live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> say simply, very simply, with hope, good morning! >> the words of maya angelou are silent today with her passing a voice that broke through barriers in life and in literature. >> thanks for joining us. >> we have stark images this morning from outside maya angelou's house. these are pictures of the hearse leaving the home in north

carolina. she was april and had heart problems but, at the same time, she was going strong and finishing a new book. >> my name is maya angelou. >> she was a woman who needed no introduction making this video last december named co-chair of the 50th anniversary of glide. >> i am a member of glide memorial church. i am working at being a christian. >> she worked at many things in life. she was a writer, a poet, dancer and actress. as teen she studied dance and drama in san francisco. she says at age 16, she became the city's first african-american streetcar conductor. she said it wasn't easy to get but she didn't take "no." >> i said it because i was ready to go home. i was afraid to tell my mother that i wasn't as strong as she thought i was so i sat there for two weeks every day. >> impressing her mother wasn't

her only motivation. >> you liked the uniform? >> i loved the uniform. so i said that is the job i want. >> she sang at the purple onion in the mid-20's in san francisco born from a painful pass borne by her grandmother in arkansas 25 miles away from a town called "hope." i as terribly hurt in this time. at seven, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend and she told on him and he was subsequently killed. she didn't speak a single word for 5 1/2 years. >> i had voice but i refused to use it. >> when she opened her mouth the words flowed writing several ought biographies short stories and collections of poems including i know why the caged bird sing i she wrote a people for president clinton's inauguration. >> lift your ages on the stage

bracing for you and give birth to the dream, again, women, children, men, take it into the palm of hand. "sit quiet and you might hear the voice of god." she had a lasting search on glide church in san francisco and we spoke with co-founder of the church. amy hollyfield? >> yes, he felt so strongly about her that he considered her family. >> my relationship was immediately -- i relate dig this woman. >> the reverend met maya angelou at a party 50 years ago. they stayed and talked until 4:00 in the morning, the going of a beautiful friend. >> >> we began a conversation and immediately called each other

brother and sister. >> she called glide one of her churches and she already the choir and spoke to the congregation dozens of times. williams and his wife, say that she always inspired. >> not like she spoke but she sang. she sang and danced with her words. it was just wonderful. >> the years of friendship are full of precious moments. williams officiated at her three weddings along with oprah at her 85th birthday and wrote a forward to their book and pushed another to become a poet. >> when i became the poet laureate she was so proud of san francisco for that. she was...one...one

in...countless. >> when low tide celebrated the 50th anniversary maya angelou was too frail to attend but sent this video tribute. >> this 50 year journey they they have been on has been a wonderful journey and still is. i pray them for another 50 or as much as they want. thank you. god bless. >> williams says that maya angelou had an enormous impact on his life and will continue to do so. >> it gave me strength. she gave me love. great love. she gave me a sense of knowing that i had her on my side. >> they last saw her in july when they were worried about her health and visited her. they had long conversations and heartfelt talks around the dinner table. they think her legacy will live

on and while they are still here they will do all they can to make sure of it. >> thank you. president obama released a statement calling maya angelou "one of the brightest lights of our time," she signed brightly for 86 years. ought president said she inspired his mother so much his younger sister is named after her, maya and the voice she found helped generations of americans find a rainbow amid the clouds. >> twitter lit up with reaction. house minority nancy pelosi of san francisco tweeted "like hope springing high, still all rise, maya angelou, a truly phenomenal woman whose words will liftous soul forever." >> to one of the greatest women this world has ever known from a hip hop mogul, thank you for the gifts you gave us.

