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>> good sunday morning and thanks nor joining us. i'm matt keller in for carolyn tyler. we will start with a quick look at your accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist lisa argen. strange stuff out there, huh, lisa? >> absolutely. high and mid-level clouds. the subtropical moisture being pumped up from the south over the bay area. with have cloudy skies. 60 degrees in san francisco. the possibility exists of a sprinkle, maybe a stray shower. you see the lightning strikes offshore. we had showers around big sur overnight. with the cloud cover, that stronger sea breeze, we are forecast ago slightly cooler day today. so right now it is 60 degrees
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with a very light wind, maybe a sprinkle through 8:00 and then by 11:00 still plenty of clouds. the number slowly climb in the upper 60s in the city. a day today a lot like yesterday. low 70s, more cloud cover and that will extend across the bay, inland as well. we will forecast those high temperatures and let you know when the cool down is coming in your backyard in a few minutes. matt. >> thank you, lisa. turning to the crisis in the middle east. hamas said they agreed to a 12-hour truce. it's just the day after rejecting a similar offer from israel. israel had offered to extend its initial twelve-hour truce yesterday bahamas reject it had, firing more rockets on israel. in response israel's military resumed operations in gaza. and hamas spokesman said the new truce will go into effect today, but the israeli army has not said if it would hold its fire during the time requested by
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hamas. they said they would continue demolishing tunnels. it's killed more than 1,000 palestinians and 45 israelis. the violence in the middle east has people here calling for the end of the bloodshed. yesterday a few thousand demonstrators gathered at herman justin plaza in san francisco. they gave their support tore palestinians in gaza. for the kids caught in the middle, it's been disturbing to watch. >> i can't stand it when i see children like the bloodshed of children. >> i just want it to stop. i'm on nobody's side. i'm just for humanity. i'm for the kids. >> some demonstrators carried a long white ribbon with the names of people who have been killed in gaza over the last few days. >> a ufc fighter who won a fight yesterday is headed to israel this morning to join the israeli army. the man grew up in israel but moved to the bay area in 2009 to train in mixed martial arts e said it's his duty as an isreali
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to defend his homeland, no matter where in the world he's living. >> they continue to negotiate an end to the war. u.s. secretary of state john kerry had hoped to transform yesterday temporary lull in fighting into a more sustainable truce. coming up on "this week" much more on the crisis in the middle east. you can catch "this week" right here on abc7 at 8:00. >> developing news out of east palo alto where one person has died and two others injured following a shooter. it happened just before midnight. officers found three people suffering from gunshot wounds. one victim, a 31-year-old man, died from his injuries. two women were taken to the hospital in stable condition. no word on a motive and no arrests have been made. >> a neighborhood is in fear after a five-year-old was stabbed in the throat. the mother was stabbed to death both by a man they barely knew. the attacks happened yesterday in vallejo.
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a 43-year-old man has been booked on suspicion of murder. lisa has more on the crime. >> what is shocking to me, i don't understand it. >> reporter: no one understand the chaos that erupted at a small home on marin street. a woman who was temporarily staying here was attacked. a parolee who just got out of prison a month ago is the one responsible they say. >> this is a very violent individual. >> the suspect was originally busted for burglary but did extra time for violent acts while he was in prison. once released he only recently met the victim, who police say he didn't have a romantic relationship with. but for some reason he showed up at 2:00 a.m. and stabbed the woman to death and then stabbed her youngest son. >> anytime you have someone who is killed and a five-year-old involved, yes, that speaks to rage. >> the woman's 8-year-old, who may have been hiding during the attack, ran to this neighbor's house for help. >> what is sad because i feel
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sad for the little kids. the kids got to be involved. no reason. >> police quickly mobilized and started a manhunt. >> six hours after the stabbings wakefield was arrested here in east vallejo. he was just walking up the street. and this is just two miles from the crime scene. >> those who live nearby are shocked by it all. >> it is awful. the man is a mess, you know. what would drive to you do something crazy like that? what was wrong with that man? >> police have not released a motive n vallejo, abc7 fuse. a carport fire in mountain view injured one person and damaged a dozen vehicles. it happened just after 5:00 last night. fire officials say the two-alarm fire also damaged adjacent car wash equipment. nearby apartment sustained smoke damage. no details are released about the person hurt, but we know it was not a firefighter. investigators are trying to
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determine the cause of a 15-acre vegetation fire that broke out around 4:30 yesterday near a park. fire threatened six nearby homes but crews were able to put it out by 6:30 last night and they will monitor the area to put out hotspots. >> authorities have evacuated 200 more homes as the sand fire continues to burn near the county borders. nearly 300 homes were already evacuated by plymouth. that's about 40 miles east of sacramento. wildfire burned about 4,000 acres since it started friday afternoon. cal fire said it's 40% contained. are battling the drought and triple digit temperatures. it destroyed five homes and seven outbuildings.
