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male himmed to the top of the crane and officers say he does not appear to be from the area, possibly he is a transient. he is talking but not always coherently. we are at corner ofth and santa clara. san jose police department are waiting him out with a rescue crew on stand by. the construction workers who would normally have been arriving at work were told to stay home. the officers have cut power to the job site so the crane is not rate am the it is an interesting situation for san jose police department. here is what the lieutenant said. >> we have had different situations where individuals on the overpasses and we have to talk them down. this is unique as far as someone able to climb up a crane and hold themselves up there and get us in this situation we are in.
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>> there it was, the conundrum with a spotlight on the crane at this point. they have flashed it. there are contribution enter recommendation officers three, at the base of the crane talking to the gentleman. at this point there is no plan to climb up any higher. there is expected to be hot weather today. that could be a factor. there is no power to the korean, to the crane and no air, so at this point it is a waiting game. we are in san jose for abc7 news. >> the taliban is claiming responsibility for a series of deadly explosions at the afghan parliament in kabul. >> militants detonated explosives and fired rockets just as law militias were
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convening to appoint a new defend minister. two civilians a woman and a 10-year old girl, were killed. 30 people were hurt. in lawmakers were injured. all seven attackers are dead including a car bomber. six others were killed in a firefight with security. >> the south bay, investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a vacation amounts home in san jose. a neighbor provided cell phone video to abc7 showing flames from the home alongside interstate 680. fire break out at 5:45 last might and crews stayed out of the after hearing what is believed several propane tanks explode inside the house. winds kicked up embers and sent them to the neighbor's fences and yesterdays much the house suffered $500,000 in damage. >> several wildfires are burning out of control in california. cooler temperatures in the mountains are expected to help 2,000 firefighters battling a
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17,000-acre wildfire that is only 19 percent contained. on homes are threatened but in structural damage is reported. several hundred people have evacuated sites and vacation homes. >> a large fire is burning 400 acres and forcing the evacuation of 72 homes year. two homes and several outbuildings have been destroyed. one was injured. the fire is 50 percent contained. the evacuation order was lifted yesterday. >> alpine county firefighters are damaging a 6,500 acre wildfire 20 miles south of lake tahoe with bone dry timber and steep rocky terrain making it tough for the crews. five homes have been evacuated and historic cab bishop are threatened. the fire is only 10 percent contained. >> the body of the last irish student killed in the balcony collapse arrived in dublin this morning. burke and her cousin, ashley
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donohue were remembers on saturday. the bodies of the other victims arrived hole over the weekend, the six died when an apartment building collapsed in perk. seven others were injured and they continue to recover from the injuries in the east bay. ♪ sing thanks to the lord ♪ >> in san francisco, hundreds paid tribute to the young victims. several officials from ireland expressed their thanks to the bay area for the outpouring of support. >> today a rally is held for 25 elementary schoolteachers in sunnyvale told they not be back in fall. teachers will be transferred to another school in the district. initially they told last week they would have to re-apply for the jobs in the fall. official say the cool is infected with tension and moral issues. parents and students will gather for the rally that begins at can
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-- 6:00 p.m. >> crowd gathered to honor victims of south carolina church shooting hoping to end white silence. >> there wasn't a last diversity in this crowd. and that wasv white silence to violence. demonstrators marched in oakland to denounce the shooting in charleston and to send a message. >> it is time for white people to step up so we put it on facebook and we thought maybe 20 people would show up and now a lot of people we see there is a deep call for people to do this. >> marchers were given thumb's up and they know the task is daunting but the tragedy in south carolina was just too much for them to sit back and do nothing. >> white supremacy is embedded and the institutions of society and it perpetuates ratism something white folk need to resolve on our own. 507 afternoon. >> white supremacy is a white
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problem not for black people to change the minds of people who are already deeply racist. >> demonstrators honored the anyone dead by reading each name but the toughest challenge is to do when the marching chanting is over. each person here has to seek reconciliation with neighbors and families and with the people anthem in their communities. >> demonstrators say it is a start in breaking "white silence." bay area congregation remembers the charleston victims with prayer services across the bay on sunday. first miami church said the faith allows them to forgive accused gunman dylann roof and that anyone should be scared to enter a house of worship. >> you cannot feel safe in a house of worship we have the
