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he was found asleep in a car with a loaded gun and lots of ammo. the female officer's attorney says he reached for the gun. >> they did this. or that. some criminal record or whatever, it's irrelevant. >> demonstrators are here with demands they want to know the names of the officers and to see their body camera video. >> this creates trauma for the community. you spend your life in fear. >> some are worried things could get out of hand. >> we saw a replay of what we saw in the past. jose durano and cheryl ward have been working to form a group to keep the vandals out.
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>> we want to make the city and police department accountable to cracking down on individuals that are doing it meaning finding, naming and arresting them. >> the family asked for peace. >> it was supposed to get underway around 6:00. you can always us on twitter. >> it's been another hot day across the bay. people are out enjoying the heat today. heading south here is a look at another way to keep cool. heating the beach in santa cruz. drew? >> the beach and air conditioner were your best friend. taking a look at highs on
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friday. antioch, livermore, topped out at 101 degrees. 76, cooler, but warm in oakland. a high of 71 in san francisco. high pressure squashes the cloud cover. that is also why we saw warm tempmperatures. sunshine and by 11:00, plenty of stars and temperatures on the mild side. we'll take a look in just a moment. dan? >> thank you. the golden state warriors are back in the bay area tonight. the team arrived this afternoon at oakland international airport. the team was in a brighter mood following that big game four win yesterday. some fans showed up to root for game five. >> one warriors super fan is
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celebrating a big milestone tonight. abc7 news caught up with sweetie on her 106th birthday with this story tonight. on her 106th birthday, the oldest golden state warriors fan wants one thing. >> i want them to win. that is all. make me happy. >> two weeks worth seasons of waiting. a trip to see game one and a signed photo of her favorite player. >> this year he's proven to be a different man. he's played that ball, oh he plays it. >> i love it. >> she and the city have taken
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center stage. >> the level of excitement everywhere you go, it's warriors. >> oakland native says the attention is long overdue. >> paul silas jim pollard. >> his book chronicles talent to come out of oakland. >> jump shot was invented by an oakland kid. in mid 1940s. >> when sweetie was in her 30s. >> i have the same energy and strength. >> strength in numbers with many meanings. >> warriors game four win has fans in the south bay buzzing this morning.
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these folks headed to work and were just stoked at the dubs won. peete's coffee was selling warriors ground coffee. abc7 is the only place to catch the finals our coverage begins sunday. game six is tuesday. and if we need a game seven, it will be back friday at 5:30. >> bart will be back on track just in time for sunday's game. trains will not run between fruit veil and coliseum stations. >> doyle drive will close july 9th through the 13th. it was hoped to avoid 4th of
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july holiday weekend. >> last night a 50-year-old operator was getting off the cable car and suffered a fractured skull, and traumatic brain injury. a motorcyclist was arrested on suspicion of felony dui. >> police say they've arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a home invasion robbery. prosecutors say the men entered through an unlocked door captured here in this surveillance video. >> surprising that more police are relying on security video. police are crediting cameras for
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burglary arrests and abc7 news is live in los gatos with the story tonight. vic? >> security cameras are fast becoming the important tool for law enforcement. if you're a cook, you better smile. >> the charming town of los gatos. population 30000. police here started a registry called los gatos on watch. 80 residents and businesses are participating. police know where they're pointed. >> it's solving crime. >> this gives officers an opportunity to investigate
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leads. >> bob owns belgian diamonds his video has been used as evidence by police. >> there is a fight and we're able to provide video. in oakland police arrested three people suspect of burglarizing homes and businesses. what cracked the case? the video from a camera. >> good description of the suspects. >> in fremont, police identitified him through cameras. police released video of a robbery that went bad. robbers shooting at the frightened clerk who ran off. investigators hope this video will help catch them. vic lee, abc7 news.
