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>> good morning, everyone. it's saturday, it's 5:00 a.m. so glad you are with us. i'm katie marzullo. we will start off with a quick look at the weather. good morning, lisa. >> good morning. starting out with more low clouds and fog than usual and that's due to the sea breeze that's kicked up. temperatures in the 50s. 55 in hayward. clouds around most of the bay except livermore and napa where they are partly cloudy. that is due to a stronger on shore push. here's the plan today. notice the clouds all the way into our east bay valley, 7:00. and then by 10:00 we reveal sunshine in the east bay valleys. it will be a cooler day for
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everyone. upper 60s oakland, berkeley, 67 inland and low to mid-70s. a cooler weekend. i'll tell you the coolest day this weekend and what the upcoming work week looks like, including cinco demayo coming up. >> thank you, lisa. in developing news, abc7 news was the first to break this news on twitter. the santa clara teenage stow away that survived the flight to hawaii in the wheel well of a jet is no longer in hawaii. this is according to an official sent by hawaii department human services. they did not say where the teen was going or who he might be with, only that he is safe. we do know he is not with his dad. our media partner reports hawaiian officials have denied the father's request to see his son and bring him back home. the woman at the center of the donald sterling scandal is talking this morning. she opened up to barbara walters
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and clarified her relationship with the man who is now band from the nba for life. we have the details. >> for weeks she's been seen and not heard. now the woman at the center of the los angeles clippers controversy, v. stiviano, is speaking exclusively with apc news barbara walter. >> you just left donald sterling. what is his state of mind right now? >> confused. i think he feels very alone. >> you do not consider him a racist? >> no. >> do you think he should apologize? >> absolutely. >> do you think he will apologize. >> only god knows. >> the woman who recorded team owner donald sterling's infamous racist rant, coming to his defense, insisting they had a professional relationship. >> i became part of mr. sterling's team. i became someone who protected him, someone who took care of him. >> sterling is also breaking his silence, talking to a magazine
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about stiviano, he said i wish i would have just paid her off. he's been kick out of the game, benched for his comments about african americans. >> don't those remarks sound racist to you? >> i think when he said is not what he feels >> the nba already banned sterling for life and find him $2.5 million. now the league is taking steps to force a sale of the team. after a week mired in controversy, the players are ready to move on. >> i'm tired it. i think we are past it as a group. >> tonight the clippers will try to move forward as we get back to business. facing off against the golden state warriors on their home court. abc news, los angeles. >> for more on barbara walters exclusive interview, go to our website abc7news.com. a young child is recovering after falling from a second story window
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the child was airlifted to the hospital. the three-year-old has head injuries but should survive. it is called the hook-up truck and it's exactly when you think it is. a place for people to, well, hook up. the truck tried to crash oakland's first 40 event. we were there for the debut. >> the hookup truck wasn't allowed anywhere near first friday's street event. >> they said oh, no, you are the hookup truck. we were told you are not allowed to come in here. >> organize he is said they never received an application >> we were full long before they came so they couldn't come because other people had already come. >> the idea comes from a conversation about a friend using mobile apps to hook up
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>> wouldn't that be funny if we made a mobile room and had it for people to meet in? >> she wouldn't show us the room 678 she said that would spoil the secret to her business. as a venture the san francisco department of health says they have never signed off on this. same goes for the city tax collector. right now they said they are not a business because they are not charging. so for now it all plays into her other aim, social commentary about sexton, art and money. >> the root in core of this is i am mocking that. i am mocking that. all these people with their money buying things. >> so far there's quite a bit of curiosity but not much information about what is inside the room. abc7 news. we have breaking news in oakland. a woman has died in a house fire. house is on the 2500 block of parker avenue and it was engulfed in flames bit time
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firefighters arrived wishes is just before 3:00 this morning. the woman was the only person inside the home. it took firefighters about 25 minutes to get the flames under control. damage estimated at about $150,000. the cause of the fire is under investigation. we will keep you posted on this one. also this morning, we have new details about a deadly san jose crash. police say a driver ran a red light, then clipped another vehicle and hit a light pole on north first street just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon. a female passenger in the car died. the driver is in serious condition. none. four people in the other vehicle were injured. happening today a vigil is being held in memory of an oakland man killed in a hit-and-run a week ago. oakland police are offering a $10,000 reward for information lead to go the arrest of the driver. this is cell phone video from the scene on telegraph avenue and 50th street. vigil organizers say the still unidentified victim was disscaled met his friends every morning at a coffee shop.
