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into. >> officers took evasive action struck the guardrail. and crashed. >> the two officers killed are shown near a television interview from confirms gonzales was at the wheel. law and gonzales graduated together in 2008. dustin lives near the scene ask was just accepted to the chp. >> to hear about this just, it's just too real. feels unreal. >> no one else was hurt in the crash. gonzales leaves behind a
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girlfriend and other family. law married and had three small children. in kingsberg abc7 news >> and patrol tweeted this image with a message our thoughts and prayers are with the families of our fallen heros. >> governor brown ordered flags at half staff. in a statement said he honors the officers for courage, commitment and service. office gonzales being remembered as a smart and hard working officer. this is video of him work out of the field he grew up near fresno. gonzales started in the chp san jose office. >> a great officer. i remember, you know he came work to with a smile on his face, happy to be here and to do the job. always
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taking care of his responsibilities. officer law started in oakland, he was assigned just before moving to press know. abc7 news reporter vic lee is live at dmv office >> officer law worked here many years. he would commute to his home, his wife and three kids this, office is a tight knit community. there are 90 officers stationed here. they always said they considered him part of the community. >> it's harder when you it's one of your friend
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>> the officer was a rookie assigned to oakland office. he says the officer welcomed him. just a fun guy. he is a stand up guy. >> law graduated in sacramento in 2008. he worked for five years. law transferred to fresno about a year ago for personal reasons. >> he wanted to be closer to his family. that is part of the reason why he left oakland. >> he says law loved working graveyard. his death was a sad reminder of how dangerous the job can be. >> we know it's dangerous. it's hard. this is a wake up call for you. you have to remember that every day, we go to work, we don't know if we're going to make it home. >> they do not. you can express
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condolences to the loved ones by sharing this post on your facebook time line. >> family members of a fairfield teenager are pleading with witnesses to please come forward the victim identified as a 16-year-old naomi rojas shot saturday morning. police found the goddy -- body behind a apartment complex near railroad tracks investigators say rojas was with friends when it happened but nobody has come forward to say what happened. >> i would like to know why? what did she do to put a bullet? >> the family says she was not involveded in gangs but they did not approve of her new group of friends. they're asking anyone with information to tell police who killed her >> police looking for whoever shot a man outside of a busy
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shopping mall. a high-scale shopping mall after 7:00 last night outside of the westfield mall near powell and market street. the gunman wounded a 19-year-old man. police say the victim is expected to survive. investigators skrg anyone who witnessed shooting or who knows the gunman to contact police. >> students calling for transparency in the death of a 13-year-old boy shot by a deputy. they marched through downtown today the demonstrators watched the d.a.and police to release their findings in the death of andy lopez, shot to death in october. he had an air soft bebe gun and his supporters are demanding answers. >> there is a particular way in which you'd have it due to weight and dimension. we feel it's prepose sisterus to feel a 13-year-old child can carry a
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weapon in that man yefr. we feel it was eric gelhaus's job to know better. >> police delivered their reports to the district attorney. she says the investigation reports are never released while under review for charges. >> residents in one neighborhood accused the city of failing to fix the cause of a massive landslide tarps still covered landslide area. the city says it happened on the homeowner report and they should pay to fix it the residents accuse the city of hiding work on a faulty drainage pipe that let water collect under the hill them stha has been the cause of several landslides the officials will not comment on the pipe but because of a lawsuit file by the the homeowners >> we do have another chance of rain coming in. whether it's enough to cause more concern for people in san pablo is the question.xd
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>> take a look at live dp mrer seven hd. just clouds passing through. it turned out to be a gorgeous day. here is a lack at what is coming. a weak system arrives tomorrow night. at 7:00 p.m . very little chance of getting rainfall with this system as it will fall apart. in just a little bit i'll let you know if there is a better opportunity for seeing storms over ten days when it's going to fell like spring here. this is causing major problems for farmers there. abc7 news reporter joins us from half moon way. leanne? >> the situation still dry. now,
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here in half moon bay when one industry is affected it affects another industry, then, another and another. there are several dozen places in half moon bay that board horses and offer rides to the public. feeding animals is turning out to be expensive. the lack of rain means little, or no hay. >> out south 15 years ago it was $ten a bale, it's now $20 a bale. >> the main supplier here says finding hay to meet demand is becoming a challenge. they sell to retailers like feed and fuel. and say people have no choice than to pay the higher prices. still, many are being pushed to
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financial limits. >> cost of everything is going to go up. and you can't tell them to eat less. it doesn't work that way. >> 72% of the water used in half moon bay comes from hetch hetchy. people being asked to conserve and businesses started to make changes employees of this restaurant serve water only if customers ask first oochl we fill jugs not full, but halfway >> the restaurant is making a list of changes that it will need to make in case the shortage gets worse. in half monday bay, abc7 news. >> coming up next a squirrel problem so bad in one park, officials are planning a mass
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extermination. >> a laser system with a date to deploy. >> and power behind the world's fastest truck. so fast, it can outrun a japanese bullet train.
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oshgs drivers say they have developed a test for clinical depression. high levels found to be a good indication for identifying those who might later develop major depression. researchers say this could help treatment in an earlier stage. the study done at university of camebridge. an larming number of
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military family are using food stamps new figures rye leased show $100 million worth of stamps cashed at military commonries last year, one reason may be 30% unemployment rate for the spouses. you can see it's been increasing since recession him. last year twice as many food stamps were spent than in 2009 >> well, navy says it plans to deploy the first laser on a ship this summer designed to take out guns that fire at hyper sonic speeds. also intends to test a rail gun. both can be fired with out running out of ammo.
