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as we look down moore park the sun is in our eyes, but those blood hounds are out there. now concern for his whereabouts as we go back to sky 7 hd overhead is high because of his being -- awaiting trial for five counts of child molestation. much of the north side of the complex remains locked down. and a county wide child therapy center was on lockdown. however, as the search perimeter changed the lockdown was lifted and parents were able to get their children out. we get the latest now from a neighbor who says that this area has always been one of concern. >> being next to the hospital, there's a lot of people that come by. so we keep everything locked up and pretty tight. you know, are always looking out to see what's going on. >> reporter: now, the suspect janelle carter is 5'11", 220 pounds with that tattoo on the left side of his neck with the
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name alice. he was last wearing a green shirt and brown pants. he has a goatee and a freshly shaved head. he's restrained by waist chains and handcuffs. at least everyone is hoping he still is. the primary search area involves an apartment complex at moore park and thornton way. one of the deputies has been injured, an injury to the shoulder we're told. so that makes two deputies who are injured as a result of the prisoner escaping. again, the suspect carter is in custody for five counts of child molestation. they want to get him back behind bars awaiting trial for the serious charges. david louie abc 7 news. and disturbing video out of the oakland unified school district. school officers are dragging and punching a student. it happened last year and now the oakland unified police chief is calling for a review of what happened. laura anthony has the story.
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>> reporter: well hi dan. just got off the phone for the attorney of the family with the boy, they're considering a civil lawsuit against the district. the police chief also upset by what he sees on this video. he described it for us in detail. saying that these are actions among his civilian officers that he says are totally unacceptable. >> in this case, i don't see him doing anything but standing at the threshold of the door. >> reporter: it happened on january 22, 2014. a 15-year-old freshman had been called to the office at fremont high for a meeting with an administrator. as shown on the video, the student stands there for a few moments before he's approached by two security officers who apparently want him to move. >> so you see a security officer right here, the jacket he comes up to talk to him. the reports state that he's asking him to leave the threshold of the door. >> reporter: the events as described by the new police chief -- >> he'll push him into the officer.
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the officer will turn around put his arm around his neck put him in this hold. >> reporter: the student appears to struggle with the officers but no punches are thrown until the threesome gets to the hallway. >> the student will throw a punch at the security officer and then the security officer kind -- you can see the movement of him punching back. >> reporter: he is quite troubled, not only by the officer's use of force but by the fact that the video sat in a file for 14 months. last may this video surfaced showing another school security officer, mitchell, punching a student in a wheelchair at oakland high. an attorney represents mitchell who goes on trial next month for felony assault. >> without the appropriate resources, a school security officer is forced to deal with a very difficult situation alone. or with very limited help. >> reporter: godan will call for more training and he's placed the two security officers on paid leave pending the outcome
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of the investigation. >> you don't put your hands on the kid unless you have justification to do it. based on what i have seen, unless something else comes up, i don't see justification for putting his hands on him. >> reporter: the student no longer attends fremont high. >> san jose police need your help in a shooting investigation that sent a bullet into a highway patrol cruiser. this story was breaking on abc 7 morning news. investigators shut down highway 101 while searching for evidence between tully and story roads. someone fired in the direction of two chp officers during a traffic stop. about 11:30 last night. one bullet hit their cruiser. the officers were not hurt. investigators are still trying to determine if the shots came from a moving car or maybe the surrounding neighborhood. >> if something comes to light where we determine that this was a targeted attack then again we'll take the appropriate measures. but nothing right now that would lead us to believe that. >> police are asking anyone who was in that area to please
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contact them immediately. a hit and run involving a pedestrian in hayward has become a homicide investigation. police say the 50-year-old man hit on his way to work yesterday has died. the man was walking in the parking garage in the industrial complex on west wynton avenue. investigators are looking for a vehicle with front bumper and hood damage along with a bashed in windshield and side windows. a former youth counselor faces life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing four young girls. a jury found waking bailey of san jose guilty of multiple sex crimes involving rape. his victims were all girls. three under the age of 14. the fourth and 18-year-old girl with the mental capability of a 5-year-old. bailey worked as a counselor for troubled an disabled youth from 2007 to 2011. now, these crimes happened at two assisted living facilities east field, and achieve kids in san jose. a high profile sex