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the vigil will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the site of the run. >> and organizers will be in newark to help kids in nigeria. social need yeah is blog up for the campaign. more than 200 girls were kidnapped by islamic extremists two weeks ago. many were said to be sold as slaves or wives. the protest will be at noon today at the theater on cedar boulevard. new details about the federal raid of a petaluma slaughterhouse that led to a massive meat recall earlier this year. documents show the rancho feeding corporation was purchased diseased cows and processing them from inspectors were around. the heads of sick cows were replaced with ones from healthy animals. document found a plant foreman was in a romantic relationship
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with a usda inspector. they are cracking down on message parlors. a six month investigation ends in arrests and seizure of guns, cash in four cities and the closer of 13 message parlors. adam wong reports from san lorenzo. >> not according to the almeda county district attorney who said maiden message in this shopping center was one of 13 east bay brothels busted. next door they heard the police storm them. >> they were yelling about the first warrant. i thought i heard them say someone was nude. >> other employees in the shopping center say the arrests were not surprising at all. >> it was no obvious what was happening in there. >> what were you seeing? >> people coming in, a woman. >> the district attorney said the operation that involved 400 officers was triggered by
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community complaints. >> what we've been able to accomplish today is to attack these businesses in an innovative and comprehensive manner. >> the d. a. arrested 18 people. they seized their property and assets, shut down their businesses and charged them with money laundering, tax evasion and labor violations. humor trafficking charges could be added after the interviews with 50 women found. those women won't be charged. in the east bay, alan wang, abc7 news. a federal injure has reached a verdict in a month-long legal fight between the two giants of the cell phone industry. apple and samsung over technology theft. yesterday a federal judge awarded apple $119 million after finding samsung had copied patented i-phone technology to build their galaxy s3 i-phone but they also found apple in fridged on one of samsung's patents. samsung was awarded
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$158 million. and samsung stole the slide to lock feature which they say is patented. >> in this casey think it was a win for samsung because it wasn't overwhelmingly in favor of apple. samsung is getting money. they aren't paying as much as they should have. >> jurors are ordered to continue to court monday on another matter which could lead to a higher pay out for apple. lisa, i've never been so excited to feel the cold. >> you felt it along the bay and around the coast. but today it's the inland east bay that will cool off. they had mid-and upper 80s yesterday. about 14 degrees cooler for those folks. right now low to mid-50s. this is our roof camera where it is cool and cloudy in the city. we will talk about when that fog clears and how warm it's going to get for the first weekend of may coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also next, too popular for its own good. why a north bay business may have to move for being too
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successful. and the northern california horse that is favored to win today's kentucky derby.
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>> welcome back. three san jose state students charged with bullying of their black roommate have been expelled and yesterday a fourth student involved in the hate crime has had his suspension extended by the school. the alleged bullying happened last november when a freshman said his four white roommates form meanted him with racial slurs and violence. classmates are helping a person battling disease to go to
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prom. one was told he couldn't go because he was home schooled the last semester of his senior year. the reason? he's battling kidney failure. his aunt started a pegs to get the school to make an exception. more than 700 people signed if and yesterday the school reversed their decision. he succeeded in finding a last minute date. a sausalito business has become a victim of its own conduct ses. the kayiak and paddleboard rental company is being kicked out of schumacher beach in large because it is attracting too many people. abc7 news reporter lilian kim has the details. >> since 982 sea trek has been renting out kayaks from the beach in sausalito. the business didn't really start taking off until a couple years ago when it began offering paddle boards. rick is the owner. >> i'm thrilled that people have discovered in this is the way to get out on the bay, not to be in
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their yachts, not to be in their motor boats. >>ners, the people who manage the beach want sea trek out and decide not to renew their lease. they said they are making parking worse and there's a liability. >> i think we have concerns with the huge increase the liability concerns outweigh the benefits right now. >> we can figure out how to work with the marina to lessen our footprint. we are willing to do anything that is reasonable. >> but the marina isn't interested. sea trek is working on a backup plan, an area at the foot of lockheed martinnist street but that needs approval in multiple government agencies. right now their future is up in the air. bad news for the customers and the residents. >> it's a shame. it's part of the community so there are a lot of people would love to enjoy the water and love to kayak and paddleboard. >> it's a great spot because it is protected so you can try paddleboarding until you get comfortable and then go out and
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paddleboard around the bay. >> sea trek's lease is up may 31st. lilian kim, abc7 news. >> today a couple is putting all their dreams into a chestnut colt in the hopes he will win the derby. we talked with the owners about their strange road to the derby. >> and california chrome is absolutely sensational! >> to understand what a horse named california chrome could become, you may need to understand where the horse came from. because in the world of high stakes racing where big money thrives, you will find the humble lives of this couple, the mart continues. they may have found california gold as owner of california chrome. >> we knew two hours after he was born, and he was already running circles around mamma.