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>> it is powered look at this thing. it gives sich times power of the jechlt staffing requires parachutes that impact up to nine g. he's covered a quarter mile in a half second >> yes. >> the highest rents in the nation are not in the bay area but in williston, north dakota a study found it beats san francisco and new york. a one bedroom apartment there costs $2394 per month. that is compared to about 1800s ndz san
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jose and $1700 in san francisco. the population is doubled as demand far exceeded supply. north dakota? who thought. >> well, in consumer news who is in your medicine cabinet? >> yes. companies behind generic drugs fighting a proposal to require them to warn of all new health risks. one group told "los angeles times" it would raise costs and create dangerous confusion. fda trying to create a loophole and the 56 boat show made a splash we think of motown in terms of
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cars you. they hope that there will be a huge boost in sales. >> you get a second home interest deduction. tax breaks should help along as well. only california and florida have greater rates than michigan >> more folks are switching from cars to suvs. four years from today one in five vehicles around the world will be a sport utility vehicle or crossover. sales of the suvs get this, surged 37% last year. average was 17%. back to you
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>> thank you. >> gophers and skwirlz may be reunleashing toxins into the bay. hundreds of ground squirrels and western pocket gophers have dug holes around cesar chavez park. officials say rain water is filling the holes so the city tried to attract birds of pray to get rid of them. now a contract is trying to trap the animals then kill them. the 90 acre park converted from a landfill in 1991. that is a pity they have to go that far but it's a real problem. >> sandhya patel is here with the forecast >> it's spectacular up have sunshine, high clouds and
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comfortable temperatures. let's check out live doppler seven hd. we'll talk about weather. here is a look at tower camera. looking north, 56 in san francisco. 60 in oakland 58 in san jose. here is the view. state wide sierra snow pack is 26% of average. santa rosa. the view from san jose
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wondering what season we're in. filtered sunshine today with high clouds passing through. there is a cold front that is trying to bring rain. slight chance of showers in the north bay and sprinkles elsewhere. take a look in case you missed it. it could be damp wednesday. taking a look at the traffic out ten days and northern california is where we'll see any weather. temperatures tomorrow morning upper 30s to upper 40s. it's going owe to be a cool one.
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there are some cloud cover around. 64 santa cruz mid-60s in palo alto. north upper 50s to mid 60s in santa rosa. east bay communities 63 in oakland. inland mid-60 everyone. dry, milder hitting weekend we have low 60s bay side and inland saturday, sunday, and monday. we may get an early taste of it. so not going feel like winter here. so just enjoy
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it. >> thank you. >> and just ahead a group of female divers lost at sea from been found >> a problem in an ice cream shop. >> and congratulating eric thomas on 20 years with the station. >> way to go, eric. you can congratulate him on facebook.com. >> and a reminder. watch every morning during week beginning at
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all of the snow proving too much for a strip mall. several stores had to be closed after this roof collapsed. and a ceiling collapse in south korea killed nine students. seriously injuring a dozen others 500 students were at an orientation. ten people are skill feared trapped >> some divers have been rescued after three days lost at sea. suba drivers had been missing off the island of bali. in critical condition. >> 11 americans on board of a plane when a co-pilot hijacked
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to it switzerland. there were 202 passengers and crew. some officials say passengers didn't realize the plane had been hijacked until it landed but one passenger saying the co-pilot threatened to crash if the pilot kept trying to get in the cockpit. >> a miami artist smashed a vase that was one of a dozen on tos play in miami. police say he picked up the thousand year old vase. security asked him to put it down, he smashed it on the floor. the painter charged with criminal mischief which could mean up to five years in jail. he says it was protesting displaying too much international art. they were put on display by a chinese
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performance artist that had also smashed one of the vases to challenge the meaning of culture, history and identity a homeless hungarian man was down to his last few coins when he decided to buy a lottery ticket. he bought $2.8 million. he paid his debt then bought a car and apartments for his three children and made a hefty donation to a homeless shelter. now, setting up shelters >> the daily deal web site groupon says it's president's day mistake was deliberate announcing president's day sale to honor alexander hamilton the problem sne was never president. he served as the first treasury secretary. today,
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they say it was intended to get people talking. at last count 5,000 tweets about the so called mistake which was kind of a stunt. >> i just don't like it when people tweet about my mistakes. so we try not to make them >> never too late to celebrate anncr: at jennie-o w where evea where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought wsurprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.
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systems. looking into effectiveness of a cheaper alternative. its coming up at 6:00 >> thank you >> if you're watching olympics and still want to know what's happening you can down load the app to abc7 news >> the new year's parade is going on but celebration continues. this is gearing towards chern z children enjoyed chinese new year festival. >> it's a great way to learn about the chinese culture and have fun. >> excellent >> wonderful. >> that is going to do it for us
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from all of us here, thanks for watching see you again at 6:00. welcome to "world news." tonight, hijacked. new video from a passenger on a big commercial plane when the co-pilot hijacks the plane in mid-flight. what did the pilot threaten as the plane lunged. no break in this new week with another new storm. a weather alert for 18 states and the danger to your home that is hanging over your head. and tempting fate. big news tonight the famous preacher killed by a lethal bite. see the video as we take you into the hidden world behind church doors. good evening, on this monday night, this presidents' day. as new details and new video are

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