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between march and the beginning of the fbi, the fbi figured he robbed nine banks six in san francisco one in antioch, one in elk grove and the 9th in san rafael. >> he first brandished a knife then displayed a handgun. >> reliable sources tell us the 48-year-old was completed his term in prison when transported to a halfway house here in the tender loin. in march, he disappeared from the facility and our sources say his robbery spree began. abc7 news learned federal authorities failed to issue an arrest warrant after he bolted
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from the halfway house. he was arrested by police on a gun charge. since there was no warrant, he was allowed to bail out. sources say it continues with another gun. the fbi as able to identify him and a search ended this morning in los angeles >> l.a. division was able to pinpoint the suspect's location at a hotel in the bel air area of los angeles the l.a. s.w.a.t. team was able to make arrest of the suspect without incident. >> the fbi says the search was the top priority because he struck many times and with a gun in that local police played a crucial role in his capture. >> vic thank you. >> sky 7 was over the atherton cal train station this afternoon when a train hit and kill aid
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man on the tracks. investigators believe it was a suicide. this is the 12th time a person died on the tracks this year. a 3-year-old boy is safe tonight officers out the word and asked workers to be on the lookout. he called police would be waiting. >> walked outs calm cool, collected an they take him down on the spot. i just had to reflect. >> police taking him into
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custody. the passengers telling them he was looking for a backpack. >> the man they say grabbed a buttocks of two women. the assault with the help of workers. investigators say a 66-year-old cashed 360 checks. they say two workers there took a cut. he agreed to spend some of the money playing bingo.
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>> she was spending money it didn't get caught because of the cash business. >> prosecutors say they noticed some checks weren't coming through. >> warriors chances of winning nba championships got better today. the guard fractured his left kneecap and will be out of action. the home team brought excitement to east oakland today. for some players a trip to
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give something back to local kids. >> one day after providing a spark, the golden state warrior told us he was taking it in stride. >> all about chem ti. i got in the rhythm a little bit. >> welcome, all of you to the city of oakland. home of the golden state warriors. teammates joined warriors in efforts to bring finals excitement to the neighborhood in east oakland. >> are they taller nan you thought? >> i've been a big fans and play a lot of basketball at my house.
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>> the nba brought the trophy to the oakland golden boys club the purpose to unveil a live, learn, and play zone. something that will live on after finals leave town. >> this boys and girls club is in the neighborhood >> in oakland abc7 news. >> so here is the game game two is sunday. game 3, and 4, tuesday and thursday in cleveland. abc7 is where you can see the games. >> now to the efforts to get warriors a new arena the team wants to move to the mission bay neighborhood. a study released just today. and wayne freedman is live with efforts to stop that arena from
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being built. >> the half of the story is to stop the arena. today the city presented a supplemental report saying this is going to be a slam dunk and maybe it will be. >> given a chance, how about the warriors versus cavaliers. >> the owners are not very good at environmental planning more a traffic export >> that is a pr man who opposed warriors putting a 20,000 seat arena, here in san francisco's mission bay. >> this >> that is kenneth rich.
