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>> people on this side of the bay areas will have a tough few days. those would live here but work in san francisco will have a tough time. they will shut down both bridges for a few days. in two weeks, if you are headed to to the bridge in two weeks that is not an option during the labor day holiday weekend but three of the days of weekdays, august 28 through september 2. that is going to impact people would have to get to work. >> hopefully since it is labor day weekend people will take time off but i will work until friday. >> going to be tough. the bolts that are broken will not be fixed by the time the bridge opens but a committee
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decided they will put a temporary fix in place that will be good enough and they will go ahead and on the president reagan say, we can drive on it, while they, would on permanent fix. go news. the new bridge is opening finally. it will be september 3 after labor day. this will be a tuesdays of hardship with both bridges closes. >> bart plans on limited service around the clock until accept 2 but have not said which stations are open around the clock. the transit and san francisco bay ferries will offer special services during the closure. >> the original bay bridge was completed in three years. it opened nine months ahead of schedule and millions under budget. it was firm until 1989 when the
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earthquake caused a section to collapse and was closed for a month for repairs but it was clear a long-term solution was needed and the new project began in 2002 and the western span was retrofitted. in 2009 they installed the temporary curve and this labor day weekend it will close for projected opening of september 3. the estimated cost is $6.2 billion. we are 18 days away physical the opening of the new bay bridge. we will have continuing coverage and the big opening on september 3. >> in oakland, two people were shot overnight, a woman died at the scene before midnight east of the oakland international airport. a woman was found shot to death inside a car. a man was also shot and taken to a hospital. police are looking for leads on the suspect and motive. >> celebration of life service is underway in memory of a
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one-year-old boy killed in a shooting. drew jackson and his father, 20-year-old andrew thomas of fresno were gun down last week, visiting family at a house when someone shot through a bedroom window before 3:00 a.m. august 7. police have made no arrests. a service is scheduled for 11 a.m. on international boulevard. his mother has requested that anyone attending wear black. >> two men have received long prison innocences after being convicted in the gang rape of a teen girl at richmond high school. jose faces up to life and peters got up to life in october of twine, with four men being sentenced and to waiting for trial. >> a man was caught counsel loading pornography an the
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police station, and arrested on wednesday after santa cruz police found thousands of illegal images at his home. police caught him actually downloading more porn on to his smartphone right there in the politician his station and detectives are working now to identify the images. >> san jose police and the c.h.p. are investigating a single car crash that shut down part of the 680 and 101 interchange last night. police say the driver survived the crash. he suffered critical injuries when he tried to run from officers. he jumped over a three way railing and fell on to connection road near south king road. the c.h.p. had to close down that connection while the man was treated by medics and rushed to a hospital. two passengers stayed in the car and were not injured. >> the body of a man found on the alameda on-ramp to northbound 880 has been identified at a silicon valley engineer. the medical examiner says the 51-year-old died of a weakened
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heart condition because of chronic which will abuse. according to the san jose mercury news friends say he loved to walk and not not too far away from his home. a colleague says he was a top evening near before leaving in march. he helped inhaven't a machine used drive through restaurants where you could pay with a quick payment. >> a man was killed in a party bus accident on sunday night. he was full of energy and always willing to do favors. the fundraiser starts at 8:00 at a tavern in south san francisco. he was the only passenger aboard a van that veered off the freeway and hit a tree near alpine road last weekend. police arrested the driver, 43-year-old of daly city, on multiple counts include manslaughter, and hit-and-run accident and manslaughter. >> the tiffany jewelry store in walnut creek will re-open after
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a brazen robbery we brought you year. four masked men used a stolen pickup to smash the doors at the plaza shopping mall before 6:00 a.m. and police say the thieves brought a tub to haul away the take but did not make off with much because the expensive jewelry is locked away. police believe the suspects escaped in a while blazer. >> a dangerous prank pull on home wood stars has pop up in the bay area, called swatting involving a phony 9-1-1 call that sends officers to the seen. fremont police are vetting whether they had a call like this yesterday morning someone said someone was shooting a gun at apartments and a search team sealed off the area and never found a shooter. the caller was uncooperative and gave conflicting information about what was happening. >> the leaders of san jose's policedown have reject add pay
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raise offered by city hall. it would give the officers 9 percent pay raise over the next two years but union leaders say the offer came with strings attached and they reject it and says officers are leaving san jose because the pay is less than other cities and the city says the union is making it worse by refusing raises. >> palo alto high school is sending out a warning to students: no more streaking on campus. two students ran naked during lunch yesterday on the first day of school and this is a prank usually seen at the end of a school year. the prescribes pal sent a warning letter to students and parents saying streaker could face suspension and have to meet with a police officer. we will have more on why this may not be the end of campus streaking. >> a nation-wide crackdown on drunk driving starts tonight and continues through labor day. law enforcement across the bay area will conduct d.u.i. checkpoints at undiscloses locations between 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. with officers looking
