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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. have you seen this parolee? he attacked an 89-year-old woman in a brutal fashion. there is an active search right now outside the c.v.s. store as the stolen white camera is being driven away by the suspect. amy hollyfield joins us with the latest on the victim and the search for the suspect. amy? >> >> the camera what here that caught the video. employees are calling the attack senseless and customers are
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scared. police are outraged and are out right now looking for the attacker. >> our victim has been punched and suffered contusions and broken collar bone and broken ribs and is on the ground. >>the victim is 89-year-old woman, petite woman only 5' tall and 90 pounds. this man it is believed attacked her, left her unconscious on the ground and stole her car. terrance hardy is almost twice her size at 170 pounds. the officers had a strong reaction as they investigated the crime. >> disgust and anger and mixed with the outcoming for overtime and see if we can't find the guy. >> they got a couple of good breaks, the surveillance video shows the car pulling out but it was a when description of the man that helped police. the witness says the attacker had a growth on the side of his faith and that triggered an officer's memory who had just issued hardy a traffic ticket. >> an for had previous contact a
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few hours before and recognized or knew who the person was. >> they still looking for him and the victim's car. the license plate on a white camera is 2znr291. police say they are motivated to get him into custody. >> i am sad. i am 78. i am nervous. >> shoppers at the c.v.s. where it happened are just horrified to hear someone would do this to a frail elderly woman. they, took are hoping for an arrest. >> that is somebody's mother, grandmother, great grandmother and it is devastating. that is the only thing i can say. >> police say the victim is in the hospital but is expected to survive. the suspect, they say, is a parolee with a long criminal history including assault with a deadly weapon. traffic is back to normal in berkeley after a police chase
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ended in a head-on crash at the university avenue off-ramp. c.h.p. officers chased the driver of a stolen vehicle across the bay bridge with speeds up to 120 miles per hour. officers say the driver lost control and ended up on the wrong side of the road hitting another car at 35 miles per hour. the driver was not seriously and the driver being chased has been arrested. >> there is a camera that could is recorded what happened when mayor quan had her accident, the program was losing money and the cameras were turned off. the city council say they should have had a say on to renew the contract so there is no from i or video proof of the accident. the other driver claims the marian a red light and was on the cell phone but the mayor claims she did neither and she is not to blame. she has turned in her phone
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records. a police investigation is underway. >> former bart police officer at the forefront the oscar grant case is back in court. johanns mehserle was seen in san francisco federal court waiting to testify in a civil suit filed by oscar grant's father. he served half of the two-year sentence for shooting oscar grant new year's morning in 2009 he said he thought he was firing the taser. the father filed a lawsuit from prison where he is serving time for murder claiming bart former police chief failed to take action to prevent his son's death. bart has already settled a civil suit with grant's mother and daughter. >> raymond "shrimp boy" chow is in court right now with lawyers asking a judge to release him from jail and have brought in 12 witnesses to testify on how he as reformed his life. they range from a tv news producer to his girlfriend and an art gallery owner. the foam chinatown gangster is one of 29 defendants in a corruption indictment that
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includes state senator yee. raymond "shrimp boy" chow has been in custody since march and has waived detention hearing until now. the f.b.i. says he returned to his old ways and charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and selling stolen liquor. there will an 40-bed hospital for disturbed death row inmates at prison. a court appointed monitor in the prison system told the judges that three dozen men on death row are so mentally ill they need 24 hour nursing care. the plan is to retrofit a new medical unit at prison. right new the prisoners are treated in their cells. california has not execute add prisoner since 26 fix. state executions are on hold because of legal challenges involving lethal injection. medical marijuana dispensaries in shows are reacting this morning to tight erie stresses on pot clubs. the city passed a controversial new limit last night. nick is in san jose with that story the you talked with mayor
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reed? >> absolutely. the measure passed 7-3 put new restrictions in place. those who comply have to deal with costly changes. one of the things they have to do is have a shot more than 1,000' from a school. there are other things, as well, everyone has to be over able 18 to enter or 21 but that is not clear because there are so many details listed in the ordinance that i want to print it out for you. this must include new security cameras including cameras for anyone wanting to be part of operating pot club in san jose. the mayor says that the changes were necessary because the if you regulations were needed. those who run the clubs say they agree, there are rules that need to be in place but they disagree on how far the rules go. >> we have really bad actors is caused a lot of trouble for neighbors and we want to stop that. >> critic of the new rules say a