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discrimination trial continues against the venture capital firm. kleiner perkins is being sued and tiffany wilson has today's testimony in the san francisco superior court. >> reporter: well, ellen powell is suing her former employee for $16 million. because it's one that's going to trial where you're getting a rare glimpse into the often cloistered world of venture capitalists. powell filed a come plapts in 2012 saying she was sexually discriminated against, passed over for promotions but there was a sexually charged atmosphere and she felt re retaliated against after having an affair with a married colleague. we heard from an independent investigator who was hired to look into these complaints and he discussed his conversations with powell where she says she was on a private jet where the
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men talked about porn stars and prostitutes. she alleged there were all male dinners and women were asked to take notes specifically at off site events. today during cross-examination that independent investigator says that he spoke with other women who worked at the firm who disagree with powell's characterization and who said that it was a very gender equal place to work. and at this point, he is expected to return to the stand on monday to continue his testimony. and no matter what happens at this point, gender rights advocates say this trial is doing a lot of good. >> i think many of the things that we hope to come out of this has already come out. i think there's been a spotlight on issues in tech and finance that are often whispered behind hand, said quietly in hot lines to us but not out in the open. it's important to understand there's real barriers that women face when they're trying to exceed in these really tough fields. >> reporter: powell is expected to take the stand after the
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investigator is finished. so we do anticipate that that will happen at some point on monday. she's expected to testify for several days and then the entire trial should wrap up at some point during the week of march 23. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> thank you. nearly all students at a san bruno elementary school skipped school to show support for they're teachers. the sickout was held at belle air elementary school. only 75 of the 340 students showed up for class today. the school district is facing a more than $2 million deficit and is looking to cut teachers and put more children in the classroom. parents and students confronted superintendent david hutt and this is what he had to say to them. >> today is a school day. it is a very important day for the children to be able to attend school today. the adults are having to work through some very significant issues. but those are issues that for us
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as adults we need to work through to support children. >> teachers are currently working under a contract that expired last june. the port of oakland is still dealing with a cargo backup tonight, following a month long labor dispute. the new labor contract was agreed on but the backup may not be cleared for two months. all sides are working together and customers should see the benefits of faster, smoother cargo flow soon. but he stopped short of saying everything is okay. >> the chief engineer of the new eastern span of the bay bridge insists that the bridge is safe despite cracks in the anchor rods. the chronicle reports brian maroney told state officials that the structure would barely move in a major earthquake. even if
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all the rods that secure the suspension span tower to it were missing. actor harrison ford is recovering in a southern california hospital tonight while fellow pilots are praising the way he guided the failing plane to a relatively safe crash landing. soon after the 72-year-old took off from the santa monica hospital, he radioed the engine on his 1940's aeroplane had stopped working. the engine. he was able to crash land his plane away from homes and on the golf course next to the airport. the star wars and indiana jones star was very fortunate. a pair of doctors were golfing at the penmar course at the time of the crash. >> you don't go golfing expecting to see a airplane extract an it's somebody you know from the movies. >> his injuries are not life threatening. he is in stable condition at a hospital tonight. meantime, a freak accident involving an untied shoelace sent a little girl to stanford hospital with a serious injury.
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chris wynn has the story. >> reporter: it was a lunch time accident that sent 7-year-old sophia to the hospital at stanford for nearly a week. >> i tripped on my shoelace. and i fell on the curb. and i hit my side on it. >> reporter: she went to the school nurse's office because of the pain and she had thrown up. her parents took her home and the vomiting continued and so did the trips. first to the ur jentdzgent care center and then she was taken to stanford. >> when we saw the ct scan we were floored. we didn't think it was possible to break a piece of your kidney off. >> reporter: but it happened to see fee ya and something needed to be done to save her kidney. the endoscopic surgery was performed. >> we put a plastic stint in and the purpose is to let the urine go out into the bladder rather than sitting around the kidneys. >> reporter: how do you explain this to a 7-year-old girl?
