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>> about tear gas and stun grenade. another night of clashes between police and protestors in ferguson, missouri. officers forming a wall to clear the street. good evening. things are finally calming down there late tonight. hour ago police cleared the streets in ferguso ferguson. that means no residents media or amnesty international. human rights group sent delegation to observe a community crisis for the first time ever in the united states. clashes began about 2 hours ago after police warned protestors not to throw bolts. tear gas and stun grenade followed. police made several arrests. all of this of course stemming from the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. abc news reporter is
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in ferguson. >>reporter: tonight the missouri national guard trying to keep order on the streets of fearing sochbility under the command of the state highway patrol which so far failed to ease tensions here. >> what happens is the peaceful protestors gather but the other element blends in. and now they blend in and that's what east causing us some issues. >>reporter: family and businesses prepared for another night of violence, president obama pleaded for peace and order. >> so community in ferguson rightly hurting and looking for answers let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. >>reporter: at the heart of all this unrest what happened between these 2 men daryn wilson white police officer recognized for excellent service and michael brown a young black man about to start college. the results of several autopsies of the unarmed 18-year-old coming in. >> at least 6 shots. could be
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more. but at least sex. >>reporter: the medical examiner haired by the family saying it's not clear if brown was charging forward or surrendering. >> muzzle of gun was one to 2 feet away at the time of discharm. could have been 30 feet away it would be the same things and then those conflicting accounts of just what happened. >> it's our understanding at this point in the investigation that within the police car there was a struggle over the officer's weapon. >>reporter: eyewitness tell a very different story. >> he was running. he put his arms up. he just stopped put his hands up after he had gotten shot repeatedly. >>reporter: now likely up to a grand jury to sort all this out. >> the grand jury could meet as soon as wednesday. some people here on the streets are rallying in support of officer wilson but many want to see him arrested. this is abc news ferguson, missouri. >> of course we are following this story. if there are any new development during the
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newscast we bring them to you. there may be a news conference coming from ferguson. we bring that to you if it happens. reporting continues for the moment on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. but we will move on n.san jose for the second night in a row a hit-and-run crash and just block apart. person struck by car tonight at center and old ennis hurt badly. one hit last tonight at center and balance 4 is dead. lillian is there live tonight with the story. lillian? >>reporter: dan, this stretch of center road still closed to traffic. hard to believe that this is the second hit-and-run here in less than 24 hours. people who live and work along center road stood in shock as they saw a man lying in the middle of the street. witness say a light colored sedan going north when it hit the man jay walking. san jose police say the injuries are life threatening. >> i heard the noise. and i hear boom. so i saw the guy laying there and the car was stopped right there. after that he take off.
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>>reporter: police had been at the stretch of center road the night before. where they say a dark colored sedan sped away from the scene. 51-year-old man died at the hospital after witness found him lying in the middle of the intersection with his mangled bicycle not too far away. relatives are hoping the driver is found soon. >> they didn't stop or call or anything they just left. i hope either they turn themselves in or the the police will find them. >>reporter: stretch of center road has crosswalk with pedestrians island. lights and yield sign. motorist say it's not enough. they say many people cross where they are not supposed to and even in places where pedestrians are crossing legally it's tough to spot them. >> because of the shopping complex here a lot of people walk through from the community and just can't, drivers can't see the pedestrians. >>reporter: police are counting on the public help to solve the cases. investigators say both cars likely have front end damage. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> 4 people face charges
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tonight in connection with the petaluma slaughter house scandal. they include the general manager and mr. plant foreman. according to federal indictment unsealed today rancho feeding corporation slaughtered more than 100 sick cows. indictment claims quote the switch and slaughter of uninspected cancer eye cow occurred during the inspector lunch breaks. nearly 9 million pounds of beef were recalled from the plant last year before it was shut down. it has sense reopened now under new ownership. >> out of control wildfire tonight has forced hundreds of home evacuate entered oak hurst 16 miles from yos night. thousands of people forced to leave their homes. the fire burning in madera couldn't has grown to 1200 acres and already destroyed at least 2 buildings and jumped highway 41. it is spreading. >> and yet another fire burned if, burning forced he have been asian tonight east of truckee along interstate 80. u.s.
