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good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> i'm cheryl jennings. oaklanders are having to clean up after a third night of a destructive rampage by people who said they were protesting the acquittal of george zimmerman shooting an unarmed teenager in florida. >> we're at 19th and telegraph. saturday night, those windows at the flora restaurant were
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broken out, well, protestors back again last night. and another demonstration this time, with an injury. last night, the police chief said the department won't be caught off guard like saturday night. last night, police said they were ready for the marchers. who temporarily blocked traffic on l 880 freeway and marched back to city hall and back to uptown wh. a waiter at flora tried to protect his business someone in the crowd hit him on the head with a hammer. he has so far declined to talk about it. today, it was like richard ryan. >> for us we're going about our business. >> the executive director of youth radio stood in front of
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his radio station by vandals. >> i didn't think about this very much. >> the community organizer. >> we thought we'd be here afterwards. >> fewer people will be here in uptown this, is not the first time this time this happened it happened after okay by and after oscar grant. >> local merchants association won't issue a statement no one willing to call out bad actors fear they'll come back again. >> the fear.
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>> that is part of it but not the explanation. some hesitation is that they agree with the protestors and don't want to be seen speaking out publicly against the cause of equal justice. the fact is that there is no bright line between pret yoftors vandals here. >> mark, thank you. and the police have prepared for a fourth day of protests. there is another movement to shut down muni service in san francisco. >> more is coming up at 4:30. >> pg&e could pay largest utility fine in state history for 2010 san bruno gas pipeline explosion. the public utilities commission called on pg&e to pay $300 million this, afternoon responded saying the fine would take money from improvements being maids at state request.
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the explosion killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the public utilities commission has not made a final decision on the fine autos new details in the san francisco jewelry mart murders in court today prosecutors sate violence started after a dispute over $300. yes. $300. >> prosecutors say the suspect wanted a price adjustment he purchased. they say he left to feed his parking meter then came back and shot the store employees. those employees were both killed. white was arrested after firing shots at police and faces two murder skmarjz seven attempted murder charges. >> this afternoon police took two suspects into custody fom being an armed robbery in a santa rosa jewelry store where one person was shot. the men caught in petta luma.
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that is where officers pulled over a car matching a description of one used in the probably and reports say an employee may have fired a gunri. they are being treated at santa rosa memorial hospital. >> a jury richd verdict for one of the men accused of raping a 16-year-old girl after a home coming dance in richmond but we don't know what the verdict is right now. is with and are waiting on a second jury which will be by thursday afternoon two. men are serving prison time for the rape. >> police aarrested a man accused of lewd acts with a 6-year-old girl. he was arrested friday night.
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they'd been working at ymcsa almost four years. the ymca says the policy prohibits staff from being alone with children. they're notifying parents of children who may have been in contact with him. >> a disturbing testimony during the trial of a former elementary schoolteacher accused of sexually abusing several students. craig chandler faces five counts of child molestation saying he blind folded pew students and put semen in their mouths. the defense maintains kids were coerced into making up the sex abuse story. >> investigators looking into a cause of the house fire that killed nearly 100 cats and almost killed the woman that made it her job to rescue those cats.
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>> the fire broke out before 2:00 this morning. firefighters saved the woman but she's devastated by the loss of her animals. abc 7 news has the story. >> it wasn't smoke alarms but a dog named bunny that probably saved the life of carol miller this morning. >> bunny woke me i was asleep on the sofa. and there wasn't smoke but something is wrong. i got i saw flames. >> he firefighters cut through the fence and led her to safety. about 93 cats were killed by the smoke and fire. seven cats survived. the next door neighbor described the noise coming from inside of the home. >> unfortunately we could hear them screaming. so it was devastating. >> carol miller told me she works for stanford cat network which spays and neuters cats.
