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>> good morning, i'm carolyn tyler, thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 26th. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, carolyn. good morning to you. live doppler 7hd picking up on the schmid high-level clouds of that been over the area the last day or so. there's a system offshore. look we rain. it's offshore a little bit. around highway 101. it will continue to sink to the south of us. our friendly nemesis high pressure continues to build in, bringing once again perhaps the 14th day of record-high temperatures around the bay. 40s and 50s to start out.
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60s by noontime, near 70 for some of you in the afternoon. a cooler day at the coast but we are talking about much cooler weather and rain headed our way for the second half of the week. i'll have that for you coming up. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. police are investigating a homicide. they responded to the report of a stabbing on sun crest avenue around 1:30 this morning. they found a man with a stab wound. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. he has not yet been identified and no word yet on suspects or arrests. developing news out of san jose state university where two sexual assaults occurred on campus within hours of each other. one happened before 7:00 last night and the other at 9:20. university of police say the same man came up behind the victims touching them inappropriately. he's described as a white man between 20 and 30 years old with a mustache wearing a black hoodie and pants.
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he left the scene of both incidents riding on a bicycle. both victims who are students were not harmed. >> police say a man was found around 7:30 last night around los angeles valley college and had been shot. he has not yet been identified. they aren't sure if he was shot in the truck or another location. there was were no classes or school activities going on at the time. no word yet on any >> an antioch man is recovering from a pit bull attack that injured him, his wife and their two dogs. john suffered a severe hand wound. his dogs have deep puncture wounds and muscle tears. he said the attack happened when he and his wife were walking their dogs last week. according to police, three pit bulls jumped a neighbor's fence. >> they immediately charged,
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circled, got in position and started drawing blood. just started attacking. >> wadsworth used a pocketknife to drive the dogs away. the pit bulls are now in quarantine. wadsworth asked that they be euthanized. the attack happened just yards from a preschool. san francisco police are defending the use of deadly force by an officer yesterday morning after they say he was charged by an aggressive pit bull mix. the dog, nicknamed psycho, had been in the pound twice not because he was vicious but because his owner had been arrested for trespassing. neighbors are aware of the dog's reputation. >> he always -- >> on a leash? >> yes. always. >> sometimes he was overaggressive, yeah. >> were you afraid of the dog. >> if he wasn't on a leash, yes. >> the dog's owner was arrested
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after he was found living in a vacant apartment unit with that dog. police want to know if psycho was trained to attack. also in san francisco, police are trying to figure out the details surrounding a dead body found inside a car. police were called to the intersection of 17th street and treat avenue just before 12:30 yesterday afternoon. they found a body in the back seat of that black s.u.v. it has utah plates. investigators aren't saying how or where the victim died. a memorial service will be held today for a 14-year-old girl who died after being hit by a light rail train. danica garcia was riding her bike to delmar high school on -- in san jose on january 17th when she was hit while crossing the vta light rail tracks. a witness said danica was wearing headphones and the arms at the railroad tracks did not come down. the sheriff's department is investigating. today's memorial service will be at 2:00 at willow glen funeral
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home in san jose. we now know the name of a boogey border that crashed after -- died after crashing into rough rocks in santa cruz. our media partner, the san jose mercury news, reports the 47-year-old man died after smashed against the rocks by huge waves friday near the santa cruz lighthouse. an autopsy is scheduled for sometime this week. thousands of abortion opponents rallied in san francisco for the tenth annual walk for life. a massive crowd walked down market street carrying signs that said "defend life" and "women deserve better than abortion." a supervisor introduced a resolution a couple weeks ago opposing the "abortion hurts women" banners that they hung on market street. they say it's free speech. >> a good reminder that every year a lot of people in this country love life and love
