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approached. now, she has been taken to sf general hospital we do not know her condition at this point. but big delays remain here. you can expect 10, 15, 20 minute delays in that direction. there is a lot of confusion people not knowing what to do. agents told to refer folks to embarcadero or power street station. that not an issue anymore. bart, montgomery bart just reopened but if you're headed to daily city, sfo, expect plenty of delays as the system tries to get back on track tonight. >> thank you. >> the family of a man killed in a neighborhood park last month by san francisco police filed a claim against the city today. officers thought alex nietto had a gun. it turned out to be a taser.
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carolyn? >> there is an investigation by the police department by the district attorney and office of citizen complaints. but the attorney says those results may not come in a timely fashion. today he filed a claim which is a precursor to a potential wrongful death lawsuit. >> attorney john buress says the 28-year-old was the immigrant family's guiding light today he filed a claim against the city of san francisco, for the officer involved shooting that took the man's live. >> the family has a right to know the community has been outraged out there. everybody is very upset about this. the sooner they can get answers they can trust, i think it will be a more of a healing perfect is hes >>. ietto a community college
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student and security guard was shot and killed at the park around 7:00 p.m march 21st. after someone called 911. saying a man has a gun on his hip. a black handgun, and pacing back and forth. police chief says officers asked him to show them his hands instead he pointed what they later discovered was a taser >> it was a laser site that put a red dot on you for targeting. you put the red dot on officers they believed their lives were in danger and fired upon him. >> in a town hall meeting the chief's explanations were met with disbelief. the attorney says the legal claim will force police to turn over all evidence in this case. he also believes u.s. attorney should launch a federal investigation. supporters are demanding an investigation by the district attorney, underway. >> a beautiful young man, a
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spirit who could have done so much for our great city here. >> we couldn't be sadder about it. i've apologized to the family. >> the chief says four officers are back on duty. the city has 45 days to respond to the family claims. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> the fbi investigation into alled political corruption and organized crime in san francisco chinatown is now turning into city leaders. leland yee along with keith jackson and raymond shrimp boy chow are charged in the fbi five-year corruption investigation. the bureau now wants all 11 members of the board of supervisors to set up informal meetings with agents. a source tells abc7 news this is, in their words a routine follow up to the investigation all defendants have pleaded not
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guilty to the charges >> a police officer accused of rape pleaded not guilty today. the 38-year-old was charged three weeks ago. prosecutors say he assaulted a woman following a domestic sdrut sdpoout. documents say the dna was found on graves bulletproof vest. he is on paid leave from the police department. >> santa clara county offering to help san joegs yeah police department deputy sheriffs may be pressed into service because san jose lost 400 officers from pay and pension cuts and taking overtime shifts to cover the streets. david louie joins us to explain. david? >> the detailed need to be worked out, however, it could mean deputy who normally patrol cupertino and the county might
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be adding san jose to the beach. >> response times have gone from 11 minutes to 20. so, the supervisor who is running for mayor is recommending a plan. >> we might as well get them working more closely. there is going to have to be some compensation the city has 140 appropriated funded positions that aren't filled now. they have the money. >> the council member thinks it's a good idea. >> people now are hurting and need help they need protective services and our police department out
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there. >> the pez of the police officer association says his members are getting burned out to maintain patrols and says having deputies help would be welcome. >> have to lower response time. this may be a way to do that. most people know calls are increased more violence occurring during the summer. >> another council member would like to seat hist shifting of responsibility. >> i support the sheriff department working with the police chief taking over responsibilities to stations and county buildings. >> a santa clara county protective service officer has been arrested for child molestation arcs rested last month but just come to light he worked with the valley medical center since 2004.
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he faces 11 charges from molestation to child pornography. he's in jail now with no bail. and take a look at what tsa agents found inside of a passenger bunch the passenger carrying it inside a platter. the tsa questioned and determined the person for goit was in the carry on bag. >> this is a picture of a pit bull that bit an officer on the hands and leg. sky 7 was every the scene in the city clinton neighborhood the officer investigating a case of abuse. witnesses a he was bleeding and taken to the hospital for treatment. >> new details in a miami total where an incident under investigation. as reported last week a woman
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told police she somehow wound up in the hospital after kissing kaepernick. two other players were also in the apartment at the time. today, a miami radio station responded it was the team that summoned to the hotel. they were the ones who then took her to the hospital. miami police said there has been no update on this investigation. >> san jose firefighters at this hour still on the watch over fire watch over a smoldering building that collapsed yesterday in a ball of flames. bits been vacant 20 years and became knowns a haven for the homeless. >> we believe there are no utilities at this time of the
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fire. >> a witness told a bcht c seven news 40 people were known to make that building home at night. yesterday, fewer than 15 were inside at the time of the fire. crews are wasting until the building is cool enough to go inside to look for a cause. a massive fire caused $5 million in damage the flames destroyed a warehouse as well as joshua tree furniture and thriving life style furniture and the building that housed some of the stock for import tile. investigators are trying to determine the cause. >> point the fire doesn't appear to have been intentional. it's still early in the investigation. >> 70 firefighters worked for five hours to put out flames the duck reopened this morning
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mostly untouched by the fire. >> a plan to address bad and violent behavior in san francisco main library includes tough penalties and increased security force. abc7 news took an advanced look at recommendations today. san francisco main library opened only eight years ago. it become a magnet for mentally ill and homeless >> people respecting everybody else's right to use that library now is much improved. >> still, so far this year, there have been 700 reported incidents of bad behavior. robert refuses to take his grandchildren to the library. >> he was asked to leave.