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>> a 200-pound slow-moving tortoise named able somehow survived the fire -- the owners left him behind. much of the resort was destroyed. firefighters found him alive when the flames died down. evacuations have been ordered in a community because of a fire burning near yosemite national pack near here. this is the turtleback dome camera. no word on the cause but there were dozen of lightning strikes in the area early yesterday morning. >> happening now, runners are hitting the streets of san francisco for the running of city's marathon and half-marathon. here's a look from the roof camera. you see the crowds out there. here's the video of the first runners taking off at 5:30 from the embarcadero and mission streets. same place they will finish. the race runs past the ferry build, along the embarcadero, across the golden gate bridge, through golden gate park and
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back to the starting point. the final sporting event at candlestick park will be played late this afternoon. hispanic soccer league champions, the madrid, will face the san jose earthquakes at 4:00 p.m. the challenger arrived in the bay area last night for the international soccer showdown. spain is sponsoring the game to promote the country. paul mccartney close down the park with a concert on august 14th: it will be a hot day for any sporting event but not as hot as yesterday? >> no. reports of sprinkles and light rain at sfo. this morning not only the mid-level and high-level clouds but we are getting sunshine a beautiful shot from you are exploratorium camera. dry here but the possibility of a few showers around the bay, which will aid in our cooling. i'll detail that for you coming up. >> thanks, lisa. also next the s.w.a.t. team
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>> good morning. a live look at the golden gate bridge. you can see some of the fastest runners reaching that point in the san francisco marathon this morning after they took off on the embarcadero by the ferry building. yeah, we are getting some reports of some showers, maybe some sprinkles at sfo. could the runners being dealing with rain today? we will have the forecast coming up in a bit. >> a state senator is calling for a criminal investigation into construction problems on the new bay bridge. "the sacramento bee" reports the senate investigative report details how the department of transportation knowingly accepted substandard work at taxpayer expense. report details how caltran knowingly accepted flawed, potentially hazardous work by a chinese firm that welded most of the suspension bridge roadway and tower. a hearing is schedule for next month. when it comes to san francisco, meeting the
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mayor's affordable housing goal, the outlook is gloomy. ed lee wants 30,000 new housing units by 2020. the city said building that many is attainable but meeting the goal of 10,000 affordable housing units will be hard. affordable housing is hurt by decreased state and federal subsidies, as well as the dissolution of some redevelopment agencies. we are learning more about a terrifying flight, a jet escorted back by fighter jets because of a passenger's strange behavior. >> heads-up! >> a canadian s.w.a.t. team stormed a commercial flight in toronto saturday, terrified passengers as armed officers zeroed in on a man suspected of making a bomb threat. less than an hour earlier u.s. authorities scrambled fighter jets to escort the plane back to canada. the plane works 180 passengers on board, was on its way to panama when it turned back after
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a man started making direct threats to the aircraft. >> we have to bomb threat u might see a pair of f-16s. >> once he yelled things about the plane crashing and everybody dying, people were taken aback by it. >> he is believed to suffer from mental illness. he's out on bail after being charged with endangering an aircraft. san francisco university finds itself on an unlikely environmental battle. it centers around the dam and the fish that flow from it into the bay. eric thomas takes a closer look. >> lush trees grow along the banks of this creek in palo alto, but there's any water this time of year. that's because a dam, owned by nearby stanford university, keeps it from flowing. >> we are at a critical turning point and a huge opportunity to make a difference in the creek. >> care raw mclain is with a national environmental group.
