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move back in the bay area. and the quest for triple crown leaves california chrome and then cover the papi. announcer: the moment babies are born, their brains are forming the connections that determine how they learn...think...and grow. in the sky. [ babbles ] talk and read to your children from day one. this is tomato soup. announcer: their brains are actually developing with your it's free, easy, and something you can do anytime. talk. read. sing. your words have the power to shape their world. learn more at first5california.com/parents heat shields are compromised. weare those thrusters burning? that's a negative. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything.
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with the u-verse tv app, the u-verse revolves around you the u-verse revolves around you you know, 95 degrees in the middle of the day, mowing two-foot tall grass. >> fire sparked by a lawnmower in the east bay. the temperatures will skyrocket this weekend. i'm cornell barnard. he's a live look from our live cam in san francisco. cooling off tonight but tomorrow it will heat up. let's get to our meteorologist for a first check on weather and live doppler 7 hd. >> live doppler 7 hd showing compressed marine layer. this is going to allow clear skies tonight and temperatures
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to warm up tomorrow morning. here's a live look from the east bay looking outside to the west. san francisco, mostly clear tonight with temperatures in the mid-50s to near 70 right now. we'll wake up with patchy fog but temperatures in the 50s. and look at tomorrow afternoon with spare the air day. temperatures will be 70s at the coast. to low 100s inland. i'll have your exact neighborhood forecast and how long the triple digit heat will last. >> with the high temperatures, firefighters are urging caution this weekend. abc 7 reporter lisa amin gulezian with that. >> reporter: it depends where you were but most likely it was very hot. in berkeley, the fire danger was high. likely the same for tomorrow. but earlier some east bay fire departments had a preview of what may be to come. >> it was mostly smoke and you
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know, you could see flames and the flames came up to the fence. >> reporter: the fire started after 2:00 in this field moments after a landscaper fired up his lawnmower to clear dry grass. >> that's what was crazy, 95 degrees in the middle of the day mowing two-foot tall grass. >> reporter: fire officials are warning homeowners this weekend will continue to be hot. so create defensible space. >> he just did it at the wrong time and causing a fire hazard. >> reporter: he was cuffed and cited for causing a fire and later released. even though the fire was put out quickly it destroy kevin moss's boat and motor home. >> there's nothing i can do. changed all my projects if for summer. >> reporter: neighbors rushed to water down their property to stay ahead of the property. the resentment was still there.
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>> very frustrating. not only have to replace things but having people who don't take care of the property. out here everything is tinder dry and it doesn't take much. >> reporter: that's what fire departments worry about this weekend. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> you can keep track of the heat and spare the air days on our website. people in hayward who live near a metal recycling center, a fire broke out in a pile of recycled appliances. the fire was first reported at 2:00 p.m. a scare at the hayward b.a.r.t station after two groups of teens fired shots at each other. we are live at the san leandro b.a.r.t station tonight with the
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details. >> reporter: what they are cracking down on is something called wilding. it's basically a group of teens that are causing chaos throughout san leandro and hayward. tonight is the first night of a task force. i am basically surrounded by a whole bunch of police vehicles along with police officers from about three police agencies. we are at the bay fair b.a.r.t station because of that incident that happened in hayward. a lot of teenagers involved in that incident are expected to be arriving at b.a.r.t station here. this task force is in full affect. it's not yet clear if tonight's shooting is connected to any incidents over the last week but police say this does involve a large group of young people who seem to gatherer at a particular place and violence erupted. we were invited to ride along with one of the team leaders.
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>> we want to head it off from the beginning and effect the arrests of the formal or informal leadership of the group. >> reporter: police say shots were fired between two large groups of teens at the b.a.r.t station parking lot. there are no reports of injuries but police recovered six bullet casings. this is the latest in a string of incidents including a kidnapping earlier this week and a large group of unruly teens last saturday night at bay fair mall. >> it took a large contingent of officers to go by and get the group out of there. to escort them out to make sure that they didn't create any more crime or intimidate anybody. >> reporter: curtis wilson works at the mall and says that wasn't the first time. >> sometimes they break. sometimes they steal. sometimes it's terrorizing other customers or other people. >> reporter: the lieutenant says the aim of the task force is to
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quickly mobilize a lot of officers from several departments. they want to make a lot of arrests if necessary but it's what he is hoping for is if the group of teens get the message that their behavior won't be tolerated. and tonight police are search for for an inmate who escaped from the jail. he was being escorted to the basement to take out the trash when he ran out the door and escaped. he was scheduled to be released on july 24th. tracy morgan is in intensive care tonight and the driver who police say slammed into his bus has been charged with murder. authorities say early this morning, the driver of an 18 wheeler was dozen and didn't notice that traffic was stopping and rear ended morgan's limo bus causing it a to overturn causing his writer to die at the scene.