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forest service says it started near the historic boca township site and burned as many as 75 acres. fire crew were able to contain it fairly quickly. nearby camp site evacuated but since been reopened. the one we can to the day sense robin williams death in tiburon there is a push tonight to rename a landmark he drove on his passed on his which to and from san francisco. the waldo tunnel right after you cross the golden gate into pa written and some believe it should bear a new name now. the cornell is live with the story. cornell? >> so far this idea is getting a lot of attraction on line. foggy night it's hard to sea but we are down hill from the waldo tunnel. if one assemblyman gets his way it will be renamed after robin williams. this famous bridge the gate way to marin county norton 101 but so is this famous opportunity it named after william waldo. do you know who mr. waldo was. >> no. an jishtion avenues
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politician during the gold rush but now the petition drive to change the name in honor of some one a bit more famous. >> hello hello. >>reporter: so far more than 4000 people signed a petition on change.org to rename the waldo in memory of robin williams. >> robin williams touched so many people lives with his humor. >>reporter: assembly map levine says with permission with the family he would introduce a resolution in sacramento to honor the actor. >> why not? why not. >>reporter: the idea is gaining traction in marin where williams called home. >> it's great idea. i think robin williams touched a lot of people lives in the bay area. >> oh, that would be nice actually. he's a colorful guy. he's creative guy. >>reporter: waldo continual is legendary. it's appeared in many movies like dirty harry. rainbow stuff of legend 2. some say hippies painted them during the summer of love. and of course there are the rainbow. over the tunnel which
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for so many of us recall suspender that mork wore in mork and mindy. >>reporter: colorful memorial to hometown hero n.marin county abc 7 news we will follow that of course. >> act of heroism caught on camera. next on 7 news. incredible video of daring rescue and trucker who couldn't just drive-by this fiery crash and do nothing. >> plus the local champion that really knows his place in the world. every other place for that matter. i'll explain. and the giant ice bucket challenge at at&t park. generous offer that could mean big buck for charity. >> we are lacking at damp morning over cast sky. drizzle conditions i'll let you know the rest of the day looking leak but first here's jimmy kimmel. >> here the magic waiting for you after the news. daredevil netflix show that marvel is putting on. they have not really given much information about it. who will you play in
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. >> stranger to the rescue. grandmother and baby girl trapped inside a burning car saved by quick thinking and quick acting truck driver. other drivers steered around the smoke and the flames but one man ran towards them. here's before more. >>reporter: inferno on the interstate. >> whoa. whoa. whoa. hang on hang on. >>reporter: lincoln town car failing to yield merging on the freeway in gulfport, mississippi last week losing
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control in 70 miles per hour traffic colliding with an 18-wheeler trapping the passenger inside a raging fire in what looked hopeless. >> holy cow. that guy is dead. >>reporter: trucker david frederick son captured the crash on the dash cam and immediately sprang into action. >> what are you going to did. the. >> fire extinguisher. do you know how to use it. >>reporter: the answer? yes. aiming fears at the trunk frederickson was able to calm the flames. >> i started to notice that there was a lady in the front seat and she was kicking the door and i reached over and pulled the door open and that's when i seen the little about 1-year-old girl in the back seat and it was really smokey so i went ahead and opened up the door and grabbed her and handed her to my co-driver. >>reporter: he first carries the baby to safety. then other good samaritan join the rescue. watch the man in the white shirt. taking the 51-year-old
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woman away. that fire so devastating it left nothing but charred metal behind. scott the driver of the 18-wheeler devastated by the crash. >> it just it hits you you are lucky to be here. >>reporter: miraculously police say the woman and toddler suffered only minor injuries. frederickson came to their aid full 2 minutes before first responders arrived. life saving time. >> just glad to be able to be there to assist so they could see tomorrow. >> thanks to moment of courage. the this is abc news, new york. >> sea creature invasion in southern california. this time at manhattan beach. these are tell jelly fish but they are harmless. gather in groups on the surface of the ocean an every few years the wind blows them to shore like this. they have been washing ashore in los angeles county for the last few days. just last month we saw
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them littering the sand at ocean beach as you may recall. south bay teenager really knows his place in the world. every other place for that matter. while james mullin flying back from international geography championship at positive listen it was announced that he was the world champion. his family want to sfo to surprise him with the news but they were a little too late. minutes earlier he read an e-mail in forming him that yes he won. >> i reread it and financially it began to sink in and i just the felt so the shocked and happy and i am still processing it. >>reporter: james is a senior at mont vista high school in cupertino. he beat out opponent from more than 35 other country to win the title titles. >> way to go james. >> starbucks make it easier to get the morning cup of coffee or any time for that matter by going state to the customers. they are launching food trucks. there's an idea right. here's
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welcome back. they will be rolled out at 3 college campu campuses none here in california yet. the truck will move around the campus and offer a menu nearly identical to what is offered in starbucks shops. giants organization took on the ice bucket challenge today ceo larry bear got a double dose. dose. >> after the staff was thoroughly drevrnled larry offered new challenges. a 0front office and team match any donation made by the giants employ easement challenge has helped raise 16 million dollars to help fight als lou gehrig's disease up from 1.8 million during the same period last year so wildly successful. usually larry wearing a sharp suit he chose not to wear that