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>> it is surprising. a lot of people don't know there's this 65-foot dam in their backyard and that's because it's on stanford's biological preserve, which is behind a fence. people can't see it. >> we got a bird's-eye view of the dam and the surrounding area. sears villalon dam was built in 19ed 2, originally to supply water to the city of san francisco. one small problem, it wasn't drinkal. for 80 years it served as a source of family fund and recreation. in 1970s stanford close it had to the public because people wandered through and ruined too many experience. today the water is used to irrigate campus lawns and the university golf course. it blocks a series of creeks and streams above it. >> it's good happen at that time for steal head salmon but they can't make it because of where they are standing just a short
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distance downstream. >> christopher represents two environmental groups. he's suing the national marine fishery service for allegedly allowing stanford university to continue endangering steal head trout. environmentalists say this youtube video shows the fish are work being their way to the bay, only to be stopped by the dam. >> they are taking water out of the local creeks that are critical habitat forren dengerd fish to irrigate a golf course and campus lawns. >> the university declined to be interviewed for the story, sighting the pending litigation. in 2012 the university did agree to study the dam. the options included doing nothing, modifying the dam, tearing it down, dredging the reservoir or building fish ladders to allow fish to go upstream. stanford owns much of the upstream water shelved removing the dam would be costly and may have other consequences beyond just having to find a few source of water. stanford uses much of the surrounding area for experiments
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on how human activity affects ecosystems. tearing down the dam could endanger long-term experiments or cause flooding downstream. then there are environmental concerns like what to do with all the silt backed up along the dam. it can't just flow into the bay. but environmentalists believe removing the dam is the only way to ensure the fish will >> the university told us it expects to conclude the study this fall. eric thomas, abc7 news. >> check this out. an all-out brawl erupted last night between the reno aces aced albuquerque team. tempers flared between the two teams at the top of the second inning after albuquerque took
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exception to a pitch high-and-inside. later after striking out the infielder got into an altercation with an ace's pitcher that led to a shoving match. it was among the players. it spilled into the net and the first row of spectators. nine players were ejected along with reno's manager, phil nevan. reno won 7-3. >> people ran to make a mad dash for their lives yesterday at the almeda county fairgrounds. this is a great bull run and american's version of the running of the bulls. more than 700 people crammed into the quarter mile track as two dozen bulls thundered behind them. afterwards most of the runners were smiling, riding on an adrenaline high, but outside animal rights protesters were not happy. >> this is not entertainment, this is violence, it is animal abuse. >> we live them plenty of great food, shelter, water, care, everything they need as a bull. >> it was terrifying but amazing. but adrenaline. i'll do it again.
