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behind me with a police escort. in act he ti vifts do believe it's a good thing, but worry, sometimes, if they get out of hand the message does get lost. >> this is the demonstration many have been calling for in oakland loud, clear, but nonviolent. civil obedience without destruction. >> they should continue for as long as it takes. >> the bay area leader for the stop mass incarceration network organized the peaceful demonstration. >> when this is presented in front of people, people cannot just ignore it. cannot pretend it's not going on. that starts a conver tags. >> oakland police is the
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co-founder of the black lives matter movement. including a hash tag being used around the country. and participated in the protest. >> we've done work to make sure folks also take that off line. >> this is where we prep the food in the back. >> jason ran for mayor of oakland. he thinks they have some value anderson has not participated in street mars. >> i'm not saying don't demonstrate. or don't protest. use your voice but after that day, or two days, week, continue to organize. don't just stop you're because you're angry. do it because you want to see change. >> we're back live now on 14th
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and broadway. and there is a west side movement and what we've seen last couple nights is that they go over to the side of oakland and will pick up numbers folks will start to walk with them. maybe 2, 300 in the crowd z again, many hoping that tonight's protest like last night, remains peaceful. >> thank you, laura. here is a demonstration in uc berkeley that wrapped up today a rally against police prosecute talt. hundreds of students gathered outside of the golden bear cafe to chant "black lives matter" and sing civil rights songs. >> tonight police arrested a woman accused of running over an officer this morning. the officer is in the hospital
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with serious, but nonlife threatening injuries. officers were checking a car with two people inside. the woman took off in the car, hitting one officer. police say they fired at the car in self-defense the vehicle was reported stolen last fall, and later found abandoned in oakland. >> throughout the bay area, people are still cleaning up after two days of stormy weather. city crews in san francisco continue to clean flooded businesses other crews are busy repairing a massive sink hole that opened on lake street. hi, tiffany. >> it's become a neighborhood attraction but if you take a look behind me, you can see crews have made progress and started laying
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>> this sound drowns out casual conversation. the sink hole isn't the only sewer-related set back. you can find evidence of the aging system failures. he mans to clean and donate damaged merchandise. next door, they estimate the damage at $100,000. much merchandise, destroyed by sewage tainted water. last time, it says they took six months to pay the claim. >> i find that more frustrating. the length of time to help us recoop our losses. >> progress is evident. stable staff yeah's kich kwen
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looks better, but still, nowhere near ready for customers. marianne wants the flood to stop. >> interruption in business is a burden. >> the public utilities commission says they offered grants to help install back flow last year. robertson says she looked into it and asked about installing a back flow preventer. for now, crews dominate near the sidewalks the fourth flood in recent years. and business owners say only the city can prevent a fifth. >> right now, we're monitoring a water main break in san francisco. this is on brotherhood way there
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is no water service to the st. thomas moore catholic school the congregation, or the brand day school. >> the live doppler 7 hd now. a live picture from the camera in san francisco. after another day of scattered showers there is more wet weather due in the bay area tomorrow. and this won't pick us out of the drought, but will help. >> yes. we'll show you we're dry, but tracking a storm that is approaching from the west. here is a cold front that will bring us storm from flooding.
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there is a chance of lightning strikes tomorrow. throughout the day, storms spread and by 3:00 we're tracking areas of heavy rain. we'll talk about the cold front and a stronger storm in the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> thank you. >> getting around mill valley has been a headache. and several streets were closed because of the flooding. these cars have been stranded and high tides threatened three more cars parked there today. several people had to wade through water to get to work. >> there is very little shopping today, several stores spent the day mopping up. abc7 news has a look at the efforts. >> it's a security camera
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designed to catch burglars this mass is only the beginning of her troubles >> just unbelievable. >> her salon and spa looked like a construction zone. >> i was disappointed and upset. this is our biggest time of the year. >> the owner spent the day cleaning and estimating damage weefrment estimating over $100,000. >> lopez owns a window treatment business, misfortune of leaving computers on the floor when the water came. now? >> new computers are on the way. >> this is a source of the problems a county-operated pumping fish and means the state couldn't put
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water into the creek, then, the bay. the county looked and was doing what it called failure analysis. we have a big mess. >> and she says she'll have sandbags. >> there is a mess to clean up in southern california tonight. this is video from hemet. crews called in with flash flooding overnight. triggering a massive mudslide in a town of gillman hot springs. rob? >> well, the fiefr department says it's amazing that no one was hurt out here, especially
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given the size of the mudslides. we should point out that i would have been standing in the middle of a busy highway. it's covered in several feet of mud, and could with days before cleaned up. >> it's been a busy couple days >> extremely. >> this is one of several cars he's had to dig out after an hour of digging, success. he says the dryer described what it looked like. >> looked like universal studios tour ride. it's just mud. >> scary? >> boy have been scared. >> the riverside county fire department says they got close to 40 calls for rescue. from people trapped inside of
