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tree and it burst into flames. >> a driver is responsible for a hit-and-run accident that sent five to the hospital in critical condition including a baby. officers say it happened at 68th at mcarthur boulevard. there are three adults and three children. first responders had to used jaws of life to recuse an adult and a child. >> another key player for the 49ers is walking away, the line becomer announced the retirement yesterday after one season in the nfl. our reporter is in santa clara with more on the decision. >> good morning borland is retiring for health reasons because of the long-term effect of head injuries with a four-year contract with the 49ers but is leaving after a season. he made the mark as up of the top rookies and was expected to lay a key role in the 49er
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defense next season because patrick willis announced his rather time. bore lend said he came to the decision after speaking with family. researchers and doctors and teammates and he has been diagnosed with two concussions in the past. at age 24 the retirement is taking many by surprise but this is something he had been thing about for a while. >> this is not new. he was well aware of the concussion issue and the research that has been coming out and, in fact he mentioned as far back as last year during train he began to have concerns after a particular play and he went so far as to send a letter to his folks prior to a pre-season game last year telling them he didn't expect the nfl career to be very long. >> san francisco 49ers general manager released a statement wishing bore lap well. part of it reads "while unexpected we certainly respect
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chris' decision. chris is a determined young man that overcame long odds in the journey to the missile and we are confident he will use the same approach to become very successful in his future endeavours." borland graduated from the university of wisconsin and espn he will hopefully be in a career in sports management. >> a stunning murder-suicide at a napa valley winery. a business dispute between robert dahl and millionaire investor turned deadly. the sheriff deputies arrived with dahl at the scene before noon. authorities say dahl shot and killed emad tawfilis. deputies chased dahl into the hills where he crashed through a gate and then shot and killed himself. dahl's attorney said only emwas suing dahl claiming he defrauded him out of $1 million and they
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were on a conference call with the attorneys shortly before the shooting. >> nothing or dramatic or odd or violent about anyone's demeanor. >> dahl purchased the vineyard in 2013 and owned napa point brewing company which closed last year. >> police in napa are investigating two death they consider suspicious. the 66-year-old man and 55-year-old woman were found dead in an apartment at river glen drive yesterday afternoon. according to "press democrat," one victim was dead for some time. officers went to the apartment to conduct a welfare check and they discovered the bodies. >> a memorial service is held for a 14-year-old oakland high school student killed last in. davon ellis was killed as he walked with two friends in fruitvale area. the service is at 66th avenue at 11 o'clock a.m. so far no one has been charged in davon ellis'
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killing. san francisco apartment resident does not have a chase this morning, pay a rent increase of thousands of dollars or move out. that is legal. our reporter has the story. >> i was served papers on march 2nd. >> she has until may 5th to find a new home and is trying to make sense sense of what happened to her. the attorney said her represent is going from $2,145 to $8, and the security deposit would go up to $12,500 a month. >> it was not believable but it is sickening because it was a price so high that i could -- no one, really could afford something like that. i could not afford something like that. >> the theupuncturist went
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viral with her story. >> i hope the loopholes can be closed and be exposed. >> loophole is when landlords take a complex such as hers and turn it into a single family home where represent prices can be as high as the landlord wants. >> rights groups say this problem is too common. >> for a landlord to increase represent by 400 percent and just outrageous. >> a law center won a lawsuit against a family which owns the house where she lived and that case involved a huge rent hike. >> this is an area where the landlord can get away with doing this kind of activity and only blatant examples cause a lawsuit >> new details this morning involving a passenger appearing to threat were to hijack a
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united flight from dulles airport in washington, dc. this photo shows several passengers tackling the man and the united airline spokesman said they were on a flight did denver and the passenger acted out. the passenger heard the man say "there were jihadists in the cargo hold," and mentioned jihad several times. >> there is a passenger in the back. he ran forward toward the cockpit. he is being restrain by other passengers. the cockpit is secure. we would like to return to the airport. >> the plane returned to dulles and the map was removed. he will have a mental evaluation. the other passengers rebooked on other flights this morning. >> san jose mayor liccardo has unveiled a plan for city firefighters to take over ambulance service from private companies. firefighters are the first to arrive to treat paints and they wait for the private ambulance company to transport the patient to the hospital. according to our media partner
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liccardo's plan puts the firefighter and paramedics in smaller vehicle and allow them to transport the patients to the hospital create more revenue to the city and expanding the short staff fire department. the union is not happy about the idea. >> we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and see how the weather is starting out. >> cloudy and sprinkles is it. the temperatures are running mild 55 in the ferry building headed to downtown also sunny side we are cooler at west portal and 51 at ocean beach across the golden gate bridge and the bay view district. 56 at richmond, and belmont is 58 degrees and same in santa clara and 57 at palo alto and saratoga and pittsburg at 630 and cooler to the north at 52 in american canyon. from sutro tower the air is clean as we look to the pot of oakland. as we head into the afternoon look for clearing from north to south with a little bit of anker
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shore breeze today and that is going to make the coast breezy and keep you in the low-to-mid 60 while the bay will have 66 to 73 degrees and inland we will go 68 to 75. warmer than yesterday. i have warmer weather coming up in the seven-day forecast. sue? >> happy tuesday morning. we will go to walnut creek south 680 at north main to highway 24 everyone is at the limit and nice and early at 4:38. past the civic center southbound 101 in san rafael, everyone is quiet and little traffic to speak of and the golden gate bridge is clear. the areas of road work in san leandro, northbound and southbound 880 between marina and davis until 5:00 this morning and the peninsula, san francisco, actually, we have connection ramp north 280 to southbound 101, one lane is shut down. northbound and southbound 101 off of the golden gate bridge the retrofitting if the tunnel
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and the new tunnel, a lot of construction workers there with bright lights had your eyes. take extra caution coming off the golden gate bridge by the palace of fine arts. >> thatch you. a member of the kennedy family steps into the debate over mandatory child vaccination and what robert kennedy jr. wants the state lawmakers to do. >> voters are going to the polls in israel. stay tuned. the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me.