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>> we have breaking news in the city of industry. a fire gutted a building. look at the flames. witnesses say it's a cosmetics warehouse. firefighters are on the scene. >> cavaliers just arrived in the bay area. right before 6:00 sky seven was over san francisco international airport. here is a live look now. more joyous plane trip for the warriors. >> that could be deli right there? it's hard to tell. maybe. >> it could be. >> i don't know. >> we've got a game five coming
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up sunday. >> still to come here >> here is a heart breaking chis, coming up on seven on your side. >> a bay area girl wins a special visit (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot,
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a bill designed to get school kids vaccinated could be on the governor's desk next week. abc7 news is live with the story. david? >> there are deep seated convictions that parents should have the final say but that runs counter to believes of doctors that say they're important to deterring the spread of measles and other diseases. >> they march outside of the building where nora campos has an office. >> it's not about vaccination, but just our rights to make
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choices. nobody should be able to take it away. >> 6-year-old toby says he had seizures and a 105 degree fever at 18 months. >> i'm not against vaccinations i see benefits. that is why i tried to vaccinate my child i would love to continue vaccinateing but not at this risk. >> local pediatricians argue that youngsters face a greater risk without universal vaccinations >> for children under 12 months if someone were to come into my waiting room with measles they can give measles to any child that is not vaccinated it's the same with whooping cough. >> the bill's author is facing recall for an on
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line petition. >> the bill could hit the floor next week. david louie abc7 news >> fans are gathered at civic center plaza to watch the u.s. women take on sweden in the world cup. right now there is no score. they just started the second half. the city also plans viewing parties for semi final and final, matches. a group of athletes took part in a special training session in san jose. this camp for the stars is for athletes with down's syndrome. it got started nine years ago and mer than quadrupled in size with 62 campers. >> they e mail each other and people come to games watch support our guys. >> all of the players will be back on the field in the morning
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for a final scrimmage. a bay area girl is one of the winners of the white house healthy food challenge. the 9-year-old from san francisco was california's winner for the california rainbow taco. she says she's looking forward to meeting the first lady. >> i think it's inspiring and it's great she does that. to help other kids learn that it's good to have healthy food but good tasting. >> this is the fourth year of the challenge. >> the president will be in the bay area next week to address the nation's mayors at the 83 conference of mayors in san francisco. >> and hillary clinton for a
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private fund-raiser. we'll cover both visits. >> we're covering weather which is warm today. >> it s and maybe getting warmer too. >> yes. changes throughout the weekend. so we'll try to find moisture. seeing nothing but blue. so a live look outside. shallow marine layer right now on a friday, temperatures warm in spots. san francisco coming in at 66 degrees oakland, 61. morgan hill, 93 degrees. the fog is trying to push inland. mild night on the way.
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right now, santa rosa 77 degrees. 93, 96, 94 degrees. not a cloud in the sky. no overnight tonight. just patchy fog. warm to hot again for saturday. and if you want relief warm to hot again for saturday. heat rises, air quality decreases tomorrow. so taking a look to that moderate air quality condition. so if you have asthma, it could be a concern. lows into mid-50s to lower 60
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s. so 86 cupertino. in pacifica lots of sunshine into the north bay. 100 in napa. 78 san rafael. into the east bay 77 san leandro. and one final thought inland into the 90s. most locations 5 to 10 degrees cooler. if you're headed to oakland for game five you can only see it right here. here is your accu-weather forecast. tomorrow, heat is still with us. by sunday, it's
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cooler. >> yes. >> thank you. >> let's take a look at traffic. >> yes. i'm checking on that. >> we're on 880 southbound through oakland. looks like a decent amount of cars on the roadway. you can see 880 northbound they're moving well. and also tonight, how people are showing of
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take a look from sky seven hd. cavs are headed to their hotel team is saying in san francisco for game five of the finals right here. >> they do. you can see the warriors pride on ac transit buses. you can see where signs are flashing. >> about the only rivalry about
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as the area, some of the fans are famous in their own way. >> we caught up with vernon davis celebrating national jerky day. when he's not promoting jerky you'll find him promoting something else. davis is a warriors fan. he also happens to have 2 million twitter followers and in this ad campaign he and slugger nick swisher tweets serious smack. >> people are loving it. my teammates. they enjoy it. >> you've got your tv on. >> the most popular post might not have much to do with the
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game. >> sporting colors, no fan is too young. >> he's a big fan of riley curry, steph curry's daughter the 2-year-old. >> she's become a viral sensation >> when riley tells her dad to be quiet, it's really cute. >> and the most retweeted mom in basketball. my mom? >> she can dish it out and take it. nearing 9,000 followers. no matter who you follow there are special trending pages for nba finals hashtags. >> when choosing a fan of the day, today's fan of the day is
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wrapped in warriors pride. thanks to riop for sharing this one. a new emergency plan. what is being done as water drops to record lows in a california reservoir. >> and what are major sports organizations doing to save water? >> this take on the chapter
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big water cuts for farmers in california. officials told 100 senior water rightsqa6 holders to stop pumping to the water ?-y ksheds.
