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>> her husband and mother supported her decision and are requesting privacy. a spokesman for "compassion and care," said brittany maynard died as they intended peacefully if her bedroom. the 29-year-old was diagnosissed with aggressive terminal brain cancer in january and moved from the east bay to oregon where the law allows doctors to prescribe fatal drugs do dying pairs. she has been a vocal advocate for the cause saying in videos and blogs everyone deserves the right to die with dignity and explaining her choice. >> since january 1...this is sicker when you are temperature naturally ill. >> the last facebook she says good by to family and friends and says today is the day i have chosen to pass away with dignity
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in the face of my terminal illness of the this brain cancer that has taken so much from me but would have taken so much more. some want to bring this right to california but the catholic church and the california medical association have fought the right to die efforts. thank you, amy. former california highway patrol officer will appear in court to face charges of sharing nude pictures of a woman he arrested. harrington is accused of forwarding pictures he found on the phone while being booked into jail in martinez. she discovered it a few days later and he claims other officers also stole nude photos of arrested women. c.h.p. investigators say they found no proof of that. hairing top quit his job and the prosecution have drawed d.w.i. charges again the woman. jury selection begins this morning for two former san francisco police officers involved in a federal corruption probe. the 47-year-old and 46-year-old
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men pleaded not guilty to abusing and stealing from residential hotel dwellers and five police officers were indicted after a three year investigation. one officer pleaded guilty last week and is promised to testify against the other officers at trial. >> law enforcement from around the state gather in roseville to honor two fallen officers killed in a husband and wife wild shooting rampage. a service will be held for sacramento deputy oliver and a second service offers detective michael davis jr. tomorrow and the governor is expected to attend both services. the prosecution says two men and a wife are behind the spree that spanned two counties. investigators say the utah residents fired on several deputies and tried to carjack three other drivers before finally being taken into custody. >> the lone survivor of the tragic boating accident off the
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sonoma coast is speaking out. philip sanchez was crab fishing with four friends and the boat capsizeed. here is the interview you will see only on abc7. >> i was pushed off sitting on the ice chest and i was shoved sideways and i seen bubbles. >> he has been fishing out of bodega bay for years but saturday he was thrown overboard. he and four other fishermen were on a 32' boat that capsized by a rogue wave. sanchez was the only one who survived. >> guilt. why me? that is the hardest part. >> his friends, 79-year-old langley and sam garcia were last seen lifeless in the water and another map, david costa and the four the was a woman known only as christie but he was glop by helicopter to the hospital after swimming 20 minutes to shore. he cut his arm on the ocean rocks and said twice he thought he wasn't going to make it.
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>> i figured it was over. i got up and was out of breath and 3' and sucked the air and a bunch of water. >> they were 2 product yards in the ocean in an area where they never had a sneaker wave. the wife of sam was looking forward to a crab salad that night. no one was wearing a life vest. >> i went out with him for years and we didn't wear life jackets. we knew where they were. but they are so cumbersome. >> perhaps, but sanchez said he will not go out to sea without one. >> you can wear the ones that pop up when you get in the water but i will buy one. i ain't going to get two chances. >> a new outlook after a life changing experience. candidates will make a last pump today to get out the vote for tomorrow's election. they are hoping predictions of low vote are turnout are wrong.
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some political watchers think statewide town out could below 50 percent. san francisco's department of locations opened the office in the basement of city hall for people who wanted to cast early ballots in person. >> i try to vote and i am here because it maybes it more convenient than coming when everyone is here on tuesday much. >> we have not had lines but the boots have been filled with voters throughout the entire day. >> it is kind of a boring election as we look at statewide ballot. probably going do get a low turnout. >> early voting is available at most voter offices in the bay area. >> a poll reveals the shocking disconnects between people and politics in california. the poll of 475 likely voters found more than 40 percent did not know governor brown is running for another term. a consultant was not surprised noting that brown does not ask for your vote in his ads, only one in five polls could name
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neel kashkari as the republican opponent. >> you can get information on the candidates and issues on the election tomorrow on the smartphone or tablet with abc7 news app and look for voter resources page. san rafael city council is expected to approve funding tonight to buy body cameras for the police officers. the city began experimenting with the cameras in january. officers reported positive feedback and so did the marin county district attorney. they have a record even counters with suspects. cameras for all 60 officers on the force will cost over $45,000. >> gas prices are hitting a new low after a massive drop the past few weeks. some gas stakes are charging less than $3 a gallon for regular. one gas station in mill valley has seen prices fall 15 cents in two weeks. >> in san jose, it is $2.84 at
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three stations including two costcos. analysts say it is partly because of increased united states oil production and more fuel efficient cars. the bay area remains among the most expensive markets in the united states getting out of the summer blend is another reason, and that is more expensive to produce. >> gas prices are headed down. temperatures are headed up. >> yes,. good morning, everyone, we will look at live doppler hd and you can see it is unlimited visibility with most of the clouds are high clouds. no low clouds. no fog. day planner, notice the change now the time has changed at 7:00 we will have sunshine so earlily sunshine but it will be chilly with upper 40's to mid-50's for the rest of us much high clouds and. wary at noon and mostly in the mid-60's and by 4:00, low 60 at the coast and mid-60's and
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nearly 70 for the rest of us and by 7:00, with the sun now setting schooler it will be getting cooler earlier. this evening you will need a coat. we will look at tuesday and wednesday and thursday and we have temperatures pushing the 70s and nearly 80 degrees the william of the days in the forecast. leyla gulen? >> we start off with mass transit and all is running on time with 17 bart trains on the track and ace train one is on time. the rest of the bay area is decent at this hour, although we do have a big closure in vallejo if you are travel long eastbound highway 37 it will wrap up by 5:00 this morning and it is shut down from eastbound highway 37 to when h westbound 80 and detours are in place. walnut creek shows southbound 80 away from pleasant hill to the
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highway 24 with the drive coming up from hour 24 only taking six minutes. another major united states hospital is on alert: doctors will know in a few hours if they need to raise the concerns about ebola. >> whatever you do, don't look down. put a blind fold on. the hi-fiing act that had millions of people holding their breath. >> making me nervous. >> will the next ipad take a page from a rival tablet?