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if drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs and will also check drivers to see if they have a valid driver's license. >> time to check the weather forecast. mike, we have a little mist. >> absolutely, mist out there and drizzle, and the marin layer is compressed and smaller and not so deep and we are cramming more moisture in the small are area so it is churning out the form of mist and drizzle and fog. temperatures, hook how mild they ares we are still 70 in antioch and mountain view is 67 and livermore and san jose 66 and 62 in hayward and 64 in fremont and los gatos and upper 50's for santa rosa and half moon bay. the temperatures are the same as yesterday if not two to five degrees remain wary. we are off to a mild start this morning. temperatures going to hang mostly in the secretary through 7:00 and we will be mostly sunny
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but for the coast by none and sunny inland but the lower elevations in the north bay where the fog will stay looked in so i went with mostly sunny and 78 inland temperatures at lunch and 68 around the bay and 62 at the coast by 4:00 it will be cool we than yesterday and 88 inland and grab a coat if you headed out this evening at the bay in the mid-60's by 7:00 and upper 50's at the coast but, still, nice, 80 inland and watch out for the bay areas, they will be breezy. we have small craft advisory from 2:00 to 8:00 789 now, traffic, again, with leyla gulen. >> construction project that we have, we have big construction project that will block four lanes on westbound 80 from highway 4 all the way down to the maze and this is a striping project that has been in effect for a while and we have clear conditions, otherwise, and the traffic has not built up yet but everything will be picked up at 5:00 a.m. this only and over to livermore, we have a crash
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blocking eastbound 580 but not causing any delays but, still, it is there blocking three lanes earlier. westbound traffic is moving well and coming over the altamont pass and into dublin and as you continue to castro valley you at top speeds and the golden gate bridge all the fog mike has been telling us about so be careful and use your low beams and not the high beams and it will be slower so reduce the beams out of sausalito and into the city. >> thank you very much at 4:40. a strong earthquake rattles new zealand and the usually damage estimates from the 6.5 earthquake. >> warning for 49ers fan hoping to say farewell to candlestick and some are turned away with real tickets in hand. first america's money report. >> good morning, topping america's money, stocks are sliding overseas this morning, following yesterday's dive by the united states markets with
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all indices down on thursday with the dow doing 225 points the worst day in two months. ford is slashing mileage rating on the newest hybrid after complaints the car does not live up to the official rating. the car was advertised at 47 miles per gallon for city driving and ford is dropping that to 40 and reimbursing drivers and those leasing. the cot of raising a child goes up and now parents will pay $241,000 until the age of 18 which is 2.6 percent higher than last year's
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out there. >> in egypt, thousands of muslim brotherhood supporters have taken to the streets in cairo in defiance of the military-imposed state of emergency. demonstrators are expected to take part in what called a day of rage. it is called a friday anger by supporters of ousted president morsi. they vow to march on mosques across cairo today. the death toll from when's violence is now up to 638 people since the crackdown on sit in catches began with 4,000 people injured and abc7 news reporter katie marzullo will have an update at top of the hour the. >> emergency officials are asession the damage from a 6.5 earthquake that struck central new zealand. this is video of the moment it hit last night. you can see people here taking cover. police say several homes near the epicenter and a bridge severely damaged. some buildings in the capital were evacuated and a number of people were fred from elevators that got stuck.
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the earthquake was followed by several after shocks of 5.0 or higher with no serious injuries reported. >> pet owners, a major recall affecting 29 pet foods. the products made are pulled because of concerns the food could be contaminated with salmonella. it includes iam's dry and iam's cat food with no illnesses reported with the recall products listed on abc7news.com. >> looking for a job? target is opening a new jobs. they will not say how much they pay but the hours are 20 to 25 hours a week and include all positions including manages and stock clerks and part-time workers get health benefits after six months on the job and
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retail pens is not required. >> if you have a can do attitude, who come to work, ready to go, who are positive... >> applications are accepted today from 9:00 to 5:00 and tomorrow, 9:00 to 3:00 with the new store opening in october. >> 49er fans if you hope to catch the final game, listen up, stolen 49ers tickets are sold on the internet and they are real tickets for the final season this year at candlestick. they were advertised on craigslist and fans paid hundred s dollars but if you try to use them you cannot get in. >> they scanned the ticket and determined it was stolen. >> police arrested this map, 31-year-old chris tough martin news saying he sold a package with the tickets from a son -- seasoned ticket holders'
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package. they were marked as "stolen" in the computers. >> joe montana will build a hotel and restaurant and sports bar in santa clara and this has been delayed. he and the business partners have been negotiating with officials for more than a year and the san jose mercury news reports they have been unable to grow on the value of the city-owned land the project will be the on. montana's group wanted to on the new development when the stadium opens next august and the new goal is to have the project open in time for the 50th super bowl to be held at that stadium in february of 2016. >> 49ers take on the chiefs in kansas city tonight in a pre-season matchup and the former backup kaepernick led the 49ers to the super bowl after alex was injured and kaepernick credits smith for helping him prepare for the nfl and submit was traded to the chiefs and says no hard feelings but that
