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locations. still looking at the low clouds over san francisco, here's how it plays out during the morning upper 40s to low 50s this afternoon cloudy still along the coast and temperatures range inland from upper 40s to low 70s. a witness was a car that was sideswiped by a truck. >> the fedex truck was already on fire. >> it was like a 3d move, mack truck coming out of the movie. >> the board is investigating the crash which is expected to take up to two weeks. all of the students on the bus came from the los angeles area. the crash occurred near orland as the students were headed to a
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preview weekend at humbolt university. >> seconds after a truck collided with a bus full of high school students calls to 9-1-1 began flooding in. 43 students were heading to humbolt state for a college visit when a fedex tractor-trailer crossed the median, ten people were killed in the fiery crash. five students, both driver's and chap roens on the buls. >> all of a sudden people were screaming and i look up, as i look up, the bus driver slams on the breaks, a loud screeching noise i will never forget, within seconds boom, the truck was filling with fire. >> he has been reunited with his
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family. 18-year-old remains hospitalized with serious burns and broken collarbone. >> i felt absolute total terror and helplessness because i couldn't get here because he's my son and i knew he needed me. >> his son has burns on his arms and legs from kicking out a window. >> he put his hands on his face so the blast explosion missed the front of his face. he was right behind the driver. he is lucky he got out. >> it's still unclear what caused the driver of the truck to cross the median. in chico abc 7 news. devastation as families were notified of the death of their loved one. one family with twins have one daughter who made it okay.
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the authorities have asked the family for her dental records. we are learning more about two that were just engaged. they were chaperone s on the bus. >> this christmas he went to paris with madison and asked her to marry him. >> 25-year-old surprised his fiance with a romantic proposal in paris. >> they said grany, i love you. the other one said, granny i love you, they both gave me a kiss, i told them i love you guys too. >> she dropped them off at the train station. it was the last time she saw them. they were on the bus
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chaperonning children to humbolt. >> after graduation some alumni become chap roeeronees on this . >> michael worked with children with autism. a memorial is growing outside their family homes. relatives say they were an inspiring couple. >> they made be believe in soul ma mates. i remember their courtship and michael talking about the engagement and looking about rings and getting excited about paris. they really believed in true love. >> they planned to get married next year. in los angeles abc 7 news.
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crash survivors left this thank you poster thanks workers for their help after thursday's accident one wrote "i can't imagine if we didn't have your help". a stabbing in san jose around 9:15 last night, two men victims suffering from the stab wounds and a third man found, the suspect, all three men taken to the hospital. fight doesn't appear to be gang related. this morning two cars in a detached garage at a home around 12:30. crews got the fire under control just before 1:00 but not before damaging a second garage. no homes destroyed. no injuries. no word on the start but investigators believe it is an
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accident. police are searching for a second robber in a jewelry heist, it happened on delta fair boulevard, two men wearing ski masks opened fire in the store, the owner returned fire killing one robber. a customer was injured and has been treated and released from the hospital. tech giant google has been blamed for their shuttle busses, and also going after the google attorney for using the ellis act to evict tenants. we have details. >> more than 100 demonstrators gathered outside the home of a elementary school teacher live the owner moved into the top floor but all tenants got
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surprising letter. >> this is an ellis act eviction. >> she is one of many who have been uprooted in the district. her and other residents are fighting the landlord from keep from moving. >> he could have bought a flat anywhere else in the city, he could afford it with his high salary of google. he doesn't need to displace seven people. >> the landlord is an attorney for google. we reached out to him at home and google for comment, neither has responded. the city is working on solutions and he is pushing on ellis act growth in sacramento. >> our population has grown by 75,000 people and produced i have little houses. >> she just wants to keep her home. we are renters but we're
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tribulati contributing to their mortgage. >> she and her young say have 120 days to move if convicted. a 55-year-old found guilty of child endangerment after the mauling of a young child. 2-year-old was mauled to death. the owner ignored police who told him to remove the dog after killing a young child. he could face prison charges. investigators say daniels met with customers, starbucks and burger king to sell
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prescriptions, $143,000 from april 2010 to 2011 though she didn't file taxes she expected in court monday. authorities are asking for your help to identify an arson suspect. he was seen near a fire that started eight days ago. it did $150,000 in damage belonging to offices in eek land. he is between 30 and 40 years old, balding with dark hair and goate. birds in lake county have tested positive for west nile virus, a bald eagle, american hawk and a crow are the first ones with the virus. it doesn't mean the mosquitos are out early, the birds could have gotten the disease by feeding on other animals who
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died and could have had it. so this reminds you to get rid of standing water. not a lot of water out there. no and we won't see much for the next seven days but we're seeing a lot of clouds right now as we look live. i will show you how gray it is over the bay. peaks of sunshine peaking through. i will have your neighborhood high coming up. next, the lawsuit over a case that is eriely similar to one in the past. and girls fandom turned to fury, next.