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clear path forward is one they fully support and they point out that those would ignoring the resolution will continue to do so and those following the guideline may be unfairly restricted. >> we want regulations. we need regulations. we need regulations that allow people to operate properly. for a facility to be able to produce the topicals and edible and the now we ares in one facility, that is a very cost prohibitive and difficult facility. >> these are the topicals we are talking about. in the past the dispensary prayers have gathered the votes to push back restrictive legislation proposed by city leaders. after the city council's second reading on tuesday the coalition will know if they will need to repair to fight again. they say it costs too of money to try to growth their own flowers and prepare the things that those who need medical
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marijuana would have to get from their clubs. thank you. the san jose city council voted to designate the dome theater a city landmark, the 50-year-old build was the first domed theaters in the nation. landmark status does not necessarily preserve it but it makes it more difficult to close it down. >> family of an oakland girl declared brain dead following surgery last december is hoping her middle school will agreement her an honorary diploma. jahi mcmath's family says the officials at the school will announce the decision whether to give the 13-year-old an honorary graduation ceremony certificate on friday. officials were hesitant because they received too many complaints about displaying anything about jahi mcmath. after a battle with children's hospital she was moved to an out state facility where she is
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being kept on a ventilator. on capitol hill, how majority leader eric cantor is stepping down from his post. sources tell abc the republican congressman is calling it quits after his turning loss last night in the virginia g.o.p. primary to an unknown tea party challenger. sources say cantor will make it official two mores from now at a meeting of the house g.o.p. rank and file. he is the second highest ranking member of the party on track, or was on track to replace speaker boehner as the next speaker of the house of representatives. secretary of state or secretary of defense defended a prisoner swap to bring home dome -- bowe bergdahl. the congress said they are required to be notified 30 days early. hagel said there was in time and if they waited bowe bergdahl could be lost the now bowe
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bergdahl is recovering, the commanders are more focused. >> it frees up resources that we were thinning about our commanders on the ground in that area. if we have the opportunity, how can we get bowe bergdahl? now that he is back, that frees up that obligation. >> hagel said the taliban group holding bowe bergdahl demanded the united states release all prisoners in guantanamo bay. >> a group recommending some people to eat more fish. >> twitter account designed to stop gossip and promote sharing. >> heads could roll as a result of the target shareholders' meeting. a look outside of the bay right now and you can see the fog is trying hard to clear up and trying to come out.
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>> imagine an anonymous high school twitter account spreading not rumor or gossip but positivist. students and faculty have wondered who is behind the uplifting tweets. the anonymous student came up with the idea as a way to
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counter online bullying and negativity but the account will live on after graduation. [ inaudible ] >> in the show "gossip girl," teens celebrate worst moments with cruel gossip but if real life there is an antigossip girl, a connecticut student with a heart of gold using a twitter account celebrating the best of people. the mystery account created in january was this "my mission simple, to spread'sist." first compliment goes to the absolute sweetheart, brianna your positive outlook doesn't go unnoticed. after hundreds of night messages the school wondered would was behind it. on graduation they found out. >> this young lady a great leader, a great student, and better person who is the
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>> -- anonymous spreading uplifting thoughts. >> so were negativity in our lives it is crazy to think how one positive thing can pull someone back from the edge. >> now off to college taylor is passing the torch to another anonymous tweeter. >> if we use our words in the right way there is no telling what we can accomplish. >> tail continued post graduation with positive tweets including class of 2014, you did it. go do good. and "tell people how much they mean to you." she is working with an organization to prevent cyberbullying. matt, thank you. target is holding the first annual shareholders meeting since the massive data breach. shareholders are meeting in dallas and self board members could be voted out, several
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members, rather, and seven of the ten directors are recommended to be forced out for failing to protect the company and customers. the company has hired a new chief information security officer and is in a better position to protect consumer information. p.f. chang could be the latest victim of a hack attack. a security blogger first broke the news of the breach at target says that thousands of stolen cars from p.f. chang were on sale a few days ago on an underground website that were used this between march and mid-may. meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. the fog is burning off. >> a cool down yesterday. did you feel it? 25 degrees cooler in my house and inland and we will drop more today. we will talk about how much but
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until we have a remain aing trend we have your baseball forecast coming up and, also, some graduations and the winds are getting aggressive. we have that, too. the skinny on a pageant contestant promoting a healthy
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covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. for first time federal health officials recommend pregnant women and breast feeding moms and kids eat more fish. the food and drug administration and the environmental protection agency says women should eat up to three servings a week.