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and she was just spinning in place watching him. he was already checking out his legs, running around her. we knew he was pretty special then, yeah. >> he had this look. he looked mature. >> fast forward three years later. california chrome began to make a name for himself, winning three straight in 2014, including the prestigious california cup derby. the san felipe cup and the derby lift month. >> california crown will be carrying the hopes of california all the way to the kentucky derby! >> the thoroughbred is now a rock star, much different than the tiny foal terry remembers. >> when he was younger and shorter than me he would press his head in my chest and i would scratch him behind the ears, but i can do that now.
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he's a stallion and he's matured and he's a little bit more edgy and aggressive. he will set the limits. >> and there may be no limits for a horse who is now the favorite at the kentucky derby, but even so california chrome has everything going against him. since 1980 only five favorites have won the derby and a colorado bread horse has not won since 1962. the list goes on, including california chrome's owners. >> along with perry and denise, they own a share of california chrome. they met when they were looking to buy a norse breeding. >> a groom walked by and they said you guys are looking to buy this horse. anybody who buys this horse is a dump-a -- and we looked at each and said do you want to go partner? >> he said sure so we shook
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hands and said the partners. our silks are green and purple. we have a stylized on the back. >> no one calling them a dump bet who on wednesday opened as the 5-2 favorite. but for these first time breeders, if california chrome does not live up to expectations, martin already has a couple horse necessary his back pocket. >> yes, i do. his two full sisters are absolutely amazing. again, you get that first look as a breeder, and these are runners, oh, they are runners. >> with the owners of california chrome, abc7 news. so exciting. i have the chills thinking about the derby. we will have to place a bet. one dollar. >> a candy bet maybe. >> i like that even better. >> good morning, everyone. the cool down taking place yesterday for some of you, but still plenty of upper 80s in the east bay valleys.
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today we are going to spread the 70s eastward and already the low clouds and fog have allowed for the cool down overnight. it's just sea breeze will limit our warming today. here's a look at live doppler 7hd. you see some of the cloud cover banked up along the coast but we are looking at partly cloudy skies in concord this morning and over in livermore as well. so we will look for a little bit of sunshine early on and then that will increase throughout the afternoon. so right now temperatures are mainly all in the 50s. 55 oakland, 52 gilroy. nice shot from our exploratory yeah camera. we are looking at the clouds here. it will take longer for san francisco to clear. yesterday you were 66. minor cool down for you but the sea breeze continues to keep it a little cool. some gusty wins along the coast. 56 partly cloudy. livermore and concord 54. 51 santa rosa. fso, you see the clouds. you were in the low 70s yesterday. a bigger cool down south of the
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city and fog and low clouds for most this morning with the cooling trend into our east bay valleys. it will be warmer but we have to wait until the middle of the week with the coolest day perhaps on monday. so here's a look at the fog footprint. by 8:00 this morning around union city and fremont and hayward we are still look at the low clouds. but we are looking at sunshine in san jose. so as we go through the rest of the. notice the 80s. well out into the valleys. a pocket of 70s around morgan hill and gilroy. pacifica and half moon bay still in the 50s. so a chilly day at the beach. just some low 70s up toward santa rosa. here's the culprit. unseasonably strong area of low pressure in the pacific northwest allowing for the 1,000-footer or 1200-foot marine layer to head inland. as it does, it allows for the cooling trend to get better established inland today. stay with us tomorrow for cinco demayo and cooler monday. highs today in the south bay, 73
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in has been suppose. that's down at least 12 to 14 degrees from your readings yesterday afternoon. 71 in milpitas. on the pennens lay -- peninsula, no 80s for you. in the north bay looking at low 70s for santa rosa and sonoma. 72 vallejo. near east bay, a nice afternoon but a big change in hayward at 67. sunshine at about 11:00 in your neighborhood. 69 castro valley. and you head inland, this mid-and upper 80s for yesterday. it was still quite hot. but today way down. 72 in pleasanton, as well as the san ramon valley. the academy weather seven-day forecast then calls for the cooling trend to continue today in our east bay valleys, even cooler tomorrow. and looking at mountain view today, a nice art fest sal there. should be just about 70 degrees. look at the increasing clouds on monday. tuesday is when we begin to bounce up and by next thursday and friday we will be a little
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warmer with some 80s inland and even warmer at the shoreline. so here we go. the up and down pattern again. but big release from the heat. >> definitely. i was not enjoying that. >> yeah. it was definitely a brutal one. >> thank you, lisa. next, back into the wild. a rare illness sidelines this beautiful creature, but months of treatment has ended and you will see her soar once again. >> banding together and rising above, join abc7 and inspiring woman at the professional business women of california conference. tuesday, may 13th in san francisco.
