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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is 5:01 on this rainy thursday morning. we welcome the rain. >> we had to used windshield wipers on driving in. >> how long will it cast? we need the rain. the san mateo bridge shows light fall on the east side. looking to the north, you can see there are moderate showers headed to hayward. you can see there are more showers offshore coming ashore so it will be wet through the morning. rainfall amount so far is heaviest on the peninsula. that is unusual. speaking of peninsula, daly city, to the north, along the peninsula, that is a brand new crash blocking two lanes. as we look at the macarthur
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maze traffic is moving decent at 580 but to san francisco it is the other side, eastbound side, we have a sig-alert. avoid part of downtown walnut creek with crews dealing with an overnight water main break that resembled a massive geyser. amy hollyfield is on the scene. they have recovered. that is hard to believe. look at this video of water spewing 70 or 80' into to knit sky. there was a water main break at 11:45 last night. it looked like it could keep the roads closed into the morning and flood businesses. they have cleared the water. there is no damage.
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>> it was unfortunate. it worked out. we only had to close for a couple of showers southbound lanes. the water spewed now hours. police do not know how much water was last. it went down the storm drain so no flooding. what happened was a cap was loose and the pressure could not handle it anymore. it burst. in germany, youtube singer bono escaped being killed when a door on the plane malfunctioned. >> bono was on the plane with ban members.
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it lasted safely. there were no enjoyed. what happened and why is under investigation by german officials. investigators confirm a lear jet with front man bono took off in dublin and landed as planned after a scare in the air. there was a noise that was from a door that broke away from the plane. the left back door where luggage is loaded and unloaded blew off. officials say we saw the first photos but do not understand what could have happened and they have to investigate why the door broke off or fell >> there could be many reasons, something broke or the door was not closed properly, the usual problems. >> in the pressurization was not economized, this is no reason to go back if nothing was
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compromised. >> the pilot noticed a rumble similar to turbulence but felt no major change in how the happy was flying and only found out on the ground the aircraft had lost the door. neither the name of the private jet company or the pilot was given because of the continued investigation. happening today a 52-year-old teach are accused of molesting a young student will be in court for a preliminary hearing. the 5th grade teacher at paradise valley elementary was arrested at his home last month after police say he inappropriately touched a student inside his classroom. the girl told the staff who called police and the superintendent sent home a letter and put lloyd open leave. detectives are urging parents to talk with their kids to see to in are more victims. san francisco is the safest major american city according to the f.b.i. although all major
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crimes except for homicide went up. according to the examiner an file report fines sexual assaults, robberies, car theft and arson rose in 2013 from 2012. the f.b.i. says most notable increase was theft of mobile devices like cell phones. the san francisco police department is not up to city-mandated staffing. >> caltran will stall installing a guard rail after a report on the recent death of this man, 24-year-old darryl blackmon jr. whose chrysler hit a terminal on the guard rail in mill valley november 1 which is designed to travel along the rail so the steel crumbles and the car gradually slows. in his case the car bounced off the far rail and overturned. >> every motor vehicle operator
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in the state needs to know about this. they have an obligation to protect the users. >> state senator has pledged to hold hearings on the terminals. >> thousands of nurses at kaiser permanente will return to work at 7:00 a.m. after a two day strike. they held two rallies in oakland yesterday and hit the pick kit lines on tuesday to protest staffing cuts. necessity have been in contract negotiations with kaiser permanente since july and are demanding tougher ebola safety precautions at hospitals. the medical center remained open but some procedures were rescheduled. two bay area food bank are the beneficiary ears of a big rig accident we first told you about. after receiving 25,000 pounds of frozen turkeys when a crush crashed. the driver was not seriously hurt. the turkeys were supposed to go
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for a distributor and when the cleanup was complete the delivery was re-routed to local food pas including the alameda community food bank. public health inspectors say the turkeys are safe. >> we wonders if they could be headed to a food bank and we hoped they would not be destroyed. >> got a last text and e-mails hoping they would be utilized. there is a beneficiary and we are glad to see that. >> middle lane, 238 into downtown hayward, that is where we have the moderate showers falling and that will go across the east bay hills and head to dublin and leften and possible is fell grade - grade with light rain headed to richmond and oakland and
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emeryville and possibly berkeley and to the north we pulling away from napa so we are getting a little bit dry with drizzle and fog forming in the north bay but not like what we are going to have tomorrow morning. in walnut creek, the rain coming down, the diffuseed nature in the distance. there is rain falling on 24 coming in contact with 680. rain through the morning commute and it will let up and at times heavier and a chance of shower through noon at 62 to 64 and low-to-mid 60's and the dry air takes in at 7:00 and the commute is fine. temperatures in the mid-50's in the evening. fog and high clouds friday and saturday and more sunshine and warmer on sunday. it is best to give yourself a few extra minutes to get to work and school. the peninsula is getting quit
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the heavy rain and that is the case here and could have contributed to this accident northbound 280 a car now is sideways in the lanes with debris and a ladder that could have broken apart. be careful. you can see the green cell is an indication of rainfall. to the north we have this brand new crash southbound 280 someone got on the freeway and is in an citizen, a spinout, and that is partly blocking one lane. >> this sig-alert is because a big rig lost fuel. they had problems getting on the freeway and essex and first street on-ramp is shut down and two lanes eastbound 880 at until the fuel is mopped up. >> a different kind of forecast one on keeper gas. in america's money report. >> a heart stopping scene above the streets of new york and what
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welcome back at 5:13. investigators will examine a window washing scaffolding that less two men dangling 67 stories up. >> a cable failed yesterday. we showed you this live. the worker dangled for two hours while they had a rope lowered. the firefighters used a diamond blade saw to slice through two thick layers of glass that opened an escape path for the workers. they are very experienced with this sort of incident and were very confident they would be successful so it was safer bringing them to the 68th floor. >> both needed treatment for mild hypothermia and will attend to work when they feel better.