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since it's a no-kill organization she says she brought unadoptable ones to the home. animal control advise yilted the home in january, 2012 told me kts cats were healthy and home, clean but she was not registered to have more than five cats in the home. as for carol the woman who dedicated her life to the cats must deal with the loss. >> i am so careful. in z.this is my worst nightmare. i am -- i just don't know where to go from here. >> animal control says it's still investigating if the homeowner will be cited for having too many cats. >> 83 passengers from the plane that crashed in san francisco international airport had begun process of sue boeing the plane's manufacturer. l.a. times reports the lawsuit by survivors of the flight will claim the investigation appears to show mechanical valve function of the auto
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throttle may to be blame that. is different from different released so far by the national transportation safety board and will question whether evacuation slides that inverted inward and seat belt that's became stuck caused more injury autos what is left that have boeing 777 remain in a secured facility. national transportation safety board investigators say they've completed their examination of the wreckage. the airport says it's giving asiana airline twoz weeks to remove it. >> normally used for aircraft around the airport and just out of sensitive to passengers it's something we don't want in view of the public. >> the runway just reopened on friday there are 10 people in hospitals as a result that have crash. >> a ground breaking marks a project to help ease
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overcrowded court houses. the new family justice center court house is going serve families with children in cases in the county of jant clairea. some cases being heard in packed court houses including an old warehouse, officials say the $233 million court house will save money by replacing six leased facilities and expected to open in fall, 2015. >> these families got a jump start on back to school shopping picking up bags full of notebooks in colma this morning. salvation army picked up the tab giving each child 81ses today spend. >> they picked out their stuff. not like i said get this, this, they get to do it their own. >> it's essential kids feel comfortable and confident going back to school.
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>> 25 children got new tli splis and clothes. nationwide target and salvation army providing shopping free sprees for 12,000 kids. >> sun had a tough time coming out today here in the city. >> nimt sure it came out at all. >> the sun had challenges today, we had a deep marine layer with moring low clouds slow to clear away. thus not much of a warm up. today. here is a look at fog patterns this morning you can see how much low clouds we had inland and across the bay. it didn't burn back to the coastline. starting to burn back middle day, middle of the day but only partially we have a deep marine layer about 3,000 feet deep meaning cooler than average conditions generally across the bay area inland and around the bay. here is a live view partly gloomy view from our camera looking westward. and temperatures right now 64 degrees in san francisco.
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69 oakland. low 70s in mountain view. another live sfru our camera here at abc 7 looking southeastward showing more blue skies. further readings 68 in santa rosa. mid 70s in fairfield. here is the first look at a gloomy view of the golden gate bridge. temperatures mild to warm into afternoon and going to get warmer. i'll have the seven-day forecast dmum a few minutes. >> he's promising right? thank you. >> and still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 michael kors takes costco to court saying the warehouse giant is misleading customers. >> a whale of an adventure caught on video. one man's daring move to help the large mammal caught in fishing traps. >> the report card today on
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marisa mayers first year running that company. >> the first live look at the afternoon commute as we gauge down from our camera at the mcarthur maze oncoming traffic son interstate 80 heading towards berkeley. that is all jammed up better on the right side of the screen for folks heading back towards san francisco or 580. back with mo
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just in abc 7 news video of a fire where fire crews were able to rescue an elderly
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woman at this house on parkside drive. sky 7 hd was overhead as firefighters put out last of the hot spots you see some flames there burning minutes ago. you can see the house surrounded by trees and brush. crews were able to keep flames from spreading when firefighters first arrived they heard someone inside yelling for help. >> at and t's no contract plan and spotify steps up competition with pan dora. >> good afternoon, cheryl, larry. well, want a new phone faster? at and t joining t-mobile in offering a plan giving users options to upgrade yearly. the new plan also let's customers pay for new phones and tablet was monthly payments. bloomberg learned dell's
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special committee may delay a vote on the michael dell buyout plan next week to next week. a final decision is expected from the committee on thursday mosh morning if votes cast go against the dell proposal. activist investor carl icon has been flolting a different proposal saying it under values the company. chin yeedz leader making a huge play in mobile bido just announced it's buying app store 91 wireless. the largest take offer in company history. 91 wireless is china's most popular third party store for smart phone apps. >> stocks fell today and your bloomberg silicon valley index up today led by shares of intertell, amd and apple. spotify is wrapping up a global fight against pandora applying for licenses in a
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number of unnamed countries. it's already in hong kong, so far available in 28 countries and regions expanding faster globally than pandora. pandora still has more users. >> fashion designer michael kors suing costco accusing the warehouse giant of falsely advertising a half price mother's day sale on hand bags the problem is that cost could doesn't sell michael kors bags. they didn't final purses on shelves. business reporter says it could be risking its relationship with luxury brands. >> if michael kors going to be publicizing costco is a low end brand they don't want to be associated with that could affect other brand who's want to be in costco.
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>> costo counter sued saying tiffany is a generic term to describe a type of setting. >> an ordinary fishing trip turned into a heart pumping adventure for one man. last friday he spotted an endangered whale struggling to swim about 50 miles off of virginia beach. turns out it has lines around fishing traps around his pectoral fins. he swam down, cut the lines freed the whale from traps. that were dragging it behind. he says watching the whale swim away was one of the best feelings of his life. it paid off. >> that is a great man. >> and this is a new tourist
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attraction in austria allowing visitor oz to walk above a glacier on a bridge called sky walk. >> look down. >> no. don't look down. construction of the sky walk took 170 day was workers braving conditions including snow, wind and subzero temperatures. the result is a spectacular vu. i mean that is breath taking. as long as you're holding on to someone next to you. >> how about you? >> i could do it. >> yes. >> how about this dayday? takes a master of meteorology ji to im'em brace the crowds.