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san bruno city officials want to know what is behind the decision to stop a investigation into pg&e. the look into the thousands of pipeline strength test records was stopped. it is known that the utility refused to produce any information about the records. since the puc regulates pg&e. it sounds like a back room deal was made. >> it with unacceptable. we are disappointed that the puc filed and went through a motion that was intended to compel the release of -- the identification of those records. >> sloppy recordkeeping was the leading cause of the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion and fire, according to investigators. california chrome's hopes of a triple crown faded down the stretch. >> it won't be a triple crown this year. it's going to be close. it's going to be very close and tonalist got there. >> the colt was not able to
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overcome getting boxed in after the start of the belmont stakes. the last leg of the triple crown. tonalist won. the top two finishers didn't run in the kentucky derby or preakness stakes. there have been 11 triple crown winners in u.s. horse racing. the last was 36 years ago when affirmed won in 1978. california chrome is the 13th horse to come to the belmont with a win at the kentucky derby and preakness and the 13th horse to not quite make it. in yuba city, fans cheered a good run but went home disappointed. thousands gathered to watch the race. before the race there was a festival with bands and face painting. fans say they are still proud of
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their hometown horse. >> super supportive and it was awesome. >> a little disappointing but it was exciting. it's good to see the town out like this in support of something common. >> while fans spent most of the afternoon partying, the crowd made a quick exit once the race was over. there could be a glitch in the sale of the los angeles clippers. donald sterling hasn't signed off on the deal to sell the team to steve balmer because the nba won't revoke a $2.5 million fine and lifetime ban. as long as the sale goes through some of the money is going to charity. 10% of the sale is expected to be spun off into a charitable foundation that shelly sterling would run. still to come on abc 7 news at 11:00, the student who brought a shooting rampage to an end in seattle is being celebrated in a unique way. the bay bridge goes
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hollywood. the movie about the making of the eastern span. and later remembering maya angelou. the memorial for the poet and author who grew up in
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just an amazing show of support for the man who tackled and sub dued a killer with a gun at seattle pacific university. an outpouring of gratitude from strangers. he used pepper spray and physical force to take down the gunman. his roommate is not surprised by
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the moves. >> he is that kind of person. he is prepares and ready to go. >> the internet agrees. people bought everything in his open wedding registry and started a religion try to pay for his hoony moon. the amount raised to far is $35,000. the gunman killed one person and injured three others. a memorial service held for christopher martinez one of the victims in isla vista. the service was held in san louis obispo. he was one of six people killed by elliot rodger in the am page. the redwood city police department is warning people not to worry if they see officers swarm roosevelt elementary school. streets will be closed and police and fire will conduct an emergency response drill from 9:00 until 2:00. the department says this exercise is a response to recent
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school shootings. tomorrow's drill will include a helicopter and some pyrotechnics. advocates of same-sex marriage and anti-discrimination are celebrating a victory in wisconsin tonight. a federal judge ruled today that the state's eight-year ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional because it discriminates against same sex couples. this was the first same sex couple to be married in the state. the wisconsin attorney general says she will appeal the decision. the man who created a documentary on the building of the eastern span of the bay bridge is not sure how it will be distributed to the public. the documentary is called "life span" it chronicles how the eastern span was build from design to finished bridge. there is a lot of stuff in the film the general public probably doesn't know about. >> there was never enough money to build the bridge. there were four funding bills that had to go through in
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sacramento over the course of five governors, some of whom were from this design and some of whom were not. one of whom stopped the project entirely and had to start it again. >> it is a three parter. ruben says he hopes the film will be aired by a tv station. today at st. mary's college people walked to raise money for the make-a-wish foundation. ama daetz joined the crowd as they made their way through campus. people could walk to remember loved ones, a specific wish child or for all bay area wish children. the money raised supports the make-a-wish foundation. when the sun went down they cranked up the color at candlestick park. this is the neon run. not your regular 5 k. people ran through glow zones of neon water and pumping music. a few thousand turned out for
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the run that made its way through the stadium parking lot. warm up is on the way this weekend. we look at the forecast with live doppler 7 hd. >> good evening, everyone. you can see with live doppler 7 hd is it going to be a warm one. we have a few low clouds along the coast right now. clear elsewhere. here's a view looking at the financial area. clear skies over parts of san francisco. san jose, 63 and in the 50s in morgan hill and in half-moon bay. as we look this time towards downtown san francisco and the bay bridge and the bay and the east i'll give you a few more temperatures, napa, 56, and some 60s in fairfield and concord. but look at livermore, still 72 degrees right now. also as we look this time from the east bay out to the west,