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the cars. and they asked residents to evacuate homes. >> have you ever seen anything like this? >> never. never. this is just unbelievable. >> these two and check this out. this used to be a driveway. now, covered in >> now this, is what we do. >> a controlled panic. if you live in california it is amazing. ten minutes of rain, and it can happen. it's amazing what can happen. >> so rain moved out, and he vac orders have been lifted and county public works will be out
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here tomorrow morning to continue the clean up. >> still ahead, a massive clean up underway in one of the largest homeless camps in the country. where can they turn now? >> and a senseless attack in san francisco. what lease are doing now to find killers. >> a bay area man can't get a refund until turning to
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in san jose, crews began dismantling what many believe was the largest homeless encampment in the country the jungle is in the kelly park area, people who live are are being pushed out of their makeshift homes and many don't know where they'll go. >> alongside coyote creek, it's been known as the jungle for years. >> just like a family we argue, fight, we love each other at the end of the night. >> today was eviction day. a family of nearly 200 going their separate ways. >> feel host. i'm not going see these people again. it's like my neighborhood. i don't know. hard to feel right now. >> citing unsanitary conditions sh officials say shutting down was a matter of public safety. their attention now shifts to finding people a new place to
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live. >> we decided to house 144 people out of the site. we have 55 ready to move into housing. >> dozens of workers in white suits roamed the grounds. the city and water district expect to spend half a million on clean up. a look at the camp shows how much trash has built up. crews have a lot of work ahead of them. for now, residents unsure of what their future holds. >> a lot of us are scared and don't know where to go. and what to do >> it's our human duty to help these people so they can help themselves. we shouldn't give up hope, at all. >> police cleared out a small encampment around berkeley
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today. sky 7 was overhead when the postal police took away some of the tents and asked them to leave. camping is not allowed there. some of the people are homeless rest are fighting to keep the government from selling and closing the post office. >> crews used a break in the rain to continue erosion work that will close southbound lane of highway one between lincoln way and slope boulevard. but only monday through friday. they're moving sand from the northern part to shore up the sea wall south of slope boulevard the closures will continue until january. >> check out this landslide. this happened at fort funston. he was walking a dog around 11:00 and caught this video of rocks and now, we get some that
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wring brings problems >> yes. >> the last six days, guys more rain than we've seen all of 2013. >> is that true? >> yes. >> we saw about three and a half inches >> incredible. >> you can see how much we have to makeup and chances to chip away. so live doppler 7 right now, we'll take you outside. a live look you can see fog is rolling in and substantial soaking on the ground. but expect that first thing in the morning. so forecast does call for showers overnight tonight. not wide spread. bigger issue will be the fog. we're tracking a cold front moving in friday. heavy rain friday afternoon.
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right now, strong wendz with temperatures very mild. 60 now in san francisco. 62 in san jose. satellite and radar tracking our next cold front. what it's going to do is tap into moisture. and that rain increases this time tomorrow. tracking heavy down pours but overnight tonight, first thing in the morning overcast skies, isolated pops of drizzle that greet you for morning it's going to be evening rush by 4:00 friday, rain developing across the bay area. and into friday evening, light showers in the north bay. a chance of showers in the
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region through saturday. by saturday afternoon, drier weather. next round of rain, most lower elevations from a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain. we can see three inches of rain. so overnight, a mild breeze, lows into mid-50s and with a chance of drizzle. friday, heavier rain moving into afternoon with sunshine. temperatures into 60s. high of 66 in san jose. so accu-weather forecast says showers tomorrow, perhaps an ace slated lightning strike. a break in the rain saturday night, into sunday. i want focus wednesday into thursday. looks like it might pack a punch
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like what we saw earlier. >> don't forget, we can look at live doppler seven hd any time. >> yes. all you have to look is the abc7 weather app. >> check that out. just ahead a young man makes a wish for truth.
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a dream will come true for a young man. >> the make a wish foundation reached out to the organization here and golden state warriors. >> if you've had a wish fulfilled, you know how ken feels he's a basketball fanatic. and is hanging out with his favorite player. >> we met about a year back. he said we'll look after you. so that is my wish. >> three years ago trent was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma and given just two weeks to live.
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his mother showed us picture and today, he'll attend an nba game. >> you found a winning game tonight? >> yes. i found it. >> they took time to meet trent and family he's get to see how golden state is golden so far this season where players and fans. their winning streak is attracting attention. >> i don't look at it as a band wagon, just as people have been coming exciting. >> he'll get too shoot hoops tonight with his idol.
