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unexpectedly veered off the road and plowed into a guardrail before hitting a tree. he died at the scene. c.h.p. has cleared the scene. a controversial sex education become will go back to the publisher to take out references to bondage and other material that parents find objectionable. the school board made the decision in a crowded meeting. the meet was late into the night and the school board decided to send the book back to a publisher to write a more high school-oriented text which was written as a college textbook. fremont would be the first high school direct to use it but some objected to much of the content in chapters on sex talking about sex boys and bond acknowledge -- bond age.
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>> leave the college textbook in college. this will only remove a small part of the problem with this book. >> i applaud the adoption of a textbook that coughs the broad range that is and encompasses human sex wealth. please don't let your narrow views of human sexuality affect my child's education. >> the superintendent advocated for revisions to the become or have two separate courses including an honors class and a basic course but the board voted 3-2 to sap it back to the publisher although there is no guarantee the publisher could make the changes. they will use last year's health books in class. developing news, the family of the girl hit and killed by a first truck at the asiana scene is suing san francisco saying they failed to rescue the
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16-year-old girl who was lying near the wreckage covered in firefighting foam when run over by crews responding to the crab in july of 2013. the lawsuit seeks unspecified dams. a spokesman for the san francisco city attorney delined to comment. >> the man responsible for hitting two pedestrians and crashing into several vehicles in san francisco is due in court. the 26-year-old from hayward leaded not guilty to eight counts from the alleged spree in june. he began ramming into people can drove up market doing the same thing. one victim was left in critical condition. >> san francisco police are trying to -- a killer responsible for a savage beating. the 31-year-old brian higgins was removed from life support after being found beaten and unconscious on church street. here is that story. >> early morning, gregg is on
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community patrol in castro putting up flyers about the death known to friends as "feather." >> we are looking to the public to provide additional clues where he was before he was assaulted. >> he was found unconscious on church street beat and possibly robbed. this photo released by trend general hospital identified him. >> everything about him was love. he radiated love. friended hell the vigil at 3:30 p.m. and the time he was removed from life support. the people responsible for this need to get what they deserve. this is called a homicide and there could be a solid lead. >> the police department received video surveillace camera that show this person was actually a victim of a crime. >> police are not ready to release the video which may show a white male suspect attacking
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higgins. police can community patrols urge people to let others know you are going and be aware of surroundings when walking alone. twitter is rethinking their policy on online bullying after several users sent disturbing ill malls and messages to robin williams' daughter after her father's death. the accounts of the suspected bullies were suspended and they wills expand policies to improve support for family members of deceased users. zelda is taking herself off twitter and instagram with this message in keeping with her father's humor: some small part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to poop on your car after you had it washed. a. >> a memorialens to grow at the san francisco home used in the movie "mrs. doubtfire" and fans have left hundreds of cars and
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flowers at the house. the owner says he will allow the tributes and memorials to remain until saturday. >> a trend of williams is sharing memories of the genius with us. johnny steele would regularly go on bicycle rides with robin williams and remembers hip for a giving nature giving struggles comics money. he noticed a change in williams personality during the last ride can was about 10 days ago and he says he was withdrawn and quiet. he now realizes the power of depression. >> if we can get inside the guy, that wonderful and that kind and that full of life and vibrant with so were to live for it is a monitor. people said i cannot believe robin williams killed himself. robin williams did not, i can tell you that. no, no, no, him. >> robin williams considered bicycle riding mobile therapy
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and bought steele a custom-made bicycle. >> california voters will decide on a measure that passed both houses of the legislature with unanimous bipartisan support to replace an existing $11 billion bond considered too costly and unlikely toen passed by voters. the water bond bolsters infrastructure by cleaning up ground water and promoting water saving technology. >> people in oakland will pay more to get it of garbage with a ten year $1 billion contract to california waste solutions. the local firm replaces waste management as the garbage collector. rates go up by 23 percent in july of 2015. waste management claimed the city violated rules by allowing
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california waste solutions to change the bid, twice, can take on a new partner after the submission deadline. >> final preparations are underway as mccartney is ready to close down candlestick, set to rock the candlestick at 8:00 tonight, the second time he will have layed candlestick. the beatles played the final concert there in 1966. 49,000 fans are expected to attend and if you were going, be careful would you buy a ticket debt from. police expect a lot counterfeit the a yours will meet with residents of san francisco's mission bay to talk of the development plans for the new arapahoe. according to the san francisco business times, the presentation will discuss bake outlines of the plan. the first drawings are not expected until next month. >> in april the warriors said they purchased a 12 acre property for a new privately
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financed arapahoe. -- arena. yesterday, the nab announced the warriors are opening in sacramento in october and the first game is december 1 against the lakers. >> what do you have, mike? >> drizzle. live doppler 7 hd shows everything to be dry. just some fog on the coast and the north bay. in plan, across the golden gate bridge, 58 at crissy field and through the ferry building, 58. veteran in sunnyside. the financial district is 58 degrees. same in richmond, mid-50's, and petaluma, and low 60's around walnut creek and pleasanton and young city and saratoga and santa clara is 58 and 63 is the warm spot in pittsburg and tracy is 66. a lot of peoples on the peninsula are around 60.
