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. live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. our goal is to start operations at 8:00 a.m. >> bart crews on the job working overnight to prepare the tracks after last night, train derailment. crews have been working to get the train back. abc 7 news has more with the very latest on the progress. sergio? >> reporter: well, cornell, it is a very different picture out here tonight than it was last night. of course, the derailed train cars are gone. but let me show you right now. there are some workers that are up on the tracks because they are still damaged and the plan is to have them here working overnight to get those fixed.
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the plan is to have trains running through here by start of service tomorrow morning. this is what it looked like last night. a bart train with part of a cab hanging over the edge of the tra tracks. now the train cars are gone, and 200 foot sections of the rails are getting fixed. >> our goal is to have them operating by 8:00. >> reporter: a massive situation with this one banged up from the accident. the cars were then put up on flat bed trailers and taken away for ongoing repairs. the investigation is continuing to find out why two cars jumped their tracks at an interchange. >> we apologize for this obvious accident. and we apologize for the inconvenience it caused many of our contra costa riders.
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>> they shuttled passengers from here to the station. >> we were supposed to arrive at the concord bart station and we ended up driving out of our way because it was shut down. >> damion will pick up his friend after she gets off work. and she had a tough time here, as well. >> it was okay, it inconvenienced my daughter because she had to come from bay point to here to pick me up. normally you know, i would get off on bay point and she lives like three blocks away. >> but overall, a few bart riders on a saturday meant there were no major problems. abc 7 news. and now tonight, abc 7 news obtained the call made by the bart operator to his dispatch operator moments after the train jumped the tracks. >> emergency. >> go ahead. >> derail, concord. >> a breathless call made by
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that bart train operator friday night to his dispatcher confirming his train was off the rails. >> how do you know you derailed? >> it either derailed, i'm almost looking over the edge. >> looking over the edge to the pavement below. the operator known only as car cartright sounds panicked. >> lead me over, to -- it started just making weird noises like -- >> cartright needed help, the quick-thinking dispatcher tries to calm the situation. >> the first thing we're going to do is take a deep breath, okay. confirm again the train was swept. there is no passengers on board. >> confirm the train was swept and its on its way to concord yard. >> the dispatcher makes him a promise. >> how are you doing there? >> feel a little sick.
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>> absolutely, absolutely, i'll buy you a coke when this is all over, okay? >> well, the concord station was also a scene of a terence wha n whalenment derailment. it took nearly a full day to hoist the train back onto the tracks. to get more on abc7, right now on twitter. and new at 11:00, the oakland police investigating the shooting death of one, the wounding of another, near east 24th street, about three blocks from highland hospital, just before 8:30 tonight. and a warning, somebody may be lacing meatballs with rat poisons, and it is not the first time. lisa? >> reporter: cornell, these signs are up all over this neighborhood warning dog owners to be careful. especially when walking their dogs through grassy areas like
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this. it doesn't take long for lieutenant bongiovanni to find the suspicious meatballs along the drive. she takes a photo and bags it as evidence. this makes 31 today. >> the majority of the meatballs are pretty well hidden under the shrubs, so the dogs would have access to them before the owners would ever see it. >> reporter: this lady noticed immediately when her dog, a.j., found a suspicious meatball during their walk. >> i pulled him out right away and realized oh, my god, it is the meat balls again. >> reporter: it feels like deja vu, when last year her dog died after eating food laced with poison, several dogs died. nobody was caught for the crime.
