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scene looking for hotu can see all of the damage the fire gutted the expire garage. this is where the fire is said to have started at 12:20 this morning. massive flames could be seen out of the top of the garage. crews got the flames under control by dousing it with a lot of water. two people were inside the home at time of the fire. one person was taken to the hospital with second to third degree buns. the other person inside the house was a combo said what happened. she tried to get the fire sting wisher and she went back inside to get her dog and she escaped the fire unharmed. fire crews are on the scene investigating what started the fire exactly this morning. reporting from vallejo janet o. >> metal work ignited a fire that gutted homes in livermore. fires hosed down the flames on
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the property north of the livermore national laboratory. smoke from could be seen for miles: breaking news in snow may the never is investigating a suspicious death at a him near napa road. dispatch started getting 9-1-1 calls at look last night. witnesses say deputies found the body of an adult female in a second floor room. investigators are questioning several people who live at that home but no one has been taken and custody. we will bring you more information when we hear from the sheriff. >> videoing news crews are keeping a federal reason 15,000 acre wildfire from reaching the small town south of lake tahoe. the residents have not been evacuated but are told "get ready." the washington fire exploded in size since it started with light next strike on friday. crews have zero containment of the fire, down from 10 percent earlier so it is worse.
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extreme winds and dry timber fuel the flames. >> slightly cooler and more humid weather is helping firefighters battling a huge 17,000 acre forest fire in san bernardino mountains and aircraft have contained it at 24 percent. flames have threatened on buildings including old cabins, several hundred people, now, have been forced to leave. >> people in the midwest are waking up to widespread damage after a dozen tornadoes were reported in the past 24 hours. this is a look in illinois where homes were destroyed by a confirmed twister south of chicago. emergency management officials say at least two people were hurt there. another confirmed tornado touched down in a small michigan town of portland. five people were rescued there when 100 miles per hour winds caused buildings to collapse. >> the berkeley city council will pick back up where it left off last month discussing
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short-material rentals in the city. it is reports that the city council is considering a proposal to legalize and regulate short-term represent as like those offered through airbnb. a public hearing was cut short last meeting. >> represent loss is a hot topic in richmond city council according to our media partners the city council will discuss a new study which shows half of all resident are representers and a quarter spent more than 30 percent of their income on represent which is considered high. affordable housing advocates want a represent control law and require landlords to have a valid reason for evicting someone. >> a 13-year-old boy is called a hero this morning after his mom was at work and a burglar tried to bust down the front door of their home. police say the teen did exactly what he should have done to protect his two younger
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brothers. >> he walked in the house. the burglar was scared by the dog and he came back, trying to break into the house. >> redman collins locked the weapons and dead bolted the front door but the man was trying to break it down. his mom was at work while red man and the brothers were home alone with their dog prince. >> hard. really hard. really trying to get in. i went to the room and we closed the door and made sure it was locked so he could not get in. redman stood bit front door with the kitchen knife in hand but he saw how big the burglar was and realized he might need a bigger weapon and pick up a bat. >> what was the plan? >> when he got in, hit him and knock him in the head so he would be unconscious. >> you were ready? to protect my family. >> before he could breakdown the car antioch police pull up and arrested the 39-year-old man.
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his sister recognized him as a man who follow her home from the bus step a few days ago. >> if i was here i don't know what would have happened. [ inaudible ] >> he defended his brothers and the household like a brave young march. >> the suspect was charged with burglar and want to know if he is involved in other crimes in the area. >> 4:35 elementary schoolteachers in sunnyvale are in the process of being reassigned to other campuses a move to break up tension brewing in recent years. parents and students and teach others came together at west valley elementary to say goodbye. the union school district said that reassigning the principal and 123 teachers will eliminate moral issues at the school which according to some teachers stem from changing implemented by the former principal. teachers are accepting their fate. >> i love this school, this
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community, i love the teachers and it is hard to walk away. >> parents have launched a petition asking the district to reconsider. >> a big change of heart for south carolina's governor is now calling to have the confederate flag removed from the grounds of the state capital. she reversed her position publicly yesterday just daze after nine black church members in charleston were shot and killed by a white man who displayed the flag as a symbol of white supremacy. removing the flag would take a vote of the state legislature and the current session ends next week. >> president obama and the first lady will travel to charles were on friday to attend funeral services for the reverend clementa pinckney one of the nine victims in the church massacre. he was the pastor of emanuel ame church and also a state senator. he became close with the obamas while supporting them in the 2008 presidential campaign. the president. deliver the eulogy for reverend
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clementa pinckney. >> the oakland city council has approved a measure establishing a department of race and equity, director and analyst are hired to review the workings of city government including the police department to ensure that minorities are not discriminated against and receive their fair share of city services. >> we are talking about how winds are not helping the fire south of lake tahoe. >> the winds are going to let up today but they will be back later this week. hopefully they will get the window to were on up for them and help them out tremendously. mt. diablo is 68 and pittsburg is 62 and brentwood is warm spot inland and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 50s from san ramon and danville at 54 and blackhawk at 50 the cool spot and dublin and pleasanton and livermore, pleasant hill 56 degrees. and most of us in mid-50 from pinole at 5 a and same in foster city and cupertino at 54 and newark at 56. we have 49s around bow san
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diego bay and 46 at half moon bay. walnut creek southbound at 680 is clear. up in the north bay to 81 inland east bay. along the coast and san francisco, private and breezy but 60 to 67 and an the bay 70 to 80 headed into to south bay. clear over 87 near the shark tank at san jose and we are going do see fog the next couple of mornings and the temperatures are 60, 80s, and 90's, wednesday and friday. in between though, 70 90 and triple digits on thursday. the weekend forecast is remaining up. leyla in what is in store? >> we have video shot here coming through the golden gate bridge toll plaza as you haded and san francisco. you can see the flashing lights and the cones. this is to detour the traffic ambassador from construction that was taking place overnight tonight and tomorrow. we hear it is a mess with very few signs directing traffic as to where to go.