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29 chicks have been born in the city hall nest box in the last seven years. tiny knit caps are being used to take care of baby birds in san rafael. baby birds are unable to regulate their own temperature for the knit vests are used to keep them warm. and the group are asking for volunteers to whip up more than them. they need 1200 nests to take care of the hundreds of birds they rescue every year. fuld like to help we have directions on how to nittymaki and make the donate knit vests on our website. an ailing riegel that recuperated, the volunteers got to see their work take off. the young golden eagle was released back into the east bay wilderness. the bird was brought to the u.c. davis raptor center with a severe and rare mite infestation that left her feather less, weak and in poor health. >> she's been in captivity since august 9th and been recovering
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since. they claim she's ready to go now and we believe she is, as well. >> researchers are just beginning to understand the might infestation. to recognize her full recovery from it, rescuers have named her mighty mite. >> coming up we will show you how the city of san francisco has been successful this year in holding down their homicide rate. the biggest drop on record. and the lake tahoe's facilities to get injured bears healthy again and the work it takes to get them back into the wild.
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introducing chobani simply 100. >> this is abc7 news. >> welcome back. we are approaching 5:30 and starting this half-hour with a quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. a nice-looking view from our exploratorium camera where we have cloudy skies around san francisco. temperatures in the 50s
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everywhere. novato at 50 degrees. 56 in concord and we have partly cloudy skies into our east bay valleys. we're warmer. that marine layer is taller so insulating us for the most part except for livermore and san jose. a couple degrees cooler for you. notice the low clouds and fog do extend locally inland but right now no visibility issues. and by about 10:00 we will be in full sunshine mode in the east bay valleys. 3:00 low to mid-70s from livermore to concord and around the bay upper 60s. but mid-60s around berkeley and closer to the coast. a gusty afternoon with upper 50s to lower 60s. so we haven't bottomed out yet. i'll tell you the coolest day and a look at if and when we will warm up in a few minutes. katie. >> thank you, lisa. in developing news, the teen stow away from santa clara who survived a flight to hawaii in the wheel well of a jet is not in the aloha state this morning. the 15-year-old teen is said to
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be safe, but no longer in hawaii. that's according to officials with the department of humor service who did not say where the teenager is, citing privacy laws. automaticdy jumped the fence last month at the the airport. officials have denied obadias dad request to see his son and bring him back home. at the airport where he began his death-defying journey, there are new calls for enter security. sky 7hd was there when the east bay congressman toured the grounds yesterday. he wants higher fences and new motion detecting security cameras installed. as far as anyone can remember, it's a record low. four murders in san francisco this year and it's not happening everywhere, san jose has seen 13 homicides since january. vic lee with some reasons for the precipitous drop in the murder rate. >> you are looking at a brains
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gang video showing a masked man waving a handgun. so if a this year san francisco police have seized more than 100 guns, many assault rifles from the streets. >> we have done a good job recovering and using video technology, social media. again, the community coming forward. >> police say that's one of the reasons why the city's homicide rate has plummeted. since january there have been four murders. compare this to last year at this time when there were 11. in 2012, 20 people were killed in the first four months of the year. former gang leader sean richards founded brothers against guns. he noticed a different attitude among the young people he counsels. >> a lost them know an early grave is not what is in place for them. >> police say their focus on violent crimes is another reason for the phenomenal decline in the murder rate. they are relying on a computer-generated crime tracking system to pinpoint
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where a violent crime occurs. special violence reduction units are deployed to the so-called red zones. >> if they are a rifle gang we needly saturate both lock suppose we can prevent retaliation and prevent continued violence. >> there also appears to be a closer relationship now anything city officials, police and community leaders. francis, who lost her son kofi to gunfire believes that is the primary reason for the drop. >> i believe a little closer, taking a look at the whole picture, it is, i believe, is one of the reasons we are making a difference. >> the surprising thing is that the murder rate has dropped dramatically, even though the police department is down by more than 300 officers. vic lee, abc7 news. in his weekly address this morning, president obama is calling attention to democratic economic policies that he says have produced the best numbers on job creation and unemployment in years. nearly 300,000 jobs were created
