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on flames at this point. it appears to be wrapped up at this point and no longer a tleet let's check in now with wayne freedman with the latest. wayne? >> this is what they're you calling a 90 fire, 90 acres burned, 90% contained. here is the view that started about 1:00 inside of the naval weapons station. then, neighbors say there are fires here every summer. here is one of them. >> i'm assuming from the train tracks. every year, it happens. parks go down here and sparks started off this, is the worst
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i've seen. i don't know how many acres. >> you say this happens every year? >> every year. trains go by, and sparks off the train, it starts. >> cal fire is saying there is no known cause right now. nor any property damage you can see it's hit still hot here and wind still blowing. smoky and neighbors feel fortunate this wasn't worse than it turned out to be. >> an oakland neighborhood mourning the murder of a woman known as pet nanny. judy solo monday was shot and killed in her car yesterday just blocks from her home. abc 7 news is at the oakland police headquarters where detectiveses -- detectives are working on the investigation. >> investigators have
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surveillance video and fingerprint evidence from the scene. they're not talking yet about a motive but neighbors are convinced it was robbery. 2400 block of fern is described as shady. >> talking about drug dealers people live a lesser life style, if you will for lack of a better term. >> darrell tyler says she the hang out on this block where 66-year-old judy solomon drove up yesterday afternoon. candles and flowers mark the spot where she was shot in the middle of the street. >> something, a guy looking for stuff to steal figuring in you walk in front of a car they'll stop f its a woman, they've got a purse. >> joel has been spends with her 20 years. >> she took care of my cats when i was out of town. i took care of her animals when she was out of town. >> she hd a reputation for caring for pets and their owners. >> the last conversation i had with judy was about trying to
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coalecse this patrol service. >> mike says he and judy were talking up the idea of hiring private security to patrol the area in the middle of the day. >> i feel like maybe that, you just never know. would it have made a difference. >> police gathered video and have collected liquor bottles and are fingerprinting them. the neighborhood is in shock. >> she was a neighbor, fwhun a million, taking care of your animals. saving the bunnies. you can't make this stuff up. she was that kind of a woman. she was a concerned neighbor. >> tonight a note on her door from animal services, her pet chihuahua taken in for safe keeping. >> new details from an
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exclusive television interview with the only minority on that florida jury that acquitted george zimmerman. the juror spoke with good morning america anchor robin roberts. she says she struggled to find a way to convict zimmerman based on charges but couldn't. she does say she believes zimmerman is guilty of killing him and had this message. >> i mean it's hard for me to sleep and eat. because i feel that i was forcibly included in traich onmartin's death. i carry him on my back. i'm hurting as much as his mom is. because there is no way that any mother should feel that pain. >> you can see more of the interview with gma anchor robin roberts on world news coming up at 5:30 then at night line as well as tomorrow morning.
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>> now to the crash at sfo. remains of the three girls killed in the crash of asiana flight 214 will be cremated today according to chinese media reports. the families took part in a service in colma yesterday. the families will be taking ashes back to china saturday coming up at 6:00 i team has been looking into exactly what led to one of the teens being hit and kill bid a fire truck. dan noyes will have the investigation tonight at 6:00. >> police are praising a teen-aged girl for thwarting a burglary at her home. it happened in broad daylight in hayward. carolyn tyler joins with us the story. carolyn? >> it was brazen. the family is not talking about it. the family says quick actions helped them nab one of two suspects.
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neighbors say this is usually a quiet neighborhood but there is a commotion around 10:30 yesterday morning. >> seven or eight patrol cars this neighborhood is quiet. i leave doors open sometimes, too. nothing like that. but it was a yeah. an inspector came with guns pulled out. and looked everywhere. >> police were looking for this man. a 22-year-old parole and an accomplice. they say they were trying to rob a house where a 13-year-old girl and her 8-year-old brother were home alone. the sargeant says the teenager nid a bedroom and calling her mom who called 911. >> i was proud of her, you know? 13 years old to make a decision to grab her sibling taking them into a room and call someone.
