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and the other victim is a male with severe burns to his face and body. the fire is under investigation. firefighters say they believe cooking may have been the spark. >> another element of this fire is heart warming with the tragedy for the people. a dog and cat were in the apartment and they were resolution coupled and on the scene. firefighters gave them oxygen on the scene and both were taken to emergency veterinarian clinic. there three apartment units and the fire was contained to the bottom unit only but we we understand it is not going to be inhabitable. the people would live here will not come back here any time soon. >> from at&t park not all of the action was on the field. a woman went to the hospital with injuries from trying to
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break up a fight after the a's and giants game. amy hollyfield has the details. it happened at 2nd and king. police are looking for would men. there was a fight going on and a woman tried to jump in the middle of it and break it up. she was punched in the face and knocked unconscious. two men took off. one is described as black man 30 to 35. we have more of the description from the police scanner. >> he has distinctive green or hazel eyes. he was in a fight with her boyfriend and she stepped if front and he punched her. >> this happened a day after a jury awarded bryan stow and his family $18 million for the 2011 beating he sustain on opening day in the parking lot of dodger stadium. this happened yesterday before 6:00 last night.
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police are looking for two men who drove away in a gold toyota truck. the woman is still in the hospital. officials say it appears the man killed by a train last night stepped on the tracks intentionally at 9:45 in atherton at watkins avenue. 500 passengers on 192 headed south were not hurt. the trains do not stop in atherton on weekdays so passengers were taken to the menlo park station. service resumed after two hours. this was the sixth fatality this year on the tracks. >> oakland police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed a man and injured another at a restaurant at wendy's on international boulevard. the man placed an order at drive law and a gunman walked up and began shooting. the driver was killed. another person was injured.
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that person will survive. police are asking witnesses to come forward. santa rosa police are looking for a man who is call "armed and dangerous." the partner in crime is in the hospital with a gunshot wound in bad shape after an attempted robbery at a jewelry store. he are details. necessity had macks and a gun. she told me to call 9-1-1. ones heard 10 or 15 shots fired. armed robbers hit there a year ago and this time neighboring businesses say the owner had a gun. >> i heard the owner yelling at the people standing by, armed robbery, armed robbery, he is armed robber. >> he was shot twice. he fell. he ran 10 more feet and fell again. two men pinned him to the background and another escaped in a stolen convertible found abandoned. a massive manhunt with k-9s
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and search was underway. >> woman said there was a suspect with a gun in dreads and the cops were evacuatingen. there was a carjacking and a bank robbery. a woman employee was hospitalized with shots to the arm. the owner would not discuss what was called a shoot out scenario and he was emotional about the encounter. it is traumatic to see people come in so aggressive and not carrying about people's lives. >> parents are in line in san jose to be among the first to sign up for free backpacks and school supplies. the occasion is the 12th annual give away at sacred heart. kids last year picked out backpacks at community service on south 1st street. they will donate 2,800 backpacks to children from low income
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families. 12 years ago only 150 backpacks were given out. >> chevron's plan to modernize the refinery heads to the city council for a vote but it is not the plan the company initially wanted. the planning commission approved an environmental impact report after two nights of public hearings. the option the commission picked requires the refinery to reduce emissions particularly greenhouse gases in the local area. chevron says they are reviewing their options but has concerns about the regulations. >> an expensive clean up is underway at the new span of the bay bridge to get rid of steel particles creating rust on the white tower. crews have been going up on scaffolding to wash off the particles and repair the white finish. officials say the particles were created by steel griping during construction and are turning
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orange. it is expected to cost $1 million for the clean up, half of which would be paid by taxpayers. >> the california drought with the rainfall scientists were counting on may not materialize. there was a high probability of el nino but now while ocean surface temperatures will rise the effect is weak or moderate so less rain than usually associated with the weather pattern. san francisco saw the most rain, 47", during el nino of 1997 to 1998. >> mike warns us, it is the quality not the effect. >> it has to be exceptionally strange for us to be guarantees wetter than average winter and it does not happen often. in 1997 you may remember that winter but we will have nothing like that. if we just get to average it would be a go start.
