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church is the sum of its people and the people have spoken. >> backlash tonight against san francisco's catholic arch by shop. >> hundreds gather against this controversial move to make teachers sign clauses. a father of a local superstar turn out as well. >> tom brady's very own dad came to this prayer vigil. he and others are outrage to get teachers to sign morals
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contract. >> it makes me sad. >> selena sutton stood on the street and was proud of her catholic education. >> we ask the by shop to stop this effort. >> catholic school teachers may be required to sign morals clauses. >> our contracts ask us to be people of integrity and to honor the catholic faith and we do. what is the problem here? it makes me nervous. >> it makes the church seem like it's pushing away its people. >> we found the father of patriots tom brady he says a morals clause is wrong. >> it's totally unfair and it
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impink upon their personal life and he doesn't have the right to do that. >> the intention is certainly not to pry into the private lives of teachers. >> it's about staying on message with the church. others agree. >> we're allowed to stand up for our product and just as someone who works with coca-cola can't expect to go into work each day with can of pepsi and sing the virtues of pepsi. >> state legislature may ask the arch bishop to reconsider its decision. parnttle -- parents of students say they are taking action after their kids received pamphlets. they received questions about adultery masturbation and abortion. >> these are elementary school kids. these are topic that are not in
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the receipt em of -- realm of what is appropriate to discuss with them. >> the pamphlets were designed to prepare the children for confession. parents are now working to help build communication between the church ask the school. even as california is facing a measles outbreak. there's a this. a super bug may have contributed to the death of two people at a ucla hospital. the threat is not over. we're live in san jose tonight where an expert talked about infectious disease. >> ucla says the patients were examined with an endoscope that were sterilized according to the manufacturer instructions. they were couldn't team natd with -- didn't contaminated with bacteria. >> it's a class of bacteria resist tan to advanced antibiotics.
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there have been outbreaks across the country since 2001. >> the mortality associated with these infections can range as high as 14%. >> that is for people who are already vulnerable. ucla 179 patients were exposed during endoscopic procedures between october and january. seven are infected. the scope looked like this. >> the device can have the bacteria on it and that's why if it's not cleaned out appropriately, then it can spread from one person to another. >> a spokesperson says the scopes in question have been removed and decontamination procedures upgraded. dr. malick believes the manufacturer will also be reevaluating its policies but big picture, the threat remains. >> not panic but have a judicious concern about the situation we're facing and we're going to continue to face this. bacteria are not going to leave. they are not going to stop evolving.
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>> ucla is sending home testing kits to p patients who are exposed. investigators just ruled a mystery death a murder and they are working around the clock to solve the case. they are looking for two women considered people of interest in the murder of robert highser. the women were spotted inside a video store in east san jose they were accused of using his credit card. he was found dead in his gil roy home on monday. an autopsy reveal he suffered billion force trauma. the search son now for a gunman after two men were shot and critically wounded. it happened in the mission district. the victims got into an argument with a man bho pulled -- who pull out a gun and opened fire. three days later and the flow of water had finally turned into a trickle after a major
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aqua duct floodpipeline. this is exactly what we're talking about. >> reporter: this is how the east bay gets its water and as you can imagine 80 million gallons of water is delivered through this pipe every day. you can imagine how much damage one small leak can cause. that's the sound of a ruptured ak request you duct -- ak we duct. it got the emergency call monday morning. thernlt able -- they weren't able to stop the flow for two days. >> a pipe like this takes hours to turn off. the valves are very large and it takes a lot of time to stop the water from flowing. if you were to stop it faster you could cause more breaks up and down the line. >> the ruptured pipe is unwith of three that delivers drinking water. >> i felt a jolt on sunday night
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about 10:30 plus or minus. >> i felt a sharp jolt. i think it was an earthquake, but i didn't confirm that. >> the usgs says there's no record of seismic activity at the time which could mean the jolt was caused by the rupture. so far, 3.5 million of water has been lost. >> given the lack of rain and everything else it's kind of alarming. >> not a huge impact on the east bay which uses 150 million gallons each day. crews will begin fixing it and it could take a week. in walnut creek. a proposed tuition hike at the university of california has been postpone for now. university of california president janet napolitano made the announcement today. she says it's a good faith gesture over a discussion with jerry brown over state funding. tuition could still be raised in the fall.