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>> it never happens in san francisco. with this project, we can make people happy. >> the warriors are playing for an nba championship. today they had commissioner adam silver in their corner. >> it was never designed for a stadium. >> it's a new transit line subway. >> it's there, single space. happy reading. >> it's hard to go against an almost-championship team the city of san francisco, and very popular basketball franchise. >> public hearings, next. in san francisco, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> an unexpected surprise tonight for anthony davis announcing his retirement
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because of fears of brain injury. the 25-year-old texted his decision to -- a concussion side lined them for four games last season. >> we should be worried because untreated concussions and poorly treated concussions with lead to life changing and debilitating illness. >> the decision follows retirement of chris borland. >> across the state, water users are making tough choices about what sacrifices they'll make to make new state-mandated cut backs. >> david tomatoes are not
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drought tollerant. >> a plant will consume 140 gallons of water during it's life cycle. recycled waters is allowed but the governor is surprised how well the bay area is doing. governor brown is going to each region to preach conversation. cities and water agencies are under threat of fines if they don't meet their mandated reductions, some parts of the bay area are 32% to 36%. brown think that's is working. >> two types of government. persuade, and coerce. now, we've been doing a fine job of persuasion. >> many south bay cities set goals higher and are on track. >> very pleased and makes you proud by reflection of the people here in silicon valley. >> one
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reason is innovation. he can fill up to 300 gallons in a tank, as often as every day. he had to take a class, first. >> they tell you how, i get a sticker, i show it to him and everything looks fine. >> his plants are thriving and should be producing in july. >> it's wonderful. i don't have grass anymore but i have vegetables. . >> i didn't take a shower this morning for 40 minutes. >> in redwood city abc7 news. >> well, still ahead here tonight, aftermath of a devastating summer forest fire. how loggers in the sierra are
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today mrashgs a somber anniversary. 34 years since the cdc documented a case of aids in the u.s. the pandemic was hard on the bay area especially and jonathan bloom found out those who lived through it are unveiling a new memorial. >> hundreds of videos have been recorded. >> we started hiv story project in 2009. >> this film maker set up a booth where those touched could be alone with thoughts and a camera. >> we had a positive or negative we have it. it's part of the culture. >> he said it felt like confession. >> could be a personal my partner of 34 years died a horrible death of aids. >> it was hard, but i'm glad i did it. >> what was hard about? >> which story to tell. >> joanie is a long time
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volunteer. >> my friends and co-workers started dieing. seemed like everybody in the city was dieing. >> this morning that archive went live. >> generationhiv. >> that way, the history is not lost. >> the archive has been compared to another project, aids memorial quilt conceived here in san francisco 30 years ago. it began traveling the world in 1987. a section of it still hangs in grace cathedral. >> so videos are now the tapestry. >> i've been living with hiv since 1987. >> vince told us he was expecting to be on that quilt. >> i realized if i died i
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wouldn't live to tell the story. >> salvage operations are underway at the site of the king fire. >> tonight, as reporter george warren explains loggers are busy cleaning up. >> it will be over in 20 days. a tree in this forest hundreds of years. this will be happening to thousands of trees in the el door raddo national forest. all of them marked by a white circle of
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death. >> the salvage work is beginning in the camp grounds around stumpy meadows reservoir. and also, a sense of urgency to get the camp grounds open again for the 4th of july. the place is going to look different. perhaps the thing that can be said is that the timber will not go to waste. >> enormous job. >> yes. yes. we'll see temperatures in the mid-90s inland. we have clear skies and low clouds hugging the coastline.
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active weather is in the sierra. we have a long chain of thunderstorms roaming in the central sierra around tahoe and hail along highway 50. and this is how it looks in lake tahoe now. dark storm clouds are lingering. thunderstorms are rumbling. in the bay area, it's 59 degrees under calmer conditions. oakland, 62. 64 in san jose. morgan hill 71. check out this view from our camera looking westward sh, low clouds over the bay. it's 65 in santa rosa. 75 in petaluma. here is another view of the low clouds from mount tam. lots of blueñçç skies but you can
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see the bay. these forecast features, variable clouds, mild to warm tomorrow, and temperatures rising high on sunday and monday. here is a satellite image showing that upper level low there is fuelling storms in the sierra. with this example we'll move into the weekend and beyond. to 90 tuesday then a dip and up to 90 by the end of the week. and tonight sh low clouds at the coast. mild overnight. low temperatures into mid-50s. tomorrow, sunny skies in the