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you'll notice it is mostly clear tonight. we'll see triple digits tomorrow and a warm to hot day on monday. here's what's going on upstairs. we have an area of high pressure and this dome with this dry, warm air that will bring us hot days inland. that's tomorrow and monday. things start to turn around on tuesday and cool down midweek. overnight lows will be in the 50s, 55 in san francisco. 57 in san jose and cooler along the coast. 50 in half-moon bay. tomorrow, the forecast model shows the fog just along the coast and quickly dissipates and mixes out by the early morning hours. tomorrow, even along the coast we'll see 70s instead of 60s that we had today. 80s around the bay, 90s in the south bay and low 100s in the inland valleys and north bay. warm in san jose. 94 in gilroy. look for upper 80s to near 90 in
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the lower part of the peninsula. if you are going to the beach, 71 in half-moon bay. and also sunset district will be 72. so great to head out to the coast. 79 in downtown san francisco for the giants game. look for mid-90s to upper 90s from calistoga and napa. 80s in the east bay to 90 in castro valley and it's going to heat up and sizzle in the inland areas. 102 in fairfield and brentwood as well. 100 in livermore. we have the summer sizzle tomorrow and hot in inland on monday. and the cooling trend starts on tuesday, much cooler wednesday, breezy thursday, friday/saturday will be in the 80s by next weekend. >> sweating already. thank you so much. busy day it was in sports. a's take it on the chin.
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and the giants showing the mets why they should
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we started on the ice. kings and rangers and we had another overtime affair. kings looking for a 2-0 series advantage. should have been called goalie interference. a break for l.a. they trail 4-3. tied up later in the period. gaborik with his 13th goal of the post season. the rangers a chance to regain the lead. but robbed of the goal. game went into double overtime where dusten brown deflects the shot and the kings take a 2-0 series lead heading to new york with a 5-4 victory. the nba finals game two tomorrow on abc 7 tip-off at
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5:00 p.m. followed by after the game. with a special guest warriors director of scouting. the giants the first team in the majors with 40 wins. they are playing like superheroes and did it against the mets on superhero night. bottom six pagan with a two rbi single off his former team. the lead cut to 4-3. pagan strikes out. but the ball gets away from the catcher and the throw is wide. pagan is safe with no outs. pagan scores from first. we have a 4-4 ball game. and may the morse be with you. fourth walkoff of the year for the g men and the giants win it 5-4. a's and o's in baltimore. sonny gray a wakeup call in the
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first. 1-0, baltimore. top three, coco crisp goes deep. a's homered in 15 consecutive games. baltimore gets three more in the fifth. gray allowed five runs for his second loss of the season. and jim johnson getting a crack at his old team. david lowe goes high in the air. orioles hold on for a 6-3 victory. stanford 3-0 in elimination games. facing vanderbilt in just that. bases loaded, the batter is hit and tied at 4. stanford survives another day with the winner advancing in ohm has. california chrome was denied the triple crown by a horse that only ran in the belmo
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it's been a 36-year wait for the 12th trippile crown winner. but none could take the triple crown since 1978. california chrome joined the list today. >> california chrome on the outside. tonalist, commissioner. it won't be a triple crown this year. it's going to be close. it's going to be very close and tonalist gets there. >> tonalist wins by a nose. he didn't run in the derby or the preakness. california chrome came in fourth and all horses don't have to run
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all three events. >> this is his third very big race. these other horses they always set them out. they set them out and try to upset the apple cart. i'm 61 years old. i'll never see in my lifetime another triple crown winner because of the way they do this. it's not fair to these horses that have been in the game since day one. i look at it this way, if you can't make enough points to get in the kentucky derby you can't run in the other two races. >> that's a good point. three races travel and unfamiliar stables. it's like being in the olympics not having to qualify for the 100 meters and just showing up for the finals. your thoughts? hit me up on twitter. >> is it a valid point. >> and all these years i never thought of it. not sour grapes. i think it's a valid point. the memorial to maya angelou. is the american dream
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breaking news tonight out of berkeley where several people have been shot. lisa amin gulezian joins us live with the latest. lisa? >> reporter: it happened here in the la quinta inn. take a look inside the lobby. that is where berkeley police is paying a lot of attention. there is an event, perhaps a
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birthday party happening inside the hotel when the shootings happened. not only are officers taking a close look inside but they were focused outside of the hotel near that tree on the ground you can see there are two white pieces of paper. i was over there just a few minutes ago. it looked like there may have been bloodstains there. it is not clear if the shootings took place inside our outside of the hotel. i'm waiting to speak to someone from the police department to fill me in. i saw an ambulance answer the corner and the victims are inside the ambulance. i will be bringing you more information in this newscast and on twitter. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. and our breaking news continues on twitter @abc7newsbayarea. friends and family honored
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maya angelou today. today those who loved her honored her life and achievements at a memorial in north carolina. >> reporter: they called it a celebration of rising joy. both tearful -- >> the loss i feel -- i cannot describe. >> she was the ultimate teacher. >> reporter: and triumphant. >> she touched people all across the globe including a white woman in kansas who named her daughter after mya. >> reporter: friends and family, bill clinton, all thankful for angelou's life lessons. >> her great gift in her action-packed life was she was always paying attention. >> reporter: in angelou's last
