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growing. >> reporter: the memorial is growing, and i'm just learning the names of the victims. they arees per ran a morales and her young daughter julie. there's been a good fun me page set up and tonight at 11:00, sergioin tan na will have much more on them, and just who they were. meantime, today while families were leaving their condolences at their memorial, the driver, brian jones, was able to post bail and tonight he is a free man. this photo from a affection page showman's standing in front of his dream car. last night, that corvette was part of another family's nightmare. police say jones was under the influence and speeding when his car left murrieta boulevard around through the power supply box. sideswiped two trees and ramped into the back patio. a 40-year-old mother and her 14-month-old baby girl died the scene.
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two young children were injured by debris. >> a couple stitches in the another and another kid with scratches. >> reporter: he was at the party and says the mother and baby were from mexico but lived in monterey. he rushed over to help. >> we tried to do everything we can. unfortunately we cannot do much. >> reporter: today neighbors and strangers offered tears, prayers, and tokens of love, some clung to their children. >> i have little ones. i have -- my wife and then my -- i have an 18-month-old son too, so it's like, pretty intense. >> makes me think about my family and how just in the blink of an eye your whole life changes. >> reporter: police say the jones arrested the livermore wine festival. he was at nearly twice the legal limit. >> it's a good lesson for my son here to know that drinking and
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driving just is -- they never go together. >> reporter: the mother and baby are survived bay father and ten-year-old son. in livermore, tiffany wilson abc7 news. >> the san francisco giants honored a nine-year-old murder victim at today's game against the anaheim angels. jordy almgren of discovery bade played nor angels in his pony league. he was stabbed to death and a family friend is charged with the crime. the giants invited his family and teammates to at&t park. they presented his family with a juries. a series of earthquakes rattled the east bay. centered in concord the largest now downgraded to 3.6. hit at 3:13 this afternoon. drew tuma has more. >> folks in concord had a bit of shaking this afternoon. the earthquake centered just one nile south of concord, was felt
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nine miles deep below the earth's surface at 3:30 s this afternoon, and the u.s. geological survey downgraded the earthquake to 3.6 down from 4.0. we have had quite a few aftershocks. the strongest one occur one minute after the main quake, 2.7 at 3:14 the most recent aftershock weak, 1.7 at 4:34 is in afternoon. so it seems like the earth is gradually quieting down this evening as no aftershock has occurred in the past two hours. >> thank you, drew. the warriors remain undefeated in the playoffs and did it with the help of the league's mvp steph curry. reports say he will name as the nba's most valuable player. they held on for the win against the memphis grizzlies in the second round of the playoffs. mike shumann begins our live team coverage live from oracle
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with reaction. >> i'm going to steal a neil young song title, rust never sleeps and that was the concern with the warriors on the seven-day break before the took on memphis testimony. they came out i don't want to say rusty but a little slop giving off 15 points off turnovers. but steph led the way with 22 points. warriors win 101-86, and afterwardses steph curry says a win is a win. >> i think we played extremely aggressive extremely hard in the fir half and picked up where we left off. we should be able to build some momentum. >> that's one thing we pride ourself on is-under depth. >> a complete team effort here. >> it was for sure. obviously this team has been together for a while. they're mature and have had playoff experience. getting to the next step you have to go through one of these teams. so it's a big challenge.
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>> and a multiple reports have steph curry being name the mvp tomorrow. we have more in the locker room at 6:00 in sports and also i have a new nickname in the warriors clubhouse. worth the wait. stick around. i'm mike shumann abc 7 news. >> thank you. oracle arena is known as having one of the best homecourt advantages and today fans certainly lived up to the reputation. alan wang is live from oracle. >> reporter: confidence is so high out here fans are already talking about a sweep. and you know it hasn't rained out here in days but fans are acting like it's the end of a drought, their drought and instead of rain confetti came down from the sky. >> we're going to be champions. we are going to be champions. let's go warriors,back. >> reporter: with the western
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conference semifinal victory warrior fans are feel can like it's the end of a 40-year drought. >> i remember the bad years. i felt the pain. i'm feeling really good. it's good pain now good pain. >> reporter: for some fans it's been 40 years for others, a lifetime, this loyal fan recalls the warriors' darkes days. >> tell me about the days. >> i felt sad but today, today is real happy. >> how old were you back then? >> three. >> reporter: the warriors demonstrated pure dominance that has fans to confident they're talking about another sweep. mike shumann, who has covered his share of dark days, couldn't help but demonstrate his rap dancing skills on the hardwood. >> we're going to be the in the playoffs. >> game one only. game one. we're going for it. we're taking it. >> another sweep. another sweep.