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federal agencies have methed $100 million in drought aid following a phone call between the president and governors of seven western states the money includes funds for jobs praps crop insurance and wildfire aid. >> officials are making plans to provide drinking water in the event a reservoir runs dry. >> when designed apparently nobody imagined that this could happen. now, it appears likely the outlet that build into the dam provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people will go dry.
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in fran they started to talk about what to do with the water dropped below the pike. >> peer just making a prudent decision now. >> this is the first look to build an emergency pump station that would pump water over the dam. >> we know it's a possibility. so we made the decision to go ahead to have those temporary pumps, designed and constructed just in case we need them. >> don't be fooled by the water you see in the lake today. it's about 60 feet higher than record low last year, one model shows it falling to a level never seen before. nobody ever thought it would come to this, but the doomsday pumps will be ready if it does.
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at folsom lake, abc7 news. >> you know sports organizations are doing their part to save water during the drought. official was both giants and a's will only power wash seats every other game instead of before every game. fans today had mixed reactions to this idea. >> this is called to do it. >> the giants grounds keeper says he tried to cut back on watering the field but the ground turned hard. >> there is outrage over the racial identity of a naacp leader. she has led the spokane washington chapter several years. her birth parents went on national tv and said their daughter is white falsely portraying herself as black. is he says another man is her
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father. >> yeah. that is my dad. >> the naacp responded by saying they respect her privacy and that ethnicity is not a qualification for-to-lead the organization. >> stocks closed lower after fears greece could default on debts. nasdaq lost 31. 14 million current and former civilian government employees had their personal information exposed to hackers. the u tube announced plans to launch a separate app and site for video games.
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>> since jack dorsey was announced as a ceo of twitter one surprising thing about him has taken center stage. his beard. take a look. there was a flurry of social he'da buzz about that beard. >> heart break for one fan he bought his ticket and it turned out to be a fake. michael finney talked to the fans and updates. >> 360 camera. thomas is really zipping along on 24 eastbound. let me see what it looks like. you can see really great.
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in both
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>> we know feenls tickets are red hot. counterfeiters are taking
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advantage of fan fever, selling tickets that turn out to be fake. >> yes. one fan thought he's going to gain two, but his tick writs were phony. >> this is terrible but h e insisted on telling you his story. he just wanted to save you from the heartache. >> this may look like the warriors front office but it's henry hugh's living room. not just for finals it's permanent. >> a huge fan. >> henry has been a fan since he was 12 years old. >> first game i went to. >> people used to make fun of me. >> so when his team made it to the finals he had to be there.
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>> just took a chance he found a seller with two tickets just $1300. >> i met with a guy. and paid cash. >> he gave the man cash and raised to the big game. >> so excited you know? so here he is brimming to the gate. >> he scanned it and said it wasn't scanning. >> the warriors concities fis skated the fakes. >> to be stuck outside is a tough to swallow. he drove to a friend's house and
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making it worse the warriors lost. >> just a tough day for me. >> soon after it happened he talked with us by skype and was overcome withemotion, recounting the let down. >> opportunity of a hive time for me. he met with us later, in person saying he just wants to warn everyone. >> however i have good news. warriors so moved by his story today they offered him tickets to game five. we'll be there to make sure he gets in the door. to see my reports go to abc7 news.com and select 7 on your side. he's thrilled.