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>> i said dear god, don't let this happen again. >> reporter: others are being extra careful while walking their dogs tonight. >> i am horrified. who would do that? it is the cruellest, rudest thing in the world? >> who would take this out on dogs? >> investigators are still in the process of testing the suspicious meatballs and still are not sure what is inside them. and we're learning new details about a series of water bottle throwing incidents in western sonoma county. and chp has released a picture of the car involved. but officials now say the owner of the truck is no longer a suspect. there may have been six confirmed instances along highway 12 near santa rosa where someone has thrown full water bottles at the windshields of
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cars, investigators are investigating other possible incidents. and let's look at a first check on weather. >> hi there, cornell, good evening everyone. it is a beautiful evening on top of the kgo broadcast center. right now you can see behind me a nice light show. as you take a look outside toward the bay bridge we can see a little layer of cloud cover there. that is blanketing parts of the bay area, some patchy clouds, due to this onshore flow. the current temperatures here, fenway in san francisco. 50 in san carlos, 49 in hayward, chilly there, 43 in napa, 53 degrees in antioch. the news everybody is waiting for. the ridge of high pressure will be replaced with an upper lower trough. that will bring us rain towards the middle of next week and i'll give you my full accu-weather
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turk forecast in just a bit. thank you, it is the first full day after the dalai lama's visit to the bay area, but not all were enlightened. he spoke to a sold out audience, but more than 100 protesters of the buddha sect picketed outside. >> he is basically forcing people into practicing things that he believes they should practice. we believe that is a adviviolat of religious rights. so we're here to ask the dalai lama to lift the ban he engages. >> but many who listen to him speak say the dalai lama is very misunderstood. >> he has a very open and accepting message. and so maybe they should listen instead of shouting. >> the tony aladalai lama said committed to preserving the
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culture. he will be at the richmond center at 8:00 a.m. and then he will hold a talk at the berkeley theater set to start at 9:15. on monday, he will talk at santa clara business. and one of the most wanted criminals now in custody in mexico. how he was captured after eluding police for 13 years. plus, just days after a $19 billion purchase, facebook's new technical company suffers some problems. and later, a study
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covering cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. 55-year-old man died tonight after deadly carbon monoxide filled the basement of a new york restaurant.
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more than two dozen other people, including three policemen, have been hospitalized. it happened at the legal seafood restaurant. hundreds of people in the mall were evacuated as a precaution. and u.s. and mexican authorities are hailing the capture today of one of the most famous drug traffickers in the world. joaquin guzman, known as "el chapo," was caught after 12 years. michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: this is el chapo, in custody after being sought for years. this is how he looked when he was arrested early saturday morning at this mexican hotel. acting on intelligence gathered bid the u.s. drug enforcement agents and the mexican drug enforcement, guzman went without a fight. >> chapo guzman is like the
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osama bin laden of drug trafficking. >> reporter: guzman leads a mexican drug cartel, responsible for an estimated 25% of mexico, cocaine and heroin, coming into the u.s. from mexico, resulting in tens of thousands of overdoses. chicago named el chapo public enemy number one, the term not used since al capone, in chicago, the drug trade was so profitable for guzman forbes magazine included him on the list of its billionaires. el chapo had been on the run since bribing his way out of prison 13 years ago. experts say even with him back behind bars the cartel will continue to do business as usual. oakland city leaders today hosted their first town hall meeting in a series focused on public safety. the mayor and police chief, and
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school superintendent gary ye are collaborating with the community to stop truancy and produce job opportunities snow oakland is undergoing a major change right now, particularly with the workshop on the new jobs that are available and what it will take to get people in to these jobs. >> the city has implemented several initiatives targeting crimes this afternoon, including one to add more officers to its police force. and facebook's $19 billion baby had a bit of a glitch today. whatsapp went down for three hours this afternoon, the company bought by facebook cited glitches. and getting rid of tobacco, the vendors have agreed to phase
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the product like chewing tobacco and e cigarettes. stanford has a no smoking policy, but it is allowed 30 feet away from buildings. dozens of brave souls gathered today at the san francisco park to take a very chilly plunge. wow, it is the annual polar plunge raising money for special olympics, northern california. $125 pays for one season of sports instruction and competition at no cost to special olympics athletes. participants were asked to raise at least that much to take part. the countdown to rain is on here in the area, it is coming wednesday, you can track it on your smartphone with the abc 7 news weather app. l leila gulin is tracking the weather with the live doppler. >> hey, the polar plunge, i have
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to say it is about 50 degrees here in san francisco, much more chilly, compared to monterey, being 11 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. here is a live look right now. you can see the onshore flow bringing in low clouds and fog into the bay area. and that is resulting in bringing our temperatures down. it will give us a great start tomorrow. first let's look at the satellite radar where most of the fog and low cloud will her is sticking to the coastline, that will stay with us for the better part of the morning. so as we take a look right now you can see that the fog, it will be pretty gray to start us off in the morning. so if you're heading out for your walk you may want to bring an extra layer to keep yourself warm. so for next week, we all wonder when is the rain coming? well, the much needed rain will arrive on wednesday, tuesday night really, most of the bay area. and then you will see a dry
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period there for thursday only for the rain to return by friday. so this upper trough of low pressure is coming in and that is what is bringing us about one to two inches as accumulation for the week. also what that means is it is going to sat rate the ground so you could see downed trees and power lines. here is a look at the time line right now. about 1:00 p.m. on wednesday we'll see the trough brushing through the bay area and then by thursday clearing out. returning on friday and bringing gusty conditions. tomorrow, the highs will be pretty mild and mostly sunshine for us. 60 degrees in san jose, 60 in milipitas, and half moon bay, 61, 60 in pacifica, in downtown san francisco, partly cloudy skies, 67 degrees in petaluma. 67 in clear lake. as we take a look at the east bay, 66 the high in berkeley.