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opportunity to come together and pray and be a family where can you be safe? san francisco's third baptist church held a prayer vigil for the victims. >> in charleston thousands marched for peace across a bridge in the city gathering on the bridge calling it "the rig -- bridge to peace," the crowd was estimated 9,000 to 20,000 with hugging singing creating a unity change. >> the united states supreme court could issue a key ruling in a few hours on same-sex marriage. the justices are reviewing legal challenges to bans in four states and is expected to overcontinue same-sex marriage bans in michigan, ohio, tennessee and kentucky. the justices will decide in a case involving the affordable care act. the justices are considering a challenge by three death row inmates to a sedative used in lethal injection. >> hail has given us heads up so
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driver will face delays on highway 101 and one near the golden gate bridge starting tonight. some lanes are closed from 10:00 to 3:00 am so crews can install signs to be ready for the opening of new doyle drive. we will chose for three days or so july 9 to get the new doyle drive ready for traffic. crews will transfer traffic lanes to the new prime minister road with wide are lanes and safety shoulders which did not exist on the old doyle drive. >> did you feel it over weekend? >> the father's day joy? >> i am sure in your household. my household the same the father's day laziness is what it came down to. you lay around and doing in for a day. it was nice. >> that day is over, and back to work matt and mike. >> we are never away from work at 24/7 with social media. 54 in antioch, and 51 in by burr 71 in diabolo and everyone
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in the low-to-mid 50s like san ramon at 52 and livermore at 54 and concord is 58 and 54 in lafayette. we have temperatures in the mid-50 away both bay shorelines down to cupertino the cool spot at 52 and pinole is 5 and novato at 53. walnut creek shows looking south into clear conditions so it will be warmer inland, 51 to 88 along the coast, though 58 to 65 in san francisco and a few clouds will leper and it will be breezy from time to time around the bay, 68 to 78 in the south by below average. san jose this morning you can see no clouds. tomorrow, into wednesday, we will drop up two- to four-degrees and hold steady. there is the first sign of heat: 98 inland on thursday and warmer on friday. that is coming up. but, first, the monday morning commute.
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leyla? >> in more lazy dads. stop barbecuing get back to work. now, everyone, a look at north pay san rafael, 101 drive southbound direction. northbound is not seeing too many vehicles. we will take you over to the san mateo bridge where we have construction. it will last until 11 o'clock this morning. if you travel eastbound westbound is going to be unaffected and 101 freeway clear between milbrae to sfo and 280 is in different. drive time traffic 101 southbound from santa rosa to petaluma 15 minutes gets you through. 580 westbound castro valley to the maze is 14 minutes and 101 northbound, to 85 is tell -- 12 minutes. >> uber underfire pressure being put on the ride service today and new concerns about customer privacy.
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>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the body of a former white house chef missing for are a week has been found the body was discovered a mile and a half off the trail in the mountains of taos after going hiking june 13 and never run home. oakland board served under president clinton and president george w. bush. >> san francisco taxi workers will rally in front of uber headquarters to protest the rise-sharing effects on cab drivers. on saturday some drivers from the techniques workers alliance held a similar protest outside the hilton hotel where the
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united states mayor's conference is being held. taxi drivers say their pay has been cut 40 percent since uber and lyft began operations. >> also today a privacy rights group will file a complaint against uber over the company's new policy to track users even if they are not using the app. the washington dc group said in the complaint to the federal trade commission the policy violates several privacy issues. scheduled to take effect july 15. >> stormy weather and rain has left parts of texas underwater. look at what a main highway looked like as the rain came down. that is 75 miles north of dallas. several inches of rain fell in a few hours causing widespread flash floods. roads everyone washed out and drivers were left stranded. >> east of dallas, a different kind of water problem adding to the mess created by the rain. police say someone crashed into a fire hydrant sending a plume of water shooting more than 50'
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into the air. this happens near a busy highway slowing down traffic in the area. >> tense moments in south dakota after a fire broke out at an apartment building. these men rushed from one apartment to another on saturday night making sure that both people and pets got out safely. it and a good thing because the first caused part of the roof to collapse. witnesses saw a bolt of lightning strike the roof moments before the fire started. >> like million of other fathers a famous dad marked father on social media. >> steph curry posted this picture of himself with daughter riley on instagram. he cloud the emergency "no better blessing than the responsibility of fatherhood. woke up with 6:15 with a two-year-old kick me in my back and we not have it any other way." >> at least it was the back and not the head.