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we've got lots of clouds to embrace. low clouds over inland areas around the bay and deep marine layer at the coast and cooler than average day but pleasant one if you will. western sky we can see a bit and we'll have low clouds and fog overnight warming trend begins tomorrow warmer pattern continues into next week. we'll see high temperatures climbing up to more seasonal levels soon. up into atmosphere sheer what's happening. two pools of cool air. one has been keeping temperatures down last couple days percentaging into -- merging into one. it does so this hot air mass from four corners area will spread west and bring us warmer weather over the next several days. high temperatures climbing into mid-90s perhaps by the end of the week. overnight tonight we'll see wide spread areas of low clouds and fog low
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temperatures rather narrow range mid-50s for the most part and here is our forecast animation start agent 5:00 we'll have many areas of low clouds and fog probably means reduced visibility for early morning commute. but clouds will burn quickly back to the coast and away from the coast resulting in a sunny out there from inland. mid 70s to mid-80s highs up 78 in san jose breezy but mild at 62 in pacifica. 62346 pacifica. north bay highs of 79 in novato. 81 napa. 78 jant rosa. east bay highs 72 in oakland 72 in san leandro. inland east bay numerous upper
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80s to pleasanton up to about 90 in antioch. here is the accu-weather forecast. thursday through monday, low 80s around the bay and low to mid-60s on the coast. temperatures will start to moderate by heat. it's going to be warm and toasty inland. >> thank you. >> and coming up next a coroner reveals how glee actor cory montiese died. >> a father's home coming.
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here is the new information on the death of cory montiese. the koesh says he died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. the glee actor struggled with addiction over a decade at the age of 19 checking into a rehab center and just completed another substance abuse program back in april. >> the watch abc live stream now available in the bay area.
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>> bringing you all of your favorite tv show autos now, you never vo miss a minute of the news. watch abc allows to you bring it whenever you want to be. >> yes this, is a special new ben figt brought to you by charter communications and at and t you verse. just enter account information to log in to get the watch awbc live screen to down load the app. >> still ahead why one group is trying to shut down muni service now just as evening commute gets underway. sky 7 shows you the scene live over church street and we'll have a live report coming up next. >> the verdict l in george zimmerman's trial how it will affect stevie wonder's concert schedule.
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>> consumer rights group claims controversial key stone pipeline. how
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breaking news in san francisco.
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sky 7 live over church street and dubois avenue. a san francisco mother wants to shut down the muni railway tonight. way to protest the death of her son whom she claims was killed over a muni fare. it's a km ply indicated story this, is the second anniversary of kenneth harding junior's death. abc 7 news is live with more. laura? >> let me show you what it looks like here on the ground this, is the train j, the church line. stop there on the tracks. these are the folks protesting. about 50 to 100 of them. their chern that kenneth harding junior died at 19, a young man police chased as a suspected fare jumper. his mother and supporters have staged this protest here at the muni tracks saying their goal is to stop uni in its
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tracks over attempt what's they claim was a case of police brutality. harding was shot and killed at the end of the chase. and initially thought to have been shot by police but the corn released information the shot that killed him came from a 38 caliber gun not 40 caliber used by officers. later recovered in a san francisco apartment. harding's mother has similarities to the shooting death of trayvon martin. >> that same energy perfect that verdict being released on saturday is will be displayed today as well. you know they'll be traveling with us same energy we stand in support of trayvon martin. >> and here is another view from sky 7 hd. you can see folks going around in a circle here kenneth
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harding junior's mother is in the group as well as other supporters of hers as folk that's feel like harding was killed by the police. the investigation shows he was not killed by a bullet from a police resolver but a 38 later recovered. here is what it looks like from the ground. as you heard there kenneth harding's mother believes her son's death has kinship with the shooting death of trayvon martin. we'll be back at 5:00 to show you what it looks like. >> laura. thank you. we'll see you at 6:00. so far a peaceful protest. attorney general holder addressed george zimmerman verdict for a second day today. holder told delegates that the justice department is still investigating whether to bring federal civil rights charges
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against zimmerman. holder voiced his concerns in this case as well as violence that followed the verdict saturday night. >> today starting here and now it's time to commit ourselves to a respectful responsible dialogue about issues of justice and equality so we can meet dive yigs and confusion with understanding and compassion and with truth however hard that is. holder condemned stand your ground self-defense laws passed in dozens of states allowing someone to use force in self-defense when they believe they're being threatened with out an obligation to treat first. zimmerman's defense team did not invoke the law in that case. stevie wonder says he women not perform in florida again until it aabolishes it's stand your ground law.
