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meet one today. visit theshelterpetproject.org. adopt. er abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> breaking news, police are investigating a body found in a high school swimming pool in san jose. we are over the scene of piedmont hills high school. officials say the body was discovered by a p.e. class at 8:00 this morning and it is believed to be an adult. they just pulled the person out of the water. follow us at twitter@abc7newsbayarea for the braking story. >> thanks for joining us. i am matt keller, kristen sze and cheryl jennings are on assignment. in palo alto neighbors are
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scared 20 hours after a murder-suicide at a senior living facility. police have nerve responded -- never responded to a crime quite like this. we joined with the latest. >> police are still inside and they have been here investigating for more than 19 hours. the identities of the two men found dead have not been released but some say that one was the manager who they say was well liked. [ inaudible ] >> a good man. [ inaudible ] >> residents of senior apartments in palo alto talked quietly outside their building. part of the lobby is taked off as a crime scene can
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participates covering the area where to men are found dead in what police believe is a murder-suicide and a 9-1-1 call came in yesterday saying they saw someone that look lie they needed medical aid. the fire department responded and located a male on the ground and he had a handgun in his hand. >> the man in his 60s is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. another man in his 70s was found shot to death in the office. a few residents believe that is the manager. >> a good man. a woman who lives in the townhouse next door is still shaken by what happened. >> i told my son not to go out there. >> palo alto police say this is their first whom decide of the year and responding to violent
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crimes is extremely unusual. >> to have some a large type of crime occur this is definitely different. >> both men lived here. palo alto police are getting search warrants this morning to enter the apartments and try to put together what led to the shooting. in palo alto for abc7 news. police say a city maintenance truck hit a pedestrian in the past hour in new video just in from the scene at international boulevard and miller avenue. the man was conscious after the accident and taken to the hospital to be treated. the driver stayed at the scene. >> sheriff investigators are trying to determine what led to a shooting of a man early this morning. deputies were called to a hole at 3:45 after responding to the 7-eleven and old redwood
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highway. the clerk told the reporter the man asked for directions to the hospital a few miles away and the shopping center was closed for several hours while officers investigated no word open the victim's condition or if deputies have a s >> san jose police are trying to figure out who was at fault after a man was hit and killed by a motorcycle. he was walking across the street and hit by the motorcycle at 9:30 last might and died at the scene. his identity is not released. the man riding the motorcycle stayed at the scene and was taken to the hospital with injuries but is expected to be oh came >> happy ending for a family of four after spending a night lost in yosemite. here is a picture of the rescuers with the family and their car on a dirt road. here is where this happened, an area of national park right here. the four adults contacted the
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sheriff before 6:30 tuesday night asking for help. the family spoke little english but told deputies they drive out of stockton for six years and were lost in the middle of the forest. rescuers from several agencies were able to track their home and g.p.s. to the area. deputies say they were found the next day at 3:15 in the afternoon in good spirits. >> it never felt like winter but at 3:45 this afternoon spring will start. looking from our golden gate bridge camera, you normally have seen some blue skies and warm temperatures this week but today we have the clouds that are cooling down. our meteorologist is joins us now and winter, we hardly knew you. >> just blew right through on a fast breeze and never prosecute us any rain. good morning everyone, it is fitting that it will be up to ten degree cooler today. one of the reasons is the clouds are induced for being pushed our way by a cold prepare which is
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inducing a sea breeze that will bring us about 6-10 degrees cooler than yesterday and a lot of 80's in the forecast. today, mid-60s in san francisco and the rest of us are lucky to make low-to-mid 70's and i expect a little more sunshine in the afternoon. you have to worry if you are headed out the pollen will be high again today. tree pollen, mulberry, oak, pine and sycamore but another cold front that promises measurable rain in the weekend forecast is coming up. >> thank you. >> update on the breaking news from the south bay police are investigating a body found in a high school swimming pool in san jose. sky 7 is over the scene at peed minute hills high school. school is sending all students home early because of the incident. officials say the body was discovered by a p.e. choose at 8:00 this morning and believed an adult and they just pull the person out of the water and all students are leashing campus and there are a lot of cars and vehicles pulling up to the area, and maybe a school bus.
