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>> it is quiet here with not a lot of people here but a lot of noise is coming from the unions. we are two weeks away from a strike that could lead riders in fremont and across the bay area looking for other ways to get to work. a $1.5 billion budget was improved for cloner stations and new trains and combines the operating and capital expenses which are usually separate. members wearing purple t-shirts see that as a way for bart to limit their raises. they are negotiating a new contract. mediations will begin soon but the union has threatened to strike when the country contract expires july 1. beyond the labor issues, the new budget will bring if what directors call the fleet of the future which three-door design that will look like this: a thousand cars will be brighter, more quiet, and user friendly.
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to pay for this the riders can expect a regularly-scheduled fare increase january 1. >> 4:31. we have developing news from south florida police are trying to figure the cause of a water-front deck to collapse sending people plunging into biscayne bay. 100 fans cheered on the nab finals in miami at a sports bar and the deck collapsed. 24 people were sent to the shallow wars of the bay. 15 were taken to the hospital and two are in serious condition. no one is missing. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard will have a report at top of the house. >> oakland police and crime stopper are offering $10,000 reward in the deadly shooting of a young man. police going over video from the intersection in the hopes of finding aya nakano's killer, the 22-year-old shot and killed on
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wednesday while on the way home from playing basketball. police say he was rear ended near stanford and market street, got in an argument, and was shot. yesterday would have been the oregon's graduates 23rd birthday. >> not the biggest guy in stature but he had the biggest percent natural the this kid came in a room and the smile lit it up. ought other scar is subscriber as a newer four-door sedan. paint samples were taken from the bumper to track down the driver and passenger. >> protesters will reoccupy land in san francisco after police cheered out their encampment. officers arrested seven people at the former hayes valley farm yesterday. we brought it to you as it wasp whatting. condos are being. on the land.
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activists said they will be become at 6:00. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is going to bring us a report next half hour. >> happening today vice president biden is arriving in the bay area to a democratic fundraiser a week after the president was here for the same reason. it is his first visit since john and scheduled to attend a private precipitation at a home in san francisco's sea cliff neighborhood for $500 to $10,000. protesters are expected outside the event, from environmental groups opposing the keystone xl pipeline project across the for instance canada to the gulf of mexico. the groups protested during president obama's vest last week. >> $20 million is on the line for the contractor building the new eastern span of the bay bridge. "contra costa times" report the money is incentive for the bridge to be finished as planned accept 3, agreed to back in 2010.
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some lawmakers are worried this will compromise safety in light of recent problems with faulty bolts. opening date is expected next month. >> lawmakers want to name the western span of the bay bridge after former san francisco mayor willie brown after the california naacp. private donations cover naming costs and the eastern span would remain nameless. >> golden gate bridge district officials get an update on how automatic electronic tolling is working. officials say some drivers take advantage of the honor system in the car pool lane. toll takers are if longer there to count the three passengers required to qualify for the half-price car pool lane. cameras only record the license plates not the number of passengers. officials and the c.h.p. have discussed enforcement plan. >> if you hear a bell ringing outside it is in honor of the last survivors of the 190
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earthquake 107-year-old woman passed arm on tuesday at her home in santa clara. the public is invited to a remembrance at 12:30 where a fire engine will ring the bell. she is seen in this video. there are new just two remaining 1930 earthquake survivors. >> six people are recovering after being rescued from a sinking ship in half moon bay which took on water yesterday morning. a photo from the patrol shows the tip of the boat sticking from the water with a few coolers. the group from central valley was on a fishing trip and the vessel was sinking. >> happening now, oakland police headquarters is closed again today so crews can finish repairing damage from a massive water leak. a high pressure water line broke last week in a third floor bathroom. water caused significant damage to the first flee floors of the
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damage. crews will be busy until monday completing the work. if you need help go to the eastmont substation. >> it is father's day weekend and we will see if we get a good forecast. >> we do. live doppler 7 hd shows clear skies and patchy fog along the coast but overall today it will town out to be the warmest day from the next several, five or six days. from the exploritorium camera we have nice conditions in san francisco and numbers are running in the mid-50's and in santa rosa, cloudy and 53 and 53 in napa with 57 toward the delta and mid-50's union city and los gatos. we are looking at numbers this morning starting out from two to four degrees warmer and napa is eight degrees warmer than yesterday with cooling along the coast but we will make up for that with clear conditions sunny all day long and that will allow