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in april, the most in two years. and the unemployment rate shrank to 6.3%, the lowest in six years. the president said he and his party are making the right choices. >> i want to raise more workers wages by asking that they earn a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour. as long as republicans in congress refuse to act i will keep working with cities, states and businesses to give more americans a raise. >> the president chastised republicans in congress of being more interested in, quote, stack the deck in favor of those at the top. the price of a barrel of oil has dropped. gas reached a average of $4.25. prices on the west colt could fall to a low of $3.80 a gallon in july as long as there are no
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interruption necessary supply. california is planning to double the amount of hydrogen fueling stations by 2015. new stayings are planned for palo alto, san jose, redwood city and oakland. there's just one now in emeryville. there are currently about 230 fuel cell cars in california. but honda, hyandai die and toyota say they plan to market the cars in california within two years. we have an update for you on three bear cubs rescued around lake tahoe. one was found injured at the heavenly ski area a couple months ago. thanks to expert medical care and a lot of good food, all three cubs are doing well now. abc7 news anchor dan ashley with the return to their wild this morning in the assignment 7 report. >> if you want to rescue bear cubs, you better know what you are doing. they start off like this tiny club that's thriving at lake tahoe wildlife care and they end up with these guys. living and growing at the same
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rescue center. three cubs, all 14, maybe 15 months old, ready for release into the remote wilderness. they have just been sedated and volunteers are checking to see if they are ready to be moved. one in front is pretty out of it, but the one in the back, not quite ready to be handled. before you get worried, you should know that behavior is actually a good sign. >> that's telling me that the bear is not paw bit waited to people and therefore is less likely to get into nuisance activities down the road. >> lake tahoe wildlife care is run by tom and cheryl. over the years they have raised over 60 or fanned or injured bear cubs. two of the three that are about to be released have been here since they were rescued last summer. one was hit by a car and the other's mother was hit by a car. the third is named heavenly because he was found injured at the heavenly ski resort in
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march. after he was sedated he was brought down on a sled and given oxygen. he arrived weighing just 49 pounds and with puncture wounds on his body. >> we don't really know what caused the injury. >> but they did know how to help them. >> he gained 43 pounds in ten days. i told you my wife is a good cook. >> two of the bears weigh more than 100 pounds. volunteers are here to help haul them around. they get weighed and get a final check by a veterinarian. >> they all healed up really nice. >> department of wildlife is in charge of the actual release. they tag the bears and load them into cages for the ride out to their new home. >> take that blanket and cover them up a little more there. >> california's bears are always released within 75 miles of where they were found and far away from populated areas. the two cubs of this been here since last summer will be released together. heavenly will be on his own. once he's loaded in it's about an hour's drive to a location very similar to where he used to
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live. >> heavenly valley without the ski resort. >> everybody gets into position, including an armed warden just in case things go bad. as it turns out, henley has no plans to make trouble. he's still a little groggy from the sedation so the team has to give him some urge to go move along. >> we had to instill a little bit of tough love. we don't like to put fear in the animal for no good reason but we want to put the fear of people back in the bear. let them know people are bad. >> eventually heavenly climbs a tree. it's a gratifying moment for the people who worked so hard to help him survive. >> that's what we do as an organization and that is the ultimate success, is to get them back out where they be long. so, yeah, very excited. >> dan ashley, abc7 news. the fish and wildlife department said the release of the other two cubs also went
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well. the volunteer groups this rescue and care for bears get no government money and depend on private donations. if you can help, we have lynx on our website. a fundraising walk is scheduled this morning in san francisco for the fight against brain tumors. registration begins at 9:00 a.m. at golden gate park with the walk and other activities scheduled from 10 to 1. organizers say nearly 700,000 people in the u.s. are living with a primary brain or central nervous system tumor. another 69,000 people this year alone are expected to receive that same diagnosis. still ahead on the abc7 saturday morning news. a crucial new connector for bay area bicycle riders. a new san francisco bike lane that's unlike anything you have seen. and a live look outside. this is a view from our emeryville cam. cloudy skies. we are done with the heat wave for now. list arrange will -- lisa argen
