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this the second earthquake felt in less than nine hours. last night a 2.9 earthquake hit the peninsula near palo alto. >> in santa rosa a pursuit helps with a crash in a being at petaluma hill can flower avenue. police tried for pull over the driver of the jeep at 12:30 but he would not stop. he sped off and ran several red lights before crashing into a store. he took out a gas main and water pipes. two people in the jeep were take were to the hospital. police detained a third person at the scene. >> a 14-year-old is in police custody this morning acaused of stabbing another teen to death in san francisco's mission district. amy hollyfield is at sacred heart cathedral preparatory school with more. >> a 14-year-old is accused
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killing another 14-year-old with a lot shock here at the school. rashawn williams is remembers as a good and am beneficiary student and tall builted football player. police say he was stabbed to death on tuesday night outside a market at 26th. police have not released a motive but family say the suspect had been threatening rashawn williams on social media and he was jealous of rashawn williams. >> they are kids. kids are upset about kid things and with the way society is, kids push it to the next level. when we were young, we with fight. now it is pull out a gun and shoot or pull out a knife. it is bad. >> he was a freshman at sacred heart cathedral preparatory school in fran and just made the school's football team.
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he told his mom that he planned to go to harvard. miss have not released the name of the suspect or information on him because he is a juvenile. >> thank you. an incident involving an off-duty firefighter is sparking controversy. a firefighter says his children were traumaized after they were detained by police. officers were called to the fire station because the doors were left open when firefighters were on a call. and keith jones and his children were there when police got there and listen to the encounter captured on the officer's body camera. >> hands up. hands up. turn around. >> i am an oakland firefighter. the door was opened and i walked in. >> you can hear the firefighter's children crying in the background. the situation changed dramatically after officers checked his i.d.
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>> i was hoping to show my i.d. and show who i am. >> i am sorry. >> no problem. no problem. no problem. >> curing to the san francisco chronicle jones believe he was racially are filled because he is black and the officer was white and filed a formal complaint. oakland police say the russia -- officer's response was within policy. tesla is expected to officially announce today it will build the massive new factory in nevada, the $5 billion plant will produce high-tech batteries for the electric vehicles and credit 6,500 jobs. california lobbied hard to convince tesla to build the plant here by offering big benefits but the decision has disappointed lawmakers who were excited about the economic
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impact the plant could have had in california. >> we wanted to keep the manufacturing here. it is 5,000 jobs. i will have to find out exactly what happened because i spoke to the governor about it and i know he put a special >> tesla released a statement reading in part that discussions with the other states in the process are onpoint can we have always said we anticipated breaking ground at more than one site. a dozen people escaped injury when a science chemical took a dangerous turn at discovery museum during a tornado experiment when chemicals were mixed incorrectly. eight children and one adult got care at the hospital for minor burns. four others were treated at the museum and released. >> happening today, the justice
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department is expected to announce they will open an investigation into the ferguson, missouri, police department. the investigation will look at who officers pulled over during traffic stops. the arrest rates. use of force. officer training procedures. all of this is after the killing of unarmed black teenager michael brown by a white ferguson officer which is being looked at by the justice department investigation separately. rebound is in wales meeting with several heads of state at the nato summit with the terror threat of isis at the top of the agenda. here is the latest from washington, dc. pressure is building for president obama meeting with in the allies to define united states strategy after he said that isis will pay the price for the murder of american journalist steven sotloff and james foley. >> we will fight them now or
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later. they will not stop. they are well financed. it is military. it is the state. it is government. they move with lightning speed. >> lightning peed and sophisticated social media campaign, terrorism observers that boosts their pour we in syria and iraq. isis commander in the hooded british speaker seen with love love and foley are key targets and the united states is analyze ing video in the clues are for the senator for -- the search for other the friends and families of steven sotloff remember a dedicated jump lit. >> he wanted to give voice to those who had none. >> it was a mission for steven sotloff that cost his life. >> secretary of dense said there are 100 american passport
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holders fighting with isis and english-speaking members are key to spreading the isis message and recruiting others. governor brown and republican challenger neel kashkari square off for the first and only debate and the new poll shows the governor with a good lead showing brown leading by 16 points. neel kashkari suffers from poor name recognition. less than 60 percent of those likely to vote have an opinion on the challenger. we will stream the debate live and can you want it on smartphone or tablet using our news app. the debate begins at 7:00. no debate over the weeks ago it is clear cut. how long will it be with us? how long will it be with us? >> the biggest change is
