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>> reporter: that is where catherine steinly was shot last night. police told us at a briefing here today, that the man they detained last night the person of interest francisco sanchez was charged with her murder today. this video was taken by a person who lived nearby. you can see bystanders trying to help catherine steinly, who was mortally wounded. police say the suspect never exchanged words before he shot her. >> the victim said something to the family members to the extent she didn't feel well and realized something had just taken place and fell to the ground. a police boat cruised around the pier this morning looking for the gun used in the shooting. divers put something in a box. police would not say if that was the gun. police believe the suspect tossed the weapon into the water after shooting canalling lynn
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-- catherine steinly. she was fatally shot after strolling down the pier with her father. >> there does not appear to be a connect between the victim and suspect. it appears to be a random shooting incident. >> at the time there were a dozen people on the popular pier. police descended on the area after receiving numerous 911 calls investigators e mailed to other officers cell photos taken of the suspect, today, charged for the murder. they found sanchez hiding in front of this restaurant. a bartender saw the take down. >> we just saw a guy on the floor. a cop pointing a gun at him. >> steinly lived across the street from where he was arrested. police say sanchez is on probation in texas. our sources tell us he's been
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deported to mexico several times and his rap sheet includes aggravated assault. >> well obviously her family is devastated tonight. we spoke to kate's brother the two were very close he said kate loved to make people smile and he'll miss everything about her. tonight a family is heart broken over the loss of one of their own. >> we loved kate. i love her until the day i die. >> trying to find the strength to move on. >> the best sister. the most wonderful, loving caring person. >> 32-year-old kate steinly lived in san francisco but grew up in this town. a 2001 graduate of high school she worked as a medical device
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sales representative. she would go out of her way to make her friends and family laugh. >> we used to go camping in pine crest. last time we went just the four of us my wife, and just sat around and roasted marshmallows. starting throwing them at each other. other, it was fun. >> she met her father at the pier to take her to find out if her brother and his wife were having a boy or girl. >> she'll never meet my daughter. >> cherish the people in your life and who you love. tell them you love them. i'll never get to tell my sister i love her, again. >> in pleasanton, chris nguyen abc7 news. >> medical device company
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medtronnics where she worked released a statement saying we're saddened and shocked by this event and condolences are with family and friends. >> two people were robbed at gun point as an armed man pistol whipped a man on a camera. the robber took the cameras and jumped into a black bmw. one crew snapped this picture. it's kind of dark. the injured photographer, we're happy to tell you, is going to be okay. a judge issued a request to
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-- the construction company argued it should have had a representative on hand when prosecutors gather, and test, evidence. >> that would be out of the ordinary. i think the judge made the correct ruling. we want to conduct an investigation fairly and impartially. and as the judge said we have thatxd responsibility to everybody involved. >> prosecutors >> police need help finding a hit and run driver who struck a bicyclist. witnesses say a white car hit the woman just before 8:00 last night. impact might have shattered the windshield. the cyclist is recover aring from injuries. a woman continues to fight for her life after being hit by a motorcycle careening through downtown san francisco.
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police are hoping to learn more about what happened when a motorcyclist recovers enough to talk with him. >> in san francisco, police arrested a suspect they say is connected to shots just heard. investigator investigators believe this man is the person who opened fire during a pride festival near civic center saturday evening. an innocent bystander was wounded. police arrested him for attempted murder. >> police converged on this home today and arrested two men in a large fire works bust. the home is on 82 avenue and international boulevard. police say this is the largest amount of illegal fire works confiscated in recent memory.
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>> according to police the fire works would sell for $50,000, maybe more it was that big and important, given our drought situation. >> i have not seen this amount of fire works. >> boxes were taken out of the payment. there are so many containers that the bomb squad had to use a truck to haul them out. >> definitely a danger for anyone who lives in the surrounding area. >> two men were arrested and face charges. >> police said the men were selling illegal fire works out
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of their home. investigators would not say what led them to this house, but others say they had seen some activity in recent days. >> the fire department says the raid was significant. >> they're the fire works that go into the air. we have serious drought conditions. >> and we're afraid. >> firefighters will schedule a burn day to get rid of them. >> tourists are flocking to the napa river to see something unusual. a dolphin swam up the napa river and seems to be enjoying wine country so much, it hasn't left.
