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support our players as long as they're willing to get better. now there is another case against him, he faces criminal charges for an incident m an airport security line. he obtained extra screenings and said jokingly that is a bomb. i'm live in san jose, abc7 news. >> it's a problem that won't go away for mary hyas him. . one touchdown is bob wikhowski and using surveillance video part of a campaign to discredit the former assembly woman.
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laura? >> reporter: that is right. dan, mary hyashi would not speak to the issue today. they told us the campaign have this video in their ads on social media. they told me they think this is relevant to the race. the then assembly woman looks like any other shopper carrying several bags and racks she goes into a directing room and later things don't look right. >> all we've had to know about this is what mary hyashi has
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said about >> i don't see the shoplifting. could it work against you? >> we're not claiming it's showing shoplifting. just this is surveillance video. here is what happened. >> but the camp sees a big problem with release of the video. two and a half years after the incident, and two weeks before june 3rd primary. hysahi not available but a spokesman told us quote, stated he won't left until every voter sees his attacks and etc. a tape prosecutors stated was inconclusive. hyashi pled no contest, serving three years probation and are locked in a heated political battle with a third candidate,
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in castro valley, abc7 news. >> a pedestrian being treat forward life threatening injuries now after being hit by a san francisco muni light rail vehicle. that happened around 2:15 this afternoon on judah street. muni forced to rerout trains around the area >> a construction worker has died after falling more than three floors just afternoon near sierra road and north capitol avenue. this is video. he was pronounced dead at the scene. remember, a worker died in san mateo falling 15 feet and hit his head.
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a north bay campus went on lock down, officials found this replica firearm, they arrested an 18-year-old student on charges of possessing a bebe gun on school grounds. the school principal says it was a good test of the school's emergency response plans >> it went well. and it worked just exactly as we hoped it would do. >> the principal says the student did not make threats just a poor decision. >> police in concord have released a search of a suspect they believe has been groping women a popular trail. saying the suspect is asian or his panic with short, dark hair, possibly a teenager. police say he's groped three women, the first in march, and recently, five 5th. victims say he grabbed them,
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then runs away. first happened in noon, the other two in the edge evening. >> there is lots of people. i'm surprised the person had an opportunity to do that. the evening it's crowded. >> police believe that the man could live in the area they say none of the women were injured. >> sheriff's department looking for this women. yolanda carol is 52 with the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. she was last seen thursday in san leandro. she is 55 and weighs about 165 pounds. >> nearly a year ago, a woman was on her way to her mother's funeral. she was travelling in kennedy
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county the fourth least populated county in the country. if she hadn't been there, odds are the situation would have been worse. two texas women came to the bay area to honor her. it's another example of a star where you live. >> on this day, she is being recognized for helping to save an unborn baby's life. she was traveling along u.s. 77 in south texas last july to attend her mother's funeral. she witnessed an suv spin out, landing on its side, ejecting three people. instinct kicked in. >> to take this decision to help, or not help. there was no one else on the road bus bu us. having had four kids it pokes you a little bit. >> she saw something alarming her, an unborn baby head and arm visible on one of the victim s.
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>> she wanted to make sure her baby was fine. she gave me the name of the baby. >> she delivered that baby along the side of a highway. the trooper responded from 50 miles away. >> i would say for 30 miles without houses for emf to arrive took them a good 40 minutes to get on the scene. >> the six pound 11 ounce girl was saved, however, the mother died at the hospital. a first responder glad she knew what to do. >> i would be grateful to those people that young lady that was adjacent to mom, holding the baby comforting the baby until we got there. >> two texas lawmen flew to san jose to honor her. >> without the actions that morning both live woz have been lost. today on behalf of the texas department of public safety, we want to recognize her with a director's award. the >> director's award recognizes
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conduct by a citizen about five times per year. . >> i feel honored that whether it was god or instinct, whatever you want to call it i was there, able to assist the mom. >> no one knows better than her daughter what a remarkable mom she has >> my mom can do happy. i'm happy she is there and that baby got to live. >> that is fantastic >> wow. >> busy wednesday evening. coming up a woman is found safe, she was held in this apartment kidnapped ten years ago. >> video in the south bay. guns blazing. customers told to drop to the ground >> a massive breech at ebay the company says he need to change your pass word. the best way to do that. >> tonight containership in the united states. >> stay with us the news continues in just 60 seconds.