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other side of the bay with a few sprinkles. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> robert durst is sitting in a louisiana jail this morning facing new weapons charges. folks in new orleans booked hill on two new counts hours after being charged with prosecutors in los angeles. he could be tried on the new gun charges before being extra -- extradicted to los angeles. he admitted to killing suzanne berman during a taping of hbo documentary. an important parliamentary election is taking place in israel this morning and prime minister binyamin netanyahu who is in trouble at the polls, is now backtracking on some of his statements to international leaders. we are joined from new york with the latest. elizabeth? good morning, this election according to experts is just too close to call and as you know, netanyahu poll numbers have been
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dropping he appears to be desperate. >> this morning, israel's prime minister is fighting for his political life and the big winner or loser could be the peace process. binyamin netanyahu say he in longer supports the idea of a palestinian state and netanyahu also vowing new settlements in disputed territory test the trained united states and israeli relations. >> we believe the situation should be resolved with a democratic and jewish state of israel living side-by-side in peace and security with a sovereign and contiguous palestinian state. >> an lists call this a last ditch effort to win votes. >> the media changes so much and it allows this global reach. >> netanyahu is seeking his 4th temple as prime minister -- term as prime minister. what we know at this point the first exit presidents will be available later tonight. if a kloss election like this we
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are toll it could be days if not weeks before the official winner and announceed. robert kennedy a skeptic of vaccine safety is urging state senators to watch a movie before taking a vote on a bill to make childhood vaccines mandatory. lawmakers are considering a bill to keep parents from on thing out of have have after showing "trace amendments," a movie that races questions about the safety vaccines and is promoting that vaccines can cause autism which mainstream science does fault support. >> lawyers clenched the third consecutive playoff berth. the thunder lost to dallas so that secured the warriors' spot.
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lakers gave a battle tied at 95 with less than five minutes and thompson hit a three-pointer and led with 26 points. the warriors won and the long awaited rematch against the eastern conference leading atlanta hawks is tomorrow night at oracle arena. >> the warriors are looking ahead to the post-season and now are selling their official 2015 playoff t-shirt. you can get one online or at the team stores the arena or you can be kristen sze and be messed for be given one. for free. >> when you are a fashion icon you get it for free so you wear it so everyone else wants one. >> this is the perfect size for mike. congratulations, warriors. third con >> we have never felt figure
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like this. this is historical. >> one of the best teams in the league and player of the think. >> the smaller the shirt the bigger the muscles. >> really? >> fry it. >> you are worrying me. >> sprinkles for folks? >> good thing we didn't look all muscle bound this morning. >> you are all talking muscles this morning it is making me nervous. >> sorry. now, the sprinkles in the south by, they have dried up. there could be drizzle along the coast. for the most part any moisture we are going to get from the system is going away quickly and you can see the winds of blowing
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on shore at 20 miles per hour at sfo and half moon bay is where the fastest wins are for the better part of the day long the coast with some of those spilling into the bay. it will not be as smooth as it was yesterday for the ferry ride. afternoon sunshine st. patrick's day and a warming trend today through thursday. of course, it is spring on friday and we will have cooler weather on friday through the weekend. new a look at the cloud cover and watch by lunch must of us are clearing out and by the afternoon hours we will have sunshine so grab the sunglasses. you need them this afternoon. temperatures are running let 60 along the coast until you get to santa cruz with northwest wind that is an offshore breeze bringing the temperature up to 71. 67 in san francisco. richmond at 67. everyone else, low 70s until we get to antioch and fairfield at 74 and livermore at 73.
