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afternoon. students were from southern california. the crash occurred near orland just west of chico. this is a college preview weekend we're live now at one hospital where survivors are being treated. >> investigators are just beginning what is expected a complex investigation. the process of grieving and recovery is just beginning
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>> the 18-year-old was on his way when a rig rig ran head on into it. hoit seated in the back next to an emergency window. . >> i opened that thing and it was like a henk on it. so i had to fix it out. >> just standing here, are you feeling lucky? >> lucky is an understatement. blessed is an understatement. i don't have a word. so thankful i'm here, alive. >> this family received news they dreaded their daughter did not make it. the red cross did what they could to ease the pain. >> we wanted to see if we can
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tell them we're praying for them. >> just saddened and families >> this time we don't know whether the looking at the vehicle. >> those who lost so much will spend their lives remembering what happened here. >> you've got bigger plans. because it had an angel with him. >> a special gift that was given to us. others didn't receive the same. >> what are you going to do now? >> take him home. >> as we speak, on the way home with his family he did not make
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it last night for the college visit but tells us he definitely plans to enroll at humbolt state. >> laura, thank you the national transportation safety board arrived on scene today and began looking for what caused the truck to cross into oncoming traffic. >> we're going to look at factors related to healing. from training. what kind of maintenance was there? electric control monthed yule. then, the environment going to be things like anything related to the design of the freeway. >> we're hearing the tragedy being described as it unfolded. they saw the flames, as they raced to that scene. >> they saw an explosion and
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fireball, looks like north of 32. >> heavy black smoke. >> it is affirmative. >> we are learning more about victims in the crash including a los angeles couple recently engaged in paris. this is a photograph of michael and his fiancee madison. family members say the two were chaperones on the bus to visit humbolt state they say he focused on taking troubled students to the college to show them a better life. >> just broken. i mean what can you say? what can you say? someone so young, he was doing it right. he didn't have children he was helping children. they were just in love.
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you can just see it. you know the way they interacted and the way he spoke about her. >> the pictures p engagement. she worked with autistic children and hayward expected to graduate from medical school, soon. >> snap shots of some of the others who did not survive this crash. we continue from southern california. >> with a heavy heart janet prepares for prom. a time should be full of joy is full of fear after three of her friends from riverside were involved in a deadly bus crash in northern california. two of them, twin sisters, a 17-year-olds. marissa is unaccounted for. >> just kind of thinking and hoping that all three of them will be okay we'll have them home. and safe. in a couple days. i hope to see them at school, again. >> dela cruz supposed to go on the trip but decided not to go because of prom the twins' family says marissa
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was the baby. she was born five minutes after her identical sister. marisol has been trying to find her best friend. >> i know she's there. >> for the last year the 26-year-old worked as an admissions representative. his wife was too distraught to talk. at riverside, counsellors being brought in to help classmates deal with the accident one student remains hospitalized in stable condition. >> we're working with the families and making sure families are joined together and that we have support for students and staff and schools >> friends say despite growing fears they're trying to remain positive, praying she will be found safe and sound. >> supposed to be prom. now everybody at school is just devastated. >> friends say they plan to hold a moment of silence as they wait
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to learn if marissa is among those that died in that accident. >> and stay with us for the latest developments on this story. you can follow us on twitter on abc7 news, bay area. >> fire destroyed a smaller truck today including every package. the driver was making deliveries near century cinemas and noticed smoke coming out of the cargo area. sky 7 shows where he moved the truck from buildings seconds before flames started shooting out firefighters did find several bottles of an unknown substance. >> a suspect is dead in antioch, killed during an attempted jewelry store robbery this, is video and from what we understand it happened around 4:30 today near summersville
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road just south of highway 4. police will not say if the suspect was shot by police or perhaps someone at the store. police also say two other people were taken to the hospital breaking news continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. >> the judge in the case of the suspended state senator expects that case will be split into smaller trials yee did not speak with reporters today, inside the judge set another hearing to finalize rules for releasing evidence against yee and 28 others. one attorney says the long list is for show. iet appears the indictment was geared towards bringing in people so it would have impact. it's becoming on were yous to many people read the indictment that that was a boy to make it seem stronger. >> prosecutors say they expect
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to file charges on >> 49ers defensive star he is accused of hitting a bicycle rift and witness car before driving away. when arrested police say they found brass knuckles in the car. a felony. a judge will decide if evidence is strong enough for him to stand trial. >> a british sailor washed overboard during a yacht race is back on dry land in san francisco. this is a dramatic rescue. the injured sailor spoke with abc 7 news after that boat docked and joins us now live with the story. what' journey. he spent 12 days on that boat with a bad leg. now he's in san francisco to take care of the leg or foot
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we don't know. you won't believe on what he plans to do next. >> he is happy to see land. his leg wrapped with no crutches, he was forced to hop on one foot. roommates are glad to deliver him safely. >> i'm under no illusion. i'm glad to be here. >> nar 31 he went overword after being knocked over board they searched for 90 minutes because of the very rough waters. >> when we spotted him, i feared the worst, then we had a mass.
