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this year than last nice treats for san francisco residents and visitors. the city will get new buses and metro cars. the budget calls for improving signals for bicycles and pedestrians and improving streets. there is a focus on police. the police department will get $20 million more next year for police officers and $3 million for body cameras. you can expect to see an extra 1,178 jobs in city government. 400 will be police officers. 198 new firefighters. 55 emergency medical technicians. 36 dispatchers. mayor lee will introduce this budget today and explain it in detail. the board of supervisors will have to approve it. >> notwithstanding you at 4:30. a man and woman are in jail this morning accused of trying to run down san jose police officers.
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we were there last night when the car was towed at tully road and sherlock. officers were trying to pull them over and they tried to run over an officer. it crashed into a police cruiser and they ran off. police found them three hours later hiding in a backyard near tully road. both were wanted on felony warrants. >> a four-year-old girl is recovering from a head injury after falling from a second-story window in concord at an apartment at 6:00 last night. the firefighters say the girl fell between 10-29' but she was conscious and alert. paramedics took her to a trauma center to be treated. >> guam's main legislation for fighting terrorism has expired including the n.s.a.'s controversial domestic surveillance program after the senate failed to renew it by mid-night. flee -- three key provisions expired which allows the n.s.a.
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to protect american's phone reports in bulk and tie them toism. the n.s.a. shut down the program yesterday afternoon. our reporter will have more on the story at the top of hour. >> happening today, jury selection begins in the try of a san jose school district. parents want the district to pay for failing to stop or report sexual abuse by a teacher. in 2013 a jury convicted craig chandler of molesting five students in his class room at whaley elementary school. he blind folded the students before assaulting them. four victim families claim the former administrator in the evergreen school district ignored clear warning signs and reports of abuse much the school officials say they had no reason to know what was going on in chandler's classroom. >> protesters are expected outside facebook headquarters in menlo park this morning. the protesters are led by drag queen sister roma suing to change the real name policy.
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facebook requires a legal name to open an account but some members of the lgbt community would rather use names that better reflect their identities. facebook targeted. >> people use this as a tool to have anyone they find objectionable basically booted off facebook. if you see someone you do not like the way they look or their name is fake all you have to do is report them. it takes a click. >> protests start at 11 o'clock this morning. >> women from silicon valley and beyond are gathering in san jose for the 21st annual women in technology summit. the three day event kicked off yesterday with a celebrity bringingancy to inequality. >> look at the beautiful women! whoa! >> after an activist patricia arquette gave a people talk in san jose to the summit, a
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continuation of her speech at the academy awards early this year when she addressed the topic of equal rights for women. >> you need women to ask and answer questions of how women need things to be, how women respond, how things feel to women, to design products that work for them from the ground up. >> the thousand or so women attending the event last the room feeling inspired. >> trying to get opportunities for girls and other people around us and make a community. >> the summit was started 21 years ago because of the victim issues facing women today lower pay compared to male colleagues, and lack of advancement and lack women in general. >> unfortunately there have not been so many improvements as i expected to find after 25 careers. >> with all the talk there is time to focus on the positive: five people will be inducted into the hall of fame including
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an actress from ""star trek"," the first black women in a major television series playing a character other than a servant. >> there were so many young women writing me, black white yellow, brown and red and saying, at last. >> something organizers hope will some day be said about gender equality in tech. >> now 4:35. mandatory water cuts affecting nearly all of us begin today across california. most people will have to cut their water use by 20 percent. some cities must slash even more including 32 percent cuts in brentwood and 36 percent in hillsborough and 28 percent in morgan hill. east bay mud customers cannot water lawns or plants between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. they can only water outdoors twice a week. east bay mud board includes
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fines for those who use too much. if you think you see water being wasted, let us know we will check it out and get answers. >> it would be unusual at this time to hope for any rain. >> anything. anything. we hope to not see people watch their driveways or garage door with their hose...i could not believe that over the weekend. >> 60 in concord with a warm spot inland and a lot of mid-to-upper 50s. the cool spot is blackhawk at 55. as you head up to mt. diablo at 48. >> the rest of our neighbors are mid-to-upper 50's and a mild morning but calistoga at 51 and san francisco, the financial district is 58, and to cupertino at 55 and alameda at 58. this is how it looks in san rafael, no fog, a little drizzle is possible, and as we head into the afternoon we will focus our attention on the north bay stray
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shower 70 to 75, and as far as the coast in san francisco, partly sunny and caught so breezy as yesterday 56 to 63 and around the bay, 63 to 73 with clouds. the clouds are over sfo and probably going to have flight arrival delays. below average the entire week, maybe a degree or two warmer tomorrow and we will hold steady on wednesday and another degree or two warmer on thursday. i have the weekend forecast coming up. >> we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where it looks like the cars are growing as they wait their turn to pay cash and make their way into san francisco. so, we are going to find out if there is something wrong with that poll poll -- bay bridge toll plaza but the backup is growing. in oakland if you travel out of san leandro and into oakland we will have lanes blocked off until 5 o'clock 5:30 this morning. northbound nimitz headed between marina and davis street.
