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>> we are at the home. there are flowers. friends and neighbors have laced at the gate of his home in tiburon. a few notes including one written in children's handwriting talking how sad he is robin williams died and mentioning his favorite movie "mrs. doubtfire" signed by a i boy named frencher. his neighbors have lovely thin to say about him. a woman said he was the most unpretentious man and always seemed happy. a man friends with robin williams' stepson said he would often bust out in spontaneous comedy routines. >> i come into the room hanging out and he would say jokes and i appreciated that. it was cool to experience that. >> his street is crowded this morning with reporters and
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photographers. the sheriff deputy has a presence here, the sheriff department, has deputies here to keep the street cleared for the people would live here. many say they are stunned he hes gone. his daughter shared her grief on twitter posting a quote about stars from the novel "the little prince," reading "you, only you, will have stars that can last." she helps by saying "i love you i miss, i'll try to keep looking up." the last post was a birthday wish to his daughter. two weeks ago he shared a picture wishing her a happy 25th birthday. he said quarter of a century old today but always my baby girl. >> water boiling!
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one of the best then films "mrs. doubtfire" was film right here in san francisco and the house in which the move was filmed has become a place for fans to gather. the house will always have a special place in their hearts. >> it is part of san francisco and part of my -- how i got over my family's divorce that i will always remember robin williams. >> "mrs. doubtfire" was the most relayed movie on bake cable last year. >> critics have said he made bad movies few and good movies great with that kind impact on hollywood. this morning the fellow actors react and pay tribute. katie marzullo is in the newsroom. >> his death changed the tone of an event last night the premiere of "expendables," and they talked about the loss to the industry and humanity.
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mel gibson said he had heart and compassion. and from arnold schwarzenegger. >> a very sad, although we are celebrating a premiere of a movie, we are mourning the loss, mourning the loss of a great man. he was a friend and i admired him and he is a legend. unbelievable. >> many actors tweeted thoughts and billy crystal tweeted "no words." >> kill my kimmel tweeted he was as sweet as he was funny, fur sad, please tell someone. >> he leaves behind unreleased film work including his third appearance as teddy roosevelt in next "night at the museum," and will hit theaters in december.
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thank you, leyla gulen. and there was an article on him in 19ator the first of two face-to-face interviews with a second at the mill valley film festival 14 years ago. >> what i got out of 9 visit, this is a guy who is always on and there was no "off" switch but during the before he would go into bits and voices and accents. >> the lack of an off switch what endeared him to the fans. >> the director of williams in "mrs. doubtfire" says williams truly was one of the few people who deserved the title of "genius," and the beautiful legacy will live on forever. his onscreen daughter in "mrs.
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doubtfire" tweeted "very sad and upset and glad i didn't hear about it through get are. probably taking time off for a while. " -- many emotional than expected with heartbroken fans sharing their memories. >> i am emotional he actually ... i grew up watching him and it made me love television. >> he was above and beyond anything else just normal human being, living his life. sharing it with others, sharing his talent with others and we were consumed by it and enjoyed every bit of it. >> this morning there is a special ceremony for williams as his hollywood walk of fame star with fans taking photographs of it. someone put an oscar statue with a note that reads "we will miss you, rest in peace."
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>> tributes are coming from all over the country. in boston fans have turned "the goodwill helping bench," to a memorial bringing flowers where he sits with the character of matt damon. one boston resident sharing these photographs. fans have been living quotes. one says "sorry, guys i went to see about a girl." another says, "your move, chief." >> simple but moo-ing -- moving tribute from the art and sciences "genie, you are free." >> he was the voice of genie in alladdin. >> he was a sports fan, as well, especially for the giants. >> give it up for the 2010 champions: san francisco giants!
