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camera and deputies and secured guards patrolling but some people break in, anyway. the sheriff says thieves nipped through a fence three times creating holes large enough to enter the substation. it was not reported until 7:30 yesterday morning. thieves stole construction equipment including heavy power tools. preliminary investigation suggests human error with pg&e blaming the security temperature for not adequately addressing fence alarms. >> i understand the public wants to know how this happen and we want to know. >> this is 16 months after a sniper took aim and shot out 17 transfollowers causing a major outage and then pg&e pledged $100 million security upgrade for the vulnerable substations. the security upgrade involved deputies checking i.d.s and crews repairing the fence.
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$250,000 is offered as an award for last year's attack but, still, no arrests. the city of napa estimates damage to private property alone, homes and businesses at $300 million. this does not include public prosecute and infrastructure or economic loss. more damage has been found with a total of 116 buildings wreck tagged up from 103 on tuesday and several streets are closed include f franklin which is clod for two weeks and local visitor say 95 percent of the windries are back open and visitors are urged to return to the wine country. >> the napa valley board will request a federal emergency declaration to milk them eligible we for federal assistance with the meeting at 1:00 o'clock at napa valley transportation and planning agency in napa.
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>> 500 customers still have no water as 29 of 30 public schools re-opened yesterday in the napa unified school district. parents at redwood middle school were told their kids shut not drink the water on campus while it is tested. the water fountains were shut off and students were given bottled water. they hope to repair all protecten pipes by tomorrow. federals urge residents with lost water service after the earthquake to use bottled water for drinking or cooking. amy hollyfield will have a report at the top of the hour. the school superintendent of the state says two tons of food is en route to earthquake victims. the napa valley food bank suffered damage to the warehouses but is continuing their work. community action napa valley will open their decisions center in east napa from 9:00 a.m. to noon with families losing power
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and their refrigerated food can get groceries. for free. >> youngsters are lending a hand in rebuilding effort. members of napa football group handed out water to businesses and emergency workers. philip says that the kids just wanted to give back to the people with help them. >> this is the future of napa. we depend on the businesses for help and support. >> he says the workers were thankful for the water and abc7 news come you can find photos from the napa earthquake and tips on preparing for the next disaster. we have continuing coverage there, as well, with breaking news alerts on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. happening now, two deadly storm systems, when on each coat, are creating dangerous conditions. right now a malibu pier is
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closed after a lifeguard house collapsed and a massive surf caused by hurricane marie is pounding the southern california coast. lifeguards are gearing up for another day of water rescue after spending to hundreds of disspreaded calls. a rogue wave nuclear this crowd by survive. on the east coast, a 17-year-old swimmer was killed off sandy hook, new jersey. >> a body surfer had to be recused after he was distressed in 25' waves yesterday. he drug eled to stay afloat can after several minutes the lifeguards needed help and were not able to reach shore. a lifeguard boat was called in and pulled them all to safety. >> a five alarm grass fire that threatened homes started near a homeless encampment and some were evacuated when the flames burned dangerously close to the
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homes. alan wong has the thunderstorm. >> stubborn wildfire hard to reach and burning straight toward a row of homes in vallejo they said you cannot go back in and i was nervous. >> barbara could see the flames. >> that fire was burning. cracking. it is so dry. pop. crackle. >> marsh land at the interchange was too soft if the heavy engines so firefighters battled the place open >> it is really thick and dense and it take as lot of water to penetrate to get for the fire and with the wind it got a lot of spreading. >> it is believed to have started in a homeless encampment. they could not get in there fast
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enough. a helicopter swooped in. it showered the flames with water from the napa river. after two hours firefighters from six agencies saved the neighborhood. >> a federal judge rejected apple's attempt to block sale of nine samsung smartphone models with iphone features wanting the caldecott tunnel to issue an order preventing future united states sales. the judge refused saying apple did not adequately prove samsung theft hurt their sales or diminished their reputation. a jury awarded $119 million in damages for samsung's infringement on iphone technology. apple asked for $2.2 billion. >> san francisco police hope newly released photos can catch a man would robbed and injured an 87-year-old woman. this is the man investigators say knocked the victim down and
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dragged her so hard she suffered several broken bones. the robbery happened august 8. the man is described as african-american in his 40's or 50's and up to 6' tall. the woman is still recovering. a family in san jose is devastated after discovering their dog severely boat were during a home burglary on tuesday. two boys, 13 and 14, are accused in the series of home burglars and are suspected of the dog who was beaten and the dog had to be put down. >> police are vetting the finding of a noose on a public works truck on tuesday afternoon at the city corporation yard on edgewater drive. that truck is driven by african-american employees. the administrator says this is taken seriously and it will be a
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thorough investigation. this is the first such incident in recent years. former secretary of state hillary clinton will speak at noon today at the hotel in san francisco the st. regis at the key not address at the summit for the technology industry. the focus is technology trends and how they aknow the global economy and our lives. university of california president and former united states secretary of homeland security janet napolitano will speak at the event. yesterday, the kids had to drink more water at practice. what about today? >> today is as warm if not warmer inland east bay. now what to expect with our aftershocks: a larger earthquake is at 2 percent chance and strong at 5 or greater is only 10 percent chance for aftershocks.
