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with the details. reporter: the search is on for that mountain lion. a large section of that open space preserve is closed to the public and so are parts of stevens creek county park as they search for the mountain lion. they plan to trap the animal. the attack happened around 1:00 this afternoon. a six-year-old boy was hiking with his parent0s an trial a mile from the winery in cupertino. the boy was grabbed by the mountain lion and dragged into some bushes. his parents fought the cougar off. >> i think he had some injuries to his neck and his back. he was attacked from the back. reporter: the winery right next to a trail entrance was still open today. i talked to families who told me the trails around here are very poplar take their kids on them all the time. also, at the entrance to the
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trail, there is this sign, cautioning this is mountain lion territory, it says, if you encounter one to fight back. live in cupertino, abc7 news. >> the boy was rushed to santa clara val medical center where he is recovering tonight. leslie brinkley continues our college from there. reporter: he is being treated here at the emergency room for -- he is in serious condition from what we understand. all we know is what fish and game disclosed, is that bites to the back of his neck and shoulders as he was dragged into the bushes, and they are working on that boy right now. officials said his injuries are not life-threatening. he is expected to survive. her at secretary clara valley medical center, the official spokesperson says the boy's family is at his side. it's possible they may be making a public statement in a short while, but right now, as you can imagine, they're simply trying to stabilize this little boy's condition after a horrifying and traumatic afternoon with that
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mountain lion attack. abc7 news. >> stay with abc7 news for developing updates on this story. you can also follow us on twitter, abc7 bay area. tonight we have new details about a missing six-year-old autistic boy who walked away from his san jose home yesterday morning, almost a day later he is found safe at a homeless encampment miles away. cornell bernard has the story. reporter: sergio zepeda is back home, very tired from this journey. wander erred i. yesterday, then up and over that hill where he walked into a homeless camp. >> i couldn't believe it. i was shocked. i can't make it that far. >> one neighbor who helped look for sick-year-old sergio zepeda on saturday. she can't believe his adventure took him two miles from home into this homeless camp. >> just naked. i was in shock.
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>> jose was the first to spot little sergio. he says he boy was tired and very hungry. >> he was gay, doing fine. he was just scared. i made sure he got a blanket and food to eat and that's all. >> jose called police, and authorities took sergio to the hospital as a precaution, then home to his worried parents. today they requested privacy but through friends thanked everyone who looked for the boy, who was autistic and does not communicate verbally himself mother says sergio wandered away from family0s home 9:00 a.m. saturday wearing only a diner and got out through the garage. >> it was a frantic search on the ground and in the air. neighbors fanned out, too. >> we were all around, searching over there, and down there, and then we also went up communication hill. >> police believe sergio set off down the street, then climbed up and over communication hill and
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down into that homeless camp. sergio, now regs up from his adventure. >> home and safe, ready to go back to school. >> police say no charges will be the filed in his disappearance in san jose, abc7 news. >> ucf officials are telling employees to be aware of their surroundings after an employee was robbed friday night. he victim was walking on scott street when he was robbed. officials say the suspect then ran away on sutter street. hurricane norbert pounding fishing villages and damaging more than a thousand homes in mexico's baja california peninsula today before being downgraded to a tropical storm. still, the storm's 50-mile plus winds caused high tides and made for great waves in san diego. norbert is expected to bring more heavy rain to the baja desert and the american southwest and could have an effect on the bay area.