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and under mostly sunshine, mild and east bay valley, 70 degrees in antioch and livermore, 6 in 68 in pawlention. it is chilly, you will need the jacket, 48 degrees in san mateo, 49 in antioch, here is a look at the accu weather seven-day forecast. it will be dry for the remainder of the weekend, sprinkles and rain coming in on tuesday night through wednesday but be careful when you head out on the roads for the morning commute. watch out for the downed trees as well. the rain will return on friday and then will taper off by saturday. >> all right, we love the rain, colin rush is in tonight. talking warriors, right? >> yeah, warriors and the nets. and because of the monster jam event at the coliseum, jermaine o'neill barely made it. good thing he didn't make it.
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he was the best player on the court. sports is next.
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. jermaine o'neill turned back time playing like the kid they drafted years past. great start for golden state, steph curry, 18 to 6, where was this in the dunk contest? power dribble, i mentioned near o'neill, the 35-year-old played dunk after dunk, always in the right place. warriors lead by two, less than a minute left. joe johnson, forced the turnover. then curry, looking for that
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dagger three, he banked it in. that was not the play, when you're that good, luck has nothing to do with it. 93-86, the final, the warriors now 3 and 0 after the all-star break. for the last time, stanford shot 76, try ucla, their opponent today? ucla, never had had a team go to the tournament. that is right, pal, on a double alley-oop, cuts the lead to three for the bruins. randall, man, this guy is good. how about a seventh right here, cardinal up nine, full court pressure late, career high, 22, cardinals shoot 62-27. duke great, grant hill at cameron indoor, blue devils,
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jabari parker, duke leads by two, offensive foul the charge, and jim boeheim goes crazy, double technical, ejection follows, number one syracuse has lost two straight games. in cincinnati, seventh ranked bear cats for the late 57-66 lead. passes to smith. that would be the game winner since turning it over on the inbound, 58-57, nice road win. brad waldo, vampire, the mouth guard. he takes a couple of bites out of santa clara today. 12 points, nine rebounds, the broncos beat the gales on the last shot. steven hull put st. mary's on the back. blow out lead, 76-54.
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senior day, a lonely one for cole dickerson slicing his way through the pacific defense. his 21st career double today. mark tolleson for the alley-oop, kind of happy with himself. dickerson, usf a winner by 64. and even though michael sam doesn't take the field until monday all eyes were on him at his saturd
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. if he can play as well as he can answer question after question about his sexuality, then let there be no doubt about michael sam. his verbal skills were on display, and his message remained the same. >> oh, heck, yeah, i wish you guys would just say how is
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football going, how is training going? i would love for you to ask me that question. it is what it is, i just wish you guys would see me as michael sam, the football player, instead of michael sam, the gay football player. >> that day will come, today, the offensive tight ends were in indy doing this. 4.92, a projected top five pick. cals richard rogers, oh, man, 4.87 in the 40. he left cal after the junior season, the nfl has coverage of the combine through tuesday in our second half hour, mike shuman goes one-on-one. >> all right, we look forward to that. and still to come, big changes tonight in ukraine, what happened and what is still ahead for a country in limbo. plus, hundreds of books
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vandalized. and dramatic video of a plane in flight. and we'll leave you a beautiful shot from other emeryville camera.