and she was honored with her own quote "i've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's m.i.t. -- mitt on both hands you need to throw something back." >> maya angelou is featured in a bronze sculpture honoring humanitarian, a worker was out polishing her statue. the art is called "remember them, champions for humanity" in a small park next to the fox theater. classes resume this morning at uc santa barbara for the first time since friday's deadly rampage in isla vista. tonight, a bay area tribute to the six victims who lost their lives including two from the south bay and one from the east bay, james hong, david wang and george chen. it will start at 8:00 on the cal campus with an estimated 20,000 people turned out for remembrance at uc santa barbara yesterday. the investigators say mass murder suspect elliot rodger killed six students friday before turning the gun on

himself. police are looking for the person would shot two men at a gas station killing one. it happened at the five star gas station on lincoln road west at 9:30. a 24-year-old was shot while sitting in a car. he died at the hospital. another man walking by will survive. no word on the suspect or motive . the justice department is being asked to send a specialist to soothe community anger over three deadly officer-involved sight insurance since march. the chief wants the dialogue with the community next week. the police shootings have triggered angry demonstration. he says officers were protecting themselves and the public and race was not a factor in shootings. the justice department community relation service is impartial agency. >> president obama has a message for the 2014 graduating class of army officers saying "america must always lead on the world

stage." >> the military you have joined is and always will be the backbone of that leadership. united states military action cannot be the only or even primary component of our leadership in every instance. just because we have the best hammer doesn't mean every problem is a nail. this morning, president obama delivers the commencement address to graduating cadets at the united states military academy in west point new york and got big applause when he noted they were the first west point graduates in a decade unlikely to be stationed in a war zone. >> vice president widen arrived in the bay area for two fundraiser. he is speaking this morning to graduates at the air force academy near colorado springs. the first stop here is a fundraiser at the fairmont hotel in san francisco, followed by a private event at a residence. now to a favorite story, a mystery millionaire scavenger hunt for cash in the bay area

headed to san jose this morning and stirred up a frenzy. >> he left not one but two cash stashes with a promise of "something big" to come. matt keller is in san jose chasing the money. matt? >> this is the greyhound station, the second location of the morning. many people are coming by asking if the money was found the it was. but not without dram ma'am -- drama. the man promised to move south to san jose today. the first tweet arrived at 8:44 a.m., first ever san jose drop across from where the sea creatures play a dog pees in the fall. the picture of a fire hydrant, money on the fire hydrant. >> as we chase the story dozens chased cash. across street from the shark tank on a fire hydrant, and alex got there first. >> money. money for the wife. and there was $135 inside and a

message outside "love you san jose." others were a few moments behind and disappointed. >> i live right down the street and i was notified right away and i got here, i was here in probably...five minutes and he had it. >> we were talking to alex and there is another clue across from the fast dog station and we were off to greyhound, downtown san jose. we saw dozens and dozen of people rum imagining through the bushes and leaves across from the station and they looked lie, low, and no one found an envelope then we found out why. a worker at the radio station found the $140 almost immediately but didn't want any publicity. she sent the morning team to the searching masses about 45 minutes later to break the news. >> did you know she was playing a cruel joke who has been scouring the bushes?

>> she will be punished. >> we saved you. next one! >> the woman who found the money works in the promotion department at the radio station, the morning team and said that she promised to share some of the money with them. very cool. makes for an exciting morning. >> rapper 50 cent major league pitch is full of criticism. you be the judge. a happy reunion in a horrible baby abduction and the role that social media played in the run. google car of the future does not have a lot of the standard equipment. golden gate bridge in the distance, a gorgeous shot of the bay and we will check with meteorologist mike nicco for the forecast,

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a mother in candidate credits facebook for finding a baby after a kidnapping in the hospital. the southfield shows the moments before a woman posing as a nurse took the newborn from a hospital. it was posted on facebook and a former neighbor recognized the woman and drove to the house with a friend and called police. >> i know her because the police came sometimes. we saw the window open. we know that people were in the

house. >> the officers broke down the door and regulation cued the baby victoria. she was found safe and reunited with her parents. the car of the future afternoon has arrived. it is missing standard features. google unveil no steering wheel or pedal with buttons for go and here are pictures of the 100 prototypes. the company is not interested in the auto manufacturing business but wants to partner with other firms. >> can you imagine on our schedule coming in to work just push "go," and be on your way? >> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> a lost sunshine is coming up with a couple of baseball games and several graduation ceremonies. a cooling trend is on the way that could bring drizzle to the morning commute. thank you, mike, the bad