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students are going hope -- home for the day. the epa could stop plans to build 12,000 homes in the silicon valley after a battle of the development on the salt lands east of 101 in redwood city and the environmentalists want to preserve and protect the area. our partners report that the epa could limit the development if the area is under the protection of the clean water act. a decision is expected by early next year. >> a story of a young fresno county boy in need of a new wheelchair grabbed the attention of many in the bay area who are offering to help. his parents say their insurance company will not pay for it. here is the report on the 2-year-old and how complete strangers are helping him get around. >> drew is tough to keep up with when he is allowed to be mobile. he is clearly a pro at wheeling around this $1,100 chair but because it is so low to the
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ground he gets stuck often. >> i felt lick it is in his best interests to be able to be independent and be able to get around on his own and learn he can do thing on his own by getting a wheelchair. >> this wheelchair is limiting. he did not have access to what many of us take for granted. >> he wanted for color i have to take him from the chair, sit him on table to color or to be able to play anything on a table like dinner anything he has to be set interest something different because his chair does not reach those places. >> since october, his parents have been pleading with the health karen provider, anthem blue cross to cover the size of a lightweight wheelchair. >> it is frustrating beyond what i can even explain. >> the insurance company said at two he cannot move himself in the wheelchair but should be placed in a stroller until he gets one from them when he is
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time >> pay hundreds every more for the insurance to be there for you when you need them and they are not. >> i get a again call from the provider saying our client has been denied not only once but twice. >> seeing how he gets himself around with the small chair in the video clips posted to facebook, the friends have started fundraising to get him a new and better chair estimated to be $6,000. they want him to have more access and teach what many parents want their kids knowing. >> he has the ability to do whatever he wants to do in life. >> his parents say the response from the public has been incredits it will they have received more than enough donations to pay for the son's new wheelchair. >> happening today a parking lot near san francisco's at&t park will be a lot more crowded although there is no game. there is a look at area that new is called "the yard," opening in
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an sure at noon in pack lot (a) and it is a new restaurant and retail center made from recycled shipping containers. you can shop enjoy food and there could be community events. >> the running festival is this weekend and a 10-year old hopes it set a world record going from downtown to the oakland hills and it is a half marathon what elliott daniels from campbell has his sights site on and needs to run 13.1 miles in 1 hour and 30 minutes at 15 minute as while. he enjoys it and is good at it. 10,000 will be running on sunday and many clearing on runners with quite a few road closings throughout the morning. >> a car seat safety scare
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prompts a historic penalty months after a massive recall. >> a northern california landmark is lowered and the not tree sign along i-80 in
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>> federal safety regulators are fining graco $3 million for failing to recall four million faulty seats in a timely manner.