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babies. >> it's important that women have a choice and we can only go forward. we can't go backwards. a coat hanger will never be any only option. >> pro-choice supporters gathering there. it marked the 43rd anniversary of roe v. wade, the u.s. supreme court decision that legalized abortion. >> a new california law meant to protect people from foodborne illnesses have some in the culinary industry fighting back. workers are now required to use disposal gloves or use utensils while handling certain foods. we have more on the growing opposition to this law. >> reporter: at lefty o'doul's in san francisco, the bartenders have already started wearing the required latex gloves. this bartender is not happy
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about it. >> they are for the operating room, for babies being delivered, but not the bar. >> new regulation took effect january i. it's intended to protect customers from foodborne illnesses. some chains like subway already use gloves in their food handling, but the new law will include chefs and even bartenders. >> a little insulting, almost, being a professional and having done this for a long time. i feel like people in my industry and especially at this caliber of restaurant we definitely maintain our cleanliness standard. >> katie anderson pours dozens of drinks within minutes. the co-owner of the restaurant has signed an online petition to exempt bartenders from the new regulation. one of her customers is a nurse at kaiser hospital in oakland. she said gloves are meant to protect health workers, not to prevent the spread of disease among patients. >> gloves are never a substitute for washing your hands and using a hand sanitizer, and i would be interested to see what studies
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they have linking the wearing of gloves and spread of disease in food handling situations. >> businesses can try to get an exemption. it involves working out strict protocols with local agencies that will enforce the law. for now they are granting a six-month grace period to get familiar with the new rules. abc7 news. america's cup and san francisco may have been one and done. the c.e.o. of champ oracle team usa said the competition may move to hawaii or san diego in 2017. russell cote said san francisco is not offering the same terms as it did for laft summer's regatta. cote also said he wants the size of the catamarans used in the next cup to be shortened from 72 feet to 60 in order to reduce costs. >> coming up, more credit card users put on alert. the latest retail chain that thinks customers' information may have been compromised. and take a live look from our
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sutro cam. hazy skies. a few record temps today. lisa argen will have your forecast in just a few.
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another retailer is warning customers this morning. michael's is investigating a possible data breach. they launched an investigation after learning of possible fraudulent activity on some customers' cards. it has not been confirmed if the information was compromised. the company's ceo is asking customers to review their account as a precaution. there are 20 michael stores in the bay area. , new this morning, jay carney said the healthcare law is worth any political consequence. as the fred prepares for this week's state of the union address, his spokesman said implementing obamacare is worth it, even if it means the possibility of losing the democratically-controlled senate to the republicans. >> will it have been worth it? >> healthcare to thousands. americans and reducing the growth in healthcare costs,
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which -- >> would it be worth it? >> this is not about politics, so the answer is it is absolutely worth it because -- and i tell you, i just disagree that republicans are going to have a winning issue on this if they decide to run on it. >> during the interview on abc's "this week" carney also outlined the president's vision for 2014, which the president about reveal to the country in tuesday's state of the union address. abc7 will, of course, broadcast president obama's state of the union address and the republican response on tuesday, beginning at 6:00 p.m. water officials all across marin county will gather at the civic center on tuesday for a drought summit. our media partner, "the marin independent journal," reports officials will discuss current
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water supply capabilities, challenges and plans. the drought has cut marin reservoir levels in half and has dried up 94% of pastureland. the forum comes a week after governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency in the state. this has been the driest january on record. >> yes, ever. and you know what, we are looking at still another several dry days before things change around. but right now lake tahoe, it is chilly. only 21 in truckky, 54 for a high. you are wondering where is the snow? you can birthly see it there. we will talk about the changes and when they arrive when we return. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, new details involving a baseball coach suing a 14-year-old player and his family. what he says he wants in return for dropping his hoof million dollars lawsuit and why it likely will not happen.
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new details on a little league coach who is suing a 14-year-old player for half a million dollars. allen beck of roseville said he suffered a torn achilles tendon after the player carelessly tossed his helmet at him during a postgame celebration. he said he will drop the lawsuit if he gets an apology.