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people have been gathering to take pictures. >> it's not what i expected i thought maybe i'd see a fish, but not a dolphin. >> i'm familiar with all of the rivers here. we get whales as far as antioch. but that is -- i was shocked when you said that that was a dolphin out there. >> it's a wild animal and biologists are advising just to watch. >> more shark sightings force a hive guard competition to be cancelled. several sharks were spotted again this morning the junior life guard competition had to be cancelled as a result the beach will be opened for the holiday weekend, but rangers posted signs advising swimmers to stay out of the water. >> still ahead at 6:00 a plea
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from california firefighters. the nuisances keeping him from doing their jobs is putting safety on the line. >> a child without his mother. you know? >> home after 15 years, a mom reunits with a son she hardly got to know. >> active weather is moving into our direction. there may be scattered showers within the bay area tonight i'll have the kvt coming up. >> a travel agency books a family on separate flights for a family vacation. how we're able to
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>> one can only imagine the anguish of having a child taken from them. it happened to this woman 15 years ago when her son was just three years old they're spending the day getting reacquainted. >> the anguish ran deep for hope, but she never gave up. the abduction, occurring in 199 caused problems for the family and caused that kind of anguish but now, because of the reunion, the family is joyful, excited and seem to have a promising future now. >> these are the toys jonathan holland used to play with as a
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3-year-old his mother, hope saved them to remember them. jonathan is 18 and about to finish high school in mexico. >> i'm happy surprised and there are no words to describe how he feels >> hope connected to him through social media after years of searching. >> i was done. i had no reason to believe i would find my son. i found him. my world my outlook changed. >> here they are in san diego after crossing the border together. it took two and a half hours to review documents showing he was born at kaiser medical center in santa clara in 1996. they're discovering how much they have in common, including bicycling, spicy food and basketball. he will be reunited with his older brother. he only knows him through photo albums. the family dog already bonded
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with him. he will spend two months with his mother then what happens? >> here or mexico? >> both places he responds he believes his father is okay with the reunion. his father doesn't have a phone so they aren't in touch often. a go fund me web page helped travel expenses. hope holland says she is bitter for the child abduction agencies. >> no support. no financial support. no reunification support. reluctance to giving me documentation i needed just to get him across the border. >> that is the past. now, it's time to ride into the future. >> nice to see. isn't it? firefighters are concerned about the increase in drones
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that create a hazard. they had to shut down their aircraft operations out of fear. >> fewer high school students are being accepted to university campuses this fall. a nonresident pays $24,000 on top of regular tuition. uc admitted 92,000 freshman. about two thirds are california residents. the number of nonresidents accepted grew to 30,500, a 13% increase. >> governor brown could soon move into new digs in sacramento. brown is considering moving back into the governor's mansion.
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the california patrol expressed reservations because of security concerns. last year, brown dedicated two and a half million dollars from the budget to renovate the budget. >> a popular oakland lake also into the holiday weekend because of toxic algae. it was closed because of the outbreak. >> brought is not stopping fun in the north bay. today we found tourists out on canoes. guides tell us they've never seen the water this low, about half of the volume for this time of the year. meaning a slower flow. but not the end to recreation >> in our action there might be 2, 3 spots just to get out and
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pull 5 or 6 feet. >> my concern is that if there is some -- doesn't rain we need to have it there to carry into next year. >> water agency thinks it can keep water flowing through the fall. it would be interesting. >> we can use rain. >> we can. >> a little bit of drizzle here. >> that is all we can expect. we may get more areas of drizzle overnight. but well east there are thunderstorms right now. maybe one of those will move through. now, for the rain. looking at live doppler seven, you can see cloud cover over the bay now. talking about thunderstorms today, now, we have showers moving towards the bay area.