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will let you know about the forecast come up. and if you want to watch us online or smartphones and tablet, go to abc7news.com and click on the "watch abc" to access it. watch all your favorite abc shows like scandal live or on demand on your mobile dev
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>> yosemite is advising visitors that the park is a no drone zone. the use of unmanned aircraft systems are prohibited within the park boundaries. but yosemite officials say they have seen an increase in the number of visitors using them. they say the aircraft can be extremely noisy and can impact
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the natural sound scape of the park. also drones can have a negative impact on wildlife, especially nesting peregrine falcon on clifford walls. expect slower traffic overnight in san lorenzo. they are demolishing the marina road bridge and it will affect traffic on north and southbound 880. northbound lanes were closed until 5:00 this morning. traffic should be okay there now. southbound is closed until 6:00 a.m. on sunday all lanes will be shut down from 1:00 a.m. to -- and traffic will be detoured. most people are sound asleep at that point. >> that's right. and this morning a little cool outside. feeling pretty good. numbers mainly in the 50s. here's the view from mt. tam. you see the low clouds and fog. up above 1,000 feet and that will allow for a cool down for our friends in the east bay valleys. no 80s to speak of. i'll have the details on the weekend forecast and tell you how low the temperatures will go when we return.
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>> thank you, lisa. when we return, michael morris gave the giants a lift. was it enough for a win? we have the highlights coming up in sports. ♪ get 5% cash back at lowe's this quarter
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>> if you ride a bike in san francisco, your ride just got better. officials cut the ribbon on a new bike lane yesterday." along poke street between market and grove between city hall. it's only two blocks but it's not the distance that is the big deal, rather the extent the planners went to to make it safe. we have the story. >> biking to class one evening, her life took a detour. >> a car cut me off turning right and i went into the front head light of it, went backwards and the next thing i remember i was in an glance. >> there was surgery and rehab. but that class was in government administration. she went to work for the mta for bike and pedestrian safety.
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>> when something happens and you can get around, it really wakes you up. >> the crash likely wouldn't happen today. bike green bike lanes line market street physically separated from car traffic but there was a missing link until now. >> are you as excited as i am? a two-block stretch of poke street that was one way is now two-way for bicycles. the supervisor helped cut the ribbon. and took the ceremonial first bike ride. [cheers and applause] >> or tried to. the new northbound bike lane is well separated from the cars headed south and has its own traffic lights. it keeps bikes from having to go on the sidewalk or take busier weeks. >> people who don't bike might not realize your choices before this were quite miserable. >> there are lots of people who have been hit by cars. >> i got hit by a car while cycling and broke my hip. >> i woke up in the emergency room an hour and a half later. >> the stories are everywhere.
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in madeline's case this ribbon cutting is her first time on a bike since the crash. >> the only reason i did it is because it's safe. >> she and others are standing behind the transportation director. >> would you like to see more of this kind of work all over san francisco? she's backing the mayors effort for more bike lanes by raising the car tax. she has one vote. it is a saver way to get around on two or three years. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >> it's 5:48. lisa argen is in with your forecast and the bearer of good news. the heat wave, two miserable days. >> you can already tell with the sea breeze yesterday around the bay. really cooled us off. but didn't reach our inland east bay. today we will bring the temperatures down about a dozen degrees in some of the spots this numbers were in the upper 80s like the livermore valley. live doppler 7hd this morning showing some of the cloud cover around the bay. it is going to be a much, much
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cooler weekend." a cooler day today. compliments of the stronger sea breeze. a live look from emeryville this morning where you can see the low overcast there across the bay. it's going take at least until 10:00 in neighborhoods around oakland and emeryville to see sunshine. 53 right now in redwood city and the fog hanging on for you, as well, throughout the morning hours. half moon bay it's going to be a cool afternoon once again. temperatures in san francisco just a couple degrees cooler. and our exploratorium camera you see the overcast, the marine layer up about 1200 feet. 54 by the delta. concord partly cloudy skies. good morning to you. 56 with 54 in livermore. here's a look at the numbers. cooler at the san carlos airport. a couple degrees cooler livermore and san jose. so that's where you are feeling the effects of the cool down from the sea breeze. elsewhere we've warmed up a little bit. but we will look for sfo to see some sunshine this afternoon but it will be much cooler.