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he started tearing pages out of books ask slamming things down. this doesn't happen every day. >> in january the mayor sent this letter to the library. saying he wants to restore the library to a safe, welcoming place for family was the opening of a new teen center next year. >> we're going to welcome more kids and families next year. the mayor wanted to see some chaefrngs >> the library commission will consider implementing tougher security measures. we're focusing on the pee hafor that is also illegal or criminal in nature so until violence, lewd acts in the library. >> right now, if you brought in a weapon, your library
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privileges suspended only 30 days under the plan, you'd be receiving a year's suspension. still ahead what it's like to spend days and nights with nowhere to call home. this video from a go pro camera. >> and life saving injection that could reverse sometimes deadly affects of a drug overdose >> a chance toechl peer yens a lunar he clips will have a rare twist of color in it. >> i'm spencer christian. we await that lunar eclipse we'll take a look at sky conditions accu-w
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go pro cameras have been known for capping daredevils around the world a new project uses those cameras to document san francisco homeless. anyone who spent time in the neighborhood may have come across a quiet guy named adam. he's out selling a newspaper and usually outside of molly's phone which is where he is now. these days he has a new title for a project called homeless go
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pro.com. he starts his day. he's been homeless 30 volunteered. >> i feel like it's easier to be cold. you know? have less feelings when you're typing something than looking someone in the eye. he volunteer owed wear a donated go pro to difficult how difficult life is from his perspective. he says san francisco has great homeless services but they're often difficult to access. >> average is like the goal is building empathy. >> they produced three videos
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that can be found at homeless go pro.com. >> what we're trying to do is innovating to use services better. >> adam hopes this can give him a boost to get off the streets his plans to get regular housing within a year. in san francisco, abc7 news >> the lunar eclipse should be spectacular one. now more on this and perhaps complications of the moon. >> this would be the fo four lunar declipses. >> we live in a predictable world then, a night like this comes
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along. >> oh. this same light you can see at sunset. >> red glow of scattered light is what i will lum nates the moon during eclipse. >> brian day, a walking and talking encyclopedia of all things lunar. >> he eclipses have innunsed people as long as we have had history. >> tonight he has a more practical concern in the form of a space craft. >> we're not sure how the ladde is going to do during the eclipse >> the lunar atmosphere has been in low orbit for 100 days, just seven miles now collecting dust
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and gases. with every orb. >> if covered we don't get warmed up again. >> very interesting day. >> the shadows and light on a cosmic scale. so there, you have it. you can see it beginning at 10:58 this evening if you think it looks spectacular from earth imagine the sight from the moon. our planet back lit in red. >> if you get to see anything really cool be hur to snap a picture and send it in.
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so will most of us be able to see that some >> mostly clear skies we don't expect high clouds to obscure the view. near the coast, different issue. areas of low clouds that aren't so wide spread. sunny skies inland now. this is a clear sky. clouds pushing over the city and bay. it's 57 degrees in san francisco. low 70s in redwood city and san jose. 54 half moon bay.
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temperatures low to mid-60s. 59 inform petaluma. here is a live view from mount tam showing that bank of low clouds. we'll see clouds, sunny, breezy conditions. this dry pattern now continues throughout the weekend and into next week. this cold front will move through and of course push more high clouds throughout the sky. the front sweeping through. bringing with it just thin high clouds. sunny skies, and açó pleasant
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afternoon tomorrow. partly cloudy skies looking for lows from upper 40s to low >>s then, tomorrow, mainly sunny skies and pleasant. highs into upper 70s. 74 san jose. 77 morgan hill. peninsula, 68 san mateo. low 70s in redwood city. on the coast, breezy. cool. 60 in pacifica. downtown a high of 65 tomorrow. north bay mid-70s for santa rosa to napa. highs upper 60s to just above seven # degrees. here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll have a steady pattern throughout the weekend. highs mid to upper 70s inland. with cooling it's a dry pattern.