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a break through could lead to dramatic cuts in one of the most-common green house gases. >> and eric thomas says the system is deceptively simple. >> it usually takes more than a bottle of soda to shake up researchers at the lawrence livermore lab. but they believe a new system could help fight global warming. >> this is what they're going to crack down. >> a few bubbles won't cause
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pollution, the team is working on a way to capture massive amounts of industrial co 2. to do that, they began to think of a way to observe the co two. they're answer a system of tiny micro capsules that seem simple at first glance. >> so you have a solution that develops c 02. the same results can be seen just by mixing blueish micro capsules into the seweda. >> they go from dark blue to
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yellow. >> now, imagine giant filters filed with micro capsules. and the team says it's simple to release it. >> you can take that and store it underground. >> the solution being tested is simple, too. >> let's go to breaking news now. sky 7 is live over oakland. lake shore avenue lake park avenue. this is a site where police shot
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and killed damoria hoag. demonstrators have a list of demands they want to know the names of the officers and to see their body camera video. >> how is it shaping up? >> hot. >> so taking a look at high as cross california, going to be hot in spots. fresno 105. 107 palm springs. 75 in l.a. we'll zoom in closer to home. lots of sunshine on the way. low 90s in concord. 86 in san jose. and into napa, warm 85 to start
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off the weekend. warm to hot tomorrow. cooler sunday. we feel the cooler breeze and cooling affects on monday. >> thank you. >> a lot to talk about. warriors back in town ready to go. >> yes. >> hi collin. >> hi. >> great. >> talking about a best of three series right? regular season 67 games playoffs about adjustments the warriors made a great one but don't give credit to steve
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steve ker was the adjustment warriors needed. the suggestion came after the loss in cleveland from 28-year-old nick buren. a special assistant to kerr. 20 points less than half a series average through the first
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three games. >> i think it's just about playing a game the right way. and our team has been really good at just letting it flow. whoever's night it is it's just because he is who he is. and he is going to do that. as he plays a game maybe it's not my night but someone is going to have a huge game because of me. he came to play. and had four threes the start of the night. he does it all. so they show tonight a huge reason why we're 2, 2, going home. >> wonder if he bought after or before. just as importantly in the game without a dramon
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green. what he did was let his game do the talking. >> my mom and grandma told me i'm crying too much leave the officials alone, just play. don't got time to argue and that stuff. >> mom and grandma, grabbing him by the ear. >> it's putting them in an enviable position going into tonight's win with sweden. 77th minute, opportunity for swedes on a corner
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kick. just went final. lpga womens championship this is why to get the angle. play the slope. that wasn't a birdie putt. she shows no emotion. she finished plus 7. pga tour in memphis classic. the leader heading into the second round will be the leader at nine under. leads by a stroke.
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u.s. open next week in tacoma. this abc7 sports report brought to you by bank of the west. >> thank you collin. >> join us tonight student in demand. she's got millions in scholarships and acceptance from 29 universities the one she picked at nine. >> a shocking discovery on a east bay beach and what it is. >> and also the latest on breaking news in oakland. we're taking a look at these people, a large group of demonstrators gathered at lake shore avenue. that is joined by a ramp on 580. this is where police shot and killed a 30-year-old last saturday morning. protestors are demanding names
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and want to see body camera video. our coverage continues on twitter at abc7 news bay area as those folks continue to gather on this evening at 9:00 and 11:00. >> well finally tonight, a few thoughts about what matters a sugar sweetened soda is banned at san francisco general hospital the hospital will no longer sell, or provide sugary beverages including gift shop vending machines, cafeterias and meals for patients. let's think about that. you're sick, scared and can't have a coke. you're worried with hours waiting around for news. no pepsi for you. not even a sports drink if it's flavored with sugar. it's a pr move with no real impact on anyone's health but possible health difference for denying a patient a soda or 2, or 5. denying a sick person a simple
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pleasure while in the hospital or a family member is unkind. schools, sure. help encourage young people sugary drinks contributed to america's obesity crisis but when lying in or standing around a hospital bed what matters is to be comfortable, not retrained. let me know what you think. follow me on abc7. >> look for breaking news on
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this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- a communications professional from austin, texas... a customer due-diligence specialist originally from milwaukee, wisconsin... and our returning champion an english professor from prattville, alabama... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thanks, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. well, as you just heard, darren won $22,000 yesterday on the program. when he went into final jeopardy! it was a runaway game, he could not be caught but one of the categories that helped
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him had to do with recent literature. will literature be one of the categories today? who knows? kathryn and kyle hopefully you will find categories to your liking, also. let's go to work in this first round, shall we, players? and good luck with these categories. oh, gosh, that sounds like a long time ago. oh, boy. please. notice the separation on the letters. the first clue in that category the correct response will begin with the letter "h," then "o", "r" as we go down. darren, start us. a game of h-o-r-s-e, $200. alex: kathryn. what is a hearse? hearse -- that's it.

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