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>> firefighters are heroes, once again. >> eight san francisco police officer received the highest honor for efforts after asiana flight 214's crash at sfo. cheers filled the air as the officers received the medal of valor last night putting their own lives at risk to save others. some went to the burning cabin without any protective gear to rescue tripped passenger. they are credited with saving hundreds of lives. drivers this morning have a new prediction for what is in store for gas prices in 2015. good news, and gas are not concepts that usually go together. here is america's money report. topping america's money, good news on gas, the government's newest prediction says the average price of gas is below $2.94 a gallon so drivers
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say $61 billion. radio shack said they would open on thanksgiving but the employees complained and stores will open at 8:00 a.m. but close starting at noon for five hours. >> how do you keep your credit card information safe from hackers? that is from "good morning america" straight from a shark tank shark. >> and matthew mcconnell way is talking talking -- and matthew mcconaughey is talking about his love for a lincoln. >> a winter storm subsided in colorado for a clear path out of denver. >> conditions yesterday including so much snow that
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de-icing crews had constant delays. the expect low today is minus 12! you got to love it below zero. in alaska, daredevils of flocking to ride the waves from a tide that go on for miles and this is one of long of the in the world and the original one wordered by mountains making it a spectacular ride. this is a rush of water flowing from a bay to an inlet that occurs after, extreme minus low tides created by the full new moon. >> i don't know...how cold do you suppose the water is? >> i saw a special on the channel about that. about 36. sometimes they go up there and wash for iceburgs to break and they make a wave and they try to ride those. >> aden --
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>> absolutely. >> the only adrenalin that gets you pumping if you hydro company this morning which is possible on some of the ponding on the greaters -- grooves on the embarcadero. steady to light rain off chinatown where we are and that is where the radar is showing moving across the bay bridge and headed to emeryville. the entire commute will be wet. some of our better radar returns are moving through oakland and heading into the east bay hills. look for your intensity to drop the next five minutes and in pleasanton headed to stoneridge mall we have a yellow spot headed to the firehouse.