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that law exempts many businesses from payroll tax. twitter happens to be among 18 company that's have moved into the mid market since getting that tax break. >> there is an area had 0 technology and 0 homes under construction. >> the city reports tax and real estate tax revenue surged in the mid market area adding up to $8.4 million in new revenue for san francisco. >> if you ever dealt with a cracked mart phone screen, take a look at this. four models to a big drop due to redesign samsung did better than in previous years. >> these plastic coating design
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google glass is hitting the market. you could face a backlash if you wear them in public. >> this is a sale one day and one day only. starting at 6:00 a.m our time, google putting glass head sets on sale to anyone. but the price will be steep in dollars and, it turns out in
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hostility feeling from the public. to these pro testers google is the enemy. blaming the internet giant for higher rents. anger may have spilled into one customer. >> a person approached me put their hand on my face yelled glab glas and grabbed it and sprinted away he covers google for business insider. he'd been writing a story about the rally. he chased the thief ask then watched in horror. >> the person shifted weight ask just smashed glass into the ground. he pieced it back, but it doesn't work he published a story that unleashed a fire stoefrm. >> people said that, what do you think was going to happen? that is a symbol for google and rising rents. and you deserve that as, for flaunting that.
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>> add to to the list glass is surrounded in controversy says the c net rider. >> 72% of merpz don't want to buy google glass. they're concerned about privacy and phone shall invasiveness. >> glass may be coming to your neighborhood or to you. google is opening sales to anyone in the u.s. this is the explorer division. >> we know there is updated version of google glass coming. >> that can be this year. the sale for those who just can't wait. >> but what about kyle russell? . >> i don't want to be assaulted again. i don't want to look like i'm putting off a kind of, i don't know ostentatiousness.
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>> google made it clear they expect to sell out, you can guess what web site you'll need to go to. we'll put the link on our web site. >> tonight learning more about the man accused of killing three people near a jewish community center. police arrested frasier glenn cross, also known as glenn miller, said yechld he shouted a nazi slogan at cameras he's a former grand dragon in the ku klux klan and served time for possessing illegal weapons. a civil rights group says he's one of the most notorious white supremacists in the u.s. >> the forum is filled with people who believe the same things he does who support him, calling some of them calling him
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a hero today. >> jewish community sentenced have strengthened security as a precaution. >> we're asking our staff to be especially vigilant about safety. we're grateful for support of the sfpd. >> a mother of two were killed in yesterday's attack. none of them was jewish. a grand jury is reviewing charges expected to include hate crimes. >> and now to crisis in ukraine. the president and russian president putin spoke by telephone today for the first time in two weeks they've been at odds over russia's annexation of crimia. and what appears to be. >> ukraine on the brink.
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an antigovernment mob seizing a town's police headquarters for a week, there has been violence and buildings occupied in a dozen places. >> it threatened what he called an antiterrorist operation. but that came and went and unrest spread. monday afternoon a airport was seized. able to preserve authorities from coming in. this is a town that has been seized. >> two buildings had been seized. running into a check point men by men and showing 40,000 russian troops the fear is that ukrainin
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military action could provoke a russian invasion. >> highest honors in american journalism handed out today. top honors went to two newspapers, for prevealing nsa's collection of data on millions of phone calls and e mails their stories based on documents leaked by contractor edward snow den, now in exile the pulitzer prize for breaking news went to the "boston globe" for coverage of the boston marathon bombing. and a san francisco native working for the "new york times" photographer josh haney won a pulitzer for the photo essay he did on a boston bombing victim now in rehab after losing both of his legs. >> charges have been filed against a phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe at hillary clinton during a speech last week
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the 36-year-old is being charged with trespassing and violence. police say she snuck past security, pulled a shoe out, then threw it at the stage thursday. you can see almost hit her. this is in las vegas. mrs. clinton made jokes about it before continuing with her speech. good reflexes there. if convicted ernst could face a year in county jail. >> it's a musician's dream, playing carnegie hall. >> imagine this student's reaction when he learns he goats play there. jennie-o w where eva 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.
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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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stock prices bounced back. the dow gained 146 points. also marie tail sales show the economy is thawing out from winter. google is buying a company that
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makes droeps if you work for southwest airlines the company said today it's 45,000 employees will get a record $228 million profit sharing bonus. double amount of last year. >> a electrical middle school student is heading to carnegie hall in new york. he's a sax player in san carlos and has been chosen for the year's middle schools honors performance series in june. he says he loved jazz music for his life. >> my mom tells me i used to fall asleep in the car listening to jazz. i had a little toy saxo phone around five. i picked up an you will hi one at age ten. >> the he says he was almost in tears when he found out.