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i will tell you that again i expect to see lanes are going to be shut off at 10:00, a full closure of southbound highway one and highway 101 and one are going to be closed between 1:00 o'clock and 3:00 a.m. you can see this is little in the way of signs so you are having to figure or feel your way through. traffic is re-opened and it is running smithly from marin to san francisco. it will not be a problem for the rest of the drive this morning you but keep it in mine full closure from 1:00 o'clock a.m. to 3:00 a.m. here is a look at drive time traffic: i-80 westbound, to the maze 15 minutes, and 101 southbound from san francisco to sfo is 11 minutes. eric and kristen? >> next, banking on the nba championship and the warriors have nothing but "green," in the
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>> covering daly city, dublin los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back, at 4:42. cars can be seen driving through a flooded street in concord. according to community website, a broken water main left a bit of a mess behind last night flooding willow pass road near port chicago highway. >> music motion up combs is facing assault charges after being taken into custody
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over assault with a deadly women, battery and making terrorist threats. he attacked an assistant coach with a training weight although neither was hurt. he posted bail last night before 10:00 p.m. ucla head coach released a statement saying i am thankful our staff showed the level of professionalism they did in handling the situation. >> nfl commissioner caddell will hear the new england patriot appeal of deflate-gate denying knowing of the deflated football and wants the league to say who ordered the suspension and questions the science behind the league's findings of deflated forbes. the hearing is scheduled to me begin at the nfl headquarters in new york at 6:30 this morning our time. >> strength in numbers and stretch in dollars our warriors are dominating the court and now are dominating the world. our reporter tells us now the players and the franchise are
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about to score some big time deals in the world of endorsements. >> steph curry's star is rising fast. he has endorsement democrats with several national planneds like he is about to writely own story. athose authors are growing. >> sports marketing expert said the nba championship is about to make stick very rich maybe his whole fake. this picture was tweeted from pottery barn kids and riley could lend her adorableness if mom and dad approve. >> the steph curry family embodied everything that is puree bout sports and about >> these guys come out for support. >> there are marketing dollars and deals for other players. barnes signed ought --
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autographs for fans who stayed if line for hours. >> another said that anything the warriors want ten force he is in. >> people line up early and purchase the products and wait in line for hours. i do it. >> fame and fortune for the new champs of the nba. >> 4:45. nba finals mvp andre iguodala was a guest on jimmy kimmel last night and said he was more of a chaperone during the celebration in las vegas on friday hours after the victory parade in oakland. >> we had a turn up in with bronze going up to bates and gold and silver was close
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klay at a close second. but draymond got the gold. >> jimmy kimmel live is weeknights at 11:35. i believe the topic was having a good time would had the bronze silver and gold medal of a i time. >> nice to see iguodala. i want to see his son a young man, who ought to be a star too. >> and that will happen. >> if iguodala wants him. maybe he does not want him to be. mike? how does it look? >> still blowing in some areas. concord, fairfield, 16 and 17 miles per hour, and a nice onshore flow and the rest of us less than ten miles per hour so the clouds are late to arrive. small craft advisory at 3:00 this afternoon, through 9:00,
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and same area as year north of the bay bridge east of the golden gate bridge all the way through the delta community, southwest wind at 21 to 33 knots and the small craft advisory has been extended until 9:00 tomorrow evening along the coast. the northwest winds at 21 to 33 knots. in san rafael we, looking south, no fog to speak of and we will have more warming sunshine today, next couple of nights, the clouds will increase and that will not stop our heat fromming especially inland when it is in the triple digit on thursday. the cloud cover shows how quickly it goes away by 9:00 or sock and the cost will see plenty of sunshine this afternoon. 60s there 70s and 80s and 90s making their first appearance of the week. well inland east bay, to the south we have mid-80s around los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy and milpitas at 7 a and santa clara 78, but no san jose and cupertino at 80. on the peninsula today
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low-to-mid 70s from san mateo redwood city and menlo park and palo alto and upper 70s in los altos and mill bay at 67. the coast has low 60 to mid-to-upper 60s downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and mid-to-upper 70s san rafael novato petaluma and santa rosa and sonoma and napa low-to-mid 80s and nearly 90 in cloverdale, and the east bay shore, low-to-mid 70s and oakland at 71. mid-80s to none in brentwood our first sign the heat is coming. at the alameda county fair 73 until 11 o'clock, but you will need the sun scream, 84 at 3:00, and dropping do a cool 61 by 11 o'clock. tonight, the temperatures are in the low-to-mid 50s and more cloud cover. our seven-day forecast we jump two- to four-degrees tomorrow and about ten degrees on thursday, 70 at the coast and 90s around the bay and 100s