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>> no bulls were hurt but one man was taken to the hospital with head and neck and back injuries. and we have some clouds today? some showers and sprinkles? >> that's right. a couple hundredths getting the ground yet. we show you the green, which represents the moisture. but the sub cloud layer underneath is a very, very dry layer. if you are experiencing a sprinkle out there, consider yourself lucky because not all of you are. if you are, it's not going to amount to much. we don't have any thunderstorms in the forecast. that is reserved for the higher elevations. northern, southern sierra, even mount shasta and around here, big sir, we had thunderstorms overnight. you can see them south of monterey and more over the open water. all the moisture continues to slide up to the north. so that's why we are looking at the instability. the slight instability and pour
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likely the sprinkles, the moisture out there. >> we need that. the relative humidity was below 10% yesterday. we will look at another warm day inland but not as warm as yesterday. 59 half moon bay. good morning san carlos, 64 for you with low 6 tos in oakland. still retaining that warmth from yesterday. mid- and high-level clouds. exploratorium camera temperatures ranging from the upper 50s santa rosa, 59 in novato, 65 with cloudy skies, and we have dropped a few degrees in fairfield. and instead of that 100-degree temperature yesterday in con k cord, perhaps we will see mid-90s today. here's sfo where last hour we reported a little bit of light
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rain d out there. we will look for today the combination of the stronger sea breeze allowing for a slightly cooler day today with the high clouds. we will look for interesting happenings in southern california with the chance of showers from los angeles, santa barbara, and more this monsoonal moisture headed our way. this will continue to be in the forecast for monday in the mountains. we will see partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon today. and tomorrow afternoon. so here's how it looks like 10:00. you will see the clouds. some holes in the overcast. high clouds, mid-level clouds, and a partly cloudy afternoon. it will make for a pretty decent day. but certainly cloudier than yesterday and a few degrees cooler. 86 in milpitas. 92 los gatos. hot in the south bay and the garlic festival continues. more mid-90s there. mid-80 #* 80s. upper 60s on the coast. san francisco similar to yesterday and low 70s. in the north bay look how warm
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from cloverdale to lake port. 87 in sonoma. 78 oakland, 75 berkeley and out over the hills we will see numbers in the mid-90s from san ramon to pleasanton. the accuweather seven-day forecast. out of the triple digits just barely today. mid- and high-level clouds. maybe a sprinkle and isolated shower. still partly cloudy tomorrow with the temperatures continuing it drop inland and around the bay each and every day. low clouds and fog not going anywhere. staying at the coast. we will let you know how warm it's going to be in your community by keeping track of bay area weather on twitter at live doppler 7hd. >> thank you, lisa. we will keep an eye on the rain clouds i guess, right? >> yes. >> next, a taste of hollywood in the bay area. we will take you to a san francisco film set to show what you it takes to shoot a
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>> to help get the most out of every drop of water, some ranchers may turn to earthworms. a pilot worm is to use earthworms to water crops. here's is how it here is how it works. when a rancher cleans out the stalls, the water, carrying manure, collects into storage tanks. they use the wood shavings which absorb the organic material. they eat the wood and what is left behind is clean water. >> now you have water to use with trip irrigation and center pivots. >> if you are looking to cutback on water use to help with the drought, simple changes at home can help you save gallons of water every day. we have a link on our website.
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>> back to that story on hollywood. you can see a little bit of hollywood in san francisco this weekend. a new movie starring "the rock" is being filmed around the city. it features him. the project has been shooting for the last week. a movie fans are getting a sneak-peek to hot new movies this weekend at comic-con. it's the hot ticket. sells out every year. in addition to the costume characters, fans got a peek at upcoming movies like "the ant-man" and" the avengers" much more ahead on the abc sunday morning news. the rising reward after three
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children are killed in a car accident after a carjack. and some bay area cancer patients get a new venue to there you go. it at us. so it's kfc night. [cheering] last week we hosted. yes, this week the kids invited us to their place. sorry i was late. i had a little trouble with the rope ladder. he fell twice. but look at all this food we've got. yeah we got this delicious kfc meal and they threw in 2 extra sides for free. for free! and i love what you've done with the drapes. are those your bedsheets? [laughing] ♪
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>> good morning. here's meteorologist lisa argen. some showers out there, lisa? >> that's right. a few showers around bait today is a possibility. that's going to add a bit of cooling. the green representing a little bit of light rain perhaps in your neighborhood. not all of it is reaching the ground, but we've had reports of a few sprinkles. not only that, there's been lightning strikes along the coast and offshore. this is all due to sub drop cat
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moisture that continues to be pumped up into the atmosphere throughout the day today. it will give more humid feel to the air and extra cloud cover and cool the valleys back from two to four degrees. still plenty of 90s and right now waking up to mild conditions. 64 san carlos and san jose. san francisco has dropped a degree at 59 degrees. so here's our look for the day today with mid-to upper 90s in our inland valleys. partly to mostly cloudy san francisco and the coast. and around the bay we can't rule out the possibility of a sprinkle. still warm, mid-70s to mid-80s. >> thank you, lisa. happening now the 37th running of the city's traditional marathon and half-marathon is underway. here's other live look from our abc7 roof camera. you see runners make their way off. the first wave took off at 5:30 from embarcadero and mission street. they will finish not far from the starting point.