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he's not sure yet whether he wants to be a professional saxo phone player so he's just going to see where the road takes him >> nice to have the choices. >> yes. >> coming up next, the life saving injection that could reverse sometimes deadly affects of a drug overdose. why isn't it more widely available?
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there is a new push to make a life saving drug more available in california. it can reverse deadly affects of overdoses from drugs. and now, advocates are fighting for wide spread access. >> this is againally. >> april lost her son, joey to alcohol and prescription drugs, including oxycontin the former football player was alone at the time of his death his mom believes his life could have n saved with the help of an injectable antidote. >> had his roommate found him in an overdosing state, using that would have allowed him to recover from the situation. >> i'm going to run through what is in this kit.
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>> the center is in lay fayette, distributing the kits this, month began training on how to perform the injection. >> this is during into the syringe >> he says it works by blocking receptors. >> kits are extremely effective. 99% of those administered medication survive. >> the need may be ak celebrating. cdc reports that drug overdoses surpassed car accidents as a leading cause of death for people between ages 25-64. a number of law enforcement agencies have already distributed the kits to officers but advocates believe putting
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them in hands of friends or family members of opiate users could prevent deaths. >> it can save lives we know that. and if the lay person, a mom, dad, or a friend of a person who is on long term opiates were otherwise know have an addiction issue to opiates. it can save their lives. >> last week fda approved a version delivered through a device similar to an epi pen. >> let's take a look at the forecast. >> sunny skies over the bay area. we've got clouds and low clouds along the coastline. some may move across the bay tonight. we expect the viewing
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continues until about well, mid eclipse 12:45. then, we expect viewing conditions near the bay with just thin, high clouds. virable at the coast. tomorrow, sunny skies and warmer in the bay area, breezy on the coast high temperatures 60s to mid to upper seven #s inland. forecast for the giants-dodgers game is giants trying to eclipse dodgers in ratings breezy, cool. temperatures in the 50s. here is the accu-weather forecast. dry, mild days are ahead. >> thank you. >> thank you spencer. >> time for sports. >> i'm the bearer of bad news. big man, out again.
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good evening, this is devastating news for the warriors. center andrew boget out with a broken rib. the veteran center on the befrnl afterwards. it's a huge problem with l.a. clippers. this is yet another freak injury. it could not have come at a worse time. warriors hosting minnesota tonight. niners have decisions to make on smith starting with his contract the 49ers have an option fon his deal for 2515
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they've got to decide whether to pick that up or not by may three. after saying he had a bomb, maturity is a huge issue here. the fact police say they believe smith was drinking before the incident is another situation here. to hope at some point he grows up. sharks and kings thursday night in round one of the playoffs. just like each other very much. playing two to times. and have 11 wins this year, sharks have home ice.
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>> it's evenly hatched series. yeah. i mean it's that close i'm sure you guys are going to draw comparisons from last year. >> i say you're supposed to do. but it's a new season. >> the number one pick in the wna draft. there was little doubt about whose name could be called first in the draft >> i can't describe it this, is unreal. it's a dream come true. just so happy to share with family, friends and fans, connecticut suns. >> new team. the sisters join peyton and eli manning as only siblings to be number one picks in major sports. looks like aaron gordon is going to be one ask done in arizona.
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he's going to announce a news conference tomorrow. so michael phelpps is three events later this month in arizona. the coach says he's got plenty of time before 2016 games. winningest athlete in olympian history. 22 medals, 18 gold. and where did lawson go to celebrate? waffle house. watson grew up in florida tweeted out a photo of dinner last night. winning his second green jacket. there it is.
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champ dinner at waffle house. exclamation point. i'm hoping that meals mooel was on the house. because that is tremendous publicity there for waffle house. >> his glamorous life, right? >> he likes what he likes >> good for him. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then tired of those clunky car seats? new invention fits into a backpack. then this, story on abc7 news at 11:00. parents of a local baby boy encouraging surgery now facing another fight just being able to afford to stay while recovering. >> and that is it for abc7 news i'm cheryl jennings. >> have a great evening. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.
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this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants -- a librarian from glendale, colorado... and our returning champion, a translation coordinator from eastpointe, michigan... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and to get a little bit of personal business out of the way before we get into the playing of the game, happy birthday, mom -- 93.
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sandie, chrissy, and devin, good to have you with us. let's go to work. here comes the jeopardy! round. and here are the categories. alex: sandie. good luck charms, $200. devin. what is a horse shoe? horse shoe. yes. 6-letter bible books, $200. sandie. what are psalms? good. bible books, $400. chrissy. who are judges? judges. that's it.

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