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>> we drew her a picture of a happy kidney on one side with a little smiley face and a sad kidney on the other. we told her this is the kidney that got hurt, but he's going to get better in a couple of weeks. his sad face will turn happy. >> reporter: sophia will be out of school for the next two weeks but doctors have given her some homework. >> i'm supposed to walk, walk three times a day. and it's very tricky because there's lots of pressure. >> reporter: although she is tired an assignment she said she's happy to do. she was originally scheduled to go home today but doctors tell us that has been pushed to tomorrow. they want to monitor her fever which is something that is common with kidney injury. reporting at stanford, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> what a sweet -- >> i hope she feels better soon. >> poor thing. well, speaking of kidneys just ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00 phase two of the six person kidney transplant in san francisco. doctors let us know how everybody is doing. >> an announcement on the raiders feature in
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covering walnut creek, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> well, we continue to follow breaking news in san jose. sky 7 hd over the intense search for the inmate who escaped after being treated at the medical clinic. that inmate is carter. he fought and injured one deputy, and he got away. then a second deputy was injured during the chase. both are expected to be okay. search dogs have been brought in to help the authorities. the streets near fulton way and near valley medical center are shut down. the inmate, carter is an accused molester. he has a tattoo on the left side of the neck that says alice. he was wearing a green shirt,
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brown pants, a freshly shaved head and goatee. we'll continue to follow this story on air and online at abc 7 news bay area. the second phase of a rare six-way kidney transplant is over tonight. part of a two-day operation involving 12 people. six donors, six recipients in all. abc 7's janet oh has an update on the patient's condition. >> reporter: it's very incredible. the transplants went very well for the six recipients involve and the operation started at 7:30 this morning. it wrapped up a couple of hours ago. the staff said this was the largest operation of its kind on the west coast. surgeons were busy all day yesterday and today but they're happy to say there were no complications. and everyone is doing fine. broussard kicked it off she was
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inspired after losing loved ones. doctors are hoping more people will become altruistic donors. >> i think the longest wait on the waiting list is 2 1/2 years and given that particular person would have likely waited another five to ten years had something like this not become available. the need is there. people need kidney transplants, over 100,000 people on the waiting list. and a number of those have living donors that are incompatible with them. >> reporter: doctors say there is a very low risk for donors and that medical advancements have made it easier for recovery as well. now, once the recipients get a chance to recover, recipient, donors and families will get a chance to meet face to face later this month. in san francisco janet oh abc 7 news. >> what a story. thanks very much. now this chain of events was set into motion by just one donor. you can register to become a donor through the california
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transplant donor network and literally save a life. we have a link at abc 7 news.com. all right. it is official, the oakland raiders signed an agreement to continue playing at the coliseum, but only for one more year. the raiders will pay a fee of $400,000 to use that coliseum for next season. the team will pay an additional fee to use the training facility in alameda. the deal lets officials turn their attention to building a new stadium. >> it now opens the door for the city, the real estate developers and the team to continue and hopefully complete in the near term a long term deal for the raiders to stay in oakland. >> that one year lease has to still be approved by the county board of supervisors. well what a sparkling day we are enjoying as we head into the weekend. >> just loving it. you look like you're ready for the weekend. >> i am so ready for the weekend. so nice out here. dan and cheryl really
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sparkling. a gentle breeze. it feels so good. it's warm out here. let me show you how warm it got in your neighborhood. you needed the sunscreen, shade, widely scattered 70s around the bay area. it was 70 in san francisco. 76 santa rosa. concord and liver more 72 degrees. near 80 for march 6 in santa cruz. crystal clear as you look at live doppler 7 hd. this is our mount cam showing you nothing but clear skies in the distance. it's still pretty warm around st. carlos and gilroy. 69 in san jose. east bay hills camera showing you a view of the mountain surrounded by sunshine. 67, napa. low 70s for concord livermore. blue skies tomorrow afternoon. golden gate bridge camera
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painting the view for the start of your weekend. clear tonight chilly inland. mild to warm for the next few days and daylight saving time begins on sunday. just wanted to remind you about that. high pressure really is just stubborn, sitting here. keeping the storms away. mild days will continue into next week. when you take a look at the changes that are coming for the weekend, they will be minor. 10:00 a.m. saturday, sunny. it's nice. then those of you who do not like the seasonably warm weather, well the fog will come in and hang around on sunday. so it will get cooler especially near the coast and bay for your sunday. tomorrow night, if you're going to the chinese new year parade in san francisco, the weather could not be better. it's going to be absolutely beautiful. clear skies. 62 degrees here in san francisco. dropping down to 56 degrees so happy lunar new year to those of you who celebrate. i know that rain is good luck and it has rained on the parade in years past. but it's not going to happen
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this year. clear and chilly mid to upper 40s for the coldest spot. 75 in south bay morgan hill, gilroy, 77. 74 in sunniville. on the peninsula, mid 70s. 70 in mill bray. downtown san francisco near 70 degrees. 64 in daley city. that fog in the north bay, 64 degrees. 76, santa rosa east bay don't forget your sunscreen. 74 fremont. inland spots a warm spring-like day. 75 in liver more. the fog will be back in the picture over the weekend. we do spring forward sunday at 2:00 a.m. we go to daylight saving time. that means you'll have an extra hour to enjoy the sun. i'm trying to look at the brighter side, you know, we're losing an hour of sleep here. sundown at 7:10 p.m.