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pretty humbling. >> trent learned he's in remission, a miracle. tonight, another wish comes true. in oakland, abc7 news >> and carolyn is at the game now, she's just e mailed us this photo. >> there is more still to come here tonight a reaction to the choke hold death of a suspect by a police officer. >> how police in san francisco are going the extra miles to catch a pair of killers. >> advance of another super
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demonstrators out in force from coast to coast. >> they're protesting a decision
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not to indict a white new york police officer who used a choke hold on a black man that later died in custody. >> up 14th street from city hall, we do have a live picture from boston. this is what police just lined up trying to keep protestors from going farther. >> it is disruptive. we have video from chicago. it did not hold for long they flooded the intersection. >> this is new york. protestors there assembling near headquarters in manhattan.
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>> big groups are back out again, tonight. you can see a crowd gathering here and hundreds of officers are out and hopeful tonight stays peaceful. the chants of eric garner's last words through new york city. a decision not to file charges against a police officer that put garner in an apparent choke hold for many, reaffirming the believe something has to change. >> grand jury systems are broken >> the issue that has to be addressed is making sure people have confidence, that police, law enforcement and prosecutors
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are serving everybody equally >> the officer shown bringing garner to the ground is suspended, the police unionin defends his actions. >> we feel badly there was a loss of life. mr. garner made a choice that day to resist arrest. >> the nypd is retraining and starting to use body cameras today, at the scene of the deadly confrontation, his mother was adamant those changes are not enough. >> they had a video that represents a body camera. it did nothing. try something else. >> and there investigation underway. >> attorney general eric holder had harsh words following the shooting death of a boy with a
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pellet gun. someone called police complaining about a boy pointing a gun at people. >> we have determined there is reasonable cause to believe the division of public police engaged in a pattern of using excessive force and as a result >> a grand jury will decide if dharnl charges will be filed. >> contra costa county deputies arrested a registered sex offender. they say he broke into a home and molested a child they think there may be more victims. deputies say he's listed in the megan's law data base because of a sex conviction. he's accused of sexual
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assaulting a 12-year-old girl in her bay point bedroom. >> police are searching for three men they say beat a hemless person to death last week in san francisco. officers pleaded for help. >> can you help us find homicide suspect. please. >> stopping commuters at montgomery bart station, police and and volunteers passed out pictures from a bloody scene of a killing. believe it or not that is putting it nicely n a press conference tuesday, veteran officers described the homicide. >> this is extremely brutal. a really awful attack. >> the 67-year-old weighed less than 100 pounds and used crutches the three man began beating and kicking him. police say he survived the first attack but the suspects came back and finished the murder.
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>> just a brutal, savage assault. >> investigators hope releasing surveillance video would help someone recognize the killers but they took to the streets. police hope they can start spreading the word beyond san francisco back to the communities where these commuters live. >> we believe the suspect came in through bart or muni. >> police say they might have attended an event called flask mob. >> awful story. >> not the story commuters wanted to hear. >> makes me uneasy. i'm a woman, not that strong. so i won't want that to happen to me. >> if you have information let us know. >> people just don't want to get involved almost. i can see the point. a lot of kids are carrying guns now. >> they found a thousand dollars
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in cash still on the body. >> we want to find the people and get them off the streets. find out why they did what they did. >> if you know anything? >> abc7 news. >> people in the philippines are bracing for another super typhoon tonight. 35 million people live in the projected path the government is prepared. some communities have been evacuated. police and military are ready to respond. the government has maps and people with smart phones can now get alerts and realtime information. it is expected to reach the philippines this weekend. >> nasa plans to try again tomorrow to get it's newest
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mission off the ground. >> we're scrubbed for the day. >> the loss of the space cap tul was delayed twice today. before clubbed because of a malfunctioning valve. it is designed to take astronauts to mars and to explore asteroids when launching a four and a half hour test flight will send 3600 miles into space. >> coming up next, birth
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a bay area group is hoping to begin clinical trials on technology they believe could revolutionize birth control. >> as cheryl jennings reports, it's aimed at men. >> for millions of men, condoms are vasectomy are the two choices for male birth control. >> just seems crazy but here was a better method. nobody was developing it. >> this birth control advocate
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heads up a foundation spearheading the develop of a kind of injectable sperm stopper. >> it's like a gel vasectomy. it blocks sperm. >> as seen in this animation, it aejected into the tube that sperm swim through and works like a filter, allowing fluids to pass but not larger sperm. researchers say it's proven effective in preventing pregnancy in animal testing but the gel has one more intriguing advantage according to developers. unlike a vasectomy, it is designed to be easily reversible. a second injection is used to dissolve the polymer. they received a grant and raising additional moneys with the goal of conducting human trials as early as next year. if approved advocates believe it
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could revolutionize birth control for men. >> it's reproductive rights issue for men they want to have reliable control over their own fertility. >> well, coming up next, a bay area man wages a personal storage war. >> challenge of getting a refund, unless you have 7 on your side.