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watch out for ponding on the roads. san mateo anded withed would and palo alto and dumbarton bridge and san mateo bridge all wet. but to the south, 237 to the south by, rain with the winds coming up the santa cruz mountains and squeezing out the moisture and descends into the valley and stabilizes and dries out so we see clouds and the commute in the south bay is not so treacherous as the rest of us. there will be a few slick spots from drizzle but no wet weather on the scale everyone else is ponding on the roads. morning showers and partly sunny this afternoon and brighter and warmer as we head through the weekend and unsellinged pattern offering wet weather next week. mid-to-upper 60 everywhere and clouds this afternoon. we are in the mid-40's to
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mid-50's tonight with fog thick in the north bay and it could be anywhere because the rain is uniform from the west rather than from the north. at 7:00, still plenty every car runs and you can see a tapering by noon and completely dry but for the higher elevation in the santa cruz mountains by you can see tomorrow morning we have fog is the big issue. low clouds give way to high clouds friday and saturday and we will have more sunshine and warmer on sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday we have a tapering. this morning, that is the big story. >> we had heavy rain in daly city on 280 the crash is cleared. all lanes have re-opened. in san jose traffic is moving
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along fine with no reports of accident and 101 you could were tap on the brakes and 280 headed interest cupertino you are fine and 87 has no delays. we had quite the dousing on the san mateo bridge at 59 miles per hour crossing the water to the peninsula and to the south, that is where they get the rain at 51 miles per hour so slow down a little bit and avoid hydroplaning. it is heavy here, too, through dublin along 580 to hayward managing to be at top speed and here is a look at san jose and 280 away from highway 17 is quiet. straight ahead, seven things to know as you start your day and searching for the key to a long hive were. a surprise as researchers study the genes of the
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that is the macarthur maze. from berkeley the tail lates pushing to 580 are moving along. we have had a couple of reports of spinouts and a sig-alert. that is ahead. >> breaking overnight, spectacular pictures from walnut creek with a water main burst on south california boulevard sending thousands of gallons of water down the storm drains. businesses seem to have been spared. >> concord police are investigating a fatal weapon an auto theft car suspect tried to carjack several victims and the suspect died at scene. >> close call for bono when a door fell off the private lear jet in the middle of the flight while traveling from dublin to
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berlin. no one was hurt. the plane landed safely. >> the european space agency says the landing settled after two bounces. the mission came to an end yesterday morning and the lander is sending back new pictures of the comet to earth. the consumer financial protection bureau is sending protections of bank accounts to prepaid car useers to be protected against fraud ultimate champions and provide with free monthly billing statements. stanford researchers have figured the genes of the oldest people hoping to find a link to figure out their long life span but there was no common gene. they formed sequencing on 17 people older than 110, all physically and mentally fit. they figured if they could find out how they were able to slow
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down the aging process maybe they could create a drug to do the same for us but unfortunately the secret to a long life remains a mystery. it is not just the genes but life cells vary with month common link. >> and users are warning on snapchat when another photo wants to 10 pictures. some third party apps are capable of saving some pictures before they disappear and some apps can gather information about user accounts. snapchat will send emergencies -- messages when they detect some apps could be compromising their privacy. >> george lucas said goodbye to san francisco and hello chicago and now he is facing problems in
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> when mike promises something. he delivers. he promised rain. we got rain. >> he delivered. good morning, everyone, you can see it is not rain as heavy as it was but through the ferry building you will have shelter before you head out so have the umbrella. heaviest rain is headed to the outlet malls between pleasanton and livermore and moving through the east bay hills. 680 is ready to get wet.
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the peninsula has spotty showers moving to the east bay. all of us are not out of it until about noon. >> you promised to take us to breakfast? >> that is next tuesday or monday. >> are you off next tuesday or monday? someone's birthday. >> okay. he has been holding out. we have a sig-alert if san francisco with a stalled big rig leaking fuel. this is eastbound side of 80 at essex with the on-ramp closed. you can get on at 5th street. that is the best bet. 22 again. >> gladly. >> other areas of the bay area have slick roads and slippery conditions because of the rain moving through the region.
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matt keller is in the south pay with more on the effect. we have showers in the santa cruz mountains. it is just drizzle right now. highway 17 means any wet weather causes a problem. check out this video northbound 17 beyond the summit headed to los gatos and a green cab ran into the wall and a clip unit c.h.p. unit was there. earlier there were showers at the summit. commuters have wet roads. hopefully we will not see more citizens. to the north, rain on 101 in san rafael and mill valley. drivers should be more showers. you can track live doppler hd at apple app and google play and i
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have been tracking it to see where the rain is. most of it went east. there is a cell off the coast. it is south of san jose. morgan hill. los gatos. santa cruz. all ready to be hit by the cell. >> stay dry. it is drizzle. even if it is not coming down. you will get wet. helpful tool. thank you. you can track the rain on live doppler hd with the weather app that is free on the apple star or google play. mess in walnut creek: water erupted after a broken water main for 2 1/2 hours this morning. it was a water main on south california boulevard. officials say the cap on the main was loose and ruptured.