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inland and back to average by saturday. >> you her me talking about the doyle drive closure that took place last night, this morning and, also tonight and tomorrow morning, and still in preparation for the big one. that is going to happen next month starting open thursday july 9 at 10:00 p.m. doyle drive will completely close down for an extended weekend until monday, july 13 until 5:00 a.m. and they will stick to the schedule because it was supposed to be done early this month. it did not happen. it will happen next month. be prepared. we can expect to see major traffic impact. in san jose this morning, committing out the drive along 87, it is nice and clear past julian street and not too many vehicles on the scene and in accidents to get us going. drive time traffic over the altamont pass, tracy to dublin is 29 minutes and southbound 680 from dublin is continue minutes and northbound highway 85 from 101 to cupertino is a short
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>> it is 4:52 a look at traffic in the east bay interstate 680 the tail lights are head southbound and everything is moving along pretty well right here right now. we will check the trouble spots coming up. >> the competition is heating up to revamp san francisco's historic palace of fine arts with as to renovate the landmark include adding gyms and an art center. tonight, the recreation and parts department will host a public meeting to discuss the seven ideas.
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the plan is to choose finalists by september and a winner by develop. even celebrity chef alice waters is involved in one of the proposals to bring the former site of the exploritorium museum back to life. >> if you ride golden gate transit there could be a new bus where $10 million from grant money into the capital account to buy new equipment. half the money is used to bay 11 new full-sized buses and up to 20 vans and transit vehicles. $2 million is used to approve a dozen bus stops in the north bay. in all the grant money the budget by 41 percent. >> the earth will be hit with a massive solar storm creating incredible lighting. you can see this from the international space station the beautiful red auroras. >> what do you think? >> that is a solar storm all right the it is need.
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unless you are running electronic equipment. it can be a problem. >> mike has the forecast. >> now a look at the u.v. index it will be very high today. fair skin only takes 10 or 15 minutes to burn. padres are taking on the giants tonight at 61 at 6:15 dropping down to a cool 57 by 10:00. if you travel around the state it will be hot and mid-to-upper 90s through the central valley into lake tahoe and 83 lake tahoe, rather, and 80 in los angeles and 112 in palm springs and 109 if las vegas. safe travels. >> the golden gate bridge cameras looks like there are flashing lights into the toll plaza with construction right around doyle drive. i warp you there is still activity there so be careful if you are coming from marin. walnut creek shows traffic is
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nice and smooth on 680 up to 24 it is not a problem. the drive times holding in from concord up to highway 24, six minutes gets you there. if you are headed into body moment, highway 13, is eight minutes and westbound 580 tracy to dublin is hold strong at 31 minutes. >> the number of americans with a weight problem has hit a start weeing new high and analysis published by the journal of the american medical association found that 75 percent of men and 67 percent of women amendments 25 and older are overweight or oh piece. the numbers are a big jump 2007 when 65 percent of the women were in the category. >> you may want to take this warning with a grin of salt. doctors in australia warn of skinny jeeps. a 35-year-old woman was cut out of the her skinny jeeps after her calves ballooned in size while wearing them while moving
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and spending hours squatting and packing boxes in the two tight jeans and developed a condition that triggered pleading in the calves and could not stand. she was fur days in the hospital before she was able to walk on her own again. true officer. new, most speakers agree that the odds of this happening are very, very rare, but don't be squatting in your skinny jeans. >> similar to something seen in star wars movie could be a reality, the department of justice has a deal with a british evening near firm for a prevideo -- prot use these bikes for a variety of reconnaissance memberses including gearing intelligence and carrying supplies. >> toughing photo of a come come police officer comforting a two-year old after a car crash
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is going viral. a witness snapped the foe of the officer struck. the little girl was in the overturned vehicle behind him and her father was killed and her mom and three sin lanes were hurt. the officer wanted to distract her from what was happening and he sang star," which is how he calms done his own daughter when she is upset. >> a new plan to make crossing the richmond-san rafael bridge easier now includes more than drivers. >> a special thank you from the government of ireland and how you can help the victims of the berkeley balcony collapse. stay
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning, everyone, at 5 o'clock a.m., time for rise and shine for some of you the lucky ones get to sleep longer. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze with leyla gulen. here with meteorologist mike nicco. >> the wind will stay in some areas today. live doppler hd is quiet as far as rain or precision. we have late arriving clouds on the exploritorium and 47 to 56, the same this morning as it was yesterday morning. maybe a little bit warmer at noon especially inland 56 at the coast and 78 there and remain wither inland at 4:00, 60 to 86 and that is when the coast and the bay and into the delta is going to be breezy. temperatures tonight are 58 to 78. so, it will be
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