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we're just grateful they she did. >> the men ran off. neighbors watched police search their backyard are shocked. >> very seldom happen here. used to be very, very safe here. you don't have worry skbit this and that. but these days, it could be happen anywhere. >> police hope the public will call in with tips to help them find others. >> a 32-year-old woman faces child neglect charges after police say she didn't feed her young children nearly two days. the kids ages two, four, and six were discovered in a motel. the youngest wearing only a diaper they're now under care of child protective services police say the moerj admitted being under the influence of methamphetamine. she has been placed in a psychiatric facility. >> a danville man whose two children were killed by a
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drunk driver in 2003 wants to change state law. he filed a ballot measure raising the cap on damages and force doctors to be more careful when handing out prescriptions. right now damages capped $250,000 for each child. he called to lift that cap or he said he would file his measure, critics say removing limit woz result in skyrocketing health care costs. >> two men caught up in a marijuana bust being charged with human trafficking and rape. the 30-year-old from lake port and 24-year-old from clear lake could face nearly 16 years in prison if convicted on all counts. prosecutors also discovered the two kept a 15-year-old runway captive at their marijuana grow saying they assaulted her and putner a box for punishment.
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>> officials in stanford urging users of their network to change their pass words after someone hacked into what is supposed to be a secure computer system. it's the second time in three months the networks have been breeched. a expert says the hack is dangerous for university medical center surgery machine autos if bad guys get to it, check mess it up. which means things aren't happening the way they should be. >> could this endanger someone's life? >> absolutely. >> officials don't know how much information may have been stolen. school sent an e mail warning of the breech. >> abc 7 news learn that had a technical error led to a county wide evacuation order being issued yesterday. that alert went out to all of coco county. the county says fema has now
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upgraded software or had unknown to contra costa county officials. the county says steps are being taken to make sure this does not happen again. >> police arrested a man accused of robbing a bank in redwood city. the 31-year-old arrested last night in bell monlt. police say he's the snekt a robbery at prof dent credit union. ist construction workers busy repairing front wall of a gas station after thieves rammed the business durings a brazen atm robbery. security cameras caught it on video. you can see thieves smashing into the gas station. >> still to come tonight almost $2 billion, still
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overbudget. project is eating up funds. >> plus, food trucks taking over. the new location where they're setting up shop and how they did on the first day. >> live on the roof of the broadcast center weekend is here and so are changes in temperatures. i'll be back with details coming up. >> putting hand and stick vacuums to the test. which of the smaller tools can get the job done? abc 7 news
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airport here to orient you a bit this is the area where those food trucks are parking just out side of terminal one one major carrier here is southwest. vic lee has the story now from sfo. >> they'll be three more visits on thursdays by food trucks before the trial is over. they're allowed to sell their food here at the airport for three hours from 11 to 2:00. now we wondered if restaurants felt this was unfair competition. a few manager who's spoke to us said they did not as long as those trucks stayed far away from them. the food trucks allowed to park in an out of the way spot at end of terminal one outside southwest airlines but took no time for diners to find them.
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one serving indian dishes another, hawaiian. kevin daily owns a baurd walk island truck. >> i think it's a great change. you get used to the food. >> almost all customers work at airports. the neighbor ken garcia enjoyed a burrito saying the trucks give choices now. >> there is a cafeteria and there are restaurants but most aren't accessible to worker autos we have a lot of restaurants here but a lot of them are past security check point. >> eegt spaces outside are mostly in the international terminals. >> i think the restaurants here are overpriced so there is alternative, you know, i think it's nice. >> the food trucks in the city met with resistance from restaurant owner who's say they're unfair competition. >> as long as they're not
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competing with guys inside, it's fine by me. >> others said there is room for everyone. >> they're not here permanently only certain hours. restaurants are here the whole time. >> the hawaii truck went through 60 pounds of kahlua pork and 40 pounds of chicken. >> other airports that allow trucks include lax and austin. >> transbay transit center is over budget and could get worse, trux skrux now $300 million more than estimated. it's expected to cost $1.9 billion according to ntc, money earmarked for future projects will be used to pay for the increase. >> if you're looking for a new vacuum, you don't want to miss this. oof michael finney has detail autos big jobs go to the
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closet and you can't get around it. for speel spild serials, stick vac maying all you really need. consumer reports finds you can shell out hundreds for cleaning but there are good vacuums costing far less. you can give your cleaner and yourself a break, consider a stick vac to clean up every day messes. a shand vac is a good choice for upholstery and your car. stick car vacs can use sand, rice and serial to challenge 21 hand, and stick vacs. some stood out, but not always
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in a good way. this dirt devil scored lowest of the small vacuum autos small opening no brush so takes more passes to clean up tirt or pet hair and didn't do good job on carpets or along edges. >> more impressive cleaner is this hoover flare. the stick vac $80 shark did well with clean up. this cordless vac pouered brush helped it devour dirt on carpets and inhales pet hair. either can save you for clean up jobs. consumer reports rated small vacuums for noise and some can be just as loud as a regular
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vacuum. as it turns out, you can't have everything. >> that is the truth. >> nasa taking a look at the sun thanks to help had never before, seen detailed. iris mission based out of nasa aims research center continuing for two years. scientists hope it will shed light on the sun's impact on earth. >> and the sun was out today it was. and sandhya patel is up live on our roof top. it's shining this is a typical sea breeze. seeing fog over the bay and also getting mid and high level clouds moving in. i want to show you live doppler 7 hd. san francisco feels good.
