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area. tonight pope francis says he plans to make father sarah a saint but it's not without ñ%: controversy. >> he has one miracle to his name. one nun was cured from lupus. >> andy gal vein made it his mission to lobby for his elevation to saint hood. >> he brought christianity to california. it was never here before. >> he was referred to as the
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father of the missions he converted indians into christians. most 4th graders are taught about his role. >> we know reality is that it seems california native americans way of wife completely. >> it appears they call the pope's announcement disappointing. >> indian people weren't allowed to leave. they were forced to work which today we call slavery. >> he was he was living in a time when the spanish were ñsym california. he was a good person in a bad situation. everybody i've read he loved indians. >> he says he is considered a holy man. the pope has waived the rules
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that require a second miracle. >> a man is in critical condition after being shot by a police officer near 20th street about 1:30 this afternoon this is video of the scene from sky 7 hd. the officer was patrolling the area which had a rash of robberies. >> looks like he was here to investigate a person. the officer defended himself. >> the police say the suspect hatted a bag full of methamphetamine and other bags of marijuana. the suspect is in critical condition in the hospital. >> we know about why a car jumped a curb and injured six people. police say a 63-year-old woman
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appears to have experienced a medical problem and lost control of her car yesterday. they aren't certain why she didn't apply brakes until she was el inside of the store the car struck a 19-year-old sending her to the ground breaking both of her feet. >> there is glass everywhere. just a bunch of screaming. >> her friend was dragged under the car through the store. both survived but it may be a long time until they recover. >> dumping millions of gallons of good drinking water is not what you expect to see during a drought. but athat is what happened today in san mateo county. a day's worth of water spilling right into san mateo creek. we're live on why this happened. david? >> let's think about that.xd
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55 milans of coming down crystal springs dam. if you're having difficulty conceptualizing you can fill 1.1 million bathtubs with the water. >>çó there are 22 billion gallons of water in the reservoir held in the dam. if there is a breach it is over capacity. and they were undergoing their first ever test under the watchful eye of two state inspectors. >> we wanted to make sure we didn't have anything to slow us down. any debris. we wanted to make sure we knew how it was going to move down
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the channel.w3 this isfá drinking water. waiting behind the dam for release. >>ç offic s sayw3ç[v: it wasn't possible to capture÷ú spilled iet willc come back+o to usi] in some form but is not very feasible to capture the water. that is what will occur. >> that will spin in the water. it sends out a reading so we know how fast it's moving. >> one foot is about a size of a
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basketball. >> it doesn't appear we'll be getting much rain for a while. probably not for the rest of the month, even. it seems to be getting worse. >> it does. that is some slight improvement. rainfall is around the bay area, you can see all locations are ahead of the average level. we had 15.09 inches of rain to date. if we don't get rain before february 9th, the average total is about 15.10 inches we'll have slipped below average level for
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the season today. so we're hoping for rain but may not get any. >>ym san jose mayore6 vows to take ñ the fight to the u.s. supreme court. this after a appeals courtçó today rejected theym claims that it violates federal antitrust laws the judges agreedym saying only congress or the supreme court can overturn exemptions. the commissioner elect said it's time to move on and focus on plans to build a stadium in oakland. >> now 49ers introduced a man they have picked to replace jim harbaugh. >> that is right. >> this is his first time it's a new deal.
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this is one of the most uncomfortable news éxd conferences i have seen. he gave long(ç rambling answers and did not look readyq to take control. the hope is that he is more comfortable on the sidefá6z lines.lpc collin? fair? >> fair, larry.ñi he looked like a guy that wasmy#m front of bosses but changes are coming. the jim tomtula era begins. specifically attention to detail.t( >> back your own bags. >> treat men like men but hold
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them accountable. could a change translate to more wins on the field? >> little thingst( çmatter. it's a bunch of collections that make thezv÷ú difference. and that is the level ofç accountability in this case for thisht to understanding that those little details add up. >> in football there is a term. he's a he lives an@k< breathes the"cí game with a smile.nbñ >> pt)jñ for peoplexdñi makesñrg#çim diven. i was excited÷úq during the game,p sneaking into defensive line. so it will be fun. >> he won't guarantee a super bowl but did say anything short of that meançwçv the team didn't
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achieve his goal. >> fan reaction was pretty much like mine. the callers just blasted this on sports radio. outside of the stadium more optimistic. >> it's a great coach. hew3 you know seems he's thereko for his players greatym teacher.d8 soñi seems that other players are supporting him. >> sad for the team the organization. i'm surg÷l
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not surprisingly top priority is the housing crisis. >> we'll increase by $100 million helping 1500 families by bia home in san francisco. >> ñhe mayor wants to put an affordable housing bond on the november ballot. and work with the state legislature onç r j.ñóghmúo> the mayor mefrngsed a high-quality education as a must
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to disrupt business as usual >> drivers heading into downtown will face delays this weekend. first, fremont street off ramp will be closed on saturday from midnight until 4:00 a.m . cars will be diverted to harrison street then, saturday, sunday fremont street will be closed between howard and folsom streets and closing the off ramp. this is also construction work. >> weekend getting closer. it's been raw in spots. >> clouds around today and haze. there is now moisture in the air. here you can see areas of green reaching through parts of sonoma county now and out to sea.