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south bay. high temperatures mid to upper 70s to 77 in san jose. downtown san francisco, a high of 63 tomorrow. up in the north bay, upper 50s on the coast. inland east bay highs 82 in fairfield. 84 livermore, here is the accu-weather forecast. warmest day monday, tuesday, temperatures dipping a bit wednesday and thursday. feeling like summer. >> coming up next, bay area doctors on the verge of setting a new human transplant record. >> thanks very much. >> 360 camera live just past a
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surgeons tell us they've completed 16 surgeries with two more to go. one donor is shown before surgery the chain of transplants involves nine donors and nine recipients, five husband and wife pairs this could with one of the first single-city collaborations over 36 hours. >> this is cpr week in the city. one husband says his wife's training saved his life. experts say it doubles or triples a person's chances of survival if provided immediately after cardiac arrest. david schmidt had a heart attack before his 45th birthday. his wife says her training just kicked in. >> i felt his pulse could feel
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a pulse. started doing cpr. . >> i lost memory of the incident and heard the stories. it's almost like hearing bit happening to someone else, i'm thankful to linde and the fire department. >> the fire department is offering hands on cpr training from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m . you can get the information on our website. >> gear up for game two of the finals we're celebrating the best fans in basketball the fan of the day is mike. he tweeted us this picture. looks like he has tunnel vision. you can share your posts on your favorite social media site. be sure to include where you live. the next fan of the day could be you. >> absolutely. well, still ahead a gay man's family comes forward with a revelation
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now, an abc news exclusive. allegations of sexual misconduct against dennis hastert. he will be in court facing charges of bank fraud and lying to the fbi to cover up allegations. now, the sister of one alleged victim is speaking out. >> there has been no response from dennis hastert since the allegations came out last week but the sister of one of the former alleged victims is speaking out.
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exclusively to abc. >> he damaged steve more than any of us will know. >> she says her brother was an equipment manager. she says her brother told her in 1979 he was gay. >> i asked him when was your first same-sex experience? he looked at me and said with dennis hastert. and i just -- i was stunned. >> saying hastert became kind of a father figure to her brother. . >> i said why didn't you tell anyone stevy? he was your teacher. >> he said who is ever going to believe me in this town? who is going to believe me? >> her brother died of aids. her sister says hastert was at the funeral. before she spoke out the
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reaction was disbelief. >> i was shocked and dismayed by the reports that i read. >> jolene says she never asked heartest for money and doesn't know the identity of the unnamed accuser that he was allegedly paying. >> two climbers were killed in malyasha overnight. 11 climbers were injured. others are trapped by rock that's made the trail impassible. because of poor weather, helicopters haven't been able to reach, or rescue them. >> if you remember the u.s. invasion of iraq you'll remember this man. former deputy prime minister aziz, he became the mouthpiece for iraq and saddam hussien. he died of a heart attack in a hospital.
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he was a waiting execution. >> the ratings for the warriors game are here. games hit a 14-year high for the finals 18 million people tuned in around the country. >> it's remarkable. so with everyone watching what does it mine? >> a lot of collectors in the bay area. giants, they've all taken on the bay. they're telling me there is something about this warrior team that is different. >> it's a love fest now. classic materials in san francisco. >> our designer would be anything golden city warriors. >> it's the same city at
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memorabilia for less. >> steph curry, clay thompson. but it's trickling down. >> he has yet to win a championship but already the value of merchandise ranks up there with three time champions buster posy and madison bumgartner. >> there when the relationship could shoot past both posy and bumgardener among athletes. daniel predicts one unframed photo could go for up to
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$299. >> prices will go up about 40%. >> some are playing memorabilia game like the stock market. >> we get a lot of people that buy multiples of things >> for many collectors buying memorabilia is a way to feel connected to players. >> most people are buying not speculating but buying because that is something they want. >> know the going rate and if the price is low walk away. and be aware super stars have exclusive contracts only with certain dealers and certificates of authenticity, they can be counterfeited.
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as you know, last time warriors were in the nba finals it was in 1975 a long time ago. we thought it would be fun to look back and see what is going on 40 years ago. >> the number one single of the year... glenn campbell, number two. cult classic "rocky horror picture show" premiered in 1975 but the highest grossing film of the year was about a shark. "jaws". when warriors got into the championships waits a big deal, but not big enough to kick out ice follies scheduled for shows at the oakland arena.