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taking a look our weather pretty quiet wech do have fog just hugging the coast. those are the summer micro climates. summer means monsoon season moving into the sierra nevada. you get heating from the sun. you're seeing active pattern so far over 2000 lightning strikes around the state. and you can see thunder has been developing. if you have travel plans watch out for scattered showers and thunderstorms friday afternoon and saturday afternoon. oakland, 68 nice in san jose. 73 in santa cruz. you can see marine layer about 1400 feet deep.
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and we'll be watching it progressing into bay side communities overnight. still warm in fairfield. here is a view from our camera. gorgeous view back towards sutro tower, cooling trend into the weekend. so minor changes coming. low pressure off the california coast is providing clouds above fog layer. you're seeing active weather in that part of the state. watch out for fog and low clouds. you might need an extra layer. it pulls back towards the coast lingering with cooler
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most areas 60s coast side. 90s inland. 82 san jess yeah tomorrow in the south bay. 88 morgan hill. 82 degrees cupertino. 79 palo alto. we'll keep it air around there. 65 downtown. north bay upper 70s in sanlta rosa and son gnomea. head towards east bay, mild, sunny and 72 degrees. inland areas we'll feel warmth. checking out the accu-weather forecast we're out of the 90s for the weekend. mid to upper 80s inland tuesday through thursday, slightly higher temperatures. until then, enjoy the weather.
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live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center i'm sandhya patel. back to you in the studio. >> tu coming up new things some are doing to keep relationships strong. you might not believe what they're buying. >> what is new for breakfast thanks to a lab that is scrambling to change your eating habits. >> hey, everybody, i'm your abc 7 news traffic reporter want a smarter solution for your commute? go to abc 7 news.com and you can drive away with a brand new smart car we'll announce the winner friday, august 2 right here on abc 7 morning news so enter now. and join me for live traf
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luxury goods are more likely to hang on to their men found women wearing luxury items are perceived to have a more devoted partner and other women less likely to flirt with him. doesn't matter who bought the items. >> are you buying it? >> right. >> do you want to eat like a monday sner i don't know. hyatt regency rolling out their alcatras menu based on what they ate while on the rock they say inmates ate meals featuring meatloaf, baked halibut and broiled short rib autos world has it it would keep the peace on the island. a happy prisoner would be a peaceful prisoner. >> you can try the menu during august. meals will be served on prison
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trays. the hotel has a lobby display on the history and pictures of notorious inmates and if you want, they'll take to you jail afterwards just to complete the experience. >> lovely meal loses a bit of luster on the tray. >> yes. >> abc 7 first local station to bring you a live stream. you never have to miss a minute of the news offer r or shows you that love. it allows to you bring abc 7 with you whenever you want to be. >> it's a special new benefit for you at no additional and get the watch abc live stream or search watch abc to down load the app. >> new gold rush in san francisco. >> this isn't about gold.
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coming up, new information from abc 7 news i team on asiana flight 214 crash we have learn btd firefighter driving the truck that rolled over the teen-aged passenger anda what led up to tragic moments following the crash. >> also, behind the scenes maneuvering of what will allow a neighborhood to get a park it needs and it won't cost a dime. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. >> right in our, construction crews working to build san francisco largest high rise have unearthed a piece of the past. >> they found a 23-foot boat the dating back to gold rush era discovered on folsom street hoping to move it to the san francisco maritime museum. >> remarkable discovery there.
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>> world news is coming up next. >> we'll see you in half this is "world news." breaking right here tonight, an abc news exclusive. the first juror from the george zimmerman trial to show her face. one-on-one with robin roberts, what she reveals. her view on george zimmerman. >> for myself, he's guilty. because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> but tonight why she still stands by that verdict. >> breaking news. what we just learned about that frightening landing, the jet coming down nose first. the run away train, breath-taking new images of a deadly train crash. what the conductor has reportedly revealed. and the dramatic rescue caught on tape. m and outbreak. mystery illness spreading. more than a dozen states tonight. abc's dr. richard besser right here.
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