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drew tuma has been tracking the storm. not rain for us, right? >> unfortunately, changes in our sky conditions over the next 24 hours, but where norbert is right now it's not bringing us any changes to the afternoon or evening forecast. live doppler 7hd, a clean sweep but look at the moisture getting pushed north from norbert, from los angeles, san diego, las vegas, getting downpours that are train over the same location, bringing some flooding scenarios portions of nevada and california. the red boxes underneath the showers are flashflood warnings, where roadways have been taken over by water. so, flooding is a major concern with norbert also some beach hazard until late tomorrow. south-facing beaches along california, waves to be three to five feet. that can create dangerous surf conditions. we'll take a look how it affects our bay area forecast for monday in a little bit. >> tuesday marks four years
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since the pg&e pipeline explosion and san bruno. tomorrow city fors plan to update the public on the recovery in the crestmoore neighborhood. they'll discuss steps to improve pipeline safety statewide. the pipeline eruption killed eight people and hurt 66 others. pg&e faces a $1.4 billion fine and criminal indictments in connection with the explosion. city crews are still clearing debris from a massive fire on mission street. that includes breaking down what is left of big house incorporated, on mission, at 22nd street. fire gutted the building thursday afternoon. the cause is still not known, and the street remains closed to traffic, except muni. city officials have not said when he block will re-open. a true hero's welcome for 30 world war ii veteran. they returned to the bay area after an all-expense paid trip
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to the war memorial in d.c. $30,000 was raised to make the trip possible to thank the vets for the sacrifices they made more than 70 years ago. >> this was a marvelous trip. sometimes your eyes want to water. everybody met us and they were just glorious. that's the best way of describing it. >> honor flight says it wanted to give the vets a proper welcome home, since they did not receive one after the war ended in 1945. still ahead at 6:00, a look at the inexpensive device scientists came up with that could mean the difference between life and death for disaster rescues. >> a mystery in space. something the space station did, apparently without human
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victims of napa's earthquake that shook the area two weeks ago today will soon have a in the resource. the city and county of napa will open a local assistance center. the center will provide people and businesses with information about building permits and financial assistance, food
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assistance, mental health, and other community resource programs. doors open 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. napa has also launched a web site to assist in recovery efforts and you can find a link on our web site, abc7news.com. >> nasa scientists have developed a device that could save lives during disasters by tracking people's heartbeats. they were asked to develop the technology after disasters like hurricane sandy and the earthquake in haiti a few years ago. the scientists came up with the finder that uses radar to detect people beneath 30 feet of debris, 20 feet of solid concrete, or 100 feet in open space. it can even distinguish between human and animal heartbeats. it only costs so thousand, so finder will be affordable for most city budgets. manufacturing will begin soon. in space, scientist are trying to figure out a mystery onboard the international space station. on thursday, it launched two microsatellites without directions from any human.
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scientist are not sure why and 0 no crew member saw it happen. nasa reported a similar incident last month. the microsatellites were developed by san francisco based planet labs, used to get real-time imagery of earth. they supposed to be deployed in a specific order and many have now launched ahead of schedule. >> up next at 6:00, how land conservationists take advantage of the weather in california. >> warmer weather could be coming our way, drew tuma is up next with the forecast. >> the raiders had their chances in new york against the jets but let it get away, and the 49ers defense set the table for 21 first-quarter points. that's on deck in
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...on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet...period. xfinity internet from comcast, now double the speed. a new report finds conservation groups made huge strides during the recession. the groups purchased roughly 40,000 acres along i-80 in the sierra. including the 3,000-acre royal cross-country ski resort. huge chunks of other land we be served. the gripes made the purchases because the real estate market
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sank. the land's value is expected to rise in the coming years which will make few temperature conservation efforts more difficult. >> let's get a check of the forecast with meteorologist drew tuma, who is bringing the sunshine. >> we are indeed, katie. the evening is great. clear skies, but tomorrow we'll see more cloud. we'll talk about why in a second. live doppler 7hd right now, the sweep around the bay area is high and dry. no rain right now in our shot from sfo will show you it is breezy but bright, and temperature-wise, bit below normal this time of the year. right now ear -- we're at 63. san jose, 69. gilroy, 69. our east bay hills camera showing you mt. diablo and blue skies. a little haze on the horizon thanks to the smoke particles from in the wildfires to the north but nonetheless a nice day. 73, santa rosa. 73, novato.
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farfield, 80. 77, concord. livermore, 75. this gorgeous shot from the emeryville camera showing the horizon. so your forecast does call for isolated coastal drizzle tonight. nothing widespread, but the chance is high clouds will filter in, and warmer air arrives. the an nation for monday shows you a little cloud cover along the coast and perhaps cloudy drizzle. otherwise the fog will back off. hi clouded will be there. so we'll call it filtered sunshine for monday but still a nice day. let's talk about norbert, he is just fall eight part. look at this, just fizzling out there. now down to tropical storm status, moving to the west northwest at 8 miles-per-hour. we notice as norbert gets closer toland it's bringing a plume of moisture to the area and that's cause for concern because flashflooding is an issue.
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you can see flashflood watches for the potential several inches of rain. look at the forecast animation, across nevada and california, identity isolated shots of two to six inches of rain around san diego and las vegas and that's caution flooded roadways. not getting any rain from norbert here in the bay area. overnight lows, mid-fiveness along the coast. low 60s inland, highs around the bay area, couple degrees cooler tomorrow thanks to the high cloud cover. 78, san jose, peninsula, 73, menlo park, 70, san mateo, pacifica, 63, with the fog. 64, sunset district, north, we'll see 75, petaluma. 82, calistoga. 78, napa. 70 oakland tomorrow. 72 san leandro.