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>> here is the effect of the drought, red flag warning in the sierra if you are headed that way until 11 o'clock and to the north toward chico and mount shasta, high fire danger until 6:00. fire danger does not include any bay area counties. if you are headed into san francisco, money 50's and ferry building is vine and 58 at the financial district. san leandro is the cool spot and everyone else is the upper 50's to low 60's, and pittsburg is 60. headed to noon, low-to-mid 60's bay and the coast and low 70's inland and to 4:00, 78 inland and 74 around the bay and 62 at the coast and comfortable for friday evening activities with low-to-mid 60 and 70 inland. >> friday lite. we have construction project if
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you are trying to make it to the bay bridge we do have a closing until 5:00, westbound 580 to the westbound 80 connection shut down until 5:00 this morning if you are traveling through berkeley, there are no problems. if you are headed from address to dublin/pleasantons westbound, along 580, 25 minutes quiet along highway 4 from antioch to concord and 101 southbound through marin to san francisco under 20 minutes and it will be our drive acrossed golden gate bridge and up to the waldo tunnel we have nice conditions and wrapping things up at the toll plaza in a few minutes. she made headlines for running in a track event while eight months pregnant and strong word as local olympic runner has for credit is would say she put her unborn baby at risk. ought deal between the 49ers and a silicon valley tech giant that makes finding a place to park at the new stadium easier.
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>> two families product together by tragedy, the mother of a transplant recipient is running a life saving operation. >> amazon is underfire for allowing kids to rack up millions dollars worth of purchases without their parents' consent and the government is seeking a refund. >> 2014 is the year of the tablet with smartphone rising. shipments of tablets with 7" screen are declining. >> could you give up facebook for 99 days? researchers are encouraging people to do just that in an effort to see if the unplugged life is happier. you will be asked to fill out surveys to gauge your mood. >> martha stewart is a big fan of drones and posted a blog featuring 30 aerial photos from her farm taken with the new
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covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. happening today, a woman named after amelia earhart will complete the 1937 around the world flight of her namesake when she laps in oakland. she will set the record as the youngest woman to navigate the world if a single evening taking place on oakland june 26. the journey will take 100 hours, 17 days with 14 planned stops. she is not related to the original amelia earhart. she is expected to land in oakland at 5:00 p.m. an athlete and olympian ran a race in amazing time at eight
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months pregnant. now a few weeks from delivery she is responding to questions, and criticism, whether she put her unborn baby in danger. she is used to being active. a proposal runner. she trains each day and two weeks ago she was running the 800 me for race at the championship for united states. by the way, she is eight months pregnant. >> it is not an illness or a disease. you need to keep going and moving. >> crowd went crazy when the star crossed the february line -- cross the finish line. >> some do not like this, with critics coming out of the cyber woodwork. one posted "ridiculous." is the worth the risk. another says "all it takes is a
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misstep and down she goes." her doctors gave her the green light before running. she is not phased by the naysayers. >> they are miss informed. i am not mad. >> if san jose, those taking prenatal yoga watched the video of her running. they were proud. >> impressed. it is pretty...brave. she knows what is best for her body. >> this woman is due august 13. fans going to the new 49ers stadium will be relieved to hear of new plans for additional packing. a 48-acre plot owned by yahoo is used to create a giant parking lot blocks from the stadium in santa clara approved for office space but they are teaming up with the 49ers to town it into a parking lot that will
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accommodate 7,200 vehicles. >> most suited up or have not suited up in decade but the most famous names in 49er history are getting a final practice "the legends of candlestick football flag." including joe montana, jerry rice, steve young all take to the field to support the real star. >> is that our sports anchor mike shumann? >> this is his twitter page and that is the jersey he will wear during the game. it is the last time you will see it moving this slowly because of his blazing speed. he is will be out there and this is the last game ever at candlestick before the stadium is demolished and dan marine
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made a commitment to place. the greatest quaterback who never won a football, dan marino. >> for those too young that are watching. >> ouch. >> i am not among those. >> >> it has been cool. does it heat up for the weekend? >> absolutely. it is not out-of-control next week, if you are going to the legend game, breezy and sunshine and temperatures are in the low 70's so enjoy. we are watching the visibility which is low at 1 and a quarter mile and the plain marine
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by lunch it will be sunny but the coast is partly sunny with below average highs in most neighborhoods today, drizzle is less likely as the air mass is dry and warm but we will be warmer-than-average for early part of next week but no 100s in the forecast. you can see the current that is easier to see than with the clouds. we have monsoon moisture to the west, a cool sea breeze taking over our neighborhood and a cloud deck to contend with. we will head to the south bay and can you see we are close to 80 at san jose but the average high is 83 and we will hit that in los gatos and gilroy and more sunshine and warmth in santa cruz at 71. upper 70's and dropping to 72 at millbrae. low-to-mid 60's along the coast. upper 60's in downtown and south
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san francisco and sausalito and money 70's and breezy through the north bay valley and low-to-mid 50's at the coast and low-to-mid 70's along the east bay shore and san lenadro at 73 and the east bay valleys a few 70's holding on at walnut creek and san ramon and everyone else in the home 80's. tonight, the temperatures are falling close to this morning's levels mid-to-upper 50's. we warm a couple of degrees tomorrow and a couple on sunday and turn the heat on, monday, with mid-90's and the cost at mid-60's and temperatures are above average open tuesday and we will cool to average on wednesday and thursday with morning clouds each day and afternoon sunshine away from the coast. we have lanes closed 880 northbound and southbound and the drive headed on the nimitz southbound from davis street to marina boulevard until 5:00.