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officials say they found weapons hidden on board a ship headed from cuba to north korea. inspectors found items hidden in a cargo of brown sugar. officials sate crew were taken into custody. authorities had been tipped off it might be carrying drug autos police in mexico say they've captured the nation's most violent trafficker, captured yesterday by mexican marines. investigators say he was the leader of a cartel that oversaw operations in more than a dozen mexico states known for ordering beheadings and hangings with victims displayed as a warping. experts say at rest could spark a scrabble for control of his criminal empire. >> the elder daughter of
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former vice president dick cheney announced she's running for senate running against sitting wyoming senator next year's republican primary. cheney worked in recent years as a fox news political commentator last year she and her husband bought a home in jackson hole, wyoming head of the national republican senator yil committee says it will back enzy in that race. >> a study says the mitch-debated key stone pipeline would increase the price we pay for gasoline. >> supporters accused group of engaging in a misinformation campaign. >> we tend not to talk bit here as they do back east and mid west but the key stone pipeline would transport oil from fields in dma da down to the gulf states. but consumer watch dog says impact is greater than that.
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gas prices will be impacted in america and in mid west and in california. ever goring to go up. >> that is the director of consumer watch dog. jamie court estimates prices could go up 8 cents a gallon in the mid west rising 25 cents to 40 cents per gallon. mid west gets oil from canada. consumer watch dog says the purpose would be to transport oil to world markets. the study by consumer watch dog found increasing demand would increase the price for oil $30 a barrel. >> consumer spending is what would be expected and goes into reviving the economy. >> cost estimated to be $3 billion to $4 billion. >> it's going to ripple through people getting to warm
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driving around doing errands getting to vacation. but also going to be in terms of deliver things to market. >> we talked to the corporation by telephone today telling us the oil that would be delivered is much needed in the united states and decreasing supply would mean lower prices for crude oil. we have a link on our web site abc 7 news.com. check it out. and decide for yourself. >> that is complicated. >> all right. thank you. >> coming up two boys wait to welcome home their naerj. the moment one had after learning of the dad's return. >> one offers unusual advise writ to san francisco. how he's getting twitter followers involved. >> a view of clouds hovering over the bay from our high
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definition camera. what is coming our way next in just a moment. >> taking a look at traffic on san francisco skyway. yes, larry just said it. yikes. doi need to say anymore?
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we all know home comings can be very emotional and that is especially true for members of the armed forces.
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>> you say if we did 100... >> yes. >> oh. that is 6-year-old dean being told by his grandmother daddy about to come home from afghanistan. he cried then ran into the room to share the news with his little brother kaiden and moments later they were outside. there they go. daddy pulled up picked them up, gave them a hug. he had been gone just three months but this is his 12th defloimt afghanistan. >> wow. >> all right. man one has come up with an unusual way to visit san francisco. he is doing whatever his twitter followers tell him to do today. as long as it's legal and moral. we should add. >> it's crazy now. the author is hosting a series
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of videos throughout the day and he goes whenever people tell him where to go. you can tweet him until tonight. >> try to interview a guy here in union square how i would feel and said can i interview you? and you can check out so much. we're just contemplating possibility not so much for under no circumstances. >> twitter followers are 11,000 now. we're going to show you coming up at 6:00. can't wait for that. >> yes. i don't know what people do now in contrast a man who really listens to what -- . >> yes. everything we say.
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>> it will be sunny here tomorrow, nationwide a mixed picture showery around dallas. high of 84. really hot in phoenix. state wide hot conditions sacramento, 81 down in los angeles here in the bay area after partly cloudy start to the day sunny skies later on. in downtown san jose from thursday through sunday highs in the mid-80s. especially inland east bay. highs in the mid-90s.