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inland, no 90s on the board tomorrow. 84, pittsburg, 85 pleasant ton. the accuweather seven-day forecast, a brief warmup on tuesday and then warm air next week, mid-90s inland and 70s along the coast. >> thank you. >> shu, how about them niners. >> i tell you what, off to a great start today in dallas, putting up 21 on the cowboys in the first quarter, running only four offensive plays. first time since 1995 they put up 21 in the first quarter. third play of the game, the ball is stripped. culliver scoops and scores. 7-0 niners before you sat down and had your beer. 489ers offense on the field for 49 seconds in the first. kalin kaepernick escapes the sack. cap, 16-23, two td pass.
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then vernon again, 21-3, niners, cowboys stunned. anytime the cowboys got it going the defense came up big. frank gore's 16 carries, 63 yards, passes the 10,000 career mark. and his rookie counterpart, carlos hyde, 50-yard on seven carries in his nfl debut and his first four-yard touchdown run, made it 28-3 at the half. jim harbaugh, 4-0 in season openers in san francisco, they win. rough start for rookie quarterback for the raiders. defense started out strong. something i picked off by charles woodson. has at least one pick every seen he played. led to carr's first td pass in the l. toss to streeter. carr, two canadas, 7-3 raiders but the jets took the lead.
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shovel pass. 10-7 new york. jets outgain the raiders, they had 212 on the ground, chris ivory breaks through for the touchdown run. play of the day, raiders got a late touchdown, carr, 30-yard pass to former san jose state spartan. james jones makes the fax grab but the raiders lose, 19-14. >> we weren't consistent enough in any phase of the football game to give us an opportunity to win the game, and that's where we got to get better as a football team. >> this isn't my first loss, isn't my first time losing a game, not my first time dealing with adversity. and every time you can put it all on me because i'm going to go ahead and work my tail off and fix these things. >> rest of the nfl. pats up in the third. tan in the hill, the td pass. game tied. 3:35 left in the fourth.
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moreno, 134 yards rushing and this touchdown, the upset of the pats, 33-20 the final. >> jags and eagles, hearn, two canada catches 1, 10 yards receiving, jags up 17-0, but the eagles answer with 34 unanswered points in the second half. eagle win 34-17. chiefs and titans in kansas city. jake locker two td passes, finds former niner for the score. the other former 49er, at lex smith, signed a mega deal with the chiefs. picked off three times in the game. the titans win. >> saints game goes into overtime. falcons recover in field goal range, and matt ryan kicked a 52-yarder in overtime to win it,
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37-34 atlanta. >> to the diamonds, a's hosting the at stros, houston up 2-1, fryman, two run shot to left, up 3-2, fifth of the year. they lost the lead in the ninth. ryan cook walks the bases loaded and then the game-winning run. five walks top nine. unbelievable e. a's lose two out of three to the astros, 4-3 the final. >> regardless we have to find a way to create momentum, so it's nice that we came back, couldn't close it out, just got to go play and keep playing and try to create our own momentum. >> women's final at the u.s. open. serena williams dominating wozniacki. 32 was on a mission and wozniacki was overwhelmed. serena, match opinion, winning g in straight sets, 18th major title in singles, tying chris evert and martina navratilova and received a record $4 million first place check.
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this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware and our first plays of the day in the nfl tonight at 11:00 p.m. right here on abc7. i know you can't wait. >> i cannot. anything from you, shu. this weekend, guardians of the galaxy became the top selling movie of the year, but any news wasn't all good for hollywood. that's next on abc7 news at 6:00. our new daytime lineup begins monday, terry cruz will host, who wants to be a millionaire. then jeopardy at 1:30, general hospital, 2:00. followed by the abc 'premiere of rachel ray at 3:00.
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>> join us top at 9:00. amateur investigators say they unmasked jack the ripper using dna analysis. at 11:00, a bizarre theft caught on tame.
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what these two men are accused of stealing and it's not the first time. for the fourth time, "guardians of the galaxy" topped the box offers. hitting theaters six weeks ago, earning nearly $300 million to become the top earning movie in the u.s. this year. gains earned i 10 million this weekend. teenage ninja mutant turtles was second. this was the weakest boost objection in 2014 and was down 23% from last year. i guess everyone's back at school, you know. >> vacation is over. >> my theory? sticking to it. that does it for abc7 news at 6:00. thank you for joining us.
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