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brake. >> first thing she said was did i hurt anyone? that was her first concern. >> there were no injuries to the driver or to those in line for the food pantry. the church, however, will need a makeover cost to fix damage is expected to be in the thousands of dollars. >> a busy place. four days per week we give out food. >> much will continue. the church is still accepting donations for food bank but worship services will have to be held somewhere ems. betty shared an exchange she had for the parishioner. >> it's amazing no one was hurt. he said... no. it wasn't amazing. he says it's sacred place. god is watching. >> in hayward nick smith abc7 news. >> the flu now killed three more people in the bay area. one person died in napa.
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84-year-old had other issues. a third in sonoma bringing total number of deaths to 21. health officials say best defense is getting vaccinateed and there is time for that. dcd has information on where to get the shot. >> detail btz brutal sexual assault on a student that took her life. audrey pot committed suicide after explicit photos were posts on line. david? >> reporter: this case dates back to september, 2012. two teenagers are now 16, the other, 17. they were sentenced to 30 and 45 day terms in juvenile hall. two of the teens have fulfilled their 30 days serving
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time on weekends the still serving a 45-day term. that is their punishment for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old audrey pott during a party. documents indicated all three admitted what they dchl the attorney for the victim's parents issued this statement, quote, we cannot comment on any aspect of any criminal recordings involving these young men. >> the consequences on the boy's conscience is probably greater than doing 30, 45 days in juvenile hall. >> the defense attorney not xekt connected to the case. the lead prosecutor says the court considers the teenagers background, grades and other factors before deciding punishment. once fulfilled they're on probation. >> probation officer is required to monitor them for, you up to
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three years. mostly a year to 18 months supervision period. but probation officer if there is a problem is supposed to notify the court. >> this is a lous them to return to school. they can face community opposition. jor jorge wong. >> on the legal side they are sentenceed and served their time. on the meegsal side it's a different perception of it. that is where conflict comes. what you feel may not northbound line with what the law says. >> more charges filed today against a golf teacher accused of sexual assaulting some students. the 31-year-old was charged with abusing a third boy in the livermore area. he now faces 75 counts of sex abuse
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dating back to 2009. all boys between 14-16 years of age when the crimes took place the 31-year-old arrested a day before he was to receive 2013 junior golf leader award. he taught golf in several states. investigators say there may be more victims >> the catholic diocese three # million in legal fees in that time. this on the heels of monday's indictment of father michael kelly accused of molesting two children. kelly fled to ireland in 2012 after a sifrl jury found him liable for raping a former altar boy in 1980s. the diocese paid out $3.5 million in damage ms. that case. a coalition wants to try to eliminate deadly accidents that
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happened with such regularity in san francisco. six pedestrian deaths since mid december the campaign calls for increased lighting and urges police to target drivers that speed and fail to yield to pedestrians and n.crosswalks. and it includes a training program for people who work for emerging firms like lift and uber. >> did you have a chance to get outside today? some waves washing the shore to hillsides bathed in sunny glow. and golden gate bridge providing a gorgeous back drop. sandhya patel is on the roof with numbers. i'm basking in the sun. feels beautiful here looking out. it's clear and mild. there
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are no clouds no, rain. sheer what we're tracking. record heat. sfo, 73 today, all-time warmest january day for sfo since 1945. oakland museum, 76 today, new record. 72 napa. so warm today, take a look. i mean hot. 83 degrees. ask that is also warmest january temperature ever recorded since 1931. any two in santa cruz and here is a picture from santa cruz that is a record. people enjoying nice, warm weather. but we do have a red flag warning for hills until thursday morning. 29 miles per hour at oakland hills. so fire danger remains high i'll be back to let you know
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what temperature trends look like if there is a possibility of seeing any storms any time soon. snarl >> it didn't feel like mid january in oakland. plenty of folks ditched the office and headed out for a stroll. others just headed to the coast. that is where we find wayne freedman tonight. wayne, how is it? it's usually foggy. right? >> it's warm out here. you know we asked a lot of questions over the day. just part of the job. today we stumbled upon a good one. i asked people to close your eyes imagine you didn't have a calendar. tell me what month would be this be? what is wrong with this picture? surf, surngs cloudless sky. in january? >> global warming. we're going down. >> really? >> no. >> a case of california dreaming on steroids. we're talking
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unseasonal in a literal sense temperatures 64 degrees. that would be high for late spring. today? the 70s. if you didn't have a calendar and standing right here, and you knew nothing what would you say the date is? >> i would think i was in san diego. >> about mid april. >> june. >> it's all unnerving to ken clark, a fisherman. >> i have felt you need to face your life style on work. >> when he face bases it on salmon fishing it's trouble some. without rain, inland streams dmot rain. >> the fish don't make it up there we don't have any fish in three years. >> only people calling this a good winter season might be one was sticks in their hands and no mud on shoes. at shark park, staff is watering greens. fairways are patchy.