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>> covering all the bay area this is abc 7 news. this morning an official say teens looking for malaysia airlines flight 370 are now looking for the next phase of the search which will involve going under water. two sounds were heard a week ago that were determined to be consistent with the signals admitted by the black boxes. australian's prime minister is confident the signals are coming from the missing boeing 747. the duke and dutches toured the north island. the dutchess visited a hospital and prince will visited an aircraft factory they then met with the son of a deceased world war veteran. the family of a 21-year-old
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girl declared brain dead filed suit against the hospital. we have the details. >> last year wade and jennifer westoff 21-year-old daughter morgan was declared brain dead after complications in the hospital in oakland. they were told morgan would be taken off life support in 48 hours. >> i wanted more time for my daughter to heal. i didn't know if it was the right decision. >> they removed her from life support but said the most pain came from the way they were treated. >> no one would give us answers. we would question charts. they were delayed. there wasn't a complete set of charts. >> there was a moment there where the hospital instead of advocating with you becomes also adverse yaral with you.
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then they seen another family with the same complaints. >> lack of communication. lack of trance parentscy. lack of dig fieed treatment. >> after their daughter's death the hospital continued looking for donations. in a statement the chief medical officer said we have hundreds of thousands of communications with families every year and while we strive for these to always be appropriate there are occasions where we fall short. the westoff's say their lawsuit is fueled by the pattern of incentivivit imbedded in the culture. new details this morning. oakland mayor backtracking on the claim that the crown prince
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of dubai has the capitol to invest in an entertainment center. yesterday saying one of the developers has connections, the crown prince himself is not involved in the coliseum project. several angry teens were forced out of a concert last night after their tickets were fake. >> clear the sidewalk. >> all: we're not leaving. >> it happened in san francisco, five seconds of summer, would not leave the front the fill more. they were told their tickets were bogus. the girls paid hundreds of dollars for them, some purchased on stub hub, others on craigslist and appear to be the same seller. >> my mom bought it for my
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daughter, it is her birthday. everyone is crying. it's awful. >> they are my idles, this is the only chance i got. i finally convince my parents to let me go and you find out it is all a scam. >> stub hub will get a full refund. with the warriors securing a playoff spot last night, the team suggests using the warriors resale marketplace where their tickets will be guaranteed. amazon workers got a offer they have been waiting for. they are offering their employees up to $5,000. if you benefit amaz have been a
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you get $1,000 to improvement workplace moral. many of us check online when we check a reservation. now restaurants are doing it back to find out information about your guest. imagine if your waiter knew it was your anniversary before you sat down. part of a strategy to keep patrons from coming back. staff can't creep out their customers by knowing too much. >> i always thought it was a magic trick that the waiters knew it was my birthday as a kid -- so easily fooled. the forecast today is similar to yesterday, starting off cloudy and cool. a lot of low clouds out there. no precipitation, didn't see much drizzle this morning either. looking towards the golden state
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you will see it is kind of overcast, temperatures right now in the 50s, even some40s out there. san francisco 54. oakland 55. red wood city at 47 degrees looking to the east bay, the clouds are thinning out and we will get sunshine in the east bay this afternoon. 51 in santa rosa. 52in napa. 55 in livermore. you see the low clouds cascading pouring into the bay and stick on the coast all day. warmer and more sunshine tomorrow. the pacific satellite image over the last 12 hours tells you the
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picture of this low pressure moving towards southern california. that will bring the cooler temperatures today but as it moves through we will see sunny conditions tomorrow. the clouds will pull back to the coast and stick around by lunch time and sunny inland and clouds on the peninsula. by evening the clouds move back in and overnight you could see fog tomorrow morning. for temperatures today a few degrees cooler than yesterday. 6 69 high in san jose. upper 60s in palo alto. 61 downtown san francisco. 68 in nefvnevada.