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think it's weird to collect air? you wouldn't think so if you saw what your lungs collect every time you breathe. protect your health with life-saving air quality updates from the american lung association. get our free "state of the air" app at lung.org. live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good evening, i'm cornell barnard. in tonight's headlines, bart officials hope to open the last three east bay stations by tomorrow morning, concord, north concord and the pitsburg bay area stations were closed. and pet owners are advised to keep dogs on a short leash
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until the situation is resolved. last year a dog died after eating rat poison in the same area. the driver of this car suspected of the involvement in a bottle throwing incident is no longer a person of interest. there have been six cases of bottles being thrown into the highway. and the dalai lama brought crowds and protesters. he is scheduled to give another talk tomorrow in berkeley and on monday in santa clara. new developments tonight in ukraine, protesters are control in the capital as they seized the leader, yanukovych's, home. >> excitement on the streets of the ukrainian capital as protesters took control of kiev and president viktor yanukovych was impeached. it comes after months of
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protest, kiev's independent square was the center of the bloody battle ground, and the citizens want to be more like europe. yanukovych has kept ukraine closely tied with russia, today, yanukovych declared it was similar to nazi germany. on its golf course, they found this club with yanukovych's initials engraved. >> if you just imagine the ranges of corruption in ukraine, it is crazy things. >> nearby, a zoo, with ostriches and pea cocks, nearby, a garage with dozens of opulent cars, they hope this chapter is now over. as supporters gather for a
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demonstration in san francisco this afternoon, they demand that u.s. and the european leaders take real action to support the ukrainian people and imposing sanctions on viktor yanukovych's regime. and the venezuela, they continue to clash with the riot police, they took to the streets calling for maduro to resolve the rising crime rates or step aside. the mostly female crowd came out in support of maduro's socialist party. and another ugly chapter remembered. 66 years ago, president roosevelt signed an order putting the japanese in interment camps. many were herded into race tracks and remote locations just because of their heritage. and hundreds of copies of
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anne frank's, the diary of a young girl, many books were found damaged with pages ripped out. for now, the libraries have moved then damaged books behind the counter. and the last surviving member of the von trapp family has died. maria von trapp was 99 years old and died at her home in vermont. the family won acclaim for their escape from nazi germany. and lon weber was flying at 170 miles an hour when all of a sudden a bird hit the window, shattering it.
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ron said there was sheer panic. >> you're sitting there waiting for the bird. i don't know if he was diving when i got him. but the video is really good. >> he radioed may day and firefighters met him at the runway at fort myers airport, he is fine, just needs a new window. and a new study that proves what so many pet owners already believe. a little boy finds out he can't go to camp because he has a peanut allergy. is that discrimination? and i'm leyla gulen, as you look at the camera you can see cloud clouds there and on top of the camera, the fog, and rain in the forecast, we'll ha
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covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area this is abc 7 news. a little boy in concord was told he could not go to a summer camp all because he was allergic to peanuts. so is that discrimination? millions of children have allergies, and as parents began to look for camps, we investigate. >> 6-year-old campbell popovich
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plays with buildibbles, smashes t-ball. you would never know he has a life-threatening condition. campbell is severely allergic to peanuts. if he ate one he could break out in hives or worse. >> he could die from that. >> he carries nut-free foods wherever he goes. campbell also knows how to use a life-saving epi-pen, but he has not needed one. campbell's mother, allison, signed him up for a week of basketball at the sports bay in walnut creek. she asked the counselor to store his epi pen, and then she got the e-mail. >> that he was not welcome back. >> the director wrote if campbell's condition is as serious as it appears to be we will not be able to continue enjoying him in our camps. if the allergy is not life-threatening but serious, the call to continue would be
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yours. allison responded that yes, it was potentially life-threatening but he had brought his own food and a staff member said she was trained to use an epi pen. he fired back, it would not matter to me in the least that every one of our staff was certified and practicing er doctors. i would never accept the responsibility of a child whose life could be jeopardized so easily. you feel it is your call to put your child and other staff members who may witness a child dying in my eyes. >> i felt bad that he could not come back. >> reporter: campbell is devastated. >> he felt like he did something wrong and didn't do anything. he just wanted to go play. >> reporter: the family e-mailed a complaint to the department of justice claiming that the camp discrimina discriminated because of a disability. >> in my view it would be
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unlawful for a day camp that is open to a public to prohibit a person with a severe peanut allergy from participating. >> reporter: the deputy director of disability writes california says they have a federal mandate to advocate for the disabled. he says there are no specific laws requiring summer camps to accept children with food allergies. however, the justice department takes a position that allergies are considered a disability if they are severe or life-threatening. and, like other businesses summer camps must accommodate the disabled unless doing so would require a fundamental alteration in their program. >> if a young person with a peanut allergy needs a medication in the case that he accordi encounters a peanut, the camp would be required to provide that. >> reporter: we contacted the camp director, he declined several requests for an interview. however, in several long e-mails he said he never excluded the