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next 12 hours we have fog and clouds through 7:00 and by noon we are in the 70's, in the 60 at the coast at 4:00 and mid-70 around the bay and pleasant with a lot of sunshine at the coffee. 68 around the bay and 76 inland. 68 around the bay and 76 inland. >> over the this is eastbound highway 24 between college to the tunnel and you are finding a little bit of slowing as you head from the tunnel into orinda westbound tunnel into orinda westbound traffic, though, is smooth. and from san rafael to san
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francisco, slow down because it is foggy. >> 4:40. a small month town turns into a war zone between police and protesters after the shooting of an unarmed teenager. >> a dare going viral and raising big bucks, the serious side of the ice bucket challenge. >> taking a lock outside from the high definition camera with the embarcadero deserted there and the bay bridge traffic, too, with more weather and traffic. the all new abc news now with weather and traffic so you do weather and traffic so you do not miss a
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police in energy -- energy son will meet with the family of the unarmed black teen, michael brown, killed by an officer. anger sparked another confrontation between police and protesters last night. tear gas canisters exploded and cannons blew a high pitched sound as people ran. the media was under attack. a man accused of stabbing a woman on a transit will arraigned happening s evening. eric palmer said, watch this and stabbed the victim. a man hit palmer with a skateboard and saved the woman's life. bystanders flagged down a police sergeant who arrested palmer at gunpoint. a warning from the boys and girls club of san francisco.
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some are posing as employees and asking for donations and they use the club logo with official looking documents. boys and girls club does not solicit donations on the street. they have been spotted in the mission and fillmore and fisherman's wharf. they accept donations through the website. a viral video challenge is raising awareness for als the fatal disease that attacks the nervous system. celebrities just as justin timber lake and martha stewart among the celebrities and others take the ice bucket challenge. we learned more about it firsthand in lafayette. >> in two weeks, the ice bucket challenge has soaked the world with awareness of als or lou gehrig's disease. >> i was walking. >> people are learning of bob hall who can no longer walk. he knows the fatal disease will take away his ability to speak
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and eat and breathe. >> a few years ago i would not know what als is. i would have to google it. >> it is gaining unprecedented publicity. the association president took the challenge. >> board chairman whose wife suffers from als joined in on the challenge. so far, the national als association has received $4 million, four times the amount dough fated last year. the pressure behind the ice bucket challenge is hard to turn down. >> i would like to sacrifice my >> i would like to sacrifice my suit to the als association.
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ashley and ama daetz to the challenge. ama daetz to the >> that was cold. really cold. >> even if you are a billionaire, the water is cold. >> as you can see, facebook c.e.o. zuckerberg met the challenge made by new jersey governor chris christie on tuesday after getting the ice water bath zuckerberg challenged three other guys with cash, bill gates, sheryl sandberg and netflix c.e.o. the walk to the sea for als is october 19 with information on abc7news.com. >> no one has named the three of us yet. >> where did you say that? >> obviously cannot do it right now the. >> been here 17 minutes and you have already done that.