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more than 25 runners from around the country are taking part in this sold-out event. the race runs past the ferry building, along the embarcadero, past the golden gate bridge and back. the reward for information lead to go the arrests of two suspects in the deaths of three children has reached $100,000. children were killed raising money for their church. the carjackers got away. there's a growing carjacker trend. >> three children killed, the mother critically injured along with two others. today the makeshift memorial near where it happened. this is the latest in the wave of crimes. >> best estimate there's an excess of 40,000 carjackings a year. >> the woman was attacked and carjacked. >> police are nook people who carjacked -- >> one of the carjacking hotspots, northern new jersey,
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possibly because of its proximity from the port of newark from which luxury cars can be shipped overseas. >> it's reached epidemic levels. in some areas in recent years, particularly in newark. >> now posted throughout the state, billboards like these warnings would-be carjackers to think twice. one reason, anti-theft technology on newer cars that made them harder to steal than unoccupied park cars. >> the 45-year-old carjack victim and a 65-year-old neighbor were also injured. their names and condition have not been released. a 16-year-old boy has been arrested for making a threat against this weekend's u.s. open of surfing. huntington beach teen was arrested at his home and booked on suspicion of making a terrorist threat on social media. the teen told police he was not serious and just messing around. the u.s. surfing attraction big crowds every summer. it means tight security and scaled back activities this weekend. a groundbreaking program to help cancer patients and others
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is now expand to go ucsf's new hospital in mission bay in san francisco. as cheryl jennings reports, the program helps patience fight back not just with medicine but with their own spirit. >> before it was really scary to just sit with my emotions. art gives me a chance to really understand and even sometimes identify what i'm feeling. >> for this woman art is a road map. tracing is sometimes frightening journey that began with a diagnosis of cancer. >> i was diagnosed in 2009 with uterine cancer. >> next came the twisted combination of surgeries and chemotherapy, relapse and remission. but also an inner journey that led her to the art for recovery program at ucsf. here patients can channel fears and victories on to paper. >> i also feel like my faith has been strengthened. now that i've been here for a while i'm more confident with myself and who i am.
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>> cindy runs the program which provides space and materials, instructions and even exhibits. she said the program based at mount zion hospital has become so popular, it's now expanding to ucsf's new state of the art cancer center under construction at mission bay. >> we are really excited about creating an open art studio and the space. >> she said the plans include spaces for new exhibitions, works of a human heart, physical transendence, fears of the unknown and the courage to face it. >> there aren't a lot of places people can come and say, know what, this stinks or life is unfair or i have tremendous hope or i'm going to make it through this somehow. >> i used to do very big, heavy pieces. >> loretta was a sculpture -- a sculptor before her battle with ovarian cancer. >> you adapt.
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that's what being sick is about. you really learn that you just have to change courses. >> i think this was during more chemo treatment. >> she has been out of treatment for six months but still face as nerve-racking road of scans and checkups. she said she'll face it all with a new kind of strength that emerged from her own artwork. >> i was writing my name and then on the other side i was writing "accept" and i noticed there was an imprint on my scratch paper and combined the word" accept" and my name. i have cancer, i may have cancer again, it may come back, but i'm going to be okay. >> cheryl jennings, abc7 news. >> the new hospital complex at mission bay, including the art center, scheduled to be completed in about six months with an official opening planned for february. a pro football players took time-out of training camp to celebrate a six-year-old boy's birthday. danny has an inoperable brain tumor. yesterday he celebrated his birthday with the new england patriots.