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oshgs a woman kidnapped ten years ago at just 15 is finally free tonight. the man arrested for rape, lewd acts with a minor and assault and imprisonment. garcia was dating the victim's mother, living at their house, police say garcia assaulted the mother, drugged the girl, and kidnapped her. over ten years victim says she was raped, forced into marriage, and had a child with her captor. police say garcia used physical and mental abuse to keep her from leaving. >> tell herz her mother is not looking for her. this is a 15-year-old girl only in the country six months she doesn't know where to go or what to do, she's if a strange
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city. he's all she's got the brain washing starts up. >> police say garcia forced the woman to work with him on a night cleaning crew so he can watch over her. she found her sister on facebook. >> wow. >> check out video of an armed robbery from start to >> this in a convenience store in san jose. you can see a suspect demanding money from the register. detectives asking anyone with information to please come forward. police say he got away in a silver sedan. >> ac transit's chief financial officer pleaded not guilty to embezzling half a million dollars. he is accused of taking the money from allen temple baptist church.
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investigators say he spent the money on luxury cars, his kids' tuition and a golf club membership officials say they're confident the money is safe. >> ebay asking users to change their pass words now after a cyber attack. the company says there is no evidence yet that any financial or credit card information was stolen. >> no way kit happen to ebay, but it did. one of the largest marketplaces was hacked. ebay says a cyber attack in late february to early march compromised a data base containing names, encrypted pass words, physical addresses, phone numbers and birth dates. this tech analyst says it shouldn't stop you from being a high by thor online. >> they did not get financial nor social security this may not be a lot of serious
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canalling. >> ebay says 145 million buyers were active. but they haven't seen increased activity how did they get in? company says they koch miezed a small number of log in credentials, giving access to corporate network. he says he understands the risks you take when going online. >> you're not paranoid? >> no. i work in this field. i am cautious i don't know if i can use the word paranoid or not. >> when people are warned, tech experts say only 40% to 50% change pass words but with string of high profile breeches, people are surprised to hear about the next >> ebay says it has no evidence it's koch miezed information of
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pay pal users but say if you use the same pass word for both web sites to hinge that pass word. >> one in five americans have reported their information has been stolen. >> michael finney partnered with consumer reports to show us how. >> so, we've had this pub ligs ti about these hacks what do you think the number one pass word is? 123456 >> no. it's still 123456 according to the pass word management company. how do you create secure pass words? how do you remember them? here is what you need to do. cyber thieves are looking for new ways to steal your data. one of the best ways to protect yourself online is using strong pass words. but who can remember all of the
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pass words? like many people, virginia can't. >> between home and office i have 15 to 20 different pass words that get changed almost quarterly now. sometimes, i have pass word for a pass word. >> one solution, pass word manager, consumer reports dean gallie tested one called last pass, it keeps your pass words in one place. he says it's a good option. >> last pass saves your log in. next time you go in, it fills it in for you >> isn't last pass vulnerable? >> it stores your personal information in online vault z any communications between that vault and your computer are encrypted. if makes it unreadable, even to a hacker. >> you can down load for free for use on the computer, if you want $12 premium, you'll get access to last pass on mobile device buzz some are to too
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afraid to put the pass words in the hands of someone else, another option, create easy to remember, hard to crack pass words yourself >> more secure pass word has nine characters and letters numbers and symbols you can use a core pass word then put character as head and after it. to various different web sites. >> you should avoid using ordinary words because software just rips through all of the words in the dictionary >> noernl problem tonight for a group who owns a company that makes smoke alarms. the issue is with the wave feature, saying it's not reported loss or injuries.