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of sleep and today you will hopefully enjoy warmer temperatures as we begin the november forecast. >> two are recovering from health problems after a pesticide spill inside a garage in san francisco. it happened on 28th in the sunset district yesterday. neighbors smelled a natural gas oh store after a small amount of chemical spilled. firefighters wearing environmental suits diluted the chemical to neutralize the hazard. everyone is expected to be okay. >> we will know whether north carolina has the first case of ebola, doctors at duke are waiting for test results this morning on a traveler from liberia. the traveler has a fever after arriving in the united states on halloween from liberia, ground zero. the traveler has a fever. the patient arrived in the united states on halloween and showed in symptoms and had no known contacts with ebola
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patient. doctors are waiting for rules. >> kaci hickox will avoid going to town until her enbolt -- her incubation period is over although the judge said show can go where she wishes the she fought again the quarantine for health care worker whose treated ebola patients and has testified negative. she took legal action on behalf of her united states medical workers trying to bring ebola outbreak in west 56 can under control as she did. >> one world trade center has the first ten amounts -- the first tenants. "new york times" reports 175 employees of conde nast will work this morning. 3,000 other employees will move in replacing the original world trade center destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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construction took eight years at a cost of $4 billion. millions watched a death defying high wire act above chicago last night. nik wallenda completed two walks above the windy city first across the chicago river and then he walked between two apartment towers, and did not wear a hard mess and there was no net. palm all over the city came to watch. get to be crazy. >> amazing. it is inspiring. >> i am so proud. he is following his dream. >> the craziest thing, the second time he was wearing a blind fold. the previous feats include walks over the brink of niagara falls and across the little colorado river gorge. his great grandfather fell to his death during a tightrope stunt in puerto rico in the
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70's. if that does not stop you, nothing will. there is the blind fold. >> i wonder if closing your eyes actually helps because you just rely on feel of your feet on the cables. when it is dark at night rather than keeping my eyes open because you see things i close my eyes because i feel i am not looking at things. >> they say it could increase your concentration. >> and decrease my chance of stepping on a lego in the middle of the night. that could happen with two little ones. we will try to keep the toys confined to one room. good morning, everyone, enjoy, at look at live doppler hd showing the high clouds streaming in. you can see where the clouds and precipitation are. they moved north during the
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weekend. this high pressure is the dominant weather pressure as it keeps the storm track to the north. we will look at our camera and you can see how beautiful it looks outside this morning but we will have high clouds and sunshine for the better part of the day and above average highs all week and november is dry with no rain in the forecast the next seven days. right new we have temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's and coming across crissy field to the financial district 53 degrees and warmer in belmont and san leandro at 57 and 51 at pacifica and walnut creek is 52 and everyone else is in the 40's and close to the 30's and american canyon is 40 and palo alto and santa clara, 41 and pleasanton, 42 degrees, and we will talk about what will happen this afternoon. we have more sunshine the further south we ralph and temperatures respond at 68 at
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milpitas and 67 in santa cruz and other 70 to 71 degrees in the santa clara veal. and as we roll through the peninsula, we go 68 to 70's until millbrae and slightly cooler at 66 and along the coast we have low-to-mid 60's and upper 60's for downtown and south san francisco and low-to-upper 60's from bodega bay and to sausalito and look at the valleys, low-to-mid 70's and the warmer areas and upper set loan the east bay shore and inland, castro valley, 70, and deeper to the east, 69 in san ramon and pleasanton and low 70s and as far as tonight's forecast the clouds stay to the north but we have a lot of mid-40's to low 50's and a few mid-50's around san francisco and oakland and the seven-day forecast, no weather excuse tomorrow, not to vote. a beautiful day with upper 60's to mid-70s and we top out with 70s at the coast wednesday and thursday and nearly 80 inland
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and a slight cooling trend but dry, friday, saturday, and sunday. hope you enjoy. >> we are starting at the bay bridge toll plaza and traffic is light and comfortable as we come in from the maze to the bay bridge toll plaza and there is traffic nice and clear through treasure island. we have a new problem on the san mateo bridge. at the toll plaza. two cars collided. it is not too serious. but it is at a toll plazas. we have carpet in the lanes southbound highway 101 at highway 85. no delays yet. c.h.p. is caltran will have to clean things up. traffic in the northbound direction is moving line fine. all is clear on 280. >> a new microsoft office is coming for mac computers.