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and someone had seen him move. it was a great relief >> the journey started in london they'll travel to new york. and then back to london. the trip takes about nine months >> there are key points to learn from this. i'm very, very glad to be here looking forward to staying in san francisco. >> he was taken to the hospital to see if his leg was broken. >> still ahead tonight, bart taking a guard out of office after a report of bed bugs >> a swarm of mice found in a chinatown bakery. >> i'm spencer christian showing
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cooling clouds a cool down and a warm up i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> let's say you find an uncashed paycheck 20 years old. is it still good? i'll have the answer coming up.
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another sink hole in sacramento. city workers inspecting lines noticed it and put a barrier
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around it. the area has been patched p adds you can see here >> bud bed bugs on the train. a real case bart is dealing with tonight. a bart rider notified officials. >> bart says this was isolated the train is undergoing a cleaning after one passenger says they were aaccosted by bed bugs. >> he never encountered a bed bug on a train. >> wow. >> one rider got to work and found bug bites on his body. bart says it took the train out
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of service for cleaning. bed bugs on trains are rare the pest may have hitched a ride from 430,000 passengers' carried yesterday. >> mo is grossed out. but not surprised >> some seats are nasty with stains all over the place >> do you stand? >> most of the time, i do. it's good they responded. >> chris finn says the trains need to be maintained better. >> if there is a problem passenger surveys indicated it was the biggest problem. and the important problem for them. >> new trains are on the way the seats will be easier to clean unlike the wool seats in older cars. i need a job. hire me. you know i'll come clean the
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cars. if it's quick money i love you bart yeah. no. that is kind of, oh. >> two stores in chinatown were shut down because of a mouse infestation. the cookie factory was closed today. workers cleaned shelves, mopped floors threw away merchandise. residents blame subway construction >> just no way you can clean up the rats or cockroach. you clean one place they go next door. both stores reopened after an inspector returned. >> marina safeway told apc seven
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news some carts have been stolen. the spokesperson won't say how many a clerk told us 70 of them are missing. >> that bad >> crazy. >> well, what a day in weather. clouds hingered and not much of a warm up. you can see loudz over the coastline. talking about clouds, how about thunderstorms in the southern sierra now? that is south and it's far from us a live view from
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sky. half moon bay, 54. another live view here showing blue skies over the bay. and mid-50s in petaluma. mid-60s in fairfield. another live view gorgeous western sky. sun adding color to the pre-sunset sky. mostly cloudy skies overnight. and temperatures rebounding. low pressure system taking aim at southern california. this evening some locations will
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see sunshine so a brighter day but not much warmer. and into sierra, scattered showers around a wide area f you're going that way just bear in mind it could be stormy. overnight, partly to mostly cloudy skies. low temperatures into upper 40s to low 50s tomorrow, high temperatures into 69 on the peninsula. upper 50s on the coast. 58 in the sunset district. mid-50s on the coast. 67 and here is the accu-weather
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forecast. warmer sunday, highs upper 70s p monday, # 0 degrees low 60s on the coast. temperatures moderating on the coast. no rain in site. there is a hint maybe some rain next week. it's fizzled. >> thank you. >> okay. >> coming up next, vandals hitting a piece of public art. ja 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.