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>> the team called upon him to pump the crowd before game one of the game against the braves and giants won and ultimately the series. the team sent out the video saying he didn't win an oscar for the performance in 2010 but it helped the giants win a ring. roast in -- rest in peace were. >> we posted the most memorable robin williams quotes on our facebook page and you can share condolences and memories. we are preparing a special 20/20 report "the life and death of robin williams," tone at 10:00 p.m. right here. we will follow the passing of robin williams on air and online and more coverage thousand on twitter. >> very teeth -- few celebrities have had this impact on the
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public. >> and remember him and billy crystal and whoopi in the 80's? >> fairfield is 25 miles per hour wind. we have an onshore wind which is why we are cooler than yesterday especially inland and also the breezes, we are pretty manageable through the morning commute and as we head to noon we will start to see double digits spread across the neighborhood but for the south bay and we will get up around fin or 20 miles per hour wind off the ocean which has cooled and that is another reason why temperatures are cooler than they were yesterday and cooler-than-average as we head to 9:00 with the winds take bothering. the next 12 hours, 7:00 in the morning, mid-50's to nearly 60 degrees and mostly clouds. the clouds will evaporate by noon in the 60's to low 70 and breezy and we are only 62 inland and 64 at the coast and you may need a coat this evening with
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the pres still away at 7:00 with the low-to-mid 60's but inland is about 70. >> right now we will start by looking at the bay bridge toll plaza and you can see there are cash-paying lanes load up in the left lanes but the rest of the traffic is moving nicely there. good morning, everyone, as we head over to the drive time traffic, picking up 588, we have an accident that is clearing and it is at north flynn road and westbound tracy to dublin is 25 miles per hours and highway 4 antioch to concord and 101 southbound that is 18-minute commute. coming up, more on life-and-death robin williams and we will hear from actors and comedians who shared the screen with him.
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covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning vietnam! >> this is not a test. this is rock-n-roll. time to rock-n-roll. >> remembering robin williams. the agentor and star in the most popular role, most memorable roles in "good morning, vietnam," fans are remembering a tremendously talented man. >> he started his career as a wild free flowing standup comic but came to be the most celebrated actors of our generation. here is more on the career that spanned four decades. >> in 1978, he debuted on "happy days," sending him to national stardom leading to "mork and
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mindy." that introduced his stand up comedy to the world. in 1986 an hbo one man show could fill the stage usually reserved for opera and a career filled with signature moments. >> good morning, vietnam! >> "goodwill hunting," poet's society." he want the oscar for best supporting actor in 1991 proving he could take on serious men and various characters in "mrs. doubtfire" full drag for the doubtfire" full drag for the sake of the kids and comedy. flamboyant club owner. with or man 100 acting credits it is impossible to name every
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relative in a couple of minutes. he was a superstar would started in comedy clubs and theater troupes here in san francisco. he maintained close ties to all the comics and performers he knew. >> you felt like you few him for a long-term even if you knew him for a second. if you knew him for a great part of your life... the career panned 40 years on stage, screen and television. >> robin williams was a bicyclist and took part in events surrounding the san francisco grand prix. in 2002 there was a celebrity race and robin williams and i competed in that. we saw his humorous and competitive side. >> i know your weaknesses. >> don't be trash talkin' now, girl! >> no trash talkin'.
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he was advocate for the san francisco grand prix held several times and attracted top competitors like lance armstrong with woman he often road. it ended in 2005 because of the management problems. >> i got the impression that three was scary smart. >> but so encouraging, can i tell you that? i was scared in the race because i knew he road with lance armstrong and great competitors and i thought, i am outclassed and he said, girl, can you do it, you can finish. i finished. it was hardest ever but i got encouragement being next to him. >> you get impressions from reading that he was the nicest guy, the nicest guy. >> he finished 4th. i finished 9th, not that i am competitive. >> that is my professional memory. amazing how he touched so many, whether comedy or
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doubtfire" coming from a divorced family amazing the different emotions and genie, he made that movie my favorite movie because it was show and he popped up and all heck breaks loose. we have thunderstorms around reno moving away and there is where the activity will be again today coming into downtown with clouds and mid-to-upper 50's west portal and portrero hill through the ferry ending and across the golden gate bridge and 61 headed to downtown the financial district at 60. we are in the upper 50's around san leandro palo alto and saratoga and upper 50's around american cap wherein and petaluma and 60 in half moon bay. from the exploritorium, clouds and coastal drizzle and warming
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trend for the week end. >> this morning, it is going to ever have been wait slower than yesterday because of the prez being stronger today. 60's at the coast, and 70 is more dominant than the 80's in most of our neighbors because of the cooler freeze. we will head to the south and mid-80's around los gatos and morgan hill and mid-to-upper 70's in the rest of the south bay such as 78 in san jose and the peninsula is low-to-mid 70 and odd wood could make it to 77. mid-60's along the coast into downtown and sausalito is possibly 67 and low-to-mid 70's through wine country where they are harvesting some of the grapes and they said it is the earliest they have harvested since 2004 because of drought everything is ripening quicker. 67 at berkeley and low-to-mid 70's along the east bay shore and low 88 inland rally. tonight, cloud cover and drizzle is mostly along the north bay coast and mid-50's to around
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sick. steady as she goes the next two days and a slight warming trend on thursday and closer to average open friday, with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine after today. >> we will look at the and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. where we have the backups and the toll plaza on the left hand side. if you are making your way open right-hand side not a problem. we do have construction in the bay area. you know that it is going to be ongoing and i will have that in a moment, but, first, an accident is blocking one lane causing quite the message through the altamont pass and gumming up the commute at north flynn road with a backup away from treats and hopping over to the maze, that is where we have the closing until 5 o'clock, so any minute, drain is re-opening westbound 80 the connection to eastbound 580. >> the family of stockton woman
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says her death raises serious questions and concerns. stockton misery vealed that misty holt-singh was willed by officers' bullets during a shoot intermediate with the robbers last month and was hit continue times. misty holt-singh was at bang banking -- bank of the west when she was used as a human shield. the family want as fair and transparent investigation. >> san jose and major league baseball are playing hardball in form appeals court today if a rare move, the cameras are allowed inside the san francisco courtroom. tones want the court to strike down major league baseball's anti trust exemption which they have used to block efforts to move the team to san jose. the giants say san jose is in their territory. under the a's new lease agreement at the coliseum they could leave oakland if they pay to get out of deal. >> officials will discuss the limited water supply as the state deals with the drought.