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you were in the 70s yesterday, 60s today. low clouds and fog this morning for most. the cooling trend finishes. it will be cooler tomorrow and it's not going to warm up until the middle of the upcoming work week. so the reason being, we have an unseasonably strong area of low pressure to the north and west of us and this is allowing for a much stronger sea breeze a few high clouds from time to time. in fact, the winds quite gusty at the coastline. so we can see gusts up to 30 miles an hour there at the shoreline. but the sea breeze will allow for temperatures to be trimmed back at least a dozen degrees in our inland east bay. so take a look at san jose for the week ahead. average highs in the low 70s. that should do it for today. look what happens. the steady decline continues into monday and then after that into tuesday and wednesday, the numbers go back up. nothing too extreme. although it will be above average by, say, thursday. highs today statewide. still pretty warm for yosemite. 82 there.
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it's 92 later on today in press no with 60s at the coast. sunshine in the sierra nevada. 65 there. 82, warm in san diego. temperatures today ranging from the upper 50s for pacifica, 61 in half moon bay, 68 richmond, upper 60s for oakland today. nice day, but it will be breezy here in the city. 74 in concord. down around mountain view and redwood city low 70s. and the accuweather seven-day forecast shows the cooling trend continuing today inland. tomorrow knocking off another 2 to 4 degrees. monday should be the coolest day with extra cloud cover and by tuesday the numbers coming back up modestly into wednesday. low 80s return thursday and friday inland. a nice-looking week with no big extremes. >> yes. maybe those extremes acclimated us a little bit so we can handle 80s later. no guarantees. thanks, lisa. well, in sports tonight the warriors and clippers battle at staples center in game seven of
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their first-round playoff match-up. it's the first game seven for the warriors in 37 years. tipoff at 7:30. last night the giants were in atlanta for the first game of a ten-game road trip. here's abc7 news sports director larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everyone. the first-place giants met the first place braves in atlanta. they will take this tim lincecum outing every game if they could get it. tim hudson visiting his old buddies. this is how you want to start a game. bang! the lead off homer off mike minor and in a flash it's 1-0, giants. lincecum's e.r.a. is over 5. just convince justin upton of that. braves tie it in the fifth. freddie freeman to right. scores gerald ford. 1-1678 the beast would fix that in the sixth. michael morris, his seventh of the year makes it 2-1 giants. two on, two out for sergio romo.
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strikes out upton looking. they win it 2-1. a's in boston. dennis eckersley in the house. one time giants a.j. pierzynski. sox take the lead. in the third a.j. cannot handle the pitch from clay buchholz. john scores. 1-1. to the sixth. ryan cook, bang it! justin pedroia, a grand slam off of cook and that broke the game wide open. red sox win 7-1. the 49ers have picked up the option on all den smyth's option that will pay him a guaranteed $9.5 million for the season. a monster on sundays but he's had three brushes with the law ranging from gun charges to dui to a bomb threat in the airport. he may be facing a suspension by the nfl but the niners want to keep him and hope he can get straightened out. if you are an nba fan, round one has been amazing, loaded
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with game 7s, included warriors and clippers coming up in l.a. no way the warriors would have gotten the win in game six without day mound green. 14 points, 14 rebounds, played tremendous defense on blake griffin and green said he's going to stay aggressive in game seven. >> the way we play, you can't worry about foul trouble. it's all or nothing now. if it comes down to it, you have to use all six. >> rockets and players. tied with seconds left in game six. james harden, no. robin lopez, the stanford man can't grab the rebound. look what i found! huston by two. nine seconds to be, good-bye, game over, drive home safely. jaymee, the pride of oakland, wins it for the blazers! 99-98 and that's how they closed out a series! wow. damian is a bad man and that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody! i'm larry beil. >> next, a royal visit. prince william and prince harry
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>> she are the winning numbers from last night's mega-millions draw. >> nobody picked all six numbers toe tuesday night's jackpot grows to $92 million. memphis, tennessee is enjoying a british invasion this weekend. brothers william and harry are in town to attend the wedding of a close friend. the wedding is today. heir to the british thrown and his brother also caused a stir when they visited graceland to pay homage to elvis presley. their friend organized a bachelor party and his friend
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