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a woman is under arrest on suspicion of d.u.i. after the c.h.p. says she crashed her car into several trees. it happened in san rafael near blackstone drive at 2:00 this morning. investigators say she was speeding and hit several trees and finally came close to hitting a house. the marin county sheriff says she tried to run away but was arrested and turned over to the c.h.p. >> developing news from redwood city where firefighters are catching for hotspots from a fire at a recycling plant. there is new information for people who work in the area. abc7 news reporter, matt keller, is at the scene with an update. matt? >> the past half hour, redwood city police opened up the boulevard so people can get to work at several businesses in the area. you can see behind me the smoke and the steam coming up as firefighters continue to put water on the smoldering scrap metal, with a shelter in place advisory for people in the area.
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here are pictures from the redwood city fire department, you can see what fires are dealing with. the fire started here yesterday afternoon. people could see and smell the fire and smoke for miles. >> we saw the clouds. it was black. i figured it was a fire in redwood city. we came to investigate to see what was going on. we noticed a slot of smoke and it smell like plastic. >> health advise is issued if southern san mateo, santa clara county, and southern alameda county. residents are asked to keep ones and doors closed to avoid breathing in the smoke. a fire spokesman said they are releasing equipment from the scene as this is slowly de-escalating but it could take a couple more hours to fully get the fire take were care of in redwood city. >> this is not the first time. a similar broke out here in 2007
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which started at the bottom of a 30' pile of flattened cars. at that time there was a shelter-in-place situation, again. the epa accused they have of pollution. >> typhoon haiyan is now hitting vietnam and moving to china after weakening to a tropical storm. right now, the united states military is sending help to the devastated philippine cities where up to 10,000 people could be dead. the devastate in the philippines sparked a global outpouring of support including from the bay area. abc7 news reporter has more on that story. >> a small but determined group of filipino americans stood at the market in san francisco pleading for help. they are members of the filipino community center. for them, reaching out is better
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than watching the devastation on television. >> the communication lines are down. there is no way to get into the other areas. because we are so far away, we want to help this is our way to help. >> in san bruno, another relief effort with food donations accepted in addition to cash. most of the collection boxes were full after two hours. members say project pearl organized the event. >> i brought by asked food, noodles, samples of soap. just a little something. >> the first filipino american united church of christ the congregation is relying on the power of prayer and donations. the basket was placed at the front of the sent -- sanctuary. >> there is assistance coming from here and we are glad the
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church can help. an outpouring of support that will last for a long as there is a need. >> if you would like to help typhoon haiyan victims, go to abc7 news come. we have links to the local organizations putting together relief efforts. >> we will bring you the latest on the rescue and relief efforts. you can get updates at abc7news.com as well as twitter. >> today is veteran's day and across the nation americans will honor members of the armed forces. in the bay area, many food chains are offering free meals to veterans with military i.d. to thank them for service. in alameda the uss hornet will hold a ceremony as 11:00 to on those who served in the military including the traditional toss over the fantail of the ship. the aircraft carrier now is a museum docked at pier 3. it took part in world war ii,
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vietnam, and recoveries of apollo 11 and 12 moon missions after astronauts walked on the moon. >> president obama plans to attend the ceremony in arlington cemetery. the district columbia will honor two of the original >> a man has been exposing himself on campus. two incidents happened in a bathroom inside the unit three dom central common building. the third was reported at the dorm workout room. the suspect is described as a caucasian man in his late 20's or early 30's. he has short dark hair and last seen wearing black stretch pants. >> san francisco police are asking for witnesses to a double shooting. it happened yesterday afternoon on mcallister kay in the western addition. a victim was found shot in the
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leg and officers found another hit by a fragment in the face a few blocks away. neither injury is considered to be life threatening. no one has been arrested. >> the highway patrol is investigating a traffic accident in livermore involving one of their officers. a driver slammed into a patrol car as the officer made a traffic storm on westbound interstate 580 yesterday. the vehicle hit the s.u.v. the officer stopped. the c.h.p. officer was not hurt. a person in the car that caused the accident was taken to the hospital with major injuries. >> possible e. coli contamination of salad and sandwiches made by a richmond company prompted a food recall. 180,000 pound of ready to eat products with chicken or ham is recall under the name of "delish "and "trader joe's," and "fine food."