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and no reports of rainfall. 55 in san francisco. 51 injuth. and to a view from earlier and late afternoon hours, this things moderate over the weekend by monday good air quality in a couple regions. spotty showers in the nortxr bay tomorrow. slight chance of showers again sunday. and overnight, fog coming at us from two directions.
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and some pushing through the straight and delta. so drive carefully. it's pushed in moisture in the air that our radar is picking up at 5:00 in the morning clouds, fog, and approaching rain from the north with spotty rain likely. and by saturday morning we'll see areas of light rain. locations dropped down to 39. tomorrow, we expect highs to range from about 60s to maybe 64
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degrees under hazy conditions for much of the bay area. and another spare the air day tomorrow, we're expecting improving air quality over the weekend. monday martin luther king day holiday for many of us.xd and a mild dry week ahead. >> next what could happen when your airline leaves you out in the cold. >> yes. huge fine agains
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a surprise announcement from google. google class eye wear connected to the internet. explorer edition has been out two years now for $1500 a pair. google says it will stop selling them until it can develop a more polished version. they've taken it away from the google x laboratory and placed it in their smart appliance division. last day to buy will be monday. >> bay area real estate seems to be picking up steam tonight sales more than 14% higher than the previous year. prices are way up as well
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the median price of the homes that sold in marin county was $915,000 up 21%. san francisco prices are higher than that. contra costa and santa clara up by double dinl yits as well. >> southwest airlines learned how costly it can be to violate the passenger bill of rights. it was fined for holding people for hours on the tarmac 69 people were cooped up for hours because southwest didn't have enough staff to take care of them. >> still to come update on the drought. it's gone from bad to just bad.
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cal train is delayed because of this. a train hit the back of a car on the tracks at the broadway crossing. we're hearing a man and child were in that car. we're glad to say neither was hurt. >> caltrans recommends people use sam trance. >> january is supposed to be the rainiest month of the year. bone dry with almost nothing on the horizon. it's creating a lot of concern and state and federal water
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managers are preparing for drought. >> in rockland another storm system approached >> i feel bad for residents that are nervous n a news conference the top water officials said we of no> we need more sierra snow. >> as hard as the drought has been on people, it's been as bad for wildlife. last year agencies released 30 million young salmon into the delta. the director of fish and
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wildlife spoke of the increasing conflict caused by drought. >> we saw bears mountain lions in places we'd never seen before. for example wandering around tout bakersfield. state water officials announced december rain would allow to increase deliveries to customers. but the message was dire. >> the government of mexico today said it will start issuing birth certificates at kons litesconsulates in de united states. until now,w3 they've been issued only in mexico.
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113,000 undocumented immigrants have applied for a california's driver's license since the first of the year. >> another shoot out in europe between police and suspected terrorists. that is gunfire, authorities say they learned the people returned from syria and were plotting an attack. >> starting tomorrow, it will be a lot easier to travel to cuba. airlines and travel agencies will be able to book tickets there with out a special license. >> these 50 years have shown isolation has not worked >> a new relationship and starting friday, average
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american will be able to reap benefits. for 50 years americans had to ask permission to go to cuba. on friday, you no longer have to clear the trip as long it's for certain purposes american citizens will be able to bring in $400 worth of goods it will be limited to $100 worth of alcohol and tobacco products including world famous cigars the obama administration is hopeful this will be the start of easing tensions between the two countries but critics are worried it will put more power in the hands of the castro familyq dictatorship. but polls show most support the
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switch and starting friday will get to take advantage of the new partnership for the first time in a long time. >> tonight's money matters stock prices fall. dow jones dropped because of also appointing results. target is giving up on canada the company said it will close it's 133 canadian stores and let 17,000 workers go. target lost 5.5 billion and says it would have taken six years to turn a profit. >> apple iphone is facing competition a chinese manufacturer known for low-priced phones introduced a model that is comparable to iphone 6 but thinner lighter and less than half of the price. >> today two climbers are
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talking about their amazing feat in yosemite. >> tommy kaldwell goes back to his childhood. seven years ago he considered the wall the future of climbing. >> i looked i was like i'm never going to be able to climb his perspective changed and kevin jorgenson the effort. in hopes they can find a balance. he admits 15 pitch made him question everything. >> it just happened these fingers had cuts in them. >> 11 times fingers failed him.