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going to go. go, baby. >> woo! >> from the "roaracle" arena in oakland, alan wang, abc7 news. >> dub nation we want too see your warriors pride. we'll be featuring fan photos on air and at abc7news.com. just use hash tag dubs on 7 when you post your pictures to social media. still ahead at 6:00 the new plan to help solve the student debt crisis. now being considered in washington. plus google goes back to school to bring moore african-americans -- bring more african-americans to silicon valley. >> an unusual day at a south bay office. a wild rescue that stopped work in its tracks. >> the sea breeze in full effect this evening. fog rolling in as we speak. we're on our way to a school start for the new work week, i'll have the numbers and the full forecast.
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act would require places of higher learning to assume some financial risk of student loan default. rhode island senator jack reed says it's based on the percentage of graduate and former students who don't pay. schools that help students imagine debt would get enzi send advertise. >> google has begun a residence program in some colleges to make silicon valley more reversees. figures released show african-americans and other groups are underrepresented in the tech work force, so google is imbedding software engineers as professors as handful of historically black colleges. the idea is engineers can guide the minority students through the process of applying and getting silicon valley jobs. when death comes knocking, she shows up. tonight at 11:00. >> ie just kind of wanted to fit in and do my job but there was a lot of attention drawn to the fact that i was there. >> being a homocide detective is
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still mostly a man roz job. meet the bay area woman who broke threw the glass ceiling and why she thinks women should be on the case. coming up next on abc7 news at 6:00 stanford has a plan to keep a controversial dam that may ease the worries of environmentalists that want it removed. a beautiful day to hit the beach. some were told to keep out of the water. meteorologist meteorologist drew tuma is up next with the forecast. >> the warriors roll over memphis in the playoff opener and guess who is about to win the mvp award? we'll have a
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introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. after months of study, stanford are stanford has a plan to keep the controversial dam open. the waterboards' and environmentalists want it closed because endangers trout are dying off. the report says the reservoir is an important wetlands area and should stay open. the plan includes either drilling a home in the dam or putting in a fish ladder. wildlife emergency services
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rescued an owl from an office building in santa clara this week. take a look. it flew in overnight while workers were installing carpet. a rescue crew got it out of the space above the ceiling. it was perched on a light fix tour, and then they released the owl into a tree. it sat there a while before flying back into the building. the rescue crew saw it fly safely into a nest or roost that was tucked under the roof overhang. stay there, oil. northern california beach goers were told to be careful because of rip currents and large waves. the national weather service issued a beach hazard warning this morning and it is still active tonight. we'll send it over to abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma. a check of the forecast and more of what we can expect at the beaches. >> not the best looking beach day. live doppler 7hd will show you the clouds have just kind of clung to the coast through much
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of the day today. the reason why we have this persistent onshore flow. winds right now anywhere from 10 to 20 miles-per-hour, all out of the easterly direction. so we're having the sea breeze influence our cloud cover but also influence our cooler temperatures. live outside emeryville camera showing you the sunshine we had giving way to cloud cover as the sun goes down just after 8:00 testimony. the stronger sea breeze to blame. right now 55, san francisco, 61 oakland. 63 danville. 66 fremont antioch mainly sunny skies comfortable temperature of 71. satellite and radar shows we are sandwiched in between two systems, high power to the south and low pressure to the north and that's shoving the moisture long the west coast. we're seeing until the form of first that wind, and the sea breeze, and also the increased cloud cover. once again, you're going to wake up to gray skies across much of the region on monday morning.
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3:00 tomorrow morning, that fog pushes around the bay once again we'll start to see the sun break first from west to east. by 10:00 the east bay seeing peeks of sunshine and then the only exception for sunshine, along the coast where the sea breeze still will be strong. that's going to influence our temperatures monday. highs, half moon bay mainly cloudy skies, temperatures around 66. downtown san francisco late to breck out in the sunshine, so a high of 60 degrees. six degrees lower than we should be. oakland, 63. sunshine walnut creek, up to 70. antioch, warm but below normal with a high of 78 degrees. the focus turns to the area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska, called a cutoff low, it's getting removed from the jet stream. going to be a slow are moving storm system and that mean wes turn unsettled late in the week. here come tuesday low pressure from the north.