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boy. he said it was the mother's choice to remove him because the allergy was life-threatening. he said the message to her was clearly her call to make. complete authority was given to her for campbell to attend and she chose not to. the camp never refused to perform nor were we requested to perform any reasonable or readily achievable modifications to allow campbell to attend camp. he also said allison signed a standard release form which states the camp does not have staff trained for special needs. the mother said she gave the epi pen to a trained staff member, but that account could not be confirmed. >> he said i could not go to camp anymore? that made me sad. >> it is pretty extreme to tell a kid with allergies that he can't go have fun at a basketball camp. >> reporter: we asked the camp director if he accepts children with severe food allergies or not. he did not answer that question. the department of justice has
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not yet taken action in the case, we will of course follow up. i'm michael finney. and a study shows that dogs tune into your feelings. researchers say a dog's brain processes human voices the same way our brains do. and they can tell by the sound of your voice if you're happy or sad. the study is published in the journal current biology. all i know is if my two beagles could talk, leyla, they would say feed me, i don't care what time it is. >> it is a gorgeous day, and dogs sense a change in the barometer pressure. you can see clouds in the distance uplit by the city lights there. we don't have any delays at the bay area airports. you can see fog there hugging
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the coast. that is about it for now. it will all change by mid-next week. as we take a look you can see the rain coming over the bay area. starting on wednesday is when we'll see the first drop of rain. then it will dry up on thursday and be back again on friday. so that upper trough is going to be bringing about one to two inches by the end of the week. our highs tomorrow, sunshine, early morning fog, the temperatures will reach 70 in cloverdale. the accu weather forecast, dry for the rest of the weekend. rain visiting us on wednesday. thursday, in the bay area it will dry up by saturday and sunday. >> love the rain, in the meantime, beautiful weather coming our way too, right. all right, leyla, thank you so much. and colin is in for shu, and barry bonds in with a new job, right? >> bonds, a giant once again, how and why. and how the new closer of the
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a's plans to do the same old
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this abc sports report brought to you by river rock casino. welcome back, in recent years, barry bonds has talked about returning to the game. his opportunity is fast approaching. 2007, the last time barry bonds and bruce bochy compared notes. well, they will be able to do it again when bonds arrived in scottsdale and begins work as a hitti hitting instructor. grand balfour had an intimidating demeanor on the mound. his replacement, the guy, 6'2", 240, intimidating closer. >> it is tough to integrate yourself, what is the feeling of this clubhouse you get? >> they're obviously a loose bunch. you know, and -- it is a good team chemistry feeling. you know, that kind of stuff that carries over you know, even
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off the field, you know, guys are hanging out. so that is what you want. you want that good team chemistry. >> is there pressure, even though you have led the league the last couple of years, to replace especially at that position? >> i'm not really too concerned about trying to be someone else. you know, i think i'm just going to be myself and my teammates want me to be myself. and you know, the fans i think will enjoy what i bring. and you know the ultimate goal is to win as many games as possible in that last season. >> you're an east coast guy coming out to the west coast. >> i get an extra three hours,p >> well if you have to lose grant balfour, he is a great replacement. >> he is a low key guy, but a's fans will love him. stuck in traffic, he needed a police escort to get to the
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game. a home coming for jason kidd, now coach, the 35-year-old o'neill playing 34 minutes, this is a dunk fest, 23 points and 13 rebounds. up two with less than a minute left. clay thompson, all over joe johnson, and forces a turnover, and steph curry, banks three, propels the warriors to the win, the warriors now 3 and 0 since the all-star break. pelicans and wizards, both free throws, new orleans takes a possession, nene packs it with 3/10th of a second left. last time stanford shot better than 60% in the conference game was 11 years ago against ucla. history repeating itself tonight.
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actually today, and the cardinal behind johnny yet to make a season. norman powell, no relation, big game for him. 6'3", number seven, finish with 26, cardinals go up by nine, josh houston, cardinals shoot 62%, the final. and an important win for the cardinals, third place. 18 and 8, cal could join them in nine and five in conference tomorrow when they host usc. home coming, 8 and 0 going in, hosting 8th ranked ucla, after trailing 10-0, bears score. five minutes later, that is russell web, 32-10 the final in berkeley. last year's nationwide series
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champion austin dylan will have to pull. the nationwide event with the photo finish smith battling it out with brad keselowski, smith takes the checkered flag by that much. a minor wreck after the finish. dale earnhardt, jr., part of it. he was okay, so is everyone else. danica patrick finished 19th. let's go to golf, quarterfinals in arizona, frenchman, chipping for birdie on nine, rolls it in to beat mcdowell. bit of a pull front to the green, the chip is short, lock at this, rolls right back to furyk. jason day and ernie els also saw victory today. brought to you by river rock casino. and abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00, i'm
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cornell barnard for colin rush, leyla gulen, thank you for joining us, all the mobile devices with our new abc 7 news app. hope you're having a great saturday. we'll see you soon. good night everybody.
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