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keep you in the 60s and 70s through next week. not a lot of change just a little cloud cover and some minor temperature fluctuations. the only thing missing up here, dan and cheryl, ice cream. >> yeah, a picnic would be nice. >> umbrella, perhaps. >> we need the rain. >> i'm coming up. well, just ahead energy drinks and teenagers. why pediatricians think it's a
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thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. who wants to try a new burger? that's good! it's really good. very juicy. that's melted garlic herb butter. it's original. i like soft buns. i would buy this. this is amazing! could this be from jack in the box? definitely not jack in the box no. i'm not a big fan of jack in the box burgers and... this is really good! thanks... i guess. that is my new buttery jack with garlic herb butter melted right on.
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you can go classic or bacon & swiss will they melt in your mouth? you butter believe it. are companies using ads to target teenagers and boost sales? well, yes, according to a new study but dartmouth researchers. energy drink commercials totaled more than 600 hours of air time. adolescents are getting too much caffeine can cause some health problems such as anxiety and poor sleep. many pediatricians urge
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teenagers to avoid those energy drinks altogether. well, we'll use a four letter word. >> snow. >> yes. >> a good one. >> michael finney is here with free stuff. >> well, we'll show you a good time. >> i like that. >> food, people like it more than a good time. a dinner and a show. look at this. is this amazing? this is from an italian restaurant. it's in san francisco this is from an italian restaurant. you get a $15 gift certificate. it's -- it serves authentic southern italian food, seafood, cocktails to wash the whole thing down. i was eating that earlier today. >> that's like shredded beef on there, i think. it's really -- >> you need a glass of wine with this. >> $15, you can get quite a bit. that's what the place looks like. that's the owner right there. a good guy. >> i love it. >> okay now -- we have a new
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site. >> look at this. >> hang on to that. bank of america this weekend, it is free museum weekend. bank of america, merrill lynch debit and credit card holders will get free weekend access to the museums. the museums on u.s. with -- designed to provide a benefit. it's $23 and the museum is $20 in san jose. find out out the information on the website. this is really popular. i have been telling people about it. it's expensive to go to the museum. imagine a family. >> you told us how to get this good stuff. >> thank you so much. >> well, asked the probing questions. at any time you can log on to abc 7 news.com. >> thank you michael. all right. just ahead, if you painted they
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more than 5,000 women signed up to attend the professional women's conference next tuesday. called pvwc for short. we'll hear from a woman who founded this organization 26 years ago congresswoman jackie spear. she tells us why it was needed back then and how far we have come when it comes to equal pay for equal work. i'm thrilled on the emcee for the morning session. so i hope you'll join me this sunday at our new time right here on abc 7. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, the latest on the breaking news in san jose. the search for a suspected child molester who used a medical appointment to escape from deputies. hundreds of people face eviction from a peninsula mobile home park. a symbol of the lack of affordable housing in silicon valley. the heart warming story of a
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woman who needs a wheel chair, but don't fall for it. it targets baby-sitters. >> thank you so much. finally, a bay area artist has brought new life to the park in the east bay. >> artist andrew knight put the final touches on the field of dreams murals in hayward this morning. >> children have played little league here for 60 years and his paintings are modeled after some of the kids. it took five months and many all nighters to accomplish. >> they're in a bright spot known for crime in the past. >> there's so much darkness and to bring something beautiful and to share it with everyone, there's nothing like it. >> i grew up in hayward so i live not too far from here. so i'm representing my hometown and it's a great honor. >> the city sponsored the murals. he painted the ones downtown. >> nice work. thanks so much for joining us. world news tonight with david
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muir is next. >> we appreciate your time. look at that sunset. on this friday night, breaking developments on the three out of a job in ferguson after the scathing report from the justice department. still holding on tonight, the police chief. this evening, the president with scathing words of his own. pierre thomas standing by. and the rescue team racing to help harrison ford after his plane crashes. and new word on his condition. the plane off the runway, crashing through the fence. tonight, new pick chaurs. many asking, were passengers put at risk? the manhole explosions, fires caught on tape. this evening, the major fears over flooding as we head into the weekend. and, "made in america," going before the sharks. you'll hear about the new american inventions. who would you pick?

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