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the may has been turned off. the water is cleaned up. we will have more from amy hollyfield at the scene. >> if concord authorities are investigating a fatal police shooting last night before 9:00 p.m. on diamond boulevard off speaker state 680. contra costa county sheriff deputy faced a stolen vehicle law concord. the driver jumped out and ran across the freeway into a shopping center forcing the lockdown of the mall. he was cornered by concord police and witnesses heard six gun shots. >> he shut down the world market store. they told everyone to stay inside. anyone could leave the gym. the cars were stuck inside
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the crime seen and the suspect died at the scene. the c.h.p. hopes the public can find a driver would hit and killed a teen during a high speed chase. ivan cruz was a freshman at high school and dozens turned out for the vigil where he died. he was crossing east 14th on his scooter on tuesday and a vehicle hit and killed him. the sheriffs were chasing the driver who was driving on the wrong side of the road. they found the driver in fremont but he is still lose. the san jose police department is trying to federal government how to use a new drone in police work raising questions of privacy. a neighbor mission meeting was held at city hall and officials have not drafted a policy yet for using the drone which is now grounded. they bought the $7,000 drone to assist the bomb squad. it can keep officers out of
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harm's way. some neighbors are concerned. >> the police department having a spy drone flying overhead is another reason not to trust the police. >> we have to think of our police officers as humans and if their lives can be saved it is great. the next public meeting is scheduled for saturday december 6. today the san francisco fire commission is holding the regular monthly meeting that could include another performance ever railings of fire chief hayes-white. critics have demanded her resignation after a vote of "no confidence," against hayes-white last month. the meeting is held at 4:00 at fire department headquarters. she has held a session of meetings showing she is fixing the problem. >> the san francisco medical
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examiner is waiting to confirm a body found in the bay was that of a young software developer who disappeared on halloween. the body was found near alcatraz on tuesday morning with the clothing and wallet belongings of dan ha would was last seen leaving his apartment october 31. the family say he did not lebanon a note and had no lebanon a note and had no history of mental i life. >> a school under fire for being a worst performing school in san mateo compiled by a group that cites 28 students searching 15,000 students. the schools listed senator mostly poor and latino children. they are steered toward failure and a life of low wages.
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the list is based on outdated information and serves as an advertisement for charter schools. we have the list posted at abc7news.com. what else is on the witness is live doppler hd function tracking the rain. mike? >> we have the latest in san jose at 280 and 17 where it is quiet, with clouds and drizzle is possible but in light to moderate rain at 280 and 17. moderate rain at 280 and 17. to the west, sunnyvale had but it was earlier last night. livermore is where we are seeing light-to-moderate rain and scattered light showers across the bay holding
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headed to san mateo. it will get to 101 finally and the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge. to the north you do not see a lot of radar, just drizzle and patchy fog but nothing like tomorrow morning. you can see how wet it is with golden gate bridge falling and that is the case through 7:00 at 62 to 64 with showers and scattered by noon and gone by 4:00 and low-to-mid 60 and mostly cloudy and mid-60 to 60. dress for that and you will not need gear in the afternoon. warmer on sunday. with sunshine. >> if you do not like to drive in the rain, take bart. we have 44 trains on time including ace train one is five minutes late and ace train three is two minutes later. muni is on time.
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if you take to the car and headed through walnut creek to the san ramon valley they are moving along without problems and it is wet. stay if the central lane and the far left and rate you pool and puddle so be careful with hydroplaning especially as you head long 680 south of highway 24 where the rain is moving over the freeway and it could be heavy there and you could see more rain on the roads. over the altamont pass it is busy at 34 bumper-to-bumper and you continue influence livermore this is how long it will take, 580, at 42 minutes. quiet in the north bay. >> the same clothes but different price tags. a major clothing store chain says they charge women more than men for certain sizes. stunning video of three american sailors referred up and what the attackers were shouting
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covering san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. welcome back. filmmaker george lucas may have selected chicago over the bay area as the spot for the new museum but it is not coming out without a challenge. artists show what the proposed museum would look like on the lake prompt and environmental group called friends of the park will file a lawsuit in federal court against the proposed site. they do nut want any development on open space along the lake front. the mayor says the museum is a generous guest and will expand cultural and educational opportunities for the community. >> the navy is reviewing security for future port call after three american sailors were attacked in the streets of turkey. they were wearing civilian colleagues and surrounded by 20 members of a turkish national of the group. they were shoved and sprayed
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with red paint representing blood. the mob angry offer american imperialism tried to put white bags offer their heads. they made it back safe to the ship while the crowd shouted "go home yankees." "good morning america" will have more at 7:00 today. back here in the pay area, we are proud to be part of the fifth annual operation 7 save a life campaign with corporate partners including the home depot to increase public awareness of fire safety and carbon monoxide poisoning donating 300 ca detectors with sealed in batteries that never need to be replaced. the alarms will be distributed on martin luther king way in oakland at 10:00 a.m.