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drive time traffic 580 over the altamont pass still quiet tracy to dublin only taking you 29 minutes and highway 4 westbound from antioch to concord at a quick pace, 16 minutes into san francisco from san rafael. >> next the courtroom drama playing out in the family feud over robin williams' >> part of crane comes crash down in negotiation city with the damage that is left behind that could have been a lot worse. stay tuned. okay kiddo, are you ready?
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your warriors love you can post your pictures and we will fine them and try to show as many as we can. >> members of the late robin williams family will be in san francisco superior court. his three children remain divided on how much money their step mother, susan williams, should receive over her lifetime. the two sides have come to an agreement on dividing williams personal effects. he committed suicide last august. back in march a san francisco judge said he would step in if the two sides cannot settle out of court by today. >> secretary of state john kerry will be on way back to boston for treatment after breaking his leg while bicycling in france. john kerry broke a bone if the right thigh after hitting a curb riding near the swiss border. he was airlifted to a hospital forcing john kerry to cancel the remaining part of the four country trip. >> an air conditioning unit in
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new york city fell 300' to the concrete below. according to our reporter, it was pure luck that only ten people were injured. >> the destruction in the streets of new york after a crane dropped a massive piece of equipment on a being in midtown manhattan. >> structural damage in the street. >> impact sent objects large and small raining down over several blocks. smoke clouding the air. 30 stories up, a opening at the top of the building. >> some of material, the fiber glass and metal is what you see on streets. >> in minutes police and crews arrived on the scene shut down madison avenue. >> thank god this occurs at an hour of a day on a weekend when there were not too many people around. >> the mayor confirmed injuries including two construction workers and several drivers hit by debris as they by.
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investigators say it appears the crane was lifting equipment and it somehow fell off. >> we lucked out. >> new york has a history of deadly crane accidents. in 2008 a crane crashed down flattening a townhouse and killing seven people then, two months later another deadly collapse on the upper east side cranes are a fact of life if a city as vertical as new york. however, this latest accident is not encouraging to the people who live, work and walk below. >> it is concerning because i walk my dog. >> the time and you are concerned if something falls from the sky especially equipment. >> the building department confirmed all permits were in place and the crane has no complains on file. the focus now shifts to what want wrong. back here, a nine-year-old girl is in critical condition this morning after being hit by a car that crashed into a terminal at los angeles international airport. she was walking on the sidewalk and the car hit her and crashed
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into a wall late yesterday afternoon. two people in the car were also injured. police think the driver may have mixed up the gas and brake pedal. >> testing is being done on the pipeline that ruptured in santa barbara county causing 100,000 gallons of crude oil to spill nearly two weeks ago. crews have replaced it with a new 80-foot section of pipe. clean up efforts condition. officials say there is no timeline foe restarting the oil flow. >> the warriors and steph curry have a brand new fan. it is a boy. >> meet curry the penguin. the california academy of sciences in san francisco revealed the news ball gender and name over the weekend. we first introduced you to the penguin last month after the baby happened may 4. curry the penguin will meet the world in a few days by google app. if you have questions for the little guy or the caretakers you
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can post questions on their facebook page. the care take others will answer most questions. >> handlers. spirit a celebrity after all. curry. >> tough to speak so early. >> and we have weather that the penguins might like. chilly. >> bring us your penguin. >> but these are african penguins. >> so they may not be happy with the forecast. >> used to be bring us your tired and poor and now it is bring us your penguins. that is climate change causing migration habits to change. that is well documented. morning, everyone, looking at live doppler hd a little visibility reduction in petaluma and everyone else is okay until half moon bay at 2:00. they are quiet this morning and most of us are up to 10 miles per hour and fairfield is 17. we have west wind at 14 blowing across the golden gate bridge and a little bit of drizzle but no fog and we can see all the