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could a bigger ipad be in the works? >> in tech bites, microsoft has good news for mac users confirming they will release a fully rebuilt office mac software next year the first major upgrade in five years. at&t is increasing the data limits for lower cost plans. if you pay $40 a month you now get three gi giga bigger screen on ipad. >> the average user on tender spends 7770 as day on dating app. instagram users spend 29 minutes a day on the app. happy dating.
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supreme court will hear oral arts over allowing students born in jerusalem to call jerusalem as their birthplace. the issue is, the obama administration considered israel a disputed region and does not recognize any country as having sovereignty over jerusalem. congress gave united states citizens born in the holy city the choice to have israel listed on passwords and other official documents bun when they tried to do that, officials refused. >> are you frustrated when you cannot post your shuffleboard
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pictures on facebook? this morning, carnival announced they are adding long-range broadband to the ships. so 15 times faster internet connection wheel you are cruising, better for streaming video and other activities. previously passengers had satellite based experience but it was spotty and slow. arizona woman accidentally dropped her wedding ring into a trick-or-treater bag and put the ring if a jar while pumpkins. >> it is my wedding ring. you can replace it but it is not the at the same time i am hoping that someone has it and...just doesn't know what to do with it. they don't know who it belongs to or find out from the hundreds of houses they don't know which house it came from. >> she put up poster hoping someone will come forward with
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the ring. if i know kids they are disappointed to have a diamond ring rather than candy. >> kids get plastic rippings and they they them out. hopefully someone will find that before it happens. >> amazing. i 58 sure a good samaritan will turn it in. >> in san jose we started at 70's november 1 and down to 61. we have been as warm at 85 and cold at 21. check out this week, we are well above average temperatures. 73 tomorrow to 80 on when and mid-to-upper 70 the rest of the profit and if you are traveling around the state, 70's through the central valley and mid-70's around san diego and los angeles. we have a delay on bart on
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pittsburg bay point line because someone was walking on the tracks. we will keep you updated. everything else is on time, and no delays. the golden gate bridge from marin is quiet. in the northbound direction, there are in problems. we have construction and a couple of accidents, the first is westbound highway 92 at the toll plaza so before you get to the san mateo bridge you will find this accident c.h.p. is headed out there. most of us know drowsy driving is dangerous but it turns out it could be more serious than we realize. a new study by aaa for traffic safety shows one in five fatal car crashes involves sloop by drivers and a third of crashes results in injury. so, as daylight savings time and evening commute darkens, aaa is urging drivers to recognize
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fatigue and take action. >> and a friend fends off a shark attack off the big island on friday. she was surfing and felt a bump in the water. her friend was surfing near and came to the rescue when he the herd scream. >> i look over and saw her being lifted out of the water, i saw the fin of the charge and i saw his tail kicking very hard with her in the air. >> i fell really, really, really pressed and thankful that everyone is okay. >> he grabbed the fin and start the punching and after the fifth hit he felt the shark turn and swim away. she got 20 stitches but without her friend it would have been worse. >> a dangerous stunt by an australian swimmer is viral. the 26-year-old was on a boat
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with friends and they came across a floating carcass of a whale and he decided it would be fun to surf on the whale but a pair of large great white sharks were swim around the consider was and chomped. he told the media it seems like a fun idea and it was not worried about the sharks. hes is they were too busy eating to notice. >> it is 4:57, the action caltran is being forced to make to pay for cost overruns on the bay bridge. >> strict new water rules homeowners in the south bay are living with. >> the midterm election day is over 24 hours away and what could be at stake for
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good monday morning. thanks for joining us. we have different weather conditions as we start this first november work week. >> rain is gone. now we have sunshine. >> sunshine and warmer weather. we ended obtain open a very wet note half ambassador inch in san jose one of the better areas of rain base didn't get you but well start november cool in the morning and nice and warm in the afternoon hours. live doppler hd shows how dry it and out this. this is how it looks from sutro tower, clean air on top of us and a few high clouds with thicker clouds headed motor and thinner to the south so look for increasing sunshine at 69 to 73 inland and up to 67 at coast.
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