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down. work will not resume until thursday. that might be as long as we'll have to wait to find out more about what happened here. we know a little bit more about the victim. the family came here this afternoon saying they can't believe their dad is gone. 63-year-old don white told his son this was the safest site he worked on. how, his son is having to come to term was his dad's death here. >> my dad was a fun guy. kind of like the life of the party. and very outgoing. great camper, fisherman. >> he was a father of four, grandfather of tlee. he had been an elevator installer for 43 years. this morning cal osha says
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white was standing on a ladder when the counter weight struck. his son says in more than four decades he'd never been badly hurt. >> you get little dents and dings but nothing serious. nothing requiring going to the hospital. >> his employer released a statement saying it's extremely saddened by the tragic loss of our employee. and we offer condolences to family, friends and co-workers. there had been no fatalities until now on the stadium project. cal osha proposed a $18,000 fine against shindler for a preventable accident where a worker broke his back, ankle, and pelvis after falling 19 feet. he says -- osha says they failed to use proper fall protection. workers gjered together and
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briefed before they went home. >> we have released our workers to go home to be with their families. we'll -- an investigation will occur and people can handle the grieving on their own. >> white's ex-wife to nengs addition to leaving behind his sons and young grandchildren, he also leaves behind a wife, wendy. we're working -- following breaking news where a wildfire is destroying homes near colorado springs. black forest fire burned 10 homes and some homes are multi million dollar houses. the fire is one of four
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wildfires burning in the state. >> fbi agents joined the discovery of a sus spishus package that was discovered at insurance firm a doctor's company near napa county airport this morning. a message claimed there was anthrax and blood inside. crews took away the package and employees were sent home for the day. the person who found the package is okay. >> state leaders held a celebration after reaching a budget deal yesterday. the governor and top lawmakers praised the plan saying it will give information more money and restore cuts made to social services during the resechlgts schools will be the biggest winners here districts
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where low income students makeup the majority will be eligible to apply for more money as a scholarship for middle class family autos water rates about to go back as double digit increases. and an infrom a structure badly needs repairs. abc 7 news joins us live in oakland was there a lot going on in addition to this? >> 200 formal pro testors and some folks showed thup voice their concerns to the board but in the end voting to raise rates that will go up in a matter of weeks. >> in this economy? >> despite objections, east bay mud board of directors approved rate hikes for two years, totalling 19%.
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>> i kntd find an @ adjective shove shents given the history of increases of east bay mud a board approved the rate for fiscal year 2015. the rate hikes will total 35%. the district says it needs money to replace revenues during the drought and to replace and maintain it's aging infrom a structure. >> it's been how money sk skpent i zront indications that it's responsibly. >> if we don't do this now, cost later is going to be more. >> the average customer will see his or her bill going up
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by $100 per year and again, the new hike, first one effective july 1. >> japan's largest airline expanding service to tokyo. a.n.a.resumed service june 1 after a battery problem. the flight operates five days per week today announcing starting july 10th the flight going to operate seven days per week. >> the schedule for the run up to the america's cup is set. the swedish team will not be competing foremost of the month following a tragedy. what does this mean? is this a significant loss? >> it remains to be seen.
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after the strategist died in the collapse of the boat the team is numb. and accord tg a statement on the web site they didn't get going again until last week. that means they're going to miss the first racing. >> practicing goes on but for now it will be just team new zealand and italian team of luna rosa that are going to be ready. >> it's not what supposed to be. >> saying the team will be ready but one kpet store not a good story. >> we've got a huge hospitality platt form. we've got guests coming to town. >> pointing out it's the only team with multiple sponsors they built this to be their center and dalton says they'll
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want to come when the team means something. artemis says it's shooting for swrait lait july but the ceo of the event authority says it could be sooner. >> if the program goes well and winds are below average we can see them starting flirl july. >> however, now, grandstands will not go up until august. >> treating fans fairly in my opinion we're adjusting as it go as long. >> that attitude is prevalent among water front businesses hoping to catch in on the cup. >> it's hard to make an adjustment on something that is a new thing to the bay area. >> prices to be determined. >> we're staying flexible. we're in a great position to come look at races and will be
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ready for whatever comes up. >> one part of the schedule has been start times. it can be moved up from 1:15 to 12:15. for august and september, races going off at 1:15. important for traditional afternoons when winds are strong. >> a school district plans to talk about strategies on how to avoid heat related emergencies during graduation. the move after high temperatures caused several people to become ill in oakley and brentwood over the weekend. liberty union high school officials say they will discuss possibility of holding ceremonies in the evening when it's cooler.
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mayor about the use of sex slaves during world war ii continued to spark protest in that country and here, at home. osaka is the sister city and the mayor's visit was not only cancelled but supervisors introduced a ves lugs -- resolution condemning those statements. >> today was the day the mayor of osaka was supposed to visit sister city, san francisco. >> talking about so called comfort women. 200,000 women from kor rea, china and other nations forced to serve as sex slaves to japanese military during world war ii. the mayor said it was a necessary system that provided relief for soldiers. >> as a veteran instrofled in combat, i don't see that justification anyway.