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way over to marin side. stray showers across the north bay and we will have west to east flow with highs cooler-than-average can breezy tomorrow and wednesday. that is probably when it will be the coolest and feel the coolest although it will take away a lot of cloud cover. scattered showers are possible saturday and that is quite a ways away. could make for an interesting weekend in june. 69 in milpitas low-to-mid 70's for the rest of the south bay, san jose 73 and santa cruz at 65. as far as the peninsula, mid-to-upper 60's until you get further south, los altos and mountain view around 70's and 62 at half moon bay and pacifica 60 in the upper 50s in the sunset and colma, and mid-60s south san francisco. sausalito is 62. mid-to-upper 50's from bodega bay and 15 degrees warmer inland with upper 60's to 71 at cloverdale. with the green, with scattered
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light showers. mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay shore from richmond at 63 to castro valley and union city and fremont, and hanging out at 67 degrees this afternoon. low-to-mid 70s inland east bay neighborhood and tonight cloud cover comes back with drizzle mobile especially near the coast and mild again a lost mid-to-upper 50s. now, fast forwarding to saturday we have a let rotating to our south as it tries to back the showers toward us, north of us, eat of us and south of us, the best chances we could be the dough senator hole and get nothing. here is the seven-day forecast a degree or two warmer tomorrow and wednesday and possibly thursday and a warming trend before the cool chance of a shower hits on saturday. how is the monday morning commute? >> so far, so good, with drizzle on the windshield but it is not enough to stick to the ground and make things slick. however, if there is any rain
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falling through the north bay, you want to make sure you slow down your speed. that is a look at the san mateo bridge and track is smooth heading up to the high-rise. no delays as you make the commute between hayward and foster city. eastbound traffic is not fining construction there and no lanes coned off either so you will see a nice clear commute. in oakland we have a project that will be around until 5:30 eastbound 580 between grand street to broadway a few lanes are taken away. slow for the cone zone, westbound traffic traveling nicely 880 no delays, up to the macarthur maze. 680 southbound from walnut creek to dublin is 15 minutes and we oh santa rosa to san francisco is 52 minutes and on highway 17 to los gatos, no delays. we will talk about the crazy traffic to expect near oracle arena later this week in a few minutes. >> facebook users will see something new on the news feeds. >> here are the tech bytes.
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>> facebook is about to get a lot more animated. users can post the super short votes that play on a continuous loop right if their news feed. >> forget robots on wheels that are blocked by obstacles, the m.i.t. robot can leap over them. >> the computer measures the distance and makes the calculation. m.i.t. will show off the robot this week at a conference. >> california woman has prove an man's trash is another treasure. she donated what she thought was an old computer but it was actually a first generation apple cop purity quickly resold for $200,000. >> she could get her share of that money, the recycling center said our poll said she gets high. they are looking for her. they will find her i am sure. >> 4:49. at first you don't succeed, try
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>> welcome back. in toronto canada, surveillace cameras captured a scar crash that looked like a scene from dukes of hazard. the driver may have confused the pedal and accelerating rather than braking. the car sped up and hit a fence flew over a ledge and went 30' through the air. it hurdled a role of cars and slammed into the garage door of an auto repair shop. the driver was injured but is expect to survive. >> a band takes effect on styrofoam food containers with
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the rule last year in los gatos to reduce the foam polluting the local waterways applying to take other containers and foam ice chests but prepack aned food like meat and eggs can be still sold with styrofoam. >> san francisco board of supervisors committee will look at three new measures to curb soda drinking. one requires soda ads to carry a warning label. another would ban soda ads on public property. the third would prohibit city funds from being used to buy soda. groups that spent $10 million to devote the soda tax in san francisco last november plan did fight the bills. >> organizers of the bottlerock concert had a successful event this weekend, the 4th annual bottlerock runs may 27-maymorial day weekend. tickets are on sale if the 2016 show. a limited number of three-day passes are available running from $225-$2,500.