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police are working to find the person or people who vandalized a popular statue on campus. the gold medal on the statue was pried off. smith won at the 196768 olympics in mexico city a popular photo op on catchus students say whoever did this probably doesn't understand beings or care about the statue. >> probably someone that doesn't know the story. if they do, they'd feel bad about this >> shows people don't have respect whatsoever. >> police say they have lifted
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fingerprints and are looking for leads >> an 8th grader from east bay is one of only ten kids in the country rise r recognized by the white house for protecting the environment. this 14-year-old received the environmental youth award this morning in freem ynt. when he was eight he set up green kids now.org. also written books in schools and works to recycle last quick -- plastics >> we have a manufacturer that shreds the caps >> he's all business when it comes to the environment. after getting his award he gave a presentation about his ideas to the epa regional administrator. >> amazing. >> there is more still to come
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we have new video from nick rag war. for a second day there has been another big earthquake. >> also, how the local fbi was able to find dozens of paintings in the basement of a man's home. >> and a company signed the biggest lease deal about to make its new home in the clouds. to dinner.t impossible to get them to sit down that's why we have... kfc dip'ems! a kfc dip'ems bucket, 20 extra crispy tenders. 6 awesome sauces. i mean he's sitting still, this is kind of miraculous. ♪
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nicaragua remains on alert after an earthquake hit just after 2:00 p.m our time. there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. one person dieed and more than 200 were injured hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed. >> fbi in san francisco has recovered 75 missing paintings, art work considered national treasures in poeland. the polish government had a hurj they might be here in the bay area. vic lee has the story. >> the paintings said to be worth $1 million. fbi is releasing details about
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the case. this one of the works of art. she was a polish resistance fighter traveling the world, painting and settling down in the bay area. the art work considered a national treasure at em. she died in san francisco, leaving 86 paintings to the polish museum if switzerland. >> the art works never reached their destination. >> four years ago the museum intensified the search. in mid january they turned to the fbi in san francisco. >> the polish government asked us to try to reach out for one of the family members here in the bay area and see if he was
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aware of the location. >> think were being maintained in a storage facility after a conversation it was agreed that we would take them and get them back to switzerland. >> the nephew says he was protecting them. the polish government says there are 80,000 pees of art missing from the country. most believed to have been stolen. >> finding more paintings in germany and holland. these paintings are coming back >> now, 75 more come back. this time from san francisco. >> we now have an estimate on how much it cost to rescue that family with a sick child last week. the price of the joint effort with coast guard, navy and
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national guard came to $663,000. it could go higher the family arrived back home in san diego wednesday, on what is sup he is posed to be a year-long sailing trip the boat sank in the pacific. >> former house speaker joined sales force today to unveil the plans. the tower be the tallest building the company man tz to occupy half of the space inside and the mayor says the staff was surprised to hear the news. >> received it with oh, wow. really? and explain plained this is our home
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>> the 61 story tower scheduled for completion by 2017. >> a couple was doing spring cleaning and found an uncashed check that was more than 20 years old. >> what does it take to cash a check that old? in this case, michael finney. >> the euphoria turned to depression thinking they could not cash a 22-year-old check. lucky for them, they were wrong. who says buried treasure has to be underground? in this attic among dozens of dusty boxes wan waz an unopened envelope inside, a check from 1992 for $3600. issued to carol jean riser's husband, richard. she found the check digging through one of the boxes.
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>> i was excited and then kind of like kicking myself saying how could i have let this happen. >> the check came with this brief memo from richard's then employer, toshiba, a bonus the memo spelled out how the company spelled out how it was calculated. richard remembers shrugging when he heard news. >> like oops. we screwed up, we should have cashed it >> carol jean wasn't ready to give up she called the state controller unclaimed property division where uncashed checks like this one are supposed to end up. but unclaimed property had no record of it. >> i was disappointed because i thought there is a requirement to do that. >> carol jean called toshiba. but the division shut down long ago. no one could find any record of the check. >> they said that the bank had
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closed that the check was drawn on there was no possible recourse. perhaps i should see an attorney. >> carol jean decided to call 7 on your side we contacted toshiba and the state controller. >> we were concerned because we're enforcing the laws >> under the law the state controller says toshiba should have tried to notify richard. >> we're going to meet with them and check records >> bre receiving the audit the company decided to reissue a new paycheck to itch yard the company told us it holds the highest regard for employees and we're happy to resofsh this case and reissue yued a 22-year-old bonus check for the amount after our hr department investigated this situation.
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>> i am delighted and surprised. >> checks don't expire. funds must be turned over if not claimed unclaimed wages, commissions and ordered refunds must be turned over to the state after one year. everything else must be turned oer after three years. when richard gave his money to his wife. >> i lost it she got it. >> the fine for unclaimed report is 12% pr per year. you can e mailophile to get it back f you want more information go to abc7 news.com and look under he 7 on your side. >> i like he gave to it his wife. . >> i know. good work. >> yes. >> well, coming up next, a bay area veteran gets a much-needed helping hand. >>gets that can be a real bear.
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lot of people and what a difference it will make. iet takes a few seconds to recognize that belmont mechanic and businessman enjoys helping people with problems. that is a small one. >> what do i get? big smile. >> this father of five with a sixth on the way. scars are reminders of an ied in 2008. an attack only he survived. >> i don't remember the explosion. i'm trapped inside of the vehicle the vehicle was burning. everybody else was already gone.
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the pain was horrible. >> for the pain, the belmont rotary club wanted to get this wounded warrior a second car to he can finish his degree, get a job and take care of the large, growing family. >> there are people that car about wounded warriors and there are a lot of us. good to use a help like this. >> this is not the first time it's given a car to a wounded warrior. it's the third. >> feels good. great to do something for the people giving so much for the country. a nice way to end the week here. another beginning for oscar.