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mid 60s in castro valley. temperatures coming down in the inland area. for today look for low 70s. 71 in pittsburgh. 69 in pleasanton. we have the partly cloudy conditions this afternoon with temperatures in the low 70s. upper 50s along the coast. tomorrow warming up. more sunshine and that trend continues into monday and we will be closer to average through the rest of the work week. i had to take out the chance of rain toward the end of the work week because all of the storm will move and won't bring us any rain. >> thank you. next teens had a lucky find during a dig. it is paying off big for her
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>> a lucky teen now has a college fund after finding a 3.85 crater diamond in arkansas. now the team from oklahoma says she has sold the diamond for $20,000. she plans to use the money to help pay for college. it is the only diamond producing site in the u.s. open to the public. sure it has become much more popular now. up next how the local sbi was able to find priceless paintings in the basement of a man's home. and after a year after its new home, expanding beyond it's own wall
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temperatures right now in the low 50s in the bay area. we will see more sunshine inland mostly sunny conditions, partly cloudy around the bay. low to upper 60s and along the coast we will see clouds throughout the day and the clouds move in tonight. i will have the complete forecast shortly. >> thank you. developing news, authorities in santa clara are investigating after a home crashed into a home. residents heard tires screeching shortly before a car slammed in between the two homes. it broke a gas line at one of the houses. pg & e shut off the gas. both residents were evacuated. new this morning president obama is stepping up his call for equal pay for women, calling
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it an embarrassment that women make less than men even in the same profession and same education. >> this is an economic issue that effects all of us. women make up about half our workforce and more and more they are the bread winners in the home. this week i took action for businesses punishing their workers. more paid salary makes it easy to push for transparency. president obama will return to the bay area next month for two high end fundraisers, he will raise money for the democratic national convention at the palo alto home of melissa myer, tickets ranging from 1,000 to $10,000.
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he will also do a round table at another loss alt o home. missing art work missing 16 years ago has been found in the bay area, it is worth millions. we talked with the fbi to find out what happened. >> this is the cobbler, koly was a polish resistance fighter after world war ii after the war she settled down in the bay area after traveling the world painting. she died in san francisco in 1998. koly left 86 paintings. >> the art never reached it's intended destination. >> they vanished and the missing art work was a mystery.
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in january they turned to the fbi in san francisco. >> the polish government asked us to try and reach out for one of the family members here in the bay area and see if he was aware of the location of the paintings. >> the fbi went to koly's nephew's home in santa rosa. >> he knew they were being maintained in a storage facility and after a conversation with us it was agreed we would take them and get them back to switzerland where they belong. >> the fbi recovered 75 of the 86 paintings. the nephew said he was protecting the paintings and didn't know the museum was looking for them. they say there is still 80,000 pieces of art missing from their country most to believed to have been steelen by the nazi and
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russians. now 75 paintings have come back, this time from san francisco. abc 7 news. next week san francisco's exploratorium celebrates one year of this new building. it shares job skills of the future with mission district teens in a partnership funded by the national science foundation. we have the report. >> kids from the boys and girls club, meet the outdoor team, creators of the museum's wide range of exhibits to be enjoyed outside. >> when we work in the community what we want to do is partner with a community-based organization that really knows the neighborhood we work in. >> that's where their mission comes in, three teen club
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members are the first to step up for this pilot project. >> the i'd yay dea, architect, building, i love doing this. >> they will spend a year creating a park in their neighborhood. >> the idea was to focus on design but also 21 century trades, it is very intense. >> the writing will reflect from it. >> they did not skimp on the details. >> solar panels will create energy for the lights. >> we wanted somewhere to sit. this is two seats for older people and two for younger kids and then we added this weird table. >> on this date, the team is helping the teens combine their design to do a small plastic model using a 3d printer. >> just lay it down one layer at
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a time. >> the plans keep getting more elaborate. >> we are going to take up about six feet and put grass on it. >> the next step is to build a full size high wood photo type right in front of the boys and girls club. >> doing it at the club p ensure the kids can experience it. >> finally the community comes in to test it out and it's a huge hit. the teen designers watch carefully to see how all their ideas work. >> it is pretty incredible knowing the kids have been using the stuff we built with our own hands. >> they will build a permanent park this summer, the next step to help must more young people prepare for the future. >> i learned a lot and it made me more confident in what i can do. >> dan ashley reporting.