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and a look at the earthquake area the 3 why -- north of napa. napa 8 drop to young for a high at end of the month and we have been as warm as 109 and cool as 36 with usually a third of an imof rain. in san rafael from 80 to 77 and 55 to 53. 32 and 110 the, extremes. another stop in redwood city, 81 to 78 and 55 to 52 and as cold as 38 and as warm as 106. we have cloud cover not so widespread this morning and we will see sunshine faster and temperatures warmer mid-60's to upper 60 at the coast and mid-to-upper 70's from noon to bay -- four at the 62 at the coast and low-to-mid
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70's elsewhere. >> in did you dub we have we --n dublin/pleasanton we have a construction in the westbound direction until 5:00 a.m. with three lanes taken away westbound 580 right here. in castro valley you will hobble along up to 238 and then it is smooth sailing. 80 westbound from albany to the maze is only four minutes and 880 southbound from fremont to san jose is 15 minutes. northbound 280 from 101 to cupertino is only 11 minutes. >> keeping kids in school, the pitch that attorney general will make in the bay area today to stop a troubling trend. >> a while band's trip to san francisco takes an unexpected turn and they are missing most their strums -- ins >> this is a picture of the embarcadero and the bay bridge
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covering daly city, dublin/pleasanton, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. on this thursday, if you were standing in emeryville looking to the west this is what you see the bay bridge eastern spokesman traffic is moderate and moving along. we will check more traffic with leyla gulen coming up. >> a warning from california health officials of a huge surge in the number of infection from west nile virus the worst they have seen. the number of mosquitoes infected is at the highest level ever detected in 9 state which explains the dramatic increase in the number of human infections. 181 human cases of west nile have been reported this year
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compared to 101 cases at the same time last year. 52 new cases have been reported in the past week. >> top earthquake experts are meeting with lawmakers this week to discuss what they helped from the south napa earthquake a week and a half ago the second day of the event and they will talk about an early warning system that delivered an eight-second warner to researchers when the 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit. there were 300 sensors in california and oregon and washington. an expanded system could offer up to a minute's notice and could be up and running in two years. lawmakers voted to begin investing in a system for the buyer state but they are looking for more funding. >> california attorney general will be in oakland to call attention to a growing problem: truancy. it is a growing concern in elementary schools. she urges the governor to sign
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antitruancy legislation to fronten existing laws. statewide a million elementary school students are truant each career on average that works out to be $1.4 billion in lost money to the school districts. she will make her remarks today at pride elementary in east oakland. >> a debate of whether to arm berkeley police officers with tasers is the subject of a public forum but police have asked the city council for the okay to equip with tasers and the city council has hesitated making a decision and they want the staff to study the issue. the forum is at 7:00 downtown and organized by a group against the tasers. everyone is being invite regardless of whether they support or oppose the idea. >> a trip to san francisco by a northbound bay high school band did not play out as planned. band members are hoping someone will return the instruments they
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lost. wayne freedman has the story you will see only on abc7 news. it is only a few miles from the big city but light years in attitude in sonoma distant enough but not out of reap. >> it is about being a victim, in a way. they came here and stole something that belonged to us and they took something away that can never ever be replace replaceed. the trouble began last week with the "star spangled banner," the san francisco gianted ask the high school band to play before a game for the 20th year, 100 students obliged. >> it was wonderful. >> what happened after that performance in this parking lot was not. before taking their seats they stored their instruments and while doing so they left one bin on the ground outside. >> only later after returning to their parking lot did the band
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realize the unthinkable happened. the someone took our bin of flutes and care -- >> one flute was in the family for thrive 83 -- for 35 years. my not god it when she was a kid. >> band is looking for donations unless the thief has a change of heart f -- if he does, one promise. >> in questions asked. would love to have the instruments back. >> if you can help the high school band we have upon information at hope someone can help out. they sound just great. how is the weather,
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meteorologist mike nicco? >> you will like today. tomorrow. saturday. sunday. monday. >> we are still stuck with low pressure off the coast meaning more clouds and afternoon sun and it is how much of the cloud cover will hang around the coast and how long will it hang around the pay and inland will be a big determination on the temperatures and how fast the wins are blowing out. they are new 23 miles per hour in fairfield and they will be brisk east of the golden gate bridge and north of the bay bridge from 3:00 this afternoon to 9:00 with small craft advisory. coming into san francisco through the ferry building it is 60. headed to downtown it is 59. west portal is 57, and across the golden gate bridge 60 and we have 57 at the pacifica and pleasanton and financial district and fairly at 59. everyone else is low 60's until pittsburg and union and palo