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it is cooler in san francisco. chrissy fold and ferry building around mission district at 59 and same for ocean beach the downtown or to the financial district it is 60. upper 50's for half moon bay and bell monday and palo alto and 58 at saratoga and low-to-mid 60's at walnut creek and petaluma is veteran. today, it will be sunny by noon and the clouds are gone by 10:00 noon it will be low 70's to upper 70's and at noon, 9 4:00 inland the hottest day. >> many people are gearing up for the labor day holiday and we are looking at ground zero, video from last night. retrofit work will shut down a major freeway in san francisco if nine hours. caltran is closing the northbound lane of interstate
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280 between 101 and king street in san francisco. it is not to open until 5:00 a.m. on tuesday although it could open earlier. that not granted. this video shows the junction at 280 and 101 allowing caltran to replace two hinges at the over crossing as part of a retrofit project. southbound 280 will stay open. we had two similar closures this week as i am sure you remember. be prepared. we have games at at&t today the afternoon. you will be there before the closing. tomorrow, for the game, and throughout the weekend when the giants play the brewers, mass transit would be the wonderful way to get around the closing. westbound 580 tracy to dublin is
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25 minutes and when highway four antioch to concord is 14 minutes and san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes. back to you. giving your smartphone new power. next, the new tool bart is unveiling to help riders fight crime on the system. >> american banks are under attack by hackers with national information that could have been stolen. starting off with a look at downtown san francisco and on the right of the screen you can see the golden gate bridge and the toll plaza and everything is looking quiet.
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it is 4:43. bart is unveiling a new app for our riders to support crimes and suspicious items and suspicious activities using smartphones. the app is free and easy to use. riders have been asking for a way to report trouble without drawing attention to themselves and works on apple and droid. the f.b.i. is launching an regulation into hack attack on j.p. morgan chase and other united states banks looking into the scope of well coordinated cyber attacks on five banks. they broke into bank networks and stole sensitive data including account numbers. a federal law enforcement source says investigators believe a russian hacker is behind the attack possibly retaliating against united states sanctions against their country. a decision from the federal government regarding last area's devastating rim fire in sierra is creating controversy. the forest service will allow loggers to remove dead trees
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from 52 square miles of blackened forest. the decision came amid a stand off between environmentalists and timber industry supporters. environmentalists want it left untouched say the bumped trees are a vital has been tab for threatened wild life. supporters say logging pays for restoring the forest and eliminate new fire hazards. >> california lawmakers have a deal to expand financial incentive for movies and tv shows shot in the state. the state will earmark $330 million in tax credits over fivers. that is triple what is offered now. the credit movie company gets based on the number of jobs they will create, hoping to reverse a loss of film production in the state. a 15-year-old african girl plays at the u.s. tennis open playing a 4th ranked player from kazakhstan.