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by thursday we'll see weak waves of energy. thursday afternoon, a chance of a few drops happening evening into friday. we're unsettled rounding out the work week. overnight lows, the fog rolling in. temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s in. 70 san jose, 68, sunnyvale. on the peninsula, 64, san mateo. downtown san francisco, 60. 70, santa rosa. 69 sonoma. east bay mid-60s. 63 oakland, and we'll see 72346 pit bourg. 73 pleasanton, and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. coastal clouds tomorrow. a breezy afternoon on tuesday. then we'll watch thursday and friday for a few drops, thanks to the area of low pressure. it's a try start to the weekend and right enough it's looking nice for moms on mother's day. >> good news. thank you, drew.
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>> larry beil is in because shu is out at oracle arena. >> we'll get to him in a second. hearing resumingors about this and now it's going to happen. steph curry expected to be named the nba's mvp tomorrow, averaging 24-points a game and led the way today as warriors win their playoff sear against memphis. mike copley the facial fracture, going try to go game two. the warriors with a fast start thanks to draymond green. he had 16 points in the game. a tough matchup for memphis. steph, 22 points, klay thompson slams on the brakes skid, fire knock it down. a funny moment as the oracle crowd turns on tony allen when he walked into the kid's dance team performance, he was roundly booed every time he touched the ball after that.
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steph will cross over. step back, three. warriors up 20. dad looks on and the little brother as well. 10-pointspoints and 13 minutes. warriors take game one 1 01-86. going live to oracle right now. shu, this is a bad matchup for memphis, especially with mike conley out. i he doesn't come back quickly and become a factor they may get swept here. >> i think you might be right. it was a beatdown like i didn't expect with this memphis team. and as you mentioned, real team effort. draymond green and andrew bogut both got in foul trouble but the warriors' depth is so good they made up the slack. kind of an uppingly win but a win is a win. >> we feel like we can improve, which is a good thing. you want to continue, tomorrow a good practice for us. >> tonight was a little tricky because of all the time off. i thought all in all the effort and the intensity was right where we needed it.
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>> playoff basketball. play ugly, and they grind it out, and we-match any style so tonight just another exhibition of that. >> i appreciate your time. i'll tell them what you said before you came out. is that white-haired dude play nor niners? >> that is my nickname, the white haired dude. celebrating with the warriors, i'm mike shumann at oracle arena. back to you, larry. >> ex-len. -- excellent it fits. >> white-haired dude. >> you don't even need your anytime. >> giants looking too sweep the angels using power the plate and eight innings from tim lincecum. might be the best moment of the day. the little kid gets a bat from mike trout. fantastic. nor aoki,
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and then joe panik. timmy would toss eight evening of three-hit ball. high heat in the seventh. timmy now 2-2 and the giants completely sweep. the a's trying to take the rubber match against texas. a beautiful day. 78 degrees. sonny gray, nice bare-hand played. sonny, 6 -2/3 vogt muscling up. there again for vogt. a three-one jack as oakland goes on to win their first day game of the season be a score of 7-1. final day of the world golf championships a. rory mcilroy, square verse jim furyk. on 18 for eagle from 46 feet and drains it.
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cadillac loving this. number one player in the world. his opponent, 49th seed gary woodland, went down hillary. halves the hole and rory would touch from distance. the birdie on seven to go 4 un. rory mcilroy wins the wgc match play championship victory worth $1.5 million. it's not floyd may weather money, not $100 million, but 1.5 is not bad. >> for some. >> for some. >> sorry, still giggling over white-haired dude. never get past that. >> that's going to stick. >> next at 6:00, why the avengers prove to be the only things keeps themselves from box
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powerful allergy relief, now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. zyrtec® dissolve tabs. muddle no more™. of join us tonight on kofy tv 20. the celebration in the bay area today as a group of minority women talk about how they found success in industries often dominatedded by men. then at 11:00, here on channel 7. a north pay artist and his expensive painting reunited after an accidental heist is caught on video. that's tonight at 11:00. this weekend the avengers proved they're strong enough to beat anyone at the box office except themselves. it had the second biggest
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opening weekend ever behind only the first avengers movie. it earned $187 million, far short of the first movie's 207 million. analysts belief a huge sports weekend with boxing the kentucky derby and nba playoffs cut into ticket sales. thanks larry. romantic comedy, age of ang line was second. the avengers is own by disney, and our producer says, good.
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