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in the northbound direction at fremont boulevard that is where we will see the closing until 6:00 this morning. keep that if mine. you could slow down if you are making it up to the dumbarton bridge but it looks like we will be in the clear. across 680 headed out of pleasant hill into walnut creek you are moving along at top speed, friday light, no accidents, a quiet start to the morning. we hope it stays that way. a random act of kindness is rewarded, a man is getting a kidney transplant from the mother of a boy would receives one of his son's organs. >> his son died and his pancreas was donated to a 19-year-old petaluma boy jamessed jake and jake's mom is returning gift of life with a kidney for bill who has diabetes.
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>> jake has done so well and it was...so i wanted to pass the medical testing. >> i depend on a machine to keep me alive and that is hardest and the operation will take between two and three hours. next year is jake's wedding day. >> cool rides, exhibits and fried food. what more could you ask for? >> what you need to know to navigate the california state fair. >> a dramatic scene outside a phone store, a police officer is fighting for his wife as he tried to save a man who is threatening to harm himself
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right here with coverage at ok a.m. and, remember, you can catch the game on the go on the smartphone or tablet with watch abc. >> netherlands and brazil battle for third place on espn. a british company is taking google glass to the next level, launching a new yap that is supposed to help you interact with glass by using your mind. the company provided this video called mind reader and it links glass to another piece of hardware that picks up brainwaves that is used to take pictures or post online or when it sense us are tired will show you where coffee shops are. >> if you cannot get enough fried twincies and carnival rides, the california state fair ops today through july 27 in sacramento. there will be, of course, corn
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dogs, food and wine judging, horse racing, soccer, concert acts include steppenwolf the state fair. i feel like i am in high school with those groups including joe jett. >> welcome back 70's. 80's. >> they want my shirt back. >> good morning, everyone, we will talk about the rockies and the giants, in a stuff loss. 61 at 7:15 and increasing clouds and 58 bit end of the game. we have red flag warning in the northern part of the state and chico is 94 and 93 in yosemite and less likely thunderstorms today than yesterday and to the south, rip currents around san diego and los angeles through tomorrow morning. safe travels. >> we will look at what is
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happening in san jose, clear conditions, how about that? some areas have congestion but we are at top speeds as you take the drive along 101 beyond the san jose airport to 80 into cupertino and aye away from 101 up to 101 again, no delays. the altamont pass has some slow ing from tracy at 34 miles per hour and down to 51 miles per hour so it could be worse and you can see clear conditions from hayward. the marin district attorney dismissed a felony for a woman accused to be in a bicycle theft ring she had 130 stolen bicycles in her home. our media partner, the marine independent journal reports that the prosecution drop charges saying additional investigation
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is needed. she is singled of buying stolen bicycles from thieves and then re-selling them. same-sex couples are getting married in colorado despite a law that says they cannot. a judge said the county clerk can issued the marriage licenses. the city clerk in denver said she would issue licenses to gay couples, as well. colorado attorney general sued to stop the licensing and put an appeals court ruling on hold but the judge in boulder said colorado's law is on shaky ground because of a series of rulings in favor of same-sex marriage. >> a female officer in texas has critical burns after a man set himself on fire while being arrested the surveillance video shows the officer rolling on the sidewalk trying to put out the flames on her at a dallas area shopping center. two good samaritans came to the rescue and investigators say
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they were responding to a report of a hand who smelled of gas and officers tried to talk to him he set himself on fire. two other officers suffered minor burns. we are following breaking news in the east bay where two people are rushed to the hospital after an apartment fire. two beloved pelts were rescued. >> the arrest of a high priced prostitute causes authorities thousands of miles away to re-open an investigation there. >> a thief makes off with a package delivers to the front door of a peninsula hope but a wanting going out to neighbors this
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good friday morning at action. thanks for ending the week with us. >> say that again. >> "ending" week. >> friday! >> we will check now on the forecast. mike? >> good morning, everyone, it is the end of the week and we have another day of cooler-than-average temperatures before the warming trend tomorrow when it is warmer-than-average. a few showers in the central valley will stay north of us. but there is a threat of fire danger but so far no lighting sparks. if you are headed to the forth this is a red-flag warning through the morning and in lake tahoe. forecast at home is mild around the bay and 70 to 80 with a few lingers clouds along the east bay shoreline from alameda and emeryville to richmond. inland
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