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abc 7 is the exploratorium official tv partner. tomorrow night at 6:30 don't forget to watch. still ahead, a bay area veteran gets a much needed helping hand. we will show you the community effort that is helping to get it started. now a look at the sun rising over the san francisco bay. plenty of clouds in the sky. we will fill you in on when and where those will stick
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>> covering the bay area this is abc 7 news. welcome back. an eighth grader from the east bay is one of only ten kids in the country recognized this year by the white house for protecting the environment, 14-year-old received the president's youth award. he did more than make a science project. when he was eight, he set up a website to teach kids how to
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fight climate change and he wrote books and conservation programs in schools and he works with other kids to recycle plastic. how's it look outside. we are finding blue skies over lake tahoe where the high will be 66 today. do look out for a chance of a thunderstorm in eastern sierra, i will have details coming up. also next, the warriors clinch a spot in the post woah, this k l! the tour. give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all.
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ah, this k l! the tour. give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. >> welcome back everyone. it's 8:43 a live look from the roof cam. shaping up to be a beautiful day. you will get up to 61 degrees. you can see the american flag blowing in the wind, winds will pick up this afternoon. we will fill you in on those details. for now enjoy this lovely sunrise. an event was held yesterday guaranteed to make anyone smile. it took a lot of work by a lot of people and what a difference
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it will make. >> hello. >> hi. >> how are you. >> good how are you? >> i'm a little busy. >> it takes a few seconds and maybe a hand shake to recognize that belmont auto mechanic and businessman enjoys helping people with problems, large and small. >> my headlight's out. >> that was a small one. this motorcycle motorcade part of a larger one. >> i get six happy smiles. >> he is a father of five with sixth on the way. those stars on his face, lifelong reminders of an ied in afghanistan that he was a lone survivor. >> i remember being trapped in the vehicle and it was burning up. at that moment everyone was
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gone. >> i'm sure there were moments he wanted to stop with the treatment and surgeries and going in and out of hospitals. >> for all that pain and sacrifice, the belmont club wanted to give this wounldded warrior a education and a job to take care of that large growing family. >> there are a lot of us who could use help like this. >> this is not the first time the belmont rotary club has given a car to a wounded warrior, it is actually the third. the car was donated, the parts, and even the labor to get the car ready was donated too. >> it feels good to do something for the people who have given so much for this country. >> oscar, congratulations. >> thank you. >> a not so small gesture after a ultimate sacrifice. another beginning for oscar who says he would not have changed one single decision that led to
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this moment. >> i love serving my country. i love my country. >> he wears it. abc 7 news. 8:47 we are starting to see some sunshine. >> we are. and flight days are not longer delayed at sfo. so the break in the clouds is starting early. looking around the bay area, there is still quite a bit of cloud cover out there but i will show you some live camera shots to give you an idea what is going on around the bay. temperatures have been hovering all morning in the low 50s. oakland 55. red wood city 51. san jose 54. in san jose you will see clouds as well but you will notice a little patchy out there. you may see sunshine early on. 52 in napa.