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>> hopefully will rain soon. that is all i can hope for. if not we'll head off dry fairways. they're all dirt. >> all submitted on a seemingly beautiful june, excuse us, january, day. from pacifica, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> nice weather. there is more still head this wednesday evening. coming up, hidden fees can cost you hundreds of dollars. tonight a bay area couple taking on major banks >> who is in charge? there is a question of responsibility tonight over a wildfire damaging homes and forced he vac wags -- evacuations. >> how suly sullen berger helped a company take off.
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>> you saw the fire live yesterday at 5:00. brush fire burning 50 acres and damaged three homes, brought under control around 9:30 last night. it was quite a time and that is in part because in one is claiming responsibility for fire protection on kimble island. >> first thing we're wondering who whose cabins are those? whose island is that? turns out firefighters wondered the same thing. when call went out about a fire on kimble island, first thing dispatchers
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did was try to figure out who is in charge of putting it out. >> yes. there is a lot of confusion. that island is right on the border of three counties. >> to further confuse the situation, the fire wasn't burning on kimble island but a piece of land appearing to be part of sherman island this community once numbing 78 cabins is not served by roads, public utilities or fire department. we confirm that had with the owner of this shop. >> coming to my attention there is no fire district protecting those cabins? >> no. none. just individual taking care that have part of it. >> so you knew that? fire breaks out there is no help come something >> right. yaechlt we know. that >> a total of five state and local agencies did respond. they were hot going to just let it
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burn. that is a cal fire helicopter. the fire boat belongs to the sassoon district. but largely because of the inaccessibility, three cabins were damaged or destroyed a group gather add cross the river. watch the family owning one cabin return from inspection. >> they were sad. they took their family out there to see it. they had kids on board they were all, you know. >> the cabin owners leased the land from the state. the 82-year-old bill frasier says it's doubtful they'll be able to rebuild. >> it's just a place that is on the river. you can do whatever you wanted out there. and only thing have you to watch for is fire. >> well said. there appears to be no formal investigation into the cause of the fire. no agency is accepting responsibility for
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that remote corner of the delta. >> george, thank you very much. >> a class action lawsuit file by the a couple in tiburon is acuings four major banks charging a hidden fee each time you use their visa or mastercard. >> michael this is disturbing. iets interesting. the suit alleges bank of america, jp morgan chase and hsbc have collected $50 billion in undisclosed fees every year, accused of conspireing to collect hidden fees. san francisco attorney says consumers are never told about the fees. the money comes out of their payment. he pointed to a recent general office study that disclosed how the system works. this example a consumer charged $100 to the credit card. >> consumer bank takes $100 from
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the consumer. he then, this bank keeps $two. sends remainder through the system. the merchant bank keeps some, giving remainder to the merchant. that is paid for by the consumer. >> we reached out to all four banks, bank of america and hsbc had no comment. capitol one and chase did not get back to us in time for the broadcast. coming up tonight at 6:00 talking to the tiburon consumer filing the lawsuit. >> thank you. hundreds of jobs are available. many of them are guaranteed to oakland residents. finishing touches on the remodelled foot hill shopping center. ross and foods co are some of the stores that will open. after meeting with groups the businesses agreed to hire east bay residents to fill
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almost 400 positions >> we need jobs here. it will be very great for families to better quality of life. it can bring benefits. >> businesses took part to meet perspective employees a community group taught applicants how to market themselves. >> it turns out losing weight may do more than just strengthen your muscles, could lower risk of type two diabetes. researchers studied almost 100,000 women and they found those who did at least two and a half hours of aerobics per week and one hour of muscle strengthening were less likely to develop diabetes. if you're living with diabetes researchers suggest doing those exercises to improve control. >> a diner leaving giant tips
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for waiters has struck again. employees at one restaurant says last night a man left a $3,000 tip and it was marked "tips for jesus". he is reported to be former pay pal president. >> nice thing to do. >> hard to believe this. but it was five years ago today that danville's own captain sullenberger landed his flight in the hudson river. all made it off alive after a bird strike. >> we have much to be thankful for. much was saved that day. and it's the efforts not only the crew, the rescuers, and first responders, that everyone survived. >> here is one of the first
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images people saw. people standing on wings and he tweeted ask others out and helped launch twitter. twitter co-founder says the world turned its attention to twitter because it was the source of the biggest story around. >> isn't that fascinate something five years? wow. let's talk about the weather forecast. another mild day. >> so mild that sandhya patel has sunglasses on. >> future so bright. >> yes. so bright and sunny. gorgeous day. looking along embarcadero, people are in shorts and jogging. it's january. they're wearing shorts. it's warm enough today. checking out doppler seven hd, we'll talk about the weather. looking for fog and clouds? we'll feel a cool down. here is a look at high temperatures today in case you missed it.