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usfs has received a $100 million donation. thanks to boil -- billionaire charles feeney. he made his fortune creating duty-free shops around the world. do you dread parking in san francisco? there may be a solution. >> we have details. >> parking can be frustrating but there is a better way. a secret way. it's simple, cheap and now you can finally say good-bye to the endless circling and a high-priced garage. >> plus a bob breast cancer break through. and the shooting star that shook more than a few people out of bed. i'm abc seven news meteorologist we'll have a little bit of fog for your
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my name is tony sartorio. i'm a lineman for pg&e out of the concord service center. i have lived here pretty much my whole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. i'm there to do the safest job possible - not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. i'm very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg&e because it's my hometown. it's a rewarding feeling.
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a possible breakthrough in breast cancer treatment is helping patients living longer. it involves a new drug cocktail which uses a mixture of three drug instead of the usual two. part of the formula is made by a south san francisco company. >> very promising. it is all-too familiar tale searching for hours looking for street parking in san francisco. >> there's another option.
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>> there's a new solution to our parking woes. this is interesting. >> whether you are headed to work in the financial district or shopping in union square, parking is a problem for most of us in the city. there's a better way. many people don't know that you can actually have someone else park your car and the cost just $5. alyssa barker says parking in san francisco with a toddler can be painful. it sucks. we had to walk ten minutes just to get from the parking garage to here. >> some sparts of the city you can get a valet on demand. in the last year two valley companies have launch in san francisco. >> it's a new way to park. instead of going through the hagles of trying to find parking on the streets, you let us know through the app and select a location and we'll send a valet to park your car.
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>> this woman lives in san francisco and uses the valet regularly to commute with her puppy. >> it's easier using a door-to-door service. >> she finds it saves her money too. >> we find under utilized parking spaces and we rent those and we pass the savings on to the customers. >> the charge is $5 an hour and it maxs out at $15 for the entire day. the other company charged a fee of $15. many find it cheaper than paying to park. >> one day i drove in with a world series game day with the giants and every parking lot was $60 and zurks was still $15. >> we found out both services.
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it's actually quite simple. i just type in where i'm going. then the company keeps track of where i am and when i arrive. >> and boom the valet is waiting. >> when i'm ready to have the car return, i simply request it back on my smart phone. credit cards are stored in the app and tips are included in the fee, so there's no money exchange directly with the valet. both companies carry $2 medical in -- $2 million in insurance in case something happens while they have your car. >> people who do the parking the cars, we do a seven-year background check on them. we also check dmv for points and violations. >> both companies require their drivers to pass a driving test. >> beyond that within the ad you can see a picture of them, so you know it's actually them. >> now, if you are willing to pay extra, both companies will offer to fill up your gas tank and even have your car washed. >> oh, i like that.