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he even got a police escort to the stadium. for his birthday all he asked for was birthday cards. his wish went viral. he's received more than 100,000 cards and presents from around the world. a group of engineers changed one boy's life and may have changed medical engineering in the process. this boy was born missing pat of -- part of his right arm. university students set out to build alex an arm and prove it shouldn't cost a fortune. they recorded how they built and then tested a new bionic arm for alex. using a 3d printer they made it for just a fraction of what a similar arm would cost. >> i hope that people look at these other arms that cost $40,000. although they have functionality, if we can do this for $350 in eight weeks, i'm sure we will keep pioneering. but these arms should not cost $40,000. >> the first thing alex did when he learned how to use his new arm, he turn around and gave his mom a big hug. >> penn state has hired
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athletic director. >> penn state has hired sandy barbara as athletic director a month after she stepped down. she replaces david joyner, who is resigning after taking over at penn state in the weak of the scandal there. she oversaw 19 team national championships, 92 titles in individual events and a pac-10 co-championship in football. she also oversaw the first men's basketball title in 50 years and the first final four trip for the women's basketball team. she starts at penn state on august 18th. glen eagle's golf course in the sunnyvale district faces uncertain future. the operator tom shay gave his 30-day leave cancellation notice july 1st after the city demand a 40% water cost increase. shay rents it and he wants to negotiate lease terms to get help from the city like other public courses managed by private firms. city's rec and park's department said they invited him to stay on as operator,, but if he leaves others have expressed interest in managing the golf course. >> here's a live look now from
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this now. >> oil spilled into all lanes. closer is around south san antonio road. we heard that the detour is now around san antonio road there. so you can make sure that if you are going in that area, that it's going to be a big problem out there, so expect delays. still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news, the changes caltran is maybe to go make sure caltran hears messages loud and clear. here's a live look from the golden gate bridge. you see the san francisco marathon runners on the right-hand side. congratulations to all of them for participating this morning. lisa argen will let you know if they are going to see showers this morning. the accuweather forecast in just a few minutes.
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encounter with a great white shark in new jersey. it's gone viral since being posted on youtube. they estimate the shark is about 16 feet long, which would make it one of the largest ever seen on the east coast. we've seen a lost those great whites off the east coast these days. pretty impressive stuff right there. pretty daring for them to be hanging out their cameras. you never know how quick they will come out of the water. >> in england by mid-july more than 500 jellyfish sightings in the uk. they said they pose no danger to swimmers. they are barrel jellyfish and the barrel is harmless. mild winters and warm summers are contribute together increasing jellyfish. sure, they can tell you they are harmless but who is willing to go out there and check the theory? >> exactly. we are looking at showers around the bay area. heavier showers to the south of us but they are pretty much from north to south, over into the
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east bay, as well a live look from our emeryville camera where temperatures are hovering in the low 60s. more clouds and cooler day on the way and we are going to see the rain in your neighborhood. i'll let you know coming up. >> thanks, lisa. also next, clayton kershaw dominates the giants in a battle for first place, but the giants are there. sports
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>> good morning. here's a beautiful shot of the sun coming up over the embarcadero. you see some of the runners for the marathon and half-marathon today in san francisco. make their way along the road, below, past the ferry building. a beautiful morning for the marathon. lisa argen will let you know about the showers we could see, as well. caltrain riders could soon get some welcome relieve from the garbled, muffled messages that often play inside the stations. as jonathan bloom found out, a new sound system is in the works. [clanging bells] >> from the clanging bells to the roar of the locomotive, and the screeching of brakes, there's one sound you might have missed. what was that? >> kind of like dit, dit, and it's broken up. can't really hear it. >> you don't know what they are saying? >> not really. i don't even know what time the trains are coming sometimes.
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>> with trains coming in both directions, commuters shuffling to and fro, the sound from the single loudspeaker is easily drowned out, sometimes by a jet overhead and sometimes by caltrans conducttors. a caltrain spokeswoman said there's nothing wrong with the recordings. >> i think the recordings are lovely. once they hear it, they will enjoy it. >> they are setting out to replace the speaker system. >> most people want to know when they are experiencing delays so they have an idea what to expect. >> the fixes won't come cheap, a little over $1.6 million because sometimes speakers are the least of the problems. some station the don't even have electricity. >> testing. >> the lone speaker here at south san francisco will have to go, and at three other stations. san jose, sunnyvale and at the okay hey 22nd street. >> 155 approaching.