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for temperatures to come up in the lower 60's. by noon we are in the 70's around the bay and upper 80's inland and let to mid-70's around oakland and berkeley and the evening it will be nice and comfortable conditions and back in the 50's at the coast and fog will move across the bay and that much of set the stage for a cooling trend. we are talking cooler weather coming up to the weekend. leyla gulen? >> we have construction projects and maybe dads are sleeping in taking a long weekend. northbound 280, the connection to southbound 101 -- no, southbound one is closed until 6:00 a.m. with no traffic there. eastbound 580 shows construction project to mcarthur boulevard blocking one lane until 6 a.m. >> another area of the maze, westbound 80 making the merge
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with 580 funneling into the bay bridge and eastbound 80 into berkeley and is accident free and in excellent shape. >> sex offender's shipwrecked boat is angering neighbors, and he is getting an ultimatum from police. >> how to make sure you do not fall victim to fraud related to the i.r.s. >> but now america's money report. >> good morning, topping america's money, mortgage rates are climbing and the rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage is high of 4 percent the highest since last april and the sixth straight weekly increase. carnival is back at sea, crippled by an engine room fire in february has had $115 million in repairs including new bars and restaurants for the 3,500 passengers. the cruise is sold out and on is
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>> covering fremont, palo alto and north bay and. >> bay -- and the bay area. >> it is friday. the embarcadero is empty. we will tell you why the traffic is light. could be it is friday, and the weather forecast is coming up. >> at the capital they 8 approve a new budget for california voting on the $96.3 billion spending plan the next fiscal year including a republiccal to reduce tuition by 40 percent for 100,000 students in the uc
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systems for those earning $80,000 to $150,000 a year will qualify for the tuition cuts on a sliding scale going down to 10 percent at the low end. the program will start in the fall of 2013. authorities are wanting members of the indian american community of a scheme targeting them claiming to be i.r.s. agents recently called a couple who did not want to be identified, and they were told they did not pay all the taxes. the husband said he didn't understand, another man who spoke his native language got on the phone and demanded the victim rush to buy reloadable debit cards and victim bought 30 of them and gave them to the man, the phone access, to all of them. >> the trusting community and they bring in that guy who speaks the indian language, trust becomes a factor. >> the couple lost $16,000 and
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advocacy groups are e-mailing their own warning that more members fault. >> outrage over a cruiser owned by a registered sex offender stuck on the shoreline if weeks. the 37' boat is shipwrecked a short distance from a children's playground. >> a boat where it doesn't belong has residents concerned. it is out of place, and it is owned by a convicted sex offender. the boat was brought here by a country when the anchors broke. >> two weeks ago, the coast guard put a sticker on the boat and the police department, as well. >> the sex offender was living on his boat and they arrested him for failing to register whereabouts. he is out of jail but the boat remains moored. >> i would be concerned with the
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amount of kids. >> i come here a lot with her and i seen it here a month. >> police have authority over the boat but they have not been able to tow it because there is a hole in it. it is taking on water. he is given until june 24 to claim it and if not, police will repair and remove it so it can be destroyed. >> the oakland police department and f.b.i. have a task force working on slight station of sex trafficking in the city. according to the oakland tribune the task force gives investigators access to resources they do not have such as the f.b.i. intelligence database. and county exploits and pimps in oakland move prostitutes out of
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state. with the f.b.i.'s national jurisdiction the task force could help tackle the issue. new details on the gunman in santa monica who killed five. zawahri had mental health issues but legally ordered component parts to buy an assault rifle, or build an assault rifle that is illegal in california. he modified an antirevolver to fire modern day bullets and left behind a hand written note where he says he hopes his mop will be taken care of but does not explain why. >> from colorado, the still raging black forest wildfire claimed the live of two. it appears the victims were trying to flee and they were engulfed. deputies going door to door to make sure people have cleared. 41,000 people have evacuated. this fire burning north of colorado springs has destroyed 360 homes and devoured more than
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15,000 acres. it is only 5 percent contained and the county sheriff has launched a criminal investigation saying the fire could be the work of an arsonist or the result of negligence. >> the weather is not cooperating. >> no, it is not but here it is nice. >> we will see absence of low clouds and fog and we are on the way to a warmup today. live doppler 7 hd shows a little bit in the way of clouds in the north bay and otherwise it is sunny and warmer today. from our student tremendous camera, you can see how nice it looks with numbers from the low 50's with cool numbers on the coast. 49 in santa cruz with 59 in mountain view so quite a range and 56 if livermore, 57 in fairfield and low 50's in napa and patchy clouds in napa.