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tonight is clear and cooler and a few patches of fog around the bay shore and along the coast and temperatures in the my 30s to around 50 degrees. we will stay mainly in the low-to-mid 60s along the coast and possibly the upper 60 by thursday but most of us top out at my 70s to 80. we will hold steady through the week until next week when we have a chance of rain across the north bay on monday. sue? >> good morning, everyone, we are going outside and it is quiet but getting busy on the freeway great golden gate field to the macarthur maze to berkeley. eastbound we have road work in the lanes around powell street to albany that will be picked up by 5:00 a.m. and the bay bridge toll plaza, a couple of cars waiting to pay cash and
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otherwise, just road work and we will check it out with the drive from the central valley hooking good up and over the altamont pass westbound, eastbound road work into the altamont pass between greenville and north flip and that and out there until look this morning and that is the rephilipining property going on. kristen and matt? >> no password? no problem. yahoo has a feature that signals the ends pole of passwords. >> yahoo reinventing how we deal with pass words. rather than having to remember specific password the site will text you a four character password right to the user's phone when they log in. >> apple will take a "byte," out the services online tv with a bundle of 25 well-known channels including broadcast networks
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......that sends a stimulus to the tongue. the freezing -- sleeping stops and starts with sleep apnea. >> and there could be a cafe at uc berkeley. now, a man is in discussions with the school officials to take over the cafe in the serving his trademark food. the slanted door has been at the ferry building for to years and earns more money than any restaurant in the state. >> why wasn't it there when i was a student at the state? >> you cannot afford it as the college student. >> bagels and pizza each day. atoday is st. patrick's day and you have been warped if you
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drink and drive. there will be extra d.u.i. units on the roads. >> you can >> call will take you home for free nor up to ten miles and you can get a free cab road home from a service from burke injury lawyers. >> and today is the dying of the chicago river. because of the magic of technology, you can watch the river turn green in a meat of minutes. 400,000 fans crowded the banks of the river to watch the dye be spread and this video was posted where there was a great bird's area view. >> aren't there rivers in new york city that turn green naturally? >> it is all algae, all natural absolutely. >> good morning, everyone, here is a look at the clouds over 280 and 17 in san jose. this is the backdrop to talk
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about high mountain tree pollen and oak and pine and sycamore. the little moisture that is in is translating into a few sprinkles around carmel and that is it. in the afternoon it falls apart. 64 in monterey and mid-70s through the central valley and none in palm springs, and 59 in lake and look at snow pack: only 13 percent. that is all. that is worse than last year. i have absolutely no chance of snow in my seven-day forecast. that is depressing. >> i was there last weekend and it is bad. brown. lake level is low. it is depressing. >> better news for south bay commute beyond the shark tank everyone is moving at the limit and light conditions. road work on the san mateo bridge you can see the cones on the westbound direction no lane closures here but just picking it up and eastbound you will find lane closures until 7:00
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this morning and they continue to work on the paving of the san mateo bridge and elsewhere road work on the solano low area northbound and southbound 880 a few more minutes in the lanes and will be picked up by >> after the historic ascent of el capitan will be honored by his hometown of santa rosa popping champagne after reaching the summit with tommy caldwell. the santa rosa city council will present him over the phenomenal accomplishment. the two men 3,000' ascent is considered the most different sustained rock climb in history. >> former world heavyweight charm hollyfield is back in the ring for charity and he will fight a surprising opponent. >> he is taking on form presidential candidate mitt romney. the two will square off may
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15th for charity vision helps diagnosis and treat eye problems. mitt romney is a boxing fan and and he has never been in the ring. he said they will spur, or it will drag on and he will get knocked unconscious. who do you put your money on? >> a northern arizona wildlife park is sharing their triple threat of unbearable cuteness. the black bear cubs were born at the wildlife park near flagstaff. they can be soon by the adoring public and will be in a special viewing area until they are old enough to move into the open area. the park visitors can drive through the wilderness trails to see the baby bears in their native wilderness habitat. san jose police take the next step interest putting surveillance video technology on the front line. the devices the department will soon be testing. >> san francisco police facing intense scrutiny over racist
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> happy st. patrick's day. i am matt keller. >> i am kristen sze. >> meteorologist mike nicco is here and sue hall is here for leyla. you are getting sprinkles on the drive in? >> a little. a little. yesterday we had a now stray showers pop up in the north bay but they did not hit the reporting stations. this is what
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