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for the challenge. by the way i took the challenge. see it on my face book page. i'm in a tux and sandhya being at this time as well and see hers at this site. on her facebook page. good fun and great cause. >> it is definitely was great fun. of course for those few seconds where we got drenched it was a little uncomfortable but like you said for a great cause. of looking at live doppler 7hd right now it's pretty socked in across the bay area. marine layer marched out to concord livermore san jose overcast sky right now 2 and a half mile visibility in half machine bay where it is foggy and we already get reports of drizzle around some parts of the bay area monterey bach bay look at the marine mayor lush rush ing in. time lapse view. see it pouring in. look so dramatic from the east bay hills camera and we will be seeing that for your morning commute. already murky from our exploratorium camera eastern spap of the bay bridge. allow plenty of time for the
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morning commute. you will need it. 61 currently in oakland san jose it's 57 half moon bay. sfo will see more delay tomorrow due to the low ceilings and we are already seeing the over cast conditions there upper 50's santa rosa nap 0no have the 0in the 60's for concord livermore mild and view from the rav camera the top of the transamerica perfect mid hard to see because of the fog there. so morning drizzle follow clouds we look at below average high pressure next few days and warmer weather for thursday friday. >> this is the area of low pressure responsible for the drizzle. the measure this morning in some 80's and cooler pattern today. temperatures were good two to continue degrees cooler than yesterday. this low is going to really keep that marine layer going. keep the drizzle going for the morning commute which watch out for the slick roadway back to ask for many kid. if you are taking your kids off to school bundle them up. it's a cool one and definitely going to
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start out gray. bay inland you will see the sun along the coast lean pretty gray for most of the afternoon. morning start out in the 50's as i mentioned so the definitely neevd a jacket or sweater for the afternoon. hang on to the extra layer along the coasts line. santa rosa 78. 72 in oakland. 83 for concord 87 out towards antioch. 85 livermore. san jose 79. morgan hill 82 degrees. now if you are going to the a's game it's an evening game tomorrow with the mets. 64 at 7:05. clouds start to roll in. temperature drops. it's breezy. 58 degrees by 10:00 p.m. need a jacket or sweatshirt. accu-weather 7 day forecast temperatures falling few more degrees inland for wednesday. we both bottom out at 86 then we recover back up to average by friday mid 60's to low 90's temperatures just up and down by a few degrees.
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i don't think it really bothers anyone and mat arena layer keep news the lower fire danger category that i know is great. >> thanks very much. >> larry is here. monday nature football hard to believe that's back. >> it is back n.a big way. johnny has arrived. he wasn't saying we are no. 1 tonight. different finger. had a different message for the redskins. larger question is he going to start for the bruins as rookie? he going to start for the bruins as rookie? that's can you t! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d--printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. i don't. pew pew pew... the new radioshack is finally here. the store of your past is now the store of your future. come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. or get a 20-dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase.
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the side lines. loves the skins. brian ware started he was awful. johnny comes n.one middle finger salute to hecklers on the bench. shuffle pass. law dismost of the work. late game drama. washington up by a touch down. third stringer shaw he looked the best of the bunch. hail mary caught by if cleveland for the win and shaw incomplete and washington holds on 24-23. still unclear who is going to start for the browns. nobody won the job tonight. after getting crushed for the second game in a row if well i'll keep going after crushed for the second game in a row fans starting to wonder what is up with the 14ers. they lost to the broncos 34 nothing yesterday. no offense. poo poorest defense. jim harbaugh playing a lot of back up but heading into this sunday third pre-season game against the chargers he wants to see some
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progress. >> l big week. need im practice. and we need the to make decisions on who we are playing with. we are not going to keep experimenting. we have to tighten this down fast. >>reporter: clippers. they have a new owner. he has big money. and even more passion. look out l.a. steve balmer has arrived. >>
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do we have any clipper fans here? about. >> can you hear me? the former make soft ceo paid 2 billion dollars for the team taking control from former owner donald sterling. taking the stage with eminem blaring in the background which is on his play list. balmer clearly has a passion in the billions. >> i do know winning takes passion. in anything you choose to do and i know that's true in sports as well and our job is to support the guys who actually have to go get it don done. >>reporter: go get it done. giants and a's they both had the night off and being off cost oakland share first place in the al west. albert single home mike trout in the third. angels beat boston lead the a's by half game. they have a big series this weekend coming up. a's and angels at the coliseum so it'se norm news the clash for first place. we look for
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balmer video because i was asking is he really like that. >> in the board room. >>reporter: he was like that at developer conference. get up on the stage fiery guy. >> developers developers developers. he's good. they will love him. >> good basketball commentator. sort of over the top. i like it. it's a great fresh start for the clippers after what they have been through. >> total opposite from donald sterling which they need. >> excellent. like it. screaming that works pretty well. the thanks we'll be back
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