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the bridge, the golden gate bridge, is not bad. should be sunny, and cooler tomorrow and father's day with little change both days and we are looking at the first portion of the day with the low clouds and fog getting sunny. in the upper atmosphere, high pressure building and closer and allowing for the warmer conditions today and the south bay numbers in the upper 70's and 85 in morgan hill and mid 80's in los gatos and the peninsula, highs ranging from the low 50's in millbrae and lower 80's in los altos and at the coast, a breeze in the afternoon and the winds will go from 20 to 30 miles per hour late in the day, at our coast, and 69 downtown, and 68 in south city and the north bay, look for 71 in sausalito and 83 in sonoma and 84 in napa so you are
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getting warm here but still pleasant on the east bay with plenty of 70's and 75 in hayward and 78 in union city, and you head inland temperatures are climbing from the mid-to-upper 80's and maybe air conditioning weather with 88 in antioch and a look aheads numbers ranging from the upper 50's tomorrow to near 80 in the warmest inland east bay but not much of a warm-up, until, really, the middle to the end of next week. leyla gulen? >> we have construction going on and we will take you along the peninsula, and this is 101 where we have work at millbrae avenue, northbound and southbound side to make your evening drive a little bit brighter as we prepare the lights that hangover the freeway, so you may notice construction crews in both directions, but right now we don't have any delays in the east by we have construction project southbound 880 between 29th avenue and embarcadero with a little bit of slowing in the northbound direction along 880 at the nimitz coming up to
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the maze and other than that, a clear drive, and outside right now a look at the golden gate bridge, a gorgeous commute from sausalito to san francisco, and we have one construction project south of the waldo tunnel and that will last until 6:00. >> the polls are open in iran in the election to pick a successor to president obama mahmoud ahmadinejad and -- to the president ahmadinejad and iranian americans and expatriateses in the united states can take part in the elections with will positives open in 13 states including six locations in california. >> the united states is getting more deeply involved in the syrian civil war and the obama administration says that they are determined as syrian president bashar al-assad has used chemical weapons against rebel forces crossing a "red line" that triggers greater american involvement in the crisis. according to cnn the united
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states will provide military support to the rebels and the white house says bashar al-assad's regime used sarin gas on eight separate occasions. >> coming up, high fashion bandits, the gang of women targeting union square designer stores. >> a bizarre accident at a california airport and this private jet ended up smashing into a hang regard. >> the rice of parking just when through the roof and what some people are willing to pay for a place to leave their
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>> a group of high-fashion thieves struck in union square in san francisco. an employee says a group of six woke including three transgender suspect went to the store and left with several items without paying. the witness says that the crooks are part of a rainbow girls gang who dress in bright colors. the group has been targeting
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union square stores for a year and a half now. >> an 11-year-old hispanic boy sing of the national anthem at the nba finals set off racist tweets. the boy is dismissing the hatred ♪ oh see can you see >> the boy returned last night before game four between the heat and the spurs for an encore performance to a huge ovation and he finished he was graduated by both coaches. the heat heavens it last night and game five is sunday at 4:30 and warriors forward green will join larry beales for "after the game." >> a new spot phone app to keep you on the latest breaking news and weather and track with sections for all of the stories you can now share on facebook and twitter and is easy to
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download and it is free at abc7news.com/app for all the details. remember, if you have a current app you will need to download the new one because the old app will be going away soon. again, the website is abc7news.com/apps. >> that includes weather. now a look at the forecast. >> we are starting out with temperatures this morning nice and cloudy skies and for the afternoon, highs are warmer than what we have been used to in the upper 80's, and 88 in antioch and 87 in concord and mid-70's in oakland and 69 in san francisco with the west winds and 78 in santa cruz but if you are headed out of town the numbers are warm from chico to sacramento, low 90's and 77 in los angeles. the cool down will get us through the rest of the weekend. >> right now we have debris in the lanes in redwood city causing a little bit of a problem southbound 101 at most
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-- in moffitt boulevard. we have wazer who is at a complete standstill. there is a huge traffic jam. you can join our group just download the free waze app at apple app and google play. the toll plaza is looking clear with beautiful skies and the sun is rising. katie and eric? >> california's high-speed rail roth is moving forward, a federal railroad oversight board has given the green light for the california high-speed rail authority to start construction in the central valley. the board ruled the project could start building the first 65 miles of the project to fresno as landed. the federal board previously ruled that it had oversight of the project but it has now granted an exemption to the state. >> san francisco supervisors
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could give the final okay to a plan to scattered 35 bicycle sharing sites throughout the downtown area and voting on a pilot project to put out a total of 350 bicycles at three dozen locations mostly downtown extending from chestnut on the north to 8th street in the south. market street hosts nine sites. if approved the program begins in august. >> this morning workers in southern california airport will repair the damage caused by a bizarre plane accident. a passenger jet rolled into a hangar in san bernardino and punched a hole in the building, and three mechanics everyone on board performing a test weapon the tires rolled off the block. four buildings were evacuated and electricity was turned off in case there was a fuel leak. no one was hurt. >> embarrassing. we know it is expensive to park in san francisco but how about $82,000 for one spot?
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that is what a man shelled out for a space in a south beach garage off of at&t park. or a spot in boston at an i.r.s. auction yesterday, two side-by-side parking spots went for $560,000! the opening bid was $42,000 but it grew after that. >> parking mud be hard to come by. >> i bought a house for that. >> oakland city workers have a dispute that is threatening them to walk out. >> a man terrorizes bart rider because of what he is wearing. actually, what he is not wearing. bart police had to let him go. the only thing standing between him and an arrest warrant is ahead. >> a new fire chief is wanted for the city of san jose and
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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, at 5:00 a.m. on friday. thanks for joining us. i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> happy friday! >> i like that friday word. >> lisa? >> good morning, to you. we have partly cloudy conditions in san francisco. live doppler 7 hd is not picking up much but the low clouds and fog will return and you can see the scattered clouds from above the exploritorium with temperatures in the 50's and a couple of 60's to the delta. 53 in union city and los gatos an
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