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mom? dad? big uncle wayne?nut. hot chocolate. green tea. uh, decaf, cuz.
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wow. i'm dying for an herbal tea. the all new keurig 2.0. the most frustrating thing about a promise of a refund could be getting the money. >> yes. and >> it's an interesting >> mark takes us to his garage and calls it his man cave. so when he moved in to a mountain view apartment, he
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decided to rent a storage unit. . >> i wanted to keep the tool at home and that is great. >> i went back and said i made the wrong decision they said no problem. >> he is able to construct shelving leaving room for his truck and more. bart says peninsula storage promised a refund within 30 days >> so i waited to see it on my bank statement. i never saw that. >> he said he asked about the refund and got nowhere. mark turned to drums to relief stress over the situation. attempting to get his $140 refund turned into a headache. >> after a minimum of 90 days of
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frustration and i didn't know what to do. >> he decided to turn to seven on your side we contacted peninsula storage. the company declined an opportunity toechl plain what happened. the storage >> i slipped through the cracks. >> mark is happy he got his refund. >> thank you. i tried so hard to get my money back. >> if you have a consumer problem let me know about it. and you can see my reports right there. >> we have more rain on the way. i want to show you a beautiful time lapse showing peeks of
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sunshine here and there. with no showers tracking now. taking a look at waters around equator over a month, they continue to warm. that is encouraging news. it continues to bring us a chance of above average precipitation in california and into the winter season. rain is in northern california tomorrow. temperatures into 60s across the state. so highs for your friday we'll see mid-60s across the board and the accu-weather forecast calls for rain tomorrow, and evening into weekend and a stronger storm next week.
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>> larry beil is here with sports. >> which quarterback would you take? they square off on sunday in the battle of the bay. sports is coming up next.
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good evening, will mark the first meeting between the teams if you had a chance to pick either one of them today, which would you take? now it's kienld of unclear who has the better fewer. both selected to be the 36th pick. cap loaded with play makers but just can't score two. quarterbacks have similar stats.
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and kap is twice as many times than any in the league. and that is a concern for defensive linemen. >> you don't want to get out to get man to man courage. so it has to be a team effort. and he'll have to hold it longer. >> greg roman met the coordinator since the gm's taughter criticized him on twitter. roman says the tweet suggesting roman take a hike is part of the job. >> i have children and i
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understand. it's over. and it's not an issue. i didn't react in an emotional manner just a matter of fact manner. i understand these things do happen. it's over. >> huge college game in a pack 12 championship. the ducks led by marcus >> you are talking about a guy that won a highs man trophy. i don't know if he can declare it now but he has been a phenomenal player and really good against us. >> saturday, a big day. 9:00 a.m here on abc7, tcu facing iowa state. then, florida state undefeated by the way and georgia tech and
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acc title game. the war we ares off to their best start in franchise history will put their record and winning streak on the line hosting the new orleans pelicans. three from the final seconds helped them beat orlando. this he's got a nice touch. he runs and better every year. so he's going to provide it for
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us. >> that is steph curry showing off moves in the kitchen. daughter riley making a cameo appearance. isha writes a blog called little lights of mine she exchanges recipes and has her own olive oil but it's entertaining. >> little girl is cute. adorable. >> join us tonight on cable channel 13. the oldest art said to exist. and that is at 9:00 >> american dream in den yichlt
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one woman went to fashion design queen. >> how cute is that little girl. >> tonight's line up starts with the taste, followed by how to get away with murder, then, back with abc7 news at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition. >> if all of us here, we
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this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's kids week contestants -- she loves working with little kids and would like to become a preschool teacher, from cincinnati, ohio, it's not nap time. it's time to say hello to... [ applause ] she wants to dedicate her life to building things that benefit people and thinks becoming a civil engineer is the way to go, from largo, maryland, let's work out a way to welcome... [ applause ] and he wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help people, from west palm beach, florida, get ready to tweet out a congratulations for... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek!
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thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. i'm sure you've noticed that one of the main differences between our kids week shows and our regular fare, aside from the age factor, of course, is the element of emotion. as talented as they are, these very bright young people, haven't yet had too many experiences in life where they were not the winners. and that can be pretty tough on some of them. nevertheless, we hope that their visit to "jeopardy!" winds up being viewed by them as a positive one. olivia, courtney, and zane, welcome, good luck. let's go to work. here are the categories for the first round of play today... next... ooh... you'll deal with... you'll be... and... zane, you start us. places, everybody for $1,000, please.

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