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this weekend 100,000 enjoyed performances by snoop dogg, public enemy, no document ought sun came out a little for the festival. >> a lot of sunshine. breezy and cool like the rest of us. morning, everyone we will talk baseball. pirates are in town. dropping to 57 and remaining dry. the high country is windy around lake tahoe starting at teen through 8:00. we will have southwest winds gusting they 35 miles per hour and 2-3' waves in the northeast part of the lake at 66 today. 78 in sacramento. low-to-mid 70's san diego and los angeles and 101 in palm springs. safe travels. leyla? >> an accident in castro valley eastbound 580 at 238 where we have a solo crash. a car went off the roadway into some trees. possible injuries are involved.
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we do not have lanes blocked but i will show you what san jose looks like. the clear conditions. no traffic. the rest of the south bay checking in at top speed and traveling along 101 at the mineta san jose international airport 70's miles per hour and highway 85 to cupertino is not a problem. kristen and eric? >> veterans who are caught in roadside explosions in iraq and afghanistan are hing signs of early aging in their brains. that is in a report released online thunderstorm morning in "brain." engineers say veterans are showing progressive damage to what is called the wiring of the brain affecting function landing and memory. those symptoms are usually seen in the elderly. the damage affects veterans who felt nothing from the blast. >> promising news for childhood cancer survivors. new research shows the cancer treatments are paying a double
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dividend. more children are surviving and doing so without long-term complications. the treatments involve smaller and more targeted dose of radiation and avoiding certain drugs. >> the american society of plastic surgeons is out with the report. it fines that more people are getting nips and tucks because of the popularity of weight loss surgery. doctors say tuck-type surgeries designed to get rid skin are on the rise. thigh and upper arm lifts in particular saw a 9 percent jump in 2014 from the year before. >> bidding is underway on what could be most expensive lunch. >> the 16th annual lunch with billionaire warren buffett auction is happening now with the funds to the san francisco glide san francisco. it started with $25,000 minimum bid on ebay and the highest bid is $525,000. it ends on friday. last year someone paid $2 million to lunch with
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mr. buffett. >> will someone bid $20 to have lunch with us? >> no. >> i wouldn't. >> california is in the grip of the worst drought in decades so why is sanford turning on the fountains again? >> just say no a contract dispute between oakland teachers and the school district could be back to square one. grass fed? mhmm. i'm super into health. bottled tap water? well all bottled water is the same right? you need crystal geyser alpine spring water. made by nature, not by man. crystal geyser alpine spring water. bottled at the mountain source. for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace clothes
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that are too small or worn out. i grew 3 inches last year. i don't need anything fancy. i never had much to begin with. when i look nice on the outside i feel better on the inside. to help, sleep train is collecting new clothes for kids big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a foster child's day a little brighter. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child.
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>> we are all together. it will be fun. leyla gulen is leader and meteorologist mike nicco is here. bail over the weekend? >> baseball. my kids and i went to the giants and braves game. we will look now 15 miles visibility at petaluma. we have light drizzle and patchy. warriors on thursday yes we still have to wait a couple more days but that gives klay thompson more time to heal. the day planner is brighter at noon 60 to 70 and a stray shower is possible around the north bay and it will be mostly cloudy by 7:00 with a stray shower tapering. >> on monday morning how are the roads? >> a game plan to get to oracle arena on thursday, so hopefully you
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