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so we do have a warming trend coming our way. beginning tomorrow continuing into middle of the week. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 if you bought if you bought sketchers shape ups. >> and first test to dig nose adhd in children. >> celebration times two. how making sure mama panda
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sketchy advertising will cost sketchers subpoena $40 million sketcher as agreed to settle a complaint over shoes you called shape ups. claiming sketchers made unfounded claims shoes would help people lose weight and tone buttocks legs and abdominal muscles. the company agreed to send a check for $78 to 509,000 people who submitted valid claims. >> some healthy living news
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fda approved first brain scan to detect adhd in children. measures free qensy two of standard brain waves. children with adhd tend to have a higher ratio than children without the disorder. and a study finds exyegess fat in bone marrow may increase the risk of osteoporosis. researchers say it makes bones weak and people with higher levels have an increased risk of fractures. scientists say obesity is one fault and this study finds that is not true. >> now to london. world is still waiting for an heir to be born. >> yes. one man add incredible access to the royal couple and will no doubt introduce to us the new family member. >> as the world waits for baby
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camebridge to make his or her arrival biggest hit brought by camilla saying arival could be at any moment. >> they're all waiting he or she will be there. >> the royal grandparents to be getting practice for their roles seen here mingling with children. yes royal baby watch is at a fever pitch. >> last time was around the royal wedding. with excitement like this. >> chris spent years behind the scenes photographing will and kate privately. so if you want a real inside to the royal couple he is your fan. >> william is protective of catherine. he's got his arm around her and guiding her. >> he shot some of the most iconic photos of them
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including this one at their wedding. >> i was there and they paused and. >> jackson has one of the most-coveted jobs on the planet. >> to see her looking at my picture. >> he has incredible access getting to know the royal cup yale way from the camera. including when william stepped behind the lens he was behind the camera in front of the camera. more relaxed behind the camera. >> soon, you can add baby camebridge as he or she will surely bhofkt photographed baby in the world. >> and while world waits for at rival there was another high profile birth at atlanta skoo. a 15-year-old giant panda gave birth to twin cubs the first pandas born in the
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us news 26 years. >> there is a pink blob with very little hair, eyes aren't open them have a good set of lungs and they squeal really loud. >> not that cute yet. right? but they usually raise one twin and ignore the other. >> and babies will not have names for 100 days in keeping with tradition. they're very tiny and kind of little globs of pink. >> all babies are cute, right? >> most are. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 marisa mayer's report kartd after a year at yahoo. >> i'm dan ashley. coming up at 5:00 groups that don't always see eye to eye coming together to fight feds for something they may be collecting on you in this age of supposed transparency. >> local bail yeah company now
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yahoo showing signs of improvement one year after marisa mayer left google but improvements go beyond income and profit. david louie is wlif a different kind of report card. david? >> indeed. you know ka yahoo reported better than expected earnings today though revenue was down. marisa may jerz she doesn't want to be judged on that yet because she's working on a process to rebuild the company. first people, then products and finally, profit. marisa mayer walked into a company in turmoil a year ago. there had been layoffs, employees were leaving but
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that stopped in fact mayer told reporters today that 12% of the recent hires are former employees returning to yahoo. >> people are here it's clear we're deep into the second sprint. products skpechl kugs. >> the more user morz opportunities for advertisers to reach them that is how yahoo will make more money. earnings show financials are improving. also important is that employees support the leader. the glass door site it shows mayer had a 91% approval rating a year ago. it's dipped a bit and rising again. >> she held a strong approval rating all four quarters for yahoo going forth is insisting
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whether they can maintain this or not. >> manager said the company is operating with a sense of vision and urgency that hasn't been seen since early days. a recruiter said hiring approval takes time and we lose great engineers to competitors. the executive editor says impact is yet to be seen. >> she has a lot to prove. people, wall street will get restless. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you very much. breaking news in san francisco. muni service being disrupted by friends and family of a fare evader they feel, died in vain what. they want to accomplish tonight oo. and we know motive at the center of a double murd yes, a double shooting. you'll hear how little money was involved prior to those shootings. >> i'm sandhya patel. live from the roof of the
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kgotv broadcast center brighter, warmer weather is on the way. i'll have details coming up. >> these crimes with a brutal efficiency. actions were cold. >> we know what led to a double hom snid a scene that shut down a high end shopping district in san francisco last friday. >> investigators revealed a motive for murders inside the complex on brannan street. barry white appeared in court, he faces a number of charges. abc 7 news reporter leanne mel qlendz joins us live from the hall of justice. >> dispute started over a mere 300s skpdz jewelry. the d.a.says inside that store there were three cameras and they're telling everyone that,
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telling the press everyone who has seen is available to us. they say is the most alarming vicious attacks they have ever seen. >> guns and knifes, what's happening? >> soon is a victim's brother. one was an employee at a store inside of the complex. police say this man walked inside of the shop. white was in court today according to the district attorney the suspect had asked the owner of the store for a price adjustment on a piece of jewelry purchased several weeks before. >> i think this item did not have as many grams of whatever the metal was itd was supposed to. >> the difference in price was less than $300.

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