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it covers 16 you it sold at different stores with the product list at abc7news.com. >> workers will begin demolition of the original eastern span of the bay bridge with the first stage involving removing 1,400' of the upper cantilever section taking three years at a cost of $240 million. the governing board of community colleges will vote on a new tuition requirement. students who pay reduced or no tuition will be asked to maintain a c average and risk losing the waiver if they do not. 40 percent of the community college students participate in the program. >> last week, mike was looking for a chance of showers on veteran's day. >> we have changed that tune and pushing it off to tomorrow. we look at this veteran's day forecast: at 7:00 we will have
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foggy spots. temperatures are immediate, though, at mid-40's inland to low 50's for the rest of us. high clouds will transing from low clouds to high cloud, the brightest part of the day. 56 at the coast and low-to-mid 60's elsewhere and increasing high clouds through the afternoon. that will keep temperatures casey to where they were yesterday. through the evening hours, all of us are back in the 50's. moving forward in the three day forecast, our boast chance of wet weather is in the north and we will measure it in the hundredths of an inch. temperatures are schooler at 60 at the coast and manipulate -- mid-to-upper 60's for the rest of us. warm weather comes back and we are still in the 60 at the coast but high clouds and sunshine, the rest of us are in the low-to-mid 70's. leyla gulen has traffic. >> good morning, everyone. we have clear conditions for the most part this morning. we do start you off with a sig-alert in san francisco because of a crash that occurred
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at 3:00 this morning a solo vehicle crash into a wall on the transition road southbound 101 to eastbound 80. we still have one lane closed while crews mop up a fluid leak. 580 from tracy to dublin is 23 minutes and highway 4 westbound from antioch to concord is 15 minutes. southbound through central san rafael into san francisco, it is 19-minute commute. does not seem to be any activity out there. walnut creek in the east bay 680 southbound away from highway 4, it looks empty. it could stay that way because of the veteran's day holiday. >> 4:39. >> a major international airport is about to lift a ban that has frustrated travelers for years with new technology that could soon mean you can keep your shampoo, mouthwash and toothpaste with you. >> how we communicate is not
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right. >> the nfl offensive lineman accused of bullying a teammate shares his side of the story. >> a special item a world war ii veteran wishes he could have
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covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> opponents of a new california law protecting transgender students say they have enough signatures on an initiative to repeal it. the law allows traps gender students to choose which restroom to use. opponents say that violates the privacy of non-transgender students. a coalition wants to put the repeal initiative on the november 2014 ballot. >> new ballots in the nfl bullying scandal.
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incognito is defending his actions again the teammate, stanford graduate jonathan martin. our reporter has more on that story. >> ask anyone in the dolphin who had john martin's back the most and they will tell you, me. >> in an interview with fox sports the suspended player admits calling martin the "n" word and leaving this voice mail message going to slap your real mother across the face. >> i am embarrassed by my actions but what i want people to know the way jonathan and the rest of the offensive line and how we communicate it is vulgar. >> how do you expect anyone to believe you are not a racist? >> it sounds like i am a racist or meat head. i am not racist. to judge me by that one word is wrong. >> incognito was claiming martin threatened to kill his miami in
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a text. they exchanged 1,100 text messages. incognito describes the last four days after martin left the team. >> he temperatured me and said, i don't blame you guys, i blame stuff in the locker room, i blame the culture. i blame what was going on. >> adding this is an enough not of bullying but an issue of mine and john's relationship. >> incognito said he would apologize if he thought the behavior was militia. >> 4:44. dozens of airports will drop the ban on carrying bottles of liquid on the airports but they are all in europe. london heathrow is the first that has a machine that can detect liquid explosives much the t.s.a. said they have in plans to lift the restrictions
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which will implemented after a 2006 terrorist plot was broken up to bring liquid explosives on the airliners. >> bay area pearl hard are would survivor is hopping for the return of a special cane. the 90-year-old richard brant needed help to get around and he got a special cane of honor of pearl harbor survivors with a bronze american eagle holding a bomb in his talons and he lost the cane a month ago. >> he walked around and looked for it. my mother, sail thing. they chemical looking in the same spots thinking it would be there. it was sad, sad moment. >> the son found a similar cane on ebay and bought it, supposed to arrive open thursday but they are still oning the original will town up. >> keep our fingers crossed on this veteran's day. now mike has the forecast.