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he spent a year waiting for cuts to heal. >> his broken words evidence of the investment. he lost it cheering on jorgenson. and the moment still surreal. >> you can feel the hope and desire and stress as they drip off of you. you're just hanging there. >> they hope memories will live on. >> i hope everybody is take the wall as an example of what is
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breaking news now we return to where sky 7 is live where cal train is delayed. this is southbound. you can see the car just up to the back there. >> yes. this no word on why the car was on the track. it's going to be sometime before they can get this sorted out. it is recommended people use sam transit in that area to get around. >> and a woman tells us she lived in a construction zone for months >> tonight michael finney is
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here with the story. >> what would you do? workers tore out what may be the most-important room in the home, the bathroom. they didn't put in a new one. well let's just say it didn't sit too well with the homeowner. she's showing us how the bathroom looked. >> everything was torn up. >> no sink, toilet or tub. only the promise of a new bathroom but it still looked like this. >> she hired sears home services to do the work. a crew ripped out the old stuff in august. they itñr that way. >> they made excuses. >> after a month, the crew
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installed a temporary toilri) but that is it. >> very inconvenient. >> still no bathroom she got tired of running down stairs to shower. >> i just got disgusted with the inconvenience. >> managers at sears took action >> another person was put on the job. and that person got on it. >> they transformed it into this. >> i don't have to go down stairs, 15 steps down. >> the company didn't give a reason for the delay but told me sears takes pride if provide be members and customer was quality products and services. we apologize for the delay and
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she found her chip and just a few phone calls before her family knew she was alive. >> a huge wow. the is hes tim works >> they drove identify the dog. he was too nervous to tell the family. . >> i didn't know if she was injured or what she's been through. it's pretty hard to leave her >> the joyful and lasting reunion. >> it's amazing. you know? to see her again. >> just feeling aprily now. >> when hanna disappeared, mia was only five. the family believes she was stolen. after months turned into years they never thought they'd see her again.
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animal services says etc. one more reason every pet should be microchiped they plan to take her to the vet, then, home. . >> i feel bad for her being in the wild. here just going to spoil her. and just going to make her green. >>y united with the family and throne. >> poor thing. >> so great she's back in good hands. >> yes. let's talk about the weather. still chilly no rain. >> that is right. >> we do have moisture right now and there may be a springel or two in the ground. greatest chance of that tomorrow will close in a little bit. we'll have parts of marin county was a blank of moisture.
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good evening virtually everybody that dealt with him as nice things to say about the new head coach. but there is a huge difference between coaching the defensive line as opposed to everybody on the team then dealing with other responsibilities of being a head coach like media. we saw that today m the
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first news conference. and did not look comfortable this afternoon. that is fair to say. he was hesitant at times. and just went off on tan jents. he was probably very nervous he found announced jim harbaugh as a franchise coach. tomsula was never in consideration. what changed in four years? what makes him worthy now
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opposed to then? >> i think he would have been ready to step in that is his mind set. i don't think he's afraid to fail. >> head coach is interest there. and is in is that guy. all players or all this. and is everybody. >> he is out spoken and loud you know? >> he's a player's coach they'll do anything for him. once you see this you'll understand
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why. >> just play good back side defense. do you understand? that is all he's going to come back. just be there. in reference to collin capernick he said he would like him to become himself again. read into that what you will. larry? >> thank you. i love the video on the side lines there. that is the tomsula i want to see in the news conferences. thank you. good news for stanford football as kevin hogan says he's going to return to the farm for a
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fifth season. he played really well, looking fantastic. going to forgo nfl draft. his record is 24-8 as starter. round of golf with a tee shot. 177 yards, look at oh, pops into the hole for ace only thing better is this. a little moon walk. yes. we can do that. the dancing is better than shot perhaps? jiminez even par 72. abc7 sports brought to you by bank of the west. if he had done all of that, it would have been good. >> yes. >> thank you. >> join us tonight at 9:00, the one thing missing from this year's nominations.
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why many are asking what was hollywood thinking? at 9:00 >> then at 11:00 a high-priced drone stolen from a local agency. some are upset the department has drones >> our coverage of breaking news continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. we appreciate your time. >> from all of us here have a great evening. we'll see you later.
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