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interview with abc news i asked what she would say to her younger self. >> dare. dare to be more than you think you can be. dare. >> reporter: and dare she did. angelou was born in st. louis and at age 14 she moved to oakland. as a teenager she studied dance and drama in san francisco. in her mid-20s angelou was singing in san francisco. 1,000 people are one step closer to becoming citizens. volunteers helped people who are legal residents fill out the 21-page citizenship form. applicants were able to get guidance in their own language. organizers say if everything is in order it takes anywhere from three to six month first people to become citizens.
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times are tough and many people living in the u.s. don't think they will achieve the american dream. >> reporter: from los angeles -- >> my name is anne marie chapman. i am 20 years old. i'm a full-time mom and part-time student. >> reporter: to student. >> my name is -- i am 13 years old and in eighth grade. >> reporter: to atlanta. >> i'm 50 years old and work for u.p.s. >> reporter: it's what is meant to define us, however we define it, the american dream. >> the american dream? it means that we go towards a better life. >> the american dream is if there's something you want you are able to get it. >> i have reached the american dream. i have peace of mind. >> reporter: peace of mind that more americans can't find. >> guns and violence. >> job security, crime. >> reporter: some reasons a
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growing number say the dream is slipping away. a cnn american money dream poll finds six out of ten americans believe it is out of reach. it's more alarming amongmy len yals. more than half say the dream can't be attained. if the next-generation is always meant to be the last, 63% of people now believe that children will be worse off than their parents. >> it's not something that people can always achieve and not something that most people can achieve. >> money is already tight with the government at my age for me. the population is only growing. you know? >> reporter: uncertainty fueling fear that the dream might not be reality. >> for right now i believe i could be able to achieve better than my parents. but for the time being we don't
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know. >> if "n the future it doesn't k that is remotely achievable. >> most say it would take less than $100,000 to be happy. if you want to buy apple stock wait until monday. right now one share is $647. on monday it will drop to 93 bucks. the company is doing what is known as a stock split. the practice is a way to lure more individual investors to the table. gap announced plans to produce clothing in myanmar. it is the first company to enter the company. two factories are expected to produce garments for old navy and banana republic brands. just ahead, celebrating heroes stan lee style. and the technology that could save the life of someone having a heart attack in a matter of
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seconds. we have clear skies outside and hot temperatures tomorrow and monday. i'll l
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dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. . a technology saving lives in the bay area is getting more powerful. it's a smartphone-based app
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getting emergency care to heart attack victims more quickly. eric thomas has the story. >> reporter: for ambulance crews, racing cardiac patients to the shot a life saving routine but often it's the first moments after a heart attack that makes the difference. >> success in the hospital is dependent on rapid bystander cpr. >> reporter: the director of the chest pain center at el camino hospital in mountainview. the hospital helped launch a smartphone system designed to create an army of citizen cpr providers. >> when there is a defibrillator is available that is the best outcome. >> reporter: the system was the brain child of a san ramon valley fire chief. when a cardiac call comes in, the pulse point app can locate the closest train responder and
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help them perform cpr with an automated external defibrillator. >> i will receive a tone on my phone and a map showing me how to get to the patient's located. i have arrived a it the patient and selected the cpr how-to portion of the an. >> dry pad to bare skin exactly as shown in the picture. every clear. press flashing button. >> since being rolled out the pulse point foundation has expanded the program. this year the program allows user to locate and mark the location of aeds in schools and public buildings. the goal is a powerful searchable database to locate the nearest defibrillator in an emergency. for a photographer he provided
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cpr to a player who collapsed with chest pain. >> i started pumping his chest and giving him mouth to mouth and we just kept it up for ten or 12 minutes until the medics arrived. >> reporter: organizers hope that the system will be more powerful, ultimately stretching a life-saving safety net across the bay area. eric thomas, abc 7 news. a comic book legend took center field at the giants game tonight. stan lee was on hand for heroes and comics night at at&t park. he has created 340 comic book characters including the avengers, the fantastic four, the incredible hulk, thor, iron man, captain america, just to name a few. >> one thing i get a kick out of is kids that come dressed as
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marvel super heroes. osei little spidermen and captain americas and thors. i just love it. >> he is 91 years old and said that sear sergio romo is his real life superhero. hot weather is back in the forecast and frances dinglasan is here with the details. >> live doppler 7 hd showing the marine layer confined to the coast. it's clear everywhere else. tomorrow temperatures are going to warm up. we'll see 70s along the california coast. 70 in eureka. 73 in monterey and 78 in los angeles and 73 in san diego and hot inland. a lot of 100s out there. even 112 in palm springs and 106 in fresno.