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>> thank you. a look outside shows 4:46. haiyan. you can see it is still moving through china right now. there are strong winds. that is going to continue to head to the northeast toward shanghai the next 24 to 48 hours. we have monday morning grim lanes -- grimlins our system shows it is very mayture with wins from the south. it will be mild although we see an increase in clouds and not so much sun as yesterday. 36 in napa for the cool spot. mid-50's throughout the bay shore. 52 in san jose and los gatos and
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mid-to-upper 40's throughout the east bay valley. today, we are going to see the low clouds as you can see from the east bay hills camera taking over right along the higher elevations of the east bay hills. foggy start and a cloudy ending. the extended period looks dries again. in the south bay today, mid-to-upper 60's with san jose at 67 degrees. well have mid-60's for most of the peninsula and flirting with the upper 50's to near 60 along the coast. mid-60's for downtown and south san francisco and sauce sleet 62 and mid-50's through the north bay valley and upper 50's at your coastline and mid-60's throughout the east bay shore with oakland at 66. 66 at walnut creek. up to 70 in brentwood and livermore. tonight we will have milder temperatures and most of us in the mid-40's to 50 inland but mid-50's around the bayshore. here is what will happen, you
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can see we get rid of the low clouds by noon and the high clouds come streaming in during the afternoon, evening, and overnight. a few sprinkles are possible across the not bay and through the commute with the best chance of light rain probably around 9:00 to 2:00. then it is gone. seven-day forecast shows cooler tomorrow, temperatures away from the coast are above average. >> we have 29 bart strains running on time and i want to let you know ace train does not run because of the veteran's day holiday and golden gate ferry will be on a holiday schedule. we have a brand new report of a stalled vehicle along westbound 580 to marin county it is blocking one lane. there is slowing on 580 along the richmond-san rafael bridge but there is fog that could affect your commute in the north bay traveling along through
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lucas valley 101 southbound side. be careful and use the low beams because you are at top speed. into mill valley, at top speed, as well. at the golden gate bridge camera it is clear with traffic running smoothly. >> police near houston are looking for two suspects in a weekend shooting that began with celebration gunfire at a party and ended in the deaths of two high school students. it happened saturday night at a girl's 18th birthday in suburb an houston where 100 young people attended. two others were critically injured. 22 others were injured in the chaos. word of the party spread open social media and the kids had no criminal of who would show up at the door. the birthday girl's mother was at the party. >> secretary of state john kerry will return to the united states today following weekend meetings overseas about iran's nuclear program. john kerry arrived to meet with
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emirate officials after a marathon meeting in switzerland that failed to produce a deal on iran's nuclear program. john kerry says the major powers were unified so that contradicts reports that france balked but iran he said would not soap the deal. john kerry called israel's rejection of the deal to be "premature." >> forget relaxing on the couch after thanksgiving dinner, a major retail chain is jumping on the black thursday shopping wagon. >> dead satellite crashes back to earth. did the bits
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is right on "target." they announced the stores will open at 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day for an extended black friday and will not close until 11:00 p.m. the day after. this is an hour earlier than last year's opening time. target will offer hundreds of deals online that fits the current competitive landscape and shopper sentiment. >> food banks need to ensure your help so the less fortunate have a thanksgiving dinner with volunteers packing donated goods. they made a commitment of 2,500 turkeys to social service agencies that will hand them out to families in need. the food bank is currently 1,hull birds short. we have a lincoln abc7news.com with information on how to help donate. >> we will check with meteorologist, mike nicco, to see if there are showers in the
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next 24 hours. >> we could have light rain. we are looking at increases clouds up north and to the coast pushing to the west. that is the weeks ago across the northern part of california this afternoon with increasing high clouds low 70's around chico and sacramento and another high record in tahoe. yesterday it was 62, tying the record. 78 in los angeles. 72 in san diego. typhoon haiyan is now a tropical storm with the wins falling apart dropping to 75 miles per hour. it will head to the most and fall apart. this could be the last time we talk about it as it will just bring heavy rain to southeast china. leyla gulen? >> we have 31 bart trains running on time with no ace rain but everyone else is running on a normal schedule. however, we could see lighter traffic this morning because of the veteran's day holiday. it is not so light north of fairfield as i take you to
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westbound 80 at the parkway we have a serious wreck involving an overturned vehicle. two lanes are blocked. if you are headed out of vacaville, watch out. if san jose, we have clear conditions away from 17 in the background with a few folks out there. >> this morning, the european space agency says it does not appear the one ton research satellite caused any damage when re-entering theth's -- the earth's atmosphere. it fell apart when it reached earth after running out of fuel. it landed in siberia, the western pacific ocean, and the eastern indian ocean. >> the olympic torch is on earth after a visit to the international space station. a russian space capsule carrying
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the torch arrives shortly after the landing site in kazakhstan undocking yesterday for 3 1/2 hour journey home. the torch was brought to the international space station on thursday along with three new crew members, two russian crew members took the torch on a spacewalk. >> if you had to fill up the gas tank, good news. new figures fine prices have drops 15 cent as gallon the last two weeks. the national average is $3.19 and in california it is $3.63. in the bay area it is $3.74. the number of foreign students studying in the united states is at a record level. more than 800,000 students came to the united states to study in 2012 and the 2013 school year. many were from china, india, and south korea. the number of american students
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studying abroad is at an all time high but lower than international students in the issue. international education programs are an economic boom to communities that host foreign students. they contribute $24 billion each year to the united states economy. >> we have developing news from the peninsula where firefighters are on the scene of a blaze that triggered a shelter-in-place warning. we have major work facing the firefighters right now. >> relief efforts for life or death aid to victims of typhoon haiyan in the philippines. >> and new security at san francisco general hospital after a patient was found
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is veteran's day at 5:00. >> now a check on the weather forecast on veteran's day. >> tracking fog with lowest visibility at the reporting station in napa. it is patchy everywhere else. when it gives away weeing have increasing high clouds keeping the temperatures close to where they were yesterday. mid-to-upper 60's away from the coast. all the way from the bay to inland we could touch 70 in livermore and the coast is up to 60. >> leyla gulen? >> north of fairfield there is traffic. this sig-alert now is

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