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>> backing a ses res solution introduced today that asks mayor ed lee to urge his counter part to apologize to the victims. according to the japan times, a senior official informed him he was no longer welcome here. mayor lee says there was never an official visit because skb called comments horrible. >> we registered it might be a challenge if he did decide to come. a challenge to us because of the comments made. >> san francisco's department on the status of women issuing a statement of condemnation. the executive director happens to be on the board of the sister are city committee planning for the mayor's visit. >> i think would it have been very, very difficult in terms of what we value near san francisco. >> in san francisco, carolyn tyler abc 7 news.
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>> san francisco city leaders trying to make the city more appealing to traveler as louing parents when work in san francisco to ask employ grorz a flexible schedule. employers would be able to deny the request, though, if it creates problems for the company. >> yahoo ceo is on the auction block the lunch taking place at sunnyvale headquarters. the top hit right now is $5200 nouf bidding being opened until june 27th. you can see warren buffet dragging up a couple million. >> if you like to follow news, and we do, traffic and weather on the go abc 7 news has a new app we need to know about.
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>> it's beautiful up here, we do have clouds moving in. mid and high level clouds. they're not going harm anyone. we have no extreme weather coming in soon. let me show you live doppler 7 hd. you can see wider clouds in the atmosphere. no rain owe-to-speak of. we're not expecting any, any sim soon. booking towards golden gate bridge sunshine filtered now. it's 66 in oakland. cool, 59 in half moon bay. i love this shot this, is the view from our camera. looking towards point reyes and whispy clouds out there. livermore 77 degrees right now. temperatures low 60s to low
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80s, clouds moving in fl the southwest. these will be harmless. partly cloudy overnight. milder pattern next few days, it's going to be cooler for weekend plans. i'll show what you is ahead. pacific picture showing you low pressure near the pacific northwest. at least for wednesday, thursday, friday, we start to see a little bit of warming. so 7:00 tonight clouds around z then, by morning 5:00 a.m. some of you heading out of the door we can see a mix of clouds and some patchy fog as well. it's going to be breezy into afternoon as well along the coastline. temperatures close to today's levels. if not just slightly higher.
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gorgeous day. you'll want to bundle up. 50 degrees in santa cruz. on the cool side? n.spots. 73 today in san jose. 76 degrees, sun will be shining on the peninsula redwood city, breezy along the coast. pacifica, 60 degrees and close to today's levels. in the north bay 79 n.n.santa rosa. east bay lorks to mid-70s. inland spots below were you should be for this time of the year. looking at the accu-weather forecast trks milder weather is expected thursday, friday, mid-80s inland. and then, saturday, sunld,
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upper 70s. warmest inland communities mid to upper 50s along the coast. temperatures coming up monday to dip again tuesday. so about just over a week away. live from the kgotv center. >> thank you. >> just ahead golden state warriors unveiling a game plan to solve parking issues at the water front arena.
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he said it was traumatic after he lost his girlfriend to cancer last year. perry sang lead on nearly all of the journey greatest hits. he's also a big san francisco giants fan. sometimes singing his hit "don't stop believing" in the stands. >> unofficial theme song. now, golden state warriors whit comes to promoting their new arena they want to the get built. he touted the design talking about challenges concerns from neighbors have forced the team to lower height, traffic another big concern especially on day whtz giants are also playing at home. >> our billion dollar investment isn't going to look wise if we don't get transportation right.
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feeling lucky some you can be a winner in our $700 shell gas give away. you'll need to fill out the form on our facebook page. we'll announce a winner per day right here on the abc 7 morning news. >> basketball started soon. >> shifting to san antonio, spurs lost just once at hem this post season, game two against warriors.
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miami closed out game two sunday night with a huge 33-5 run. that started in the third quarter. that is the signature play from that game. >> this is just about trying to have a sense of urgency now as we change venues. can we see that level that they'll have tonight? >> when you went back and looked at turnovers how many were avoidable? how many were forced?. >> i think about half and half. >> that is the longest sound byte you're likely to get from him in the finals. pablo sandoval with a sprained left foot. latest problem was saturday, after he grounded into a
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double play saying it's only a fracture. with the sprain maybe just a couple weeks giants playing pirates right now. game three of the nba finals coming up next. we invite you for after the game. so he's got a big personality a lot of fun. and we saw him last, he was getting pop corn out of the car. they pulled a prank loading the car up, and so he'll talk about that among other things with the warriors and post game tonight. >> are you going pick a win zbler. >> i like spurs at home. >> okay. we'll see. >> not real confident? >> don't put money on it thank you for inviting us into
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