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>> you know what i don't like, i didn't think of it. good report. the oscars are this sunday and today we have an interesting tidbit about the envelopes holding the names of the winners. they haven't always been around. it started in 1941. thaws because in p 1940 the language times broke the embargo on the list of winners. that prompted the academy to adopt the sealed envelope system still in use today. abc 7 is your home for oscar sun. our live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. on the red carpet at the oscars. at 4 see what the stars are wearing. and 5:30, watch who wins. and we'll be in los angeles for the oscars. live reports begin on friday. >> it's going to be a great weekend. will it be a great weekend in terms of the weather? >> we're check ong what's
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happening outside. >> it's going to be picture perfect for your outdoor plans this week. nobody is going to be outdoors. here's a look at the live doppler hd right now. visible is low. low-lying areas could see some flooding due to the king tide. high tide at golden gate. almost seven feet at 11:29 in the morning. watch out for the potential for flooding. temperatures, 40s, 50s, right now and as you take a live look at our kgo roof camera, visibility is good from this perspective. the rain chance is still showing up in our extended forecast. that's really actually exciting news. high pressure here is going to be the controlling factor. so very little change the next few days. we'll keep it comfortable, spring like. there will be some changes for your sun. this low pressure system is going to drop down over the week
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and bringing a slight chance of snow for the tahoe area. for the bay area cool, dry, and breezy on sunday especially that's when the temperatures will dip a little bit. it's a cooler air mass. long-range forecast, this is encouraging, it looks like rain friday, february 27th and saturday february 28th. it's a chance of rain in about nine to ten days and trust me we need it, when you take a look at the average winter rain for san francisco, typically the three wettest months for us, 4.5 inches in february and just under that in january and in march, we get 3 inches of rain. take a wild guess how much we've gotten? nothing measurable in january. we are definitely starting to fall behind. season-to-date, in san francisco, we're at 98% of normal, 96% oakland airport 92
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in santa rosa. some areas running above average. liver more you've received almost 12 inches of rain. 114% of average. here's what you are going to have to deal with tomorrow morning, the fog. the visibility is down to a quarter of a mile. watch out. not going to be quite as extensive but you will see some areas of thick fog. throw 30s to low 50s in the morning. bundle up. it's spring-like, short sleeve weather in liver more. we will still see some patches of low clouds lingering. accuweather seven-day forecast bumping up the temperatures mid 60s to low 70s. oscar sunday, picture perfect outside. a little cooler. dry right on through the mig ver middle of the week. coming up next
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incoming a fire ball lit up the sky early in pennsylvania tuesday morning. nasa caught the meteor on camera as it crashed intoering's atmosphere. the bright flash and boom terrified everybody who saw it. luckily the estimated 500 space rock burned up before it hit the ground. attention girl scout cookie fans, your orders may be delayed and you may blame the thin mints which are back ordered this season. little brownie bakers, the company that make the treats, says it's behind in producing the minty chocolate coated cookie. shipments have been pushed back at least a week.
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good evening. twitter offers the unique opportunity to connect with people you will never meet or perhaps ever want to meet. case in point, colin kaepernick incinerating a critic started with posting his work out, et cetera et cetera. stephen batten responded ab work
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out won't find open receiver #study. that touched a nerve. so cap wrote back, are you ill literate literate? if you can't do it, mind your own business clown and final you got eight followers, get better at live. on he doesn't have any followers anymore thank to you he's got 17 oork and counting. niners, gm you remember his daughter got in trouble for tweeting about the offensive coordinator. he was at the nfl combine talking about cap's program. >> i think he feels comfortable right now with where he's at and hopefully that transfers to the field. >> maybe the best rivalry in all of college basketball duke and north carolina they met tonight. it was intense. it was nuts. it was over time! just before tip-off, roy
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williams and both teams gathered in midcourt. a moment of sight -- silence for the late dean smith. 6'1e finishes with the left hand. he's going to be the number one pick in the nba draft. second half justin jackson, reversing it. carolina is up 10. 4:00 to go. what could go wrong? jones, tied. 3.5 left. marcus page can't get the rebound. duke pulls it out. 92-90. the bay area's version of duke and kal -- carolina. cardinal ruling early, 9-2
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my name is bret hembree. i am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. i was born and raised in the cupertino area. it's a fantastic area to work. the new technology that we are installing out in the field is important for the customers because system reliability i believe is number one. pg&e is always trying to plan for the future and we are always trying to build something stronger and bigger and more reliable. i love living here and i love the community i serve. nobody wants to be without power. i don't want my family to be without power. it's much more personal to me for that reason. i don't think there's any place i really would rather be. that is our report. another day of no rain. >> it's going to be spring-like.
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