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alto 63 degrees. you can see the cloud cover hanging over san francisco this morning and not so moist as it was yesterday or as thick. less drizzle this afternoon. seasonal highs and afternoon sun and the fog is persistent through the weekend. the cloud cover today shows between 10:30 and 11:30 it mostly fades. we will have sunshine breaking out along the coast, maybe not so much as yesterday but it will be spotty sunshine at the beaches. the south bay home 80's in most neighbors and cupertino and san jose is 83 and los gatos and gilroy in the upper 80's and up the peninsula we start in the low 80's and work into the upper 70's in san mateo and millbrae. mid-to-upper 60's along the coast. low-to-mid 70's downtown and south sausalito. 81 in petaluma and up to 84 in
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napa. the east bay shore mid-to-upper 70 until union city and fremont, in the home 80's. we are warmer inland at mid-80's and low 90's around livermore and antioch and brentwood. our nights are longer and cooler, mid-50's in the north bay valley and the rest of us in the 50's to low 60's. outside, you could notice more due on the car because of the longer nights especially in the develops. here is the seven-day outlook we could see warming throughout the weekend and the pattern will change next week but until then, injury the weather. leyla gulen? >> we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with a few cashpayers loading up on the last hand side but nothing to cause concern. the rest of the traffic is flowing in nicely from emeryville to san francisco. as we take you to the north bay that is where we have construction and this is around until 6:00, eastbound 80
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highway 1 13 we have construction crews until 6:00. from 4 to walnut creek is six minutes. 24 westbound from walnut creek to 13 is eight minutes to oakland and 580 westbound from tracy to dublin is 33 minutes. we are still five days away from apple's expected unveiling of the new iphone and people are already lining up for it. this is the seen outside the flag ship store in new york city with the campers more than enthusiastic but they plan to sell their spot in line for hundreds. apple is holding an event in cupertino at the same location where steve jobs introduced the original mac, 30 years ago. >> fans are waiting for the unveiling expecting a new iphone or perhaps the iwatch but who will be performing is the buzz? youtube it is said could take to the stage and they have
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shot a video in ireland and have teamed up before in 2004 when apple released the >> people go from diet to diet trying to shed the pounds. is the diet you on really doing the job? >> the power of mother nature with damage caused by lightning strike at a gas station. >> we keep you in the know through the commercial breaks. there is a toll plaza to the right and more bay bridge in the right and more bay bridge in the middle and san jose
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>> researchers found that relatively little difference in the effectiveness of the different diets but those on low carb diets lost 20 pounds in the first six months and low fat diets lost 18 pounds over the same period. the study is in the "journal of the american medical association." >> it comes down to calories consumed and used. >> that true. are fund. >> ultimately it comes down do i step outside in the sun or step outside in other conditions? >> if you are jogging this morning, you are going to find it delightful with overcast conditions until you get to the east bay and the south bay. if you are inside the gym you will miss the brilliant sunshine and temperatures close to average in san francisco at 71 but everyone else, oakland,
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napa, concord, redwood city, san jose, warmer-than-average and sun will set at 7:34. temperatures top out at 200 in chico and lake tahoe and yosemite are cooler at 78 and 84 upper 70's in san diego and los angeles. do not be dazzled by the flashing lights on the golden gate bridge with construction being wrapped up northbound and southbound direction. construction crews are moving to the shoulder and pushing traffic to the right hand side to pick up the cones. drive time traffic 101 southbound from santa rosa to petaluma is 14 minutes and westbound castro valley to the maze is 14 minutes and 101 northbound from 280/680 split at highway 85 is a minute drive. 4:55, a wall of water nearly 4' high in some places rushed through a san diego neighborhood
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and 18" cast iron type from 1950 burst flooding the streets and the garages and it took crews two hours to turn off the water and hospitals had to dip into their emergency water supply because it cause the intermittent service and officials say all service should be restored by 6:00 this morning. >> atlanta, drives pumping gas at a service station got a scare when a bolt of lightning struck in a parking lot and sent a heavy tank cover flying 100' into the air which sounded like a rocket fired. no one was hurt by the belt or the flying debris and emergency officials say it is a miracle considering how busy the gas station was. the latest generation has a gloomy outlook for those born between the early 1980's and early 2000 are more skeptical early 2000 are more skeptical and less trusting the general baby paramedics would say most people can be trusted.
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baby paramedics would say most will he play? or not in at 5:00 a.m., nfl commissioner goddell weighs in on fate of san francisco 49er ray mcdonald in the wake of domestic violence investigation involving his pregnant fiance. >> the top children's hospital is about to get a big grant and how the money is used to save young lives. >> the new abc7 news now. we keep you informed dug the commercial break the in the smaller pictures on the right, the bay bridge with live doppler the bay bridge with live doppler hd showing 680 through walnut
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good thursday morning at 5:00. thanks pore -- for starting your day with us. meteorologist mike nicco has the weather. we have cloud cover but no drizzle. the ceiling is 600 feet in some areas. not as thick as yesterday. if you fine drizzle, let me know. 280 and 17 in san jose is showing clouds. sunshine around the bay t
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