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>> warriors forward andre iguodala is on jimmy kimmel tonight. iguodala was engaged mvp of the nba finals. you can see iguodala tonight after abc7 at look. >> a little bit of the nba finals withdrawals with a deal that the warriors will not be impact until october. >> but baseball is going on. >> you although -- love director bail. >> the a's are tut doing as well as we hope but we are barely in the middle of the season. now, what is going an as we barely started summer. today is our first full day of summer. you can see half moon bay and petaluma with reduction in visibility but i would not call it fog yet because it is five miles with haze. breezy through the san bruno gap and across the bridge to hayward at ten miles per hour and from
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the san ramon valley we have a wind blowing up 680 into conquer at 16 miles per hour and taking a right town at 80 and headed to fairly at 24 miles per hour. our fastest winds today start at 5:00 and they will be along the cost through 9:00 tomorrow evening and we have northwest wind at 21 to 33 knots and small craft advisory. here is a look at cloud cover over san francisco, one of the few areas that has seen a lot of cloud cover. today mostly sunny, and slightly warmer than year, maybe not so much sunshine at the coast but it will be close, extreme heat is possible on thursday and friday is the weekend highs will fall back to more comfortable levels. today, the cloud cover pulls back to the coast 10:00, 11 o'clock, maybe at the latest and it will with the northwest winds clear a little bit from north to south in the 60s and 70s and 80s for the rest of us. we will start in the south bay we will have mid-to-upper 80s in los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy and inin the money 70s.
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san jose is about the same. redwood city is 76 a warm spot on the peninsula semi-i don't at 73 and in the low sits along the coast and daly city is 59, and mid-60s south san francisco and the north bay mid-to-upper 70s and santa rosa at 82. loan the east bay more 68 in richmond and berkeley low-to-mid 70s elsewhere. inland we have mainly low-to-mid 80s comfortable here. brentwood is the warm spot at 88 degrees. tonight, low-to-mid 50s again, possibly a few upper 40s in napa and santa rosa. my seven-day forecast is two- to four-degrees warmer tuesday into wednesday and look at thursday and friday. the upper 90 and triple digs inland and 80s an the bay and 60 at the coast. we fall back to normal level at ten degrees cooler by saturday and sunday. have a great day. >> leyla? light. we look from walnut creek camera a look at 680 as you head out of pleasanton hill at highway 24,
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and we have nice healthy gaps between the vehicles so not tapping the breaks northbound traffic, nice and clear and accident free. no actions to commit us going and as far as we know, possibly one if we take you over to highway 3 you could find it heading loan the westbound direction near lakeville and we have slowing away from the point and that is a vehicle that first was reported as a stall and now it looks to be blocking when lynn as it veered in and out of the lanes. we will check on that and drive time traffic is showing green and great four to the maze is 16 minutes and westbound along the bay bridge into san francisco is seven minutes and from san francisco to the airplane, at sfo, 11 minutes. amazon is making changing to try to get more of your business. >> taylor swift takes on apple. here are the tech bytes. >> apple caves to taylor swift, the pop superstar keeping her hit "1989," off the new
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streaming service because apple was not planning on paying artists during the three month trial period. last night apple said it will pay the royalties and amazon tweaking their rating system putting more emphasis on reviews that are recent and helpful. >> those written by verified purchasers will get more weight. the new system is in use but it could take a while for ratings to change. >> sam senator has a new idea to improve truck safety. giant video scenes on the back of tractor trailers. >> they would show drivers stuck behind the truck and what is heed and whether it is safe to pass. there are questions if it is economically practical. >> matt, father's day just happened but just in time as we continue to celebrate father, major innovations to a great some are hotspot the ought commute and your health and the deal rush to work could be making you sick.