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so slather on the sunscreen and stay cool. 70s on the coast. 79 in san francisco. 89 in palo alto. and areas above 100 in fairfield, antioch near 900 in livermore. now here's a plan for tomorrow as well. san matteo in the 70s to mid-80s for the san matteo county fair. pleasant overall and the temperature trend basically shows two hot days, cooling down midweek and then warmer, closer to normal next weekend. >> all right. sunscreen. i've got it. thanks so much. and night after superheroes. >> at the giants. that's right. >> michael morris on superhero night with the fourth walkoff heat shields are compromised. weare those thrusters burning?
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that's a negative. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. with the u-verse tv app, the u-verse revolves around you the u-verse revolves around you
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the giants are the first team in the majors with 40 wins. they are playing like superheroes and did it tonight against the mets. the joker was on the mound against the mets. pagan with a two rbi single against cologne. pagan strike out. but the ball gets away from the catcher. the throw is wide, pagan is safe with no outs. pagan scores from first.
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we have a 4-4 game. may the morse be with you. fourth walkoff of the year for the g men. sonny gray gets a wakeup call in the first. a's respond in the third. coco crisp his fourth home run of the season. a's have homered in 15 consecutive games. game tied at 1. a double, gray allowed five runs for his second loss of the season. and jim johnson gets a crack at his old team and first batter goes high. second home run of the year. orioles take game two 6-3. game two of the stanley cup finals. kings and rangers and we had another overtime affair. kings look for for 2-0 series advantage. dwight king deflects the shot that should have been called
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goalie interference but they tie it up later in the period. gaborik, his 13th goal of the post season. 4-4 game. jonathan quick robs brad richards. in double ot, dusten brown deflects the shot. the kings take the 2-0 series lead heading back to new york 5-4 the final. nba finals game two tip-off at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow followed by after the game with the warriors director of scouting. it's been a 36-year wait for horse racing's 12th triple crown winner. affirmed won it in 1978. 12 have won the derby and preakness since but could not take the triple crown. california chrome joined them today. >> it won't be a triple crown this year. it's going to be close.
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it's going to be very close and tonalist gets there. >> tonalist wins by a nose. he didn't run the derby or the preakness. california chrome was fourth and his owner was not happy that all the horses don't have to run all three events. >> this is his third big race. they set them out and try to upset the am cart. i'm 61 years old. i will never see a triple crown winner because of the way they do this. is it not fair to the horses that have been in the game since day one. if you can't make enough points to get in the kentucky derby you can't run in the other two races. >> that is a good point. three race, travel and unfloor stables and tonalist has fresh legs. it's like being in the olympics not having to quaff for the 100 meters and just showing up for the finals. to the french open women's
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final. this is sharapova's third straight. last time the women's final went three sets in 2001. she loses the first set. sharapova with the break point. but strug infield the second. 12 double faults. and we go to the final set. maria's experience took over. showing nerves. couldn't do anything about that back hand winner. and on the championship point. the return goes wide. sharapova wins her second french open in three years. earthquake facing toronto fc. gourd within a foul right there in the penalty box leads to a penalty kick. puts it in for the game's only goal. the earthquake lose 1-0 and fall to 4-5-4 on the year. team usa playing their final friendly before the world cup.
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both american goals in the 68th minute. usa wins 2-1 and world cup starts on thursday. a reminder, game two of the nba finals tomorrow right here on abc 7. that is it for tonight. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. i'm cornell barnard. thanks so much for joining us. the news continues online on twitter, facebook and your mobile devices with our abc 7 news app. hope you have a
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