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53 in fairfield and concord. as we look out towards the bay you see the sunshine reflecting there just right under the bay bridge. partly cloudy conditions expected around the bay but it is a cloudy morning and partly cloudy this afternoon and warmer by tomorrow. i will tell you why. with a look at the pacific satellite image over the last 12 hours an area of low pressure has moved towards southern california but it will bring cooler temperatures today and we will see forecast temperatures coming up tomorrow. the clouds break up earlier, so by lunch time we will see a lot of clear conditions inland and partly cloudy along the peninsula and cloudy along the coast and the clouds will pull back into the bay by this evening and it will cool down into the 50s for you right after sunset at around 7:43 this
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evening. tomorrow will be another cloudy and foggy start. but then sunshine by sunday afternoon. here's a look at the highs today around the bay area. they are going to be similar to yesterday's numbers along the coast. 59at half moon bay. san francisco 69 degrees. inland we will see low 70s instead of mid 70s and upper 70s we saw yesterday. concord at 70 degrees. morgan hill 71. look for 70 as well in napa. a lot of folks traveling all around the state, people on spring break, so look for partly cloudy conditions, with a high of 66 in los angeles and chance of thunderstorm. high in reno 76 degrees. sacramento 76 as well.
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here's the seven day forecast. slightly cooler in some locations. with the sunshine coming our way on sunday we will be warming up and that trend will continue monday getting up to 80 degrees and monday numbers will be close to average. >> average is enjoyable here in the bay area. >> very true. >> thanks. in sports, the giants against the rockies. last night the warriors clinched a trip to the playoffs. we have highlights. >> good morning everyone. one night after letting a playoff spot slip away, the warriors locked it down against the lakers in l.a. joe watching his team clinch in
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person. funny moment, seth curry without authority. lee gets it, curry gets it back. what's he do? hits a dunk. and a three. 15 point lead for the warriors in the half. curry triple double, 30 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. that's the sweet one behind the back of steve blake, former laker at 16 returning to l.a. warriors clinch a playoff spot 112-95. sharks and avalanche, tomas hertl back after missing 45 games with knee surgery. marty havlat with a hat trick. a burst of speed, initial shot denied but scores on the rebound, his second of the game and completing the natural hat trick to the empty net goal. sharks 50th victory of the season over the avs.
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talk about doing it all. middieson bumgarner, michael morris quickly becoming a fan favorite, gives a bat away. there it goes carlos gonzalez sblash splash down, 2-1. in the fourth, bumgarner, that is a grand slam, first one by a giant this season. five rbis on the night for the pitcher. matt allowed four runs and giants hold on to win 6-5. a.j.'s and mariners in seattle. the kings at work. fernandez struck out 11. trouble in the fourth, the dive is great. the throw gets away. run scores 2-0.
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m's. a's would lose in seattle 6-4. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend everybody. next an annual spring tradition, the big festival that kicks right now you can build your own. girl: sweet! make mine with the seven-grain bread with strawberries -- oh, no, wait, bananas. ooh, and glazed pecans! whoa, i get to choose my own sauces? better hurry, beautiful, it's not going to be around for that long. [ding] welcome to denny's. watch. dentist. [ popping ] now you have to figure out which one takes your insurance... [ sighs ] okay. now, a dentist you trust
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>> winning numbers from last night's $20 million draw 3, 42, 44, 57, 47, and 8. nobody got it so tuesday will be $28 million. it will look a lot like spring in san francisco, the cherry blossom festival in japan town to get a taste of japanese culture, food booths, and live bands, gets started at 10:00 a.m. and it happens again next weekend. lots to look forward to. the cherry blossoms are beautiful. will it feel like spring out there. it will. you know what else is happening in san francisco, giants playing
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at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. here's a live shot of the bay bridge. rockies versus the giants right around 59 degrees and 61 the high around 4:00 p.m. also temperatures around the bay will be similar to yesterday. look for highs to be cloudy and clear around the coast. 59 at half moon bay. low 70 inland in napa and concord. san jose 69. tomorrow we will see more sunshine and warmer weather and it will be even warmer on monday and steady through the rest of the week. it will be very pleasant. enjoy your weekend. >> thank you and thank all of you for joining us on abc 7 news. the news continues online with our new abc 7 app..
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