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water district officials will hold a public hearing on a proposal to declare a water shortage emergency. other items on the table include water use restrictions that could take effect immediately and officials have already called for a 10 percent voluntary conservation effort from customers. >> firefighters are jumping from one fire line to another coming up the threats facing two northern california communities. >> life save new tool docks will have if their fight against colon cancer. >> as we send you to break a new way to were coup you in the know. the new abc7 news now. the new abc7 news now. we will have camera
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we are teaming up with the job journal for a job fair today in san jose. recruiters will look to fillmore than 700 openings including retail and food service and finance. 9 job fair is free with more information at abc7news.com. fremont police are asking the public to look out for a missing 73-year-old man who suffered from dementia. the man was last seen leaving his home yesterday morning between 8:00 and 9:00 and could be carrying enough money to take public transportation. he is 5' 4" and 177 pounds if you see him call the fremont police right away. >> a family from stock ton was rescued from the sail in the rescued from the sail in the middle of hurricane
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they were all safe. >> there are 34 new fires in california over two days. they all small but this lightning caused forest fire, the lodge fire, that has burned through 9,500 acres are timber in the canyon and now is 35 percent contained. 60 structures are still threatened. to the north, new orders have been issued in smaller of two fires with one not threatening so many homes but only 4 percent contained. we were talking about chances for thunderstorms. mike, are you seeing any? >> well away from us. the next hour or two if it doesn't happen it is not going to happen. i don't think it will happen. we will talk about baseball.
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maybe some home runs. giant and the white sox dropping to 60 with increasing clouds. western slope of the sierra to the oregon border has high fire danger. fire weather watch includes lake tahoe and this storm is moving away to empire nevada and 151 lightning strikes the last hour. it is quiet on live doppler 7 hd down into the high desert with a few showers. 1303 in palm springs and 76 in lake tahoe and 87 in sacramento. >> we will look at the san mateo bridge where you can see traffic is running smoothly as you head in from hayward to foster city. good morning, everyone, we have construction eat of there and i will have it all for you and we have lanes that will be taken away until 7:00, eastbound
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highway 84 between thornton avenue and 880. at the maze, we have one protect that is starting to re-open now and it is westbound along 80 at the 580 connection but eastbound a 80 until 6:00 from 80 to highway 4, various lanes are blocked. in san jose, 280, 785, 101, everything is moving at top speed. >> a bay area woman known as the serial stowaway will be given a mental health examination before she returns to court. the 62-year-old was arrested twice last week. first time she snuck past security at mineta san jose international and influence to los angeles without a ticket. authorities caught her trying to sneak on another flight at l.a.x. without a ticket she was charged with probation violation. >> get ready to pay more to register your car with a bill on the governor's deck allowing
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counties to increase registration fees to pay for fingerprint identification programs. the increase is small, only $2 for personal vehicles and $4 for commercial vehicles that will strengthen the program identifying people under arrest and human remains. republicans call it a "tax increase." >> ahead at 5:00, more reaction to the loss of funny map, actor, artist, robin williams and how he is remembered in the bay area and beyond. stay tuned.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good tuesday morning. at 5:00. well start our newscast with a check on the forecast. mike? >> good morning, everyone, nice to see you. you will be happy to see a dry live doppler 7 hd if nothing pops the next hour. we will talk about the forecast for today, we will see the sun breaking through of the clouds at 11 o'clock bringing mild temperatures. below average, though, at 68 to 78 and only up to 83 inland with less humidity than yesterday. up for 68 at the coast and san francisco. leyla gulen has the
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