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he says woe not have changed a decision that led to this moment. . >> i love my country. >> he wears it. >> coming up next, dan ashley finds out how much
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san francisco new exploratorium about to celebrate one full year on a new building in the water front. it's been double the annual visitors the hands on science museum reports twice as many field trip groups and four times more members the building costs $300 million arcs louing exploratorium to expand programs for teachers. dan ashley got a chance to tryout an exhibit. >> this is not easy. >> this developer dreamed up
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this weird thing. >> this is 180 pounds >> heavy. >> designed to show how much human energy it takes the wheels spin, it's storing energy. you can see how much voltage is produced. >> 70. and p five. energy transfers >> i hit this button? wow, wow. >> next taking on a pickle. >> just going to stick these. >> not going to hurt the pickle, are you? >> i'm atrade the pickle is not going to make it. >> idea to turn night a sodium light sort of like these n this case, sodium is the salt in this picture. >> 450 rpms. >> we'll spare you all of the frames. after a lot of effort, we're bringing in reenforcements. >> there. >> i see smoke. >> wow.
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>> we have vapor. >> it's sparking. >> this is electric arc making sodium eachit that light. >> this is tough on the pickle but a lot of work. >> and you can see more of the cool exhibits on our special show abc 7 presents more to explore sunday at 6:30 in the evening. >> a neat place to go. >> it s fun. >> this afternoon looking at a interesting sky, clouds drifted over the bay. show, clouds thinner ask tomorrow, mainly sunny skies and
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dry. and mild. and thunderstorms again over the sierra. along the coast things will be much calmer, we'll have some clouds early morning hours giving way to sunny skies. mid to upper 60s around the bay. coastline, upper 50s, tomorrow afternoon, giants taking on rockies. uv index will be high. might want to take sun screen if you're going. here is the accu-weather forecast. warming up sunday, monday highs near 80 degrees monday, tapering off a few degrees. >> lovely weather. >> looks terrific. >> thank you. >> another former champ going
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home. another green jacket this, is pretty. sports little black holes. never. ever. stick even your pinky finger into one of them. yay! tillamook cheese slices, tastes better because it's made better.
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2012 masters champ in a family spot leading in augusta. left me missed the cut. we're going to show you wild slopes and swells here. from start to finish, 25 seconds and is going to end up with a birdie. a 74 even par over all. jimmy walker had to use the edge of the blade. yesterday's leader hitting back handed to get on the woods. driving it over the green. mcel roy barry made the cut. age 20 shot a 70 tied for third
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at three under. big day on the back nine. this is on 14 here. good to be bubba. adam scott and speed in third three under. >> etc. not science there. it's the greens that means you're hitting tee shots well. that means my tee shots are good. so that is all i was doing. >> giants hosting rockies tonight last night minor league outfielder taken out on a stretcher. did have feeling and took it off
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on a stretcher. he is okay to the ice two games left sharks not going to win pacific division. knew surgery following that hit by captain dustin brown the sharks face the kings in round one of the playoffs. there is football. broad streeter and the punter trying out their skills on the pitch. getting a chance chance trying to kick a football. i think it's safe so-to-say everybody should stick to their day jobs. pitcher, what is that?
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it looked like pine tar. struck out seven he said it's dirt. like really shiny dirt apparently. most likely because he's had a bunch of his pitchers doing the same thing. many 145 pounds. bradley flexing the pecs there. it was a bogus decision. packa age 35. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. thanks larry. >> abc7 news at 11:00, details
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on the victim of the deadly crash also, a woman who threw a shoe at hillary clint yn >> then, protests escalating. why hundreds gathered outside of the home of two teachers >> tonight here on abc7 it's last man standing and the neighbors followed by shark tank and 20-20. >> and if you're customer, you can down load by searching watch abc in the app store. you that does it for this edition of abr seven news our coverage now continues on twitter. >> from all of us here, have a good night.
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this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a nanny, originally from san diego, california... a college history teacher from thousand oaks, california... and our returning champion, a translation coordinator from eastpointe, michigan... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thanks, john. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. three lovely smiles on our contestants today. for the first time this week, we have a repeat champion. she's a military wife.
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she once served in the u.s. air force. her husband once served in the navy. and, rebecca and monique, welcome aboard. let's all go to work, shall we? the jeopardy! round. here it comes. and here are the categories. you're gonna love it. "oil" in quotation marks -- those three letters. all right, sandie. start. shakespeare with spoiler alerts for $200. rebecca. who is julius caesar? correct. i'll take shakespeare for $400, please. sandie. who is othello? he's the one. shakespeare for $600. answer -- daily double.

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