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>> tug boat crews practice tugging through the harbor safety committee saying this is the first of its kind in the country the drill simulated this containership that lost power. the committee to see how it can move the sheps around the other ships and bay bridge. >> this afternoon i talked with diane sawyer about what is ahead on world news. and diane, you're going to be taking a look at the arizona wildfire s. >> we're there inside of the battle. the best of the best. tonight what it's like right there in the tower of flames.
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and also, coming up tonight memorial day weekend turned out to be a huge time of the year for running red lights, collisions because of that and we're going to break done the time of day and why they're doing it. and taking a look at pickpockets >> there are new techniques that they're using. cameras are trained on them tonight we're going to show you how to be more alert coming up tonight as well. >> thank you. >> and world news is coming up right after this newscast at 5:30. >> looks like a sunny day. >> yes. it is. looking out just beautiful. live doppler seven, we're
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livenling closer to live weekend here. the weather looking fantastic. we're seeing still some lingering gray along the coastline. moisture has been moving south ward. the low pressure continues to spin in nevada. moisture, gusty winds now. 25 miles per hour. as mentioned this is tep cal. views, nothing but blue skies san jose, 77 this afternoon. we've seen low 80s around livermore and concord. temperatures have been up today in areas of course there are always exceptions it's 55 in half moon bay. sab fran in and out of the fog. it's going to be a big factor in
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the morning commute. 76 in livermore. and low clouds, fog tonight. warmer days through sunday. and it's still going to be nice. that area of low pressure is continuing to shift east, leaving las vegas allowing high pressure to build tomorrow, 86. mid to upper 80s by sunday, low 90s and tuesday, back down to average. tomorrow morning looking out for fog, low clouds.
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some areas towards delta. tomorrow afternoon, it's a warm one. 84 los gatos. 78 degrees in sunnyvale. nice day on the peninsula. 79 los altos the coast you're not going to see warming. downtown san francisco, 67. nofrm bay, 63. towards santa rosa, napa. calistoga you're going to be in low 80s inland east bay. 85 in san ramone. taking a look at the seven-day forecast, we're going to see the summer like 90s inland, cooler.
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wf i say cooler low 90s to upper 90s inland. the weather looking great for any outside plans you have this up coming weekend. >> i'm coming over. >> thank you. >> coming up next, a baby goat getting ready to take first steps. >> and a note written by a bay area man a person found it years later. the stli at 6:00. we'll be right back here.
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hope for another california black gold rush has taken a blow, saying the reserves in california can only produce 600 million barrels of crude oil given the current technology the 2011 report estimated oil
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companies would be able to recover about 14 billion barrels. they hoped to see an economic boom related to oil exploration and discovery. >> officers club has been under restoration three years. today, the officers bar transformed into a classroom to teach school kids about california history. the building was restored to how it looked when built 230 years ago. >> people just added on and added on what. we did is rye to peel off some layers more modern to reveal what is really for it. >> a mexican restaurant still being built on the first floor.
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the chef had been named best chef by several publications >> police in this hall being trained to smile more after complaints that they're too harsh and impolite. officers have been accused of brutal and heavy handed tactics the campaign is called service with a smile, the department hopes it will improve public image. >> a disable goat is taking steps. his name is frosty. he can't use a lens because of an infection. >> the national fweeo graphic bee is crowning champions. >> one student has some of the right answers. >> that story, next.
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coming up at 6:00 future of robot technology. michael finney checks out a new product. can it prevent you are from running out of gas ever again? >> a bay area teenager has serious cash for college after placing third in the "national geographic" bee. >> a 7th grader today won the geographic bee in washington >> he won a $10,000 scholarship for college. he's a top finalist in 2011 and 2013. >> and world news with diane sawyer is coming up next. >> from all of us here, we'll
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see you again at 6:00. tonight the call to action as the best of the best firefighters from around the country pour into arizona to battle a tower of flames. tonight passengers are fighting back at the nation's airlines. saying they're hiding the true cost of tickets. watch your wallet. we have video of pickpockets with new tricks. the experts take you frame by frame to show how to spot them. tiny houses, the size of an suv. how your neighbors are beating high costs. and finding happiness. a good evening to you on this wednesday night. we are coming on the air in the middle of a battle against the raging wildfire out in arizona

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