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everything there is a record for the day. 75 in gilroy. look at san francisco. 71 degrees san jose, 70s in livermore, half moon bay up to 70 63 in oak reasoned. half moon bay, low 70s thchl day to head to the beach from our mount tamalpais camera. it's breezy over the hills. 70s in santa rosa. warning in the hills. record highs tomorrow. our dry pattern
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lasts for at least another week. high pressure has been hanging on. no rain another week. fire danger remains elevated throughout thursday morning. that is when winds are expected. tomorrow morning we're going to see a wide range of lows tomorrow morning coldest spots santa rosea, napa, fairfield. if you're in san francisco, 50 degrees. 50 gilroy. 78 in santa cruz. same
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thing redwood city. half moon bay, 74 degrees so hard to believe it. 70s south san francisco. downtown san francisco, 69 sun society district. 70s for bodega bay. 74 santa rosa. east bay. oakland you'll come in at a record 73 degrees. and inland spots you'll need sun screen. it's going to be warm. temperatures mid 06s to low seven owes cooling into 60s on tuesday z wednesday. i think only thing missing, dan, cheryl is some ice
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a stinging report finds attack in benghazi could have been prevented the intelligence committee says the state department failed to increase security in that area despite warnings to do so. four people were killed on the attack including bay area native chris stevens. in australia, commuters shocked to see a metal bar rip up through the tloor of a train.
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here is a look. one rider says it wam through like a monster just missing a woman standing next to it. it was part of the track. the train was packed with 700 people, as it traveled through sydney. passengers heard a screeching and rattling noise. no one was seriously injured. >> niner fans know all about the catch. right? take a look at this catch in alaska from a security camera. home depot worker seize a baby rolling out of a shopping cart. look at that. he caught it. he catches the baby before it hits the floor. possibly saving it from serious injury. let's see that again. there it s wow. no word yet if he will get a reward but those parents are very grateful for that man's quick reaction tonight. >> way to go, chris he didn't even blink. just jumped in. >> love it. >> adventures of bat kid continue. he stole our hearts while saving our city.
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hose who've been denied ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. coming up at 6:00 northern california town almost out of water and steps being taken to preserve what is left. >> also, new video from crash of asiana flight 214. tonight abc7 news i team explains why the firefighter is now being disciplined. and a look at fashionistas going online to sell or trade clothes never worn ask making money doing it. >> we have a competition going to see who has the best fans.
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>> go abc7 news facebook page and like this post. seattle thinks they're going beat us. >> whoever has the most likes kin wins. let's show nobody has got it better than us. >> now, on to bat kid taking on evil doughers here nearly two months ago. >> there is proof we just can't get enough of this >> make a wish released a documentary of the big day. >> you can watch it on you tube his wish was to become caped
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cruise saider. let me out. no. >> thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings welcome to "world news." tonight, was there a warning from the 12-year-old who picked up a shotgun and took it to the middle school? and tonight, the new calls to 911. >> 911, do you have an emergency? >> oh, my god. hey. berrendo middle school. kid just got shot. amazing rescue. the navy pilot ejecting from his fighter jet at high speed, like this. and the hero fisherman who made the catch of a lifetime. memory lapse. we now know how many drinks you can have before your memory starts to go. and "real money." your home repairs. your car repairs. getting it done for free. the town that has found the secret, tonight. >> that's "real money."
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