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she was the youngest player to win an open march since 1996 beating 12 seeded player in three sets and went in ranked 1,208 in the world and now she will move up after the stunning win. she new lives in atherton. the entire peninsula excited >> and what about buster posey at at&t park? >> couple of great games. bumgarner then posey. love the southern boys. visibility is santa rosa at 15 miles. the cloud deck is lower this morning. i would expect more in the way of cloud cover up-and-down 101 compared to yesterday. the cloud deck is filling in the bay. as you head to the east bay hills and valleys looking east from the hills along 24 you can see it is clear. that is why this area is going
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to be the warmest with the most sunshine. the warmth shows high clouds and not so warm friday through sunday and dry for the holiday weekend with temperatures close to average as we say good by to summer but for some of us the warmest days are ahead of us. cupertino and san jose and the immediate neighbors, including los gatos and gilroy are the warmest temperatures low-to-mid 90's and mid-to-upper 70's millbrae and san mateo and it is close to year's temperature, mid-60's along the coast and low 70's downtown and south san francisco and sausalito at 75 and through the north bay it will be warmer with low-to-mid 80's for you until you head over to napa with cleanup efforts in 90 degree heat with total sunshine. be careful. mid-to-upper 70's along the east bay shore and warmer along castro valley and low 80's and
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today you could need air conditioning, home 90's and not so cool as yesterday morning maybe the house did not cool off much last night. >> rockies and giants in the 4th game at 12:45 and 68 to start and warming to 70's. high u.v. index. pre-season football seahawks and raiders at 7:00. it will be 68 but dropping to 62 . morning clouds give way to high clouds and sun tomorrow and that were doctors the temperatures at two- to four-degrees. same thing happens on saturday with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine on sunday. temperatures are the same all these days. warmer for labor day we will drop with thicker cloud cover on tuesday and when. now the san mateo bridge shows the drive is quiet with smooth sailing across the water
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from hayward to foster city. no crashes this morning and a beautiful start to thursday morning and friday eve and we have a construction project with three lanes hut down until 5:00 and westbound 80 from highway 4 to the hoffman split where 80 meets 580 so watch out for the cope zones and slow down mass transit is on time and bart and action transit and muni and ace train, all looking clear but we do have holiday schedules for the mass transit, so check with each agency individually and they will operate over the labor day holiday on sunday schedule, holiday schedule or possible canceling service the check ahead. a heart stopping moment after gamers pull an online rank on another player and police are not amused. there is in end to the ice bucket challenge, the major
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good morning at 4:52. this is a look at downtown san francisco and the ferry building. not much fog. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking a warmer day. we have the forecast in a moment. unsuspecting gamer in colorado live streaming video shooting kills to a mass audience was the victim of a prank. it is called swatting. >> game hackers strategic 9-1-1 systems into deploying s.w.a.t. to another gamers' home or business. southwest was informed the man
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shot his co-workers and authorities figured out it was a rank which is will a federal crime. today, another ice bucket challenge members of lafayette city council are getting dossed raising big bucks since july. $100 million which is $9 million a week for research on lou gehrig's disease now the truck is to figure out how to spend it wisely. research, care and advocacy or the three main missions. now the weather forecast. mike? >> it will be in the 90 inland and that will stretch to the central valley and possibly 101 in fresno. 82 today and sun and remember, the rough surf around san diego and los angeles, 83 and 90 and 110 in palm springs. pa free is falling apart over night with tropical storm only
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50 miles per hour but the shield of clouds is closer to us rolling in tomorrow. the waves are already here. up to 20' possible around los angeles until 6:00 and we will still have rough surf and we are running at 6' in beday-- bay. >> those were very impressive waves! on the roads we have construction eastbound highway 24 at 13 so if you are traveling through the caldecott tunnel we have a few lanes taken away until 6:00 this morning and the commute direction is westbound coming through orinda to oakland so it will be decent. the drive along 280 away from highway 17 is in the back ground and hardly any cars or on the road. i will have more coming up in a few minutes.
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uber and lyft are supporting a law that imposes new insurance requirements for right shared drivers. drivers have to carry $1 million in insurance with pick me up passengers. u.s. government says uber and lyft are behind the measure for a lower insurance when there are no passengers in the vehicle. >> fremont planning commission is expected to take up tesla plans to promote electric cars. they want to put up 6,300 advertising space outside the fremont factory off 880 the 200 by 40' sign is on a column. the company needs clearance from
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the city. >> ought company that brought michael jackson back for life in may will put elvis become on tour. a partnering two companies including the one that has licensing for all things elvis will have a singing can dancing elvis to perform 60 to 90 shows in loss vision or overseas and it will take two wees to bring the king of rock and rollback to life. you have heard of a bear hug but what about a lion hug? this was after a trip to africa, jonathan hawkins unlooked the gate and the cat ups out and leaped into his arms. wait. wait. wait. there it is! the two embrace for 30 seconds. hawk ins is a teachers who lives in south korea has always had a touch with large animals. that is a little too special.
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>> look at the paws. >> if you think school starts to usually you have credible company. a new studies of the academy of pediatrics recommend schools start no earlier than 8:30 saying they are at higher rib of obesity and accidents and depression saying teens need up depression saying teens need up to 8 1/2 to 9 1/2 hours the army of groups that are being lured by the surfers and the damage they are leaving. how is the water? the buildings are fine. there is concern for students after the napa. this is a look at golden
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