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however, a lawyer for the 14-year-old said the family does not believe their son did anything wrong. a hearing is set for march. new prices for first class mail take effect today. the postal service raised the price of a stamp by three cents from 46 to 49 cents. it is the largest increase in more than a decade. the hike comes after the agency's regulator gave the green light to keep up in inflation and recoup losses incurred during the recession. the postal service said they lost $5 billion in the last fiscal year. >> a popular restaurant in large hail dioguly city will serve their final meals tonight. joe's of west lake will close after 57 years in list. workers picketed the popular eatery earlier this month the owner sold the place.
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long-time employees say they did not get any severence pay. a spokesperson for joe's west lake said the oner paid more than half a million dollars into the workers pension fund after it was sold. >> lisa argen is here now with the accuweather forecast and finally maybe something on the horizon? >> just something. >> a little bit? >> yeah. we continue to shatter records around the bay with january winding down and it's looking a little bit more promising toward the end of the month, the end of the week that we see rain. live doppler 7hd and high clouds around the bay. we start out milder this morning due to the high clouds. and this afternoon it will thin out and we will see probably our 14th consecutive day of record warmth around the bay. there have been at least 74 daily records for the bay area and the central coast. here's the area of low pressure that's bringing us the cloud cover. it's off the southern california coast. it continues to spin up the cloud cover mainly for southern california. san jose has some clouds. we will look for high pressure to build back in and this is
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going to allow for more warmth. but the wind shift will bring cooler temperatures today at our coast. here are the clouds in san jose. temperatures ranging from a mild 51 in oakland, 54 san francisco. san jose already up to 52. half moon bay 55. redwood city in the mid-40s. here's our cloudy beach in santa cruz. it will be 69 later on this afternoon there. temperatures ranging from the low to mid-40s for much of the north bay. our east bay valley. 46 concord and livermore coming in at 47 degrees. our east bay hills shows the cloud cover, some haze, but it is not a spare-the-air day today. partly cloudy and cool with more sunshine in the afternoon. but the wind shift will bring an on shore flow to the beaches so cooler there and then the high pressure ridge is going to give way and by the time we get to wednesday we will see more cloud cover and by thursday the rain is up along the north coast. 4:00 in the afternoon we are looking at cloudy skies around the bay and the steady
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progression of some showers from thursday night into friday. we are talking maybe a quarter inch to a third of an inch. looks like this right now. then by the afternoon it sweeps on out of here. maybe some showers down around southern california. sierra nevada, yeah, maybe just a little something. not anything significant, but it could change the pattern. we would hopefully look for maybe more areas of low pressure and westerly winds to bring some more we can weather systems or stronger weather systems our way. i will take whatever we can get. look for 70s in the south bay. mid-60s in pacifica. a little cooler here in the sunset. mid-670s, partly cloudy north bay, 07 petaluma, 68 hayward and over the hill low 70s. and the accuweather seven-day forecast, we are still mild today. a little cooler and cloudier each and every day but fog in the morning and still mild by
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wednesday. thursday we will see some rain by late in the day. into friday. and then cooler into next weekend. whether or not that opens the storm door, there's a >> you can also follow us on twitter and get weather tweets from your favorite weather team. >> no spare the air alert today? you can light a fire, but why would you want to? it's so warm out there. >> very mild already. >> all right. up next, snow in southern california. why kids were able to play with
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>> here are the winning numbers from last night's power ball draw. no one got all six numbers. wednesday night's jackpot grows to $171 million. >> not quite a winter wonderland, but one park in southern california was trying to come close. check this out. tons of frosty snow yesterday at a park in orange county. adults and kids alike were able to sled, make snowmen and have
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old-fashioned snowball fights. they even had 75-foot sled runs. crafts and games and a campfire. it was all for the city's snow day event. >> get it done quick before it melts. >> exactly. more records, perhaps upper 60s to a few 70s. ten to maybe fifteen degrees above average. san jose look at 70 this afternoon. cooler at the coast and that will be the trend. temperatures drop there. high pressure is going to go away for a while, bringing as you chance of showers thursday and friday. then still cooler into next weekend. >> so maybe, maybe? >> maybe, maybe. this could be a change, a bigger change. >> thank you, lisa. that's going to do it for us. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. we are off early because of nba basketball. the spurs play the
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