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they will be required to spend $7 million on safety seat aware ness. an investigation into the company's behavior and the largest child seat recall in unhistory. >> uber has finalized a deal to expand into chevron headquarters in san francisco on market street. san francisco business journal said this is the latest lease for office spaces with 173,000 square feet of space. uber now has more than 500,000 square feet leased in three market street buildings. >> you will not see a historic freeway on i-80 with crowds watching the removal of the old not tree sign in vacaville. part of the sign will be preserved. it was designed in 1964 for the fruit farm that was a tourist attraction in the area before it closed in 1996. i remember many childhood car rides we would stop there and
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enjoy. >> you think if you are going inland it will be mid-70s that is a nice start for spring. >> not bad but a lack of sunshine has some people then no a loop and looking for rain out of clouds and snow as we look at lake tahoe, it will not happen yet. i will tell you when it whats on sunday interest monday and give you an hour-by-hour and how much snow to expect if you head up to lake tahoe. >> also ahead a rare sight for sky watchers two places in the world where people got to see this total solar eclipse. plus, a royal race, the prediction the darling dogs just made if london of william and kate's
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>> a rare sight around the world: a total solar eclipse. it what not visible on the united states and the only places on land you could see it were the faro islands and a nor way group of islands. people in europe and russia and north africa saw a part shall eclipse. there are clouds possibly covering under the moon and the sun so people are dealing with the cloudy conditions but we will enjoy the last four hours of winter. >> when i say it is a total eclipse, she gets that royalty kick from the 1980's song. >> speaking of "giving," spring will offer a few showers but do not change your plans. take a look at live doppler hd
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you can see a lot of cloud cover. we have an extremely dry layer at the surface and up to the middle part of the atmosphere and even if this gave up some rain it would evaporate before it reaps the ground. light wind so it is hazy. it is not a "spare the air" day and do not need to year about that. the high clouds have a back edge to them with the sunshine i talked abut earlier later in the afternoon hours and through the sunset before the clouds return again overnight. you can she the haze right there, right along from our sutro tower toward the east bay hills. increasing clouds and then decreasing clouds as we head toward the sunset but the cooler breeze is what will affect all of us today and the dim sunshine for the better part of heating hours. a chance of light showers sunday to monday and the 80's will return to parts of the bay area by the middle and later part of next week. today we will have low-to-mid 70s inland east bay and the warm spot is mostly in the low 70s around the bay shore and
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into the north bay with a few upper 60 sprinkles in and low-to-mid 60 at bodega bay to half moon bay and san francisco and richmond and we will be at 73 today, if you are headed to santa cruz. here is a look at tonight and the clouds are still hanging around and a town of fog possible with upper 40s along the coast and milder tomorrow morning and walking the dog and you may need a cup of coffee upper 40s to middle 50s. the cold front is going to push the high pressure out of the way and all of the energy is to the north and it will be mainly clouds but dry today. it opens the door if the next front which unfortunately does not have so much moisture but it will be closer to us and that is why we have a better chance of measurable rain with that system. tomorrow morning the cloud cover shows a few pockets of sunshine from time to time like later this afternoon. look at this, the miles an hour is coming in on sunday morning, a scattering of light showers and then during the daylight hours, quiet and when the sun
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sets the cold front is in the north bay light-to-moderate showers through 2:00 on monday morning and by the commute it is all gone. it will come in while most of us are sleeping and that will be up around .1" in the north bay. it will turn interest rain and high elevation snow, a couple ofisms are possible in the sierra on sunday night into monday but nothing significant. cooling trend starts today and it will bottom out in the low-to-upper 60s and total sunshine at the coast and it will feel more like spring next week but helpfully we get a if you spring showers. >> no miracle match? >> no. >> and now if london they predicted the name and sex of the baby each wearing a colored cape with me trillion -- with the favorite name "elizabeth,"
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but if this raise, alexandra pulled ahead as a. -- as a promotion for a betting company based in britain. >> this clouded leopard kitten is quebecing its way to a warm bath with this adorable video on facebook from the zoo. the little leopard still does not have a maim and is cared for by staff. then he will be paired with a future mate part of a conservation program at the zoo. >> meet this week's "purr-fect" pet charlie
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>> monday is "national puppy day" and we have a big adoption event that morning getting into the spirit with photos by many of you and members of our news team. tweet or instagram a go to with #puppieson7. join us mop -- monday day starting at 4:30 a.m. and we will live stream our puppies and you can lend how to take one
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home. if you cannot wait until monday mike nicco will introduce us to this week's "purr-fect" pet. >> good morning cindy. these are friends of the alameda animal shelter. >> she beautiful. >> a beautiful dog, the biggest one this side could you have. she gives sloppy kisses. she is about three and spayed and still has puppy tendencies. she likes they play and she is good. but pairing with not real little kid but seven or eight and up. >> she is a learn. >> she a leaner. >> she will lean. >> she will not ham them no
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but some children just don't like dogs that lean on them. >> she is so docile and so beautiful. >> if you are interested commercial the alameda animal shelter 517-337-8565. >> nice to see you. >> thank you for bringing us her. hope to find you a hope. >> she can lean on me. >> from all of us thanks for joining us.
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