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>> here they will minimize that ecco by rigging up multiple speakers. they are working at night to install the wire. the project will take six months to complete. until then the announcements will continue to sound like this. >> the cutoff, and it's gurgley. >> a lot of people waiting at the station today dealing with the the heat. a little cooler? maybe bring an umbrella to the train station? >> i would say the shower chances are very isolated out there. there are some sprinkles, some areas of light rain. but it's all due to the subtropical moisture that's heading up from the south and it will be with us throughout the day today and tomorrow. by tuesday it should be over. there's an outside chance of a thunderstorm, but that's more likely in the higher elevations. here's a look at live doppler 7hd. look at all the green. from the north bay over into the east bay, sfo was reporting a light shower. and also down to the south. the showers moving from south to north. and the heavier rain is from monterey through big sur. they reported a thunderstorm
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through the overnight hours. you will see the lightning strikes offshore. we put it into motion and you notice from south to north, the moisture continues to stream into the bay area. so that's why we have all the cloud cover. a slightly more humid feel to the air and the chance, the chance of an isolated shower. here's the view from the east bay hills camera. we still have the low clouds. our friend the marine layer with us. you see the blue from above and a warm air mass still sits on top of the bay as the area of high pressure continues to slightly erode and weaken. 64 in san jose with cloudy skies. 60 gilroy. garlic festival continues with hot weather today. 59 half moon bay and the city is at 59. but temperatures in our inland valleys will come down 2 to 4 degrees today. the exploratorium cameras, pretty views as the sun comes up. 60 in napa, 80 by the delta and the delta breeze up to 24 miles
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an hour. just enough to cool you off today, getting you out of the triple digits. 65 in concord with cloudy skies, and livermore at 69. here's san jose. you see the clouds over your neighborhood. so a chance of a shower. that's isolated. slightly cooler today and cooler days ahead for the last week of july. here's a look at our water vapor imagery. not only the bay area but the mountains, southern california, santa barbara, all of the golden state expect to go see the monsoonal moisture continue to convect up to the north. as it does, we will be left with a partly cloudy sky today and the cloudy beaches with temperatures pretty mild though here and then partly cloudy skies for the rest of the bay with the possibility of a shower. temperatures, though, wow, not cooling down in yosemite with 100 there. 102 sacramento. tahoe 84. you can see more likely the possibility of showers right on through santa barbara and
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suggest earn california. 78 in san diego. looking at numbers back home, slightly cooler inland. 97 livermore. 81 san mateo, 78 in oakland. so the combination of the clouds, the sea breeze and the weakening high pressure bringing temperatures down a little bit today. 87 in san rafael. 93 morgan hill. if you are headed once again to lovely gilroy, you will notice the temperatures will be warm to hot. low to mid-90s today. and later on this afternoon at&t park look for partly cloudy skies, a little breezy. numbers in the 60s and dropping through the 60s throughout the evening hours. the accuweather seven-day forecast then still warm inland but more high clouds, the possibility of an isolated shower, and then the temperatures continue to trend down slowly inland each and every day. really around average for this time of year. and especially into the middle of the week we will get more typical sunny skies and clouds at the coast. definitely interesting today. >> it's a good thing the runners are out there this morning.
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nice and cool. >> they are loving it, for sure. >> thank you, lisa. in sports, first place in the national league west will be on the line when the giants try to avoid being swept by the dodgers. first pitch at 5:00 p.m. you can watch it on our sister network. last night they were shut down by dodgers clayton kershaw. here's the highlights in this morning's sports. good morning. later today the giants will look to jake peavy to prevent a sweep by the first pitch at 5:00 p.m. you can watch it on our sister network espn. last night the giants were shut down by dodgers' ace clayton kershaw. we are the highlights in sports. >> good morning. later today the giants look to jake peavy to prevent a series sweep by the visiting dodgers. that's because he was acquired in a trade about boston. he arrived at&t park in the sixth inning. and meanwhile the dodgers have clayton kershaw on the bum. the early 1-0 lead. the giant juan in the fifth. cleat game two-hitter. stuck out 7. in the sixth. uribe dumps one out again.