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so they had to move to the cow palace in daily city. you can get a ticket for just $nine. the bigger star was berry. it was a great year for other oakland sports as well. pitcher vida blue won 22 games. raiders best in the afc west but no selfies from fans back then. microsoft was founded and a prto type created in 1975. california became notorious for two attempts to asassin yat president ford. two women tried and failed. newspaper heiress patty hearst was arrested nearly a year after
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she was kidnapped and later accused of robbing a bank. watching over that history? jerry brown. >> look at him in that picture. warriors sweeping the washington bullets, and we're pulling for them to do the same this year. >> we are. okay. thank you. >> a weekend heat up is on the way. here is a look outsi
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>> we're heading home on 880 northbound near industrial boulevard. you can see we're backed up a little bit now. so 880 right now not looking good. >> thank you. >> tonight yahoo takes steps to stream line it's offerings. at the end of the month, the company well shut down it's yahoo maps feature. >> yahoo will focus on search
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communications and news content. >> jobs picture looking good these days. 280,000 new jobs were added however, people began reentering the labor market, looking for work. >> stock prices fell because good news could set rates back up. one analyst predicted the price could double in five years >> only three hours left to by the on lunch with warren buffet. proceeds going to san francisco glide foundation. so we'll see what happens. >> one last time, let's update the weather forecast. >> we're going to start with the sierra.
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this is a time lapse view. this hail falling in spots and we've got a cell that is still stormy in that region. today, most of the remainder of the state under sunny and dry conditions. tomorrow, mild to warm. 70s around the bay. low 60s on the coast. here is the accu-weather forecast. check out the warm up coming our way. monday highs into mid-90s, up to 80 around the bay. 70s on the coast. and thursday, temperatures bouncing up again next friday. >> thank you. >> we're announcing tonight that the abc7 news app is available for apple watch.
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yes. you can use it to get breaking news on your wrist. it's a free down load, search for abc7 news bay area. >> it's not going to work on that one, >> let's talk sports. >> yes. >> how do i look on an apple watch? tiny? very tiny. not easy is right. >> huge loss to the cavaliers they get set for game two against warriors. you can count my friends in this room.
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brought to you by bank of the west. >> good evening, warriors road got easier. because of a broken kneecap. irving came into the finals scoring 23 points. in overtime irving knocked knees with thompson. an mri revealed a fractured kneecap. and that means more of a burden on lebron james. >> just a few things you'd love to have late in the season. it's being healthy. and having luck as well. >> and we've had a great rhythm. and haven't had much luck and haven't been helped.
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shots. they got the other guys down on the same rhythm he was. it will be hard for 2, 3 guys to beat us. they've got to do it collectively. >> patrick willis retiring. offensive tackle announced today he is not playing this season. former first round pick says he wants to get his mind and body healthy. >> he called up switch pitcher pat venditti. brook holt gets things started.
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tied at three. >> thank you so much, larry. >> join us tonight at 9:00. a neighborhood with a dilemma. keep the bruce jenner name, or change it? and a local university taking a stand against sexual assault. >> finally tonight, thoughts about what really matters. there is a clash in america against freedom of speech and freedom of religion. they're the corner stone of what makes this country unique. this started after a charlie hebdow tragedy. recently in this country people
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held draw mohammed contests. it sends a message to fundamentalists we should never back down, but is that what is going on here? free speech or an attempt to attack another group of people? what matters is that we can speak our minds and worship as we choose. let me know what you think at dan ashley abc7. >> that will do it for this edition of abc7 news. >> from all of us here we appreciate your time. >> we'll see you tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. >> nice, warm weekend.
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this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are -- a visual information specialist originally from kansas city, missouri... a physician from atlanta, georgia... and our returning champion -- a phd student in architectural history from brooklyn, new york... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. hello, everyone. and welcome to our last show of the week. jean and chris delighted to welcome you two to our program. addison, good seeing you again. let's go to work right now, shall we? we'll get right into this.
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