the tie but the defenseman chara, all 6'9", stretching out with that glove to stop that shot. 1-0, the final. the bruins sweep the pens. they are heading to the stanley cup finals for the second time in three years. that's a wrap on morning sports. mike shumann has been will be here at five, six, nine and eleven. among other things he will have highlights from the belmont stakes. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> abc7 is your home for the nba finals. our coverage of game two in miami begins tomorrow at 4:30 and stay with abc7 for after the game with sports director larry beil and warriors power forward carl landry. coming up next, the colorful festival that has bay area performers up on their feet for a month-long celebration of dance.
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>> welcome back. a huge crowd at san francisco city hall yesterday got to see a preview
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of the upcoming ethnic dance festival. ♪ this is the world premiere performance of this brazilian dance group, a performing company. the san francisco ethnic dance festival is marking its 35th anniversary this year and 35 dance groups were selected to perform after a competition of 110 groups. there will be different shows that highlight the diversity of the bay area's dance community over four weekends this month, they start today. log on to our website, abc7news.com, for ticket information and locations. it's great and affordable family entertainment. this will be a great week toned get out and enjoy the weather. today if it's too hot for you, it will be cooler tomorrow. >> yes. we still have triple digit heat, a spare-the-air day and some numbers that are just flirting with a few records. livermore, you have to make it to 106. today forecasting a high of 103.
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san francisco a comfortable 74. half moon bay 67. there is fog from the golden gate across the bay right now in parts of the city. that's why we are going to have the big time spread and cooler and a pleasant week ahead, it's literally something for everyone today. thank you, lisa. thank you for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. abc7 news continues at 8:00 a.m. good morning america is next. enjoy this look out of our sutrp
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good morning, america. this morning, breaking news overnight. nelson mandela, the former south african president, rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night. for the first time, officials are calling his condition serious. >> new concern this morning for the 94-year-old nobel peace prize winner. deadly shooting spree. a gunman wearing all black and an ammo vest goes on a rampage across santa monica, california, apparently killing his father and brother before shooting up a college campus. this morning, five dead, others injured and now the mystery -- what set him off? shelter. the remains of tropical storm andrea surging up the east coast right now. it made a mess and leaves behind fresh flooding danger. ginger zee on the new round of

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