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five families in need got to go shopping with the warriors. mike shumann emceed the event yesterday in alameda. warrior stars thompson and greene help out and the family filled up baskets. it was the plays for the holiday season of giving program. you can help food banks provide meals as "give where you live," campaign donating $10 to the abc7 thanksgivinged if drive by texting "feed," to 80077. all the the money you contribute goes to local food banks. >> mike showed us how easy >> everyone will contribute so
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>> everyone will contribute so everyone can benefit. >> and maybe the warriors can help us with those top shelves as a way to fund raise. san rafael has .05" of rain overnight with some drizzle but not the steady to moderate rain we see along 680 and 780 from benicia and all the way down to 680 connecting with 580 with light showers developing. highway four around pittsburg headed to antioch and prepare wood. further to the south you can see along woodside, 280, it is headed over to redwood city and
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east palo alto. finally coming from the mountains is wet weather an saratoga headed to cupertino and saratoga avenue to santa clara. more wet weather for you on the western side of the santa clara valley. the cold front is lingering offshore and i will keep the rain in the forecast. san rafael is dry but richmond is barely showing a few drops to the ground keeping that side of the bridge wet. am showers are sunny and i don't think you will need the wet weather gear after lunch. operator and warm are through the weekend and unsettled next week. there is no consensus when it will rain. now, mid-to-upper sick, coast to inland and not much of a spread today. tonight we see microclimates developing with mid-40's in the north bay mountain and the san
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ramon valley and palo alto and inelse in the low-to-mid 50's and dense fog tomorrow morning. the front is coming right in to the north bay and why you are not seeing the heavier rain. through the morning, it is tapering and isolateed shower cross the higher elevations by 5:00 and then it is gone. there will be a losting for tomorrow morning. the seven-day forecast shows because of the morning fog the same today and tomorrow and a slight warming trend monday and tuesday. leyla gulen? the metering lights are turned on and we do have quote the backup coming away from the maze and this is the look at the maze as we take a look with headlights coming toward us headed in the eastbound direction and westbound traffic to 580 has tail lights and it is
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slowing down a bit. as we take a wider view of area we have a brand new crash northbound 880 a hydroplane vehicle that hit a wall so we have one lane blocked and certainly we have slow downs and 980 is where we see the delays and pushing to the caldecott tunnel we have multiple vehicle crash and everything has been pushed to the shoulder but we could still have one lane blocked. back to san francisco the sig-alert is here eastbound 80 shut down because of a jackknifed big rig that is straightened out. we now have a fuel spill to cheap up so this is in affect until further notice. a chance encounter leads to a chance encounter leads to a life changing inspiration
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woman realized plus size pans were more expensive and launched a petition say she was fine to pay extra because it took extra fabric but she looked at larger men's sizes and prices never changed for small. >> it goes along with the different views of men and women it is not fair. they should be the same police. >> i surprise that men and women have different policies. old navy parent company is based in san francisco. game attributes the increase to a separate design team dedicated to plus side line reading "while we do not make more money on plus size line our plus size costs more because we invest more. in the regular women line there is no difference between a size
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2 and size 18. >> it has been a while since i bought anything in a regular women's line. mike? >> i can throw you under the puss so quickly. >> in your mine, you have. >> i am laughing. i have. here is the golden gate bridge where we have light rainfall but the rains are light at three miles per hour. check out south lake tahoe airport rain and 46 and it will be a warm system snowing at the highest elevation but not at lake level. the rain will not make it out of the central valley so if you are headed to los angeles and san diego upper 60 and mid-to-upper 60's through the industrial valley and 49 in lake tahoe and with the rain through the weekend they will make snow in the night in the 20's and upper 40's, cooler-than-average in the afternoon. >> we have a big crash and we will take you to northbound 101 at highway we have at least these vehicles, big rig involved and two lanes blocked and other vehicles are crashing right and
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the scene so c.h.p. is headed out there and it could be quite the mess in the southbound direction no delays. virginia engineer is on a mission to find a young man he met in a hospital elevator. >> he spent a year building a hand after meeting a young man who only had one man and said he could not afford $50,000 prosthetic so the man decided to use his skill as an engineer to come up with a cheaper prosthetic using the 3-d printer. >> all the electronics i have for $70. i did so the wear development, heart wear development, the kid in the elevator was the motivation. he says he hopes to give the hand to the young man who inspired it and he now is working on entering the hand into the market running from $2,500 to $4,000.
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meteorologist mike nicco has how long the showers will stick an empty. >> water shooting dozens of feet into the air. details on the clean up efforts. from overseas, a near midair catastrophe involving bono and his private jet with details we are learning right now. >> he is okay. in the movies that does not end so well. >> thanks for joining us. and meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the forecast. i will show you what is happening. a few minutes ago you could see the rain coming down, a light-to-moderate rain falling through walnut creek. at 680, looking to the south it is quieter as rain moves off and san ramon and danville is wet with light rain falling
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