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>> caused trouble. >> caused trouble. >> >> mostly along the coast. some of it was last night. that is where it will be. mostly, the fog is going to be a bigger issue for most us as we head through the morning. i will show you the wind on live doppler 7 hd, in fairfield they are only 13 miles per hour. that is indicative of high pressure coming in, and it is slowing the sea breeze. that is why places like east bay will see a significant warming and it will push through the delta back to the golden gate bridge, same area as yesterday under a maul small from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 and wrest wind at 15- to 25-knots from southwest
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year, to west today. hopefully the ferry ride is smooth with the west wind. here is sfo, notice the clouds over the top and they will let us he in an sure if they have flight arrival delays. i will let you know here or on twitter. not a "spare the air" and warming with the most significant inlaboratory east bay, clouds and fog and drizzle and the extended looks like seasonal pat were remains with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and warm temperatures. by 10:00, the clouds fade away and quicker than today. we were stubborn along the coast a few 90's are showing and the summer spreads will spread. today. upper 70 to nearly 80 in the south bay. mid-to-upper 60's loan the coast into downtown and south frank and sauce let and mid-70's to nearly 80 in the north bay with napa being the warm spot. 69 in berkeley because of the
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breeze. low-to-mid 70's elsewhere until castro valley and fremont at 77 and air conditioning could be needed headed to antioch andç brentwood, mid-to-upper 80's elsewhere. tonight, sir paul mccartney will say good by to candlestick at 8:00 and dropping down to the seven-day outlook shows we will touch more neighborhoods with 90 on friday and saturday and temperatures hover in the mid-80's to 90's inland and upper 70 to low 80's an the bay and mid-60's to forely 70 to the coast and into san francisco. leyla gulen? >> we will start by looking at the san mateo bridge. it is looking nice in terms of traffic but we do have haze there and it ising if to hamper the commute but we do have fog to get us going.
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we will look now at what is happening across the pay writer and we have this accident, unfortunately, an overturned vehicle and possible injuries involved is the center divider northbound 680. we will head right up to richmond where we have a construction project westbound 580 from central avenue to western drive and you will fine the construction cries staying until 7:00 this morning if you are headed in the westbound direction you will put on the brakes approaching the toll plaza. the 49ers are ready if the first she down at levi stadium and the warning they giving fans headed to the pre-season matchup. >> a quiet ferry ride take as terrifying turn with a force that shattered weapons and buckleed a bench on the vessel. >> we will keep a live camera up throughout the entire commercial break. break. stay
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a live picture from candlestick, with sir paul mccartney. >> one person was hurt when large waves hit a commuter ferry en route to boston. passengers took pictures year. giant waves hit the front of the ship and shattered glass windows. it cut the captain's hands. it shut down the engine computer system leaving 40 people stranded five miles off the coast. the coast guard rushed to the scene to help the ferry back to port. a college student played a trumpet until help arrive. ought first pre-season game of the 49ers is a few days away and fans are subject to policies that restrict the size and type of bags and our media partner
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reports that the santa clara stadium authority has adopted the same policy for every event at levi stadium whether it is high school game or wrestlemania. purses larger than the size of an adult's hand must be checked in and left at the entrance unless they are made of clear plastic. the team will distribute clear bags free of charge at entrances including public transit areas through the season, the same policy implemented at candlestick following the boston marathon bombing. >> i will have to downsize the purse situation. michael? >> cannot get your phone finger in the small are -- smaller purse. >> we will talk about el nino because we are in the middle of a drought but even if we had one it would be weak to moderate and this is no proof that would bring us more rain. a strong el nino, yes, but weak
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to moderate ... possibly not going to help. this is dry everywhere on radar. the temperatures today are warming, from 105 in palm springs mid-70's to low 80's, and in the 90 throughout the central valley with no thunderstorms in the high country, 75 in lake in oakland we saw this project. it will be with us until 6:00 this morning on the nimitz, northbound 880 pulling into oakland between embarcadero and jackson is where you will fine the construction crews. remember to slow for the cone zone. 680 walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco. from the north bay, mike has been warping us about the fog. you will have reduced visibility 24 minutes from highway one to los gatos. it is 4:55.
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police in washington state have an inbound request for the public this morning. they want people to stop tweeting during shootings and manhunted because that can tell the bad guys what the good guys are doing. police embraced the campaign called "tweet smart," to raise awareness of sole media's impact on law enforcement. some believe this could lead to sensorship and others call it silly. >> a sign of the times oxford dictionary is adding "bro hug," and more words to reflect new language trend. there is binge watch, and men," spectacularly unsuccessful or disordered. live tweets, positive commend on twitter while the events is
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taking place. taking place. cry is short for >> a royal send off for a bay area landmark with sir paul mccartney's plan to bring down the house at the stick. >> the potential of uber and >> the potential of uber and lyft in california >> traffic is sparse. >> the new abc7 news now. live traffic and weather. we will show it to you during we will show it to you during the entire
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. a very good thursday morning to all at 5:00 a.m. we will find out where the drizzle is this morning. mike? >> we have low clouds hanging over south of sfo so we will watch that and keep an eye on that to see if we have issues with flight arrival delays. the drizzle has been along the coast. live doppler 7 hd shows four miles visibility at half moon bay and concerned about the fog from novato and half mile up through petaluma and rohnert park into santa rosa at quarter-mile and that will be around for the
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