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that includes salmon and catfish and cod. avoid eating swordfish and limit tuna intake. there are new guidelines because many women do not get enough fish. we are getting sunshine. just in time. >> so cooler. you can see the flag is unfurled and choppy and hazy. that is just the humidity and not a "spare the air" day. a lot on congratulations and first in the east bay in the hills, we have the falcons, that is the name, they are graduating at 12:45 and it will be 65 in half an hour and 70 by the end. heading further to the south on the east bay shoreline we go into castro valley and redwood city high school at 4:30 with temperatures in the mid-70's and
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dropping into the upper 60. now, heading up to the north bay, larkspur, specifically, where they are graduating at 4:00 with plenty of sunshine and you will fall into the low 60's and it will be breezy so dress accordingly and everyone needs to hold on to their caps because it will be breezy and lancers will be at 9 at 5:00 and dropping to 60. congratulations students, teachers, and parents. >> 26 miles per hour is the wind in fairfield. it was gusting up to 40 miles per hour drawing in the marine layer. we still have a wind advisory until tomorrow morning for solano county and north of contra costa county headed into the central valley. the winds are still fast and the sierra, into lake tahoe and further into nevada, red flag warning and high fire danger today and tomorrow.
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at home we are watching this small swirl of low pressure that is keeping the north bay cloudy but you will see sunshine and it is the low that is bringing us a strong sea breeze and it will bring us more cooling today, breezy and brighter tomorrow and friday and the coolest days today and warming for father's day week. temperatures today are going to drop from two degrees in novato to more dropping inland and san ramon is 76, 30 degrees cooler than two days ago. we have low-to-mid 70's across the south bay and deeper into the santa clara valley, los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy upper 70's and low-to-mid 70's on the peninsula and upper 50's to low 60's loan the coast and low-to-mid 70's in the north bay valley with mid-to-upper 50's along the east bay shore and mid-70's to low 88 into the east bay valley and if you are headed to the san mateo county fair it looks great, at ten degrees and you need the sunscreen. have a hoodie, mid-60's and dropping into the upper 50's and
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mid-to-upper 50's at at&t park cooler than the first to games. you can see how much cooler tomorrow and by saturday and sunday most of us are back to average and warmer inland for father's day and it will be dry all 15 days. this morning, miss indiana is speak out after the 25-year-old contestant stole the show at miss usa pageant. she did not win -- that honor went to miss nevada -- but thousands responded to miss indiana on social media praising her for healthy looking figure. how normal is her body? well, he is 5' 8 wind" and weare four but miss indiana has a message. >> you can't worry about the girlfriend sitting next to you because you will never be that girl. your body is a gift. love it. have that confidence. that is the only thing you can do. you cannot worry about being someone else.
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miss indiana got emotional talking about the expense saying she was blown away by all the positive reaction on social media. just ahead, driving in your neighborhood is not rare to see a dog or cat now and then but manage is
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coming up, the 1,200 mile walk that toledo this reunion between a lost duck and his owner. how they finally found each other. and at 5:00, we will show a hands on effort to rescue steel hederated trapped in a creek. >> the search for a black bear finances this morning in pennsylvania. >> the animal got away after the latest sighting and ran in front police cars and kept going. there he goes. darting across the street. the officer warned a resident to look out moments before the camera was taken outside of philadelphia. >> sightings have been reported elsewhere and they will catch it and move it away.
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