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covering dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> san francisco hold as dedication ceremony to introduce the new harvey milk forever stamp with the mayor joining officials at city hall. he was the first publicly gay elected official in california

when he won a seat on the board of supervisors and was assassinated by the supervisor in 1978. >> a stamp is a night way for commemorate. >> it feels nice out there, too, and meteorologist mike nicco is out there. >> a lot of sunshine on the radio of the broadcast center. to my right, toward the exploritorium, you can tell we are toward the end of the school year with a lot of feet -- field trips going on. it is mild. we will look at the other areas that are graduating seniors and we will start in palo alto and go down on the peninsula to palo alto high school, home of the viking, your ceremony is 5:00, and it will be 79 at 4:00 and nice and mild and plenty of sunshine and not too breezy. just down the road we have the titans at 77 degrees at 5:00. you will drop to 68 by 8:00. heading all the way over to the south bay, specifically, alum

rock, 78 degrees at 5:00 and dropping down to 69. your ceremony starts at 6:00. just down the road from you, we have another one, starting at 6:00, in mount pleasant, the cardinals at 76 degrees and dropping down to 67. congratulations. enjoy the picture perfect weather the we have breezes on live doppler 7 hd and notice many areas are faster than ten miles per hour but we are most concerned along the bayshore line and into the delta small craft advisory with wind at 15 to 25 15- to 25-knots until 3:00 tomorrow morning and same on the coast. where they are most dangerous is the central valley the whole area highlighted in red which does include solano county with high flag warning until 8:00 tomorrow evening. some of the brings now are making it down to the lower will vacation and are around the rest

of the day with clouds and drizzle on friday morning and the cooler highs from friday, saturday, and sunday, and the cool of the days in the forecast. the low-to-upper is moving inland and weakening so today is probably our last breezy day. temperatures. respond to that. it is not breezy down south los gatos and gilroy and mid-80's and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 70's. the breeze will keep milbrae at 68. the breezes at coast keep you in the low-to-mid 60's with mid-to-upper 60's in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito at 70, and low-to-mid 80's through the north bay valley and mid-to-upper 70's along the east bay shore and low-to-mid 80's into the east bay valley. a couple of games today at at&t park, grab the sunglasses, 67 and warming to 70. a last game is at night at 7:05 first push 69 and cooling to 62. the seven-day forecast without the breezes tomorrow, maybe a degree or two warmer but six to ten degree drop on friday and cooler on saturday and a slow warming trend on sunday, monday and tuesday.

dry all seven days but for a chance of drizzle on the morning commute on friday. >> we have been having a fun discussion. 50 cent or 50 cents as a rapper he is worth millions. >> his patch is called one of the boston in -- one of the worst in history. >> a question on his >> he is compared to other bad celebrity pitches including karl lewis and mariah. if you watch closely you can see them moving the plate to help him out. can you see? see that? >> the giants will not be hiring

him. >> but he is laughing. >> it is not fiddler on the roof but fiddler at the airport with a break out of an impromptu ta right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work,

anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. what should we order? (announcer) alex padilla. secretary of state.

>> two musicians were kept from

boarding a flight in charlotte after vying to bring their violins on board so they took matters into their hands. literally. >> he took out violin on the tarmac rather than playing, and the fellow musician posted the video on youtube and you can see the pilot completely ignoring the violinist and they got them rebooked and tells abc that it apologized for the inconvenience. >> free concert. i wouldn't complain. >> if they only heard them play first they would have said, come on and play on the plane. >> thanks for joining us on abc7news.com. have a great day.

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