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crawford scores again, the dodgers retake first place in the west by a half game. peavy makes his giants starting debut tonight. sunny gray trying to finish july perfect 5-0 and extend his personal win streak to seven games. 105 degrees game time in texas saturday. a's trailing 1-0. that's the sixth. then john jaso goes deep. next batter. home run derby jam . once gray not lead, it was over% strikes out the side the bo to the bottom half of the sixth. he's now 12-0 on the season. four home runs in the game for oakland. josh donaldson, solo shot. 5-1, the final. nfl training camp for about position battles. the key one at niners camp is at running back and the competition to back up frank gore. it won't be last year's backup, kendall hunter. he tore his acl in practice friday. the second major injury in two
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years for the fourth-year pro. in 2012 he suffered a torn achilles tendon but returned to play all the games last year. this year hunter will likely miss the entire upcoming season. the injury opens the door to michael james, lattimore and second-round pick hyde. hyde is expected to be the frontrunner. saturday at practice both james and hyde discussing their fallen teammate. >> watching him at practice, how he carried himself as a practice and he execute at practice. you know, i'm going keep continuing doing what the coach and me to do, come to practice everyday, give it my best. >> you have to try to play for him. >> that's what i have to look at, go out there and compete. and i feel like i can't give just more, i have to give extra for him too. >> day three of training camp for the raiders happens later today. i was in napa friday and the number one priority was to get a look at top pick mac.
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my assessment, he will be as good as advertised. the rest of the veterans on defense, they will be looking out for the kid. he has all the tangibles physically. he's likable and smart. give him time to acclimate and lookout. >> starting it bottom right now. i know i have to get a lot better. i can't give myself a grade. i know it wouldn't be too good but hopefully i can improve a lot more. >> there will be a a time when he will be ready to pick it up a notch. you don't want to overload him with too much stuff. right now let him get in his groove and a slow process. a long season. >> optimism, the highest it's been for a long, long time for the raiders. a look at morning sports, i'm collin resch. have a great day everyone. >> next an embarrassing error by the colorado rockies. the fan giveaway that miss spells their all-star's name. how the team hopes to fix the mistake.
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new this morning, colorado rockies troy tulowitzki has a tough name to spell, even at his own ballpark. rockies gave out 15,000 jerseys honoring the bay area native last night but the all-star shortstop's name was misspelled. it turned out the second "t" in his name was missing so the jerseys read tulowizki. the rockies apologize and say fans an exchange the jerseys for corrected ones later this year. they discovered it prior to the game, but they decided to give them out anyway because they didn't want to disappoint fans. tulowitzki was born in santa clara and attended high school in sunnyvale. he leads the majors with a batting average of .340 and is currently on the disabled list. i think people would want to save those because the error is worth more than the right one, right? >> definitely. we've had thunder over into the valley, and the showers continue to move from the south to the north. there's monterey, big sur, and the movement shows the moisture
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continuing overhead. don't be surprised if you see a light shower today. low 70s in the city. 83 in fremont. slightly cooler today with the clouds and tomorrow, and then finally getting back to near average for late july. >> all right. thank you, lisa. thanks for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. the news continues online, on twitter, facebook and on all your mobile devices with our new abc7 news app. the news continues at 9:00 a.m. "good morning america" is next. have a great day,
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breaking overnight. extreme weather and the threat level goes up today. severe storms with dangerous high winds. flooding rain. and very large hail target 90 million americans. so who is in the cross hairs right now? outbreak. an american doctor has just been infected with the ebola virus. health officials are also looking at a flight where more than 50 people were exposed to this feared disease. this is the deadliest outbreak of ebola ever. are we in danger here in america? secret mission, fighter jets, a drone, a warship and armored suvs. inside the daring and dangerous military operation to rescue u.s. embassy workers in libya as violence in the region
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