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>> 18 california beaches are acknowledged as having excellent water quality am year. no hole benches made the rolls several made "beach bummers list," for pollution and bacteria including santa cruz beach west of the santa cruz boardwalk was named one of the worst in the state. other bay area peaches on the list include a park in san mateo county and candlestick point in san francisco. >> it took a year to re-do half of the delores park the best view of san francisco spending $8 million on new grass more restrooms and more trash cans to cut down on the liter problem. the upper end is closed down and
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will go through a similar renovation to be done by early next year. >> bummed to hear of the local beaches on list because mine later this week, that is what we are going to do. >> weapon it is that hot that is where you want to go, to the beach, to get your free air conditioning and antioch, look a this by thursday 102. friday 97 and 90 on saturday and sunday. how about 115 or warmer? that is what we will have done in southern california and heading over to arizona. tuesday, it is going to be blistering hot. not so cool today, 112 in palm springs and 79 if lake tahoe, and sunshine and 63 in monterey. leyla? >> hot indeed. here is a look at san jose where it looks like everyone is keeping cool and it is a nice drive as you head away from 880, highway 17 one vehicle
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northbound direction with southbound traffic empty and 880 in the background also act free as we take a wider view of the south bay you can see nothing but top speeds and traveling along we up to the 280 and 680 beyond the nimitz. if you have a flight to catch at mineta san jose international airport you increase good shape. 288 has no delays and 85 is a nice drive. here is drive time traffic it is getting you over the altamont pass and 580 tracy to dublin is 36 minutes already. >> corrections official say illegal druze are ram pant in california prisons and new stats show that california inmates die from drug overdoses at triple the national average. the prisons have spent $8 million this career alone on drug detecting scanners and a new breed of drug sniffing drugs and search visitors expected of carrying drugs. the tactics are humiliating and
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intimidating. federals believe that more funding is needed. >> modern technology will change the way authors are paid. rather than earning money based on how many books they sell amazon will be paid for how many pays are read on an e-reader starting next month. the system is expected to reword author whose keep the reader hooked. >> thank public transit or do you think it is making you sick? >> maybe. a study finds viruses hitch a ride on the roads and railways with state highways connected by ground transit have variations of flue and closely time epidemic peaks. places with public transit make it easier for diseases to spread. >> this weekend a lot of people in southern california decided to cool off in the warm weather by taking a dip in the pool. they were not the only one. check it out a bear was spot the wandering a neighborhood in pasadena. he knew where he was going and
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the bear does not take listen to climb over the fence and what he does, he heads straight for the pool and goes in for a swim. make himself right at home. can't blame the bear. it is a nice pool. as you know, the drought alone has been bringing the animals down. >> couldn't he put open a swimsuit? skinny dipping is disrespectful. >> make-or-break in a plan to transform the coliseum area. >> what city leaders are demanding the developers show. >> and honoring the nation's mayors at the united states conference of mayors.
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s. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. morning, and thanks for joining us on this monday. i am matt colder here for eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. you have the good father's day flow and mike is here. >> father's day flow? >> absolutely. >> that was a fun time the fairlies and massages. >> it was great. we had matching to. >> we will move on, shall we? >> also, the first day of summer. >> the first full day of summer with temperatures below average. matt and i will not wear sandals and show off our toes. >> you can see not much in the way of fog but there
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