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doesn't mean he would not like to lay well. the raiders will take on the saints in new orleans at the same time. >> incentive for the two guys to play harder. >> and how is the weather, mike nicco? >> i have not looked. one is in the dome and one is outside. i will let you know in a moment. kansas city was overcast and wet yesterday. now, what is going on as far as at at home, small craft advisory until 8:00 p.m. and wind at 15- to 25-knots at the tell da. the coast is choppy with the winds from the northwest. our fastest wind is 21 miles per hour at fairfield. we have a sea breeze. the rest of us are less than ten miles per hour. that is why we have scenes like this and it is murky from emeryville trying to look to san francisco but look at the
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moisture in the air and you are unable to do it. cooler today but mostly sunny by the afternoon away from the coast where you will be partly sunny. clouds tonight and cooler and well start to dry the air and that will allow the overnight temperatures to drop back in the 50's rather than the muggy and mild 60's we have this morning. we have a warm spike in the forecast with an area of low pressure off the coast and a high pressure to the south and they will play tug of war with our weather this weekend. we will focus on right now with the clouds surging in through 8:00 and we will have a hard time could completely coring all of our neighborhoods. by 11:00 inland is cleared, and by among most of the bay is cleared and headed in the afternoon we will punch holes in the cloud cover at the coast. it will not be sunny day completely. upper 70's to low 80's in the south bay until the mid 80's around morgan hill and 80 in san jose and on the peninsula today,
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mid-to-upper 70's but millbrae is 72. low-to-mid 60's along the coast and downtown but south san francisco is 68 and sausalito is 70 with low-to-mid 80's through the north bay valley and low-to-mid 60's at your beaches and the cool pot is british and brentwood. here is the seven-day forecast: a tug and pull we drop down a couple of degrees on saturday. we spike on sunday. temperatures drop again on monday. tuesday could be the cooler day in the forecast with thunderstorms to the north of the bay area. leyla gulen? >> we have an accident if livermore eastbound a 80. it is nut causing delays. it is blocking two lanes.
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we have construction in san jose. the transition is blocked off northbound 280 to northbound 880 lasts until 5:00 this morning and cones are pick up then and slow if the cone zone and southbound nimitz, slow-and-go traffic and this project lasts until later this morning eastbound highway 4, lanes are blocked for another construction project and westbound traffic is moving smoothly moving from antioch to pittsburg could be building with slight delays. the bay bridge toll plaza shows cars moving slowly into san francisco and not a problem so enjoy it for now it will be like we have reported all morning starting on the 28th through the 3rd. >> coming up the big milestone that a jelly belly factory expects to reach. >> a new app offering support for women on the iphone
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pepsi and cheetos go hand in hand and now they are in one bag, the combination is on the shelfs in japan. no word on when it is coming to the united states. >> i heard someone selling it on ebay, too. collecters actual. if your kids are on summer vacation you could take them to the jelly belly factory in fairfield. the visitors center predicts they will welcome the 5 the million visit dead and when they come if for a tour we they get a collection of gifts, the candy was a favorite of the late ronald reagan and the visitors center has the portrait of him and those of other historic figures. >> customer six million, that is
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a lost fans. >> when you go you can get a tasting for free. all the flavors in the world the. >> a tasting? like wine country. >> all right. >> the best story is you know when they tried to make sausage pizza it was the jelly belly and the first run was called "vomit," because it tasted bad. >> is that a harry potter flavor. >> it was something like that. sutro tower looking at san francisco one to six degrees cooler today compared to yesterday because the sea breeze is a little bit stronger. we will look at the forecast open this friday, where are you going? the central valley? mid-90 chico and sacramento and 103 in fresno and 111 in palm springs and 83 in tahoe, so, warm, today and also, warm
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tomorrow and watch out for thunderstorms on sunday. >> we have some construction projects that are wrapping up right now and for the most part we are looking at clear conditions and it will stay friday lite we have a slow down on northbound 680 and 880 is smooth through fremont at 71 miles per hour for a top speed. 680 to walnut creek is six minutes, from walnut creek to highway 13 is eight minutes and 580 from tracy to dublin is strong and a quick 28 minutes. this is the walnut creek drive so if you are headed in the southbound direction you can see how light traffic is and running smithly. >> a new app is helping women fine the perfect bra. you take two photos of yourself in a tank top and the app uses
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body molding to figure the perfect fit. 85 percent of women use the wrong bra. >> i have never benefited in person and this took three or four minutes, max so it was, and i did it in the privacy of my own home, you do not want to change in front of someone else and you can do it in the bathroom and you are done. >> to find out more about the perfect brother watch "good morning america" at 7:00 right here on abc7 news. >> straight ahead, calls to end the long-time tradition at a palo alto while after the first day of school and why the principal is threat being certain kids with suspension. we have a report ahead. >> big change for the exploritorium after a big move. what they are doing now after disappointing first year
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good friday morning. thank you for ending your week with us. >> a look at the weather forecast with mike nicco. >> good morning. tracking fog this friday morning. here is the recent visibility at three quarters in santa rosa to quarter-mile visibility in half moon bay and four in novato and fog elsewhere but it is not hitting the reporting stations. watch out for variable conditions this morning. the temperatures today are not quite so warm as yesterday but, still, impressive in the east bay valley and upper 80's to low 90's for the warm spot. upper 70's to near 80 in the south bay. low-to-mid 80's in the in the bay and
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