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and so some may work through the bay area. we can see sprinkles or light showers moving through. and it's humid out there. so one reason, i'll tell you that later. clouds at different levels and readings 61 in san francisco. 70 in mountain view. and here is a beautiful view from our camera. you can see cloud cover out there. adding to the skies. 71 napa. novato 79. 80 in fairfield. and these forecast features chance of sprinkles mild to warm for the 4th of july
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weekend. and now why we've had this increase in humidity. a stream of moisture into the bay area by counterclockwise circulation off shore and so that continues during overnight hours. a chance of sprinkles then drier air moving in later tomorrow replacing humid air. that is a summer time pattern. overnight, fog around and some high clouds as well. mild to warm but lows into 60s, then tomorrow, sunny skies in the south bay. highs from mid-80s to 90, 91 in morgan hill. upper 70
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>> have you ever hacked anything? >> no. but maybe i will. >> the camp is paid for by people who know about hacking and funded by the nsa >> do you know who edward snowden is? >> no. >> we're not telling you it's good or bad they'll know the basics of it. >> it's no secret why they want the kids here. they told us it's because the government needs more smart people to go into cyber security. >> there is about 200,000 unfilled jobs in security and privacy in the united states. >> jobs the teens might be qualified to take. >> i'd love to work for a silicon valley company down there. or if nsa wants to offer me a job. >> we know there is one opening. >> do you want a job? >> i'm not sure what the job
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was, but i would like to be working for the nsa. >> to me hacking things and coding is a beach summer, to me. >> battle over artificial turf in a soccer field. can opponents bring grass back to the area? >> and a july 4th terror alert the warning about why we should be on guard this weekend. >> and the president's plan to
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turf. >> there are several soccer fields but none has generated this passionate debate. >> rights of parents are being bull dozed. she was arrested for trying to block construction a day after voters approved this project last year. >> this is over 50% carbon and a known human carcinogen. >> but limited research on the recycled tire pellets is inconclusive. officials will conduct another study after one conducted in
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2010 found no health risks. >> gabriella is a former soccer player, now coach who thinks the turf will be safer than the grass she played on. >> when i was playing, constant ankle sprains. there is still a lawsuit pending. in san francisco abc7 news. >> today a reminder of the potential risk of terrorism this holiday weekend. there is a massive police presence after a report of
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gunshots. agencies are high ahert for possible isis inspired attacks. >> this may be the potential harmful threat ever. that is not driven by information or particular threat as much by unfolding world events. >> officials want americans to stay vigilant saying if you see something, say something. >> fiat is facing charges for violating safety laws in recalls. national transportation safety board says. regulators accused the auto maker maker. ford recalled it is recalling
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430,000 vehicles. this can happen if the key is removed or stop button is pressed. in wisconsin they want to change rules to govern overtime. >> we've got more work to do. we've got to get folks wages to keep going up. and make sure folks feel like hard work is getting them somewhere. the republican governor scott walker plans to announce a run for president is strongly against it. >> former virginia senator jim
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webb announced he'll join a field of democrats who will challenge hillary clinton. >> the labor department says u.s. employees added 233,000 jobs, sending the rate to 5.3% for june. that is a seven year low the dow fell 27 points and tesla shares rose after a 52% increase and a record for tesla. but warned they're not an
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indicator of overall finances. >> san francisco is opening an office to deal with short term rentals a six-person team will handle the registration and investigate violations. 5,000 properties are listed on the website but only 700 have registered. that is in spite of a law passed if february. >> one family vacation and the itinerary.
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for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school supplies for local foster children. bring your gift to any sleep train and help a foster child start the school year right. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child.
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important. >> janine has fond memories of her partner and two youngest sons they spent two weeks on a viking cruise down the rhine from switzerland to germany. the plans had to be moved up when doctors diagnosed steven with cancer. after surgery, prognosis was not good. >> he said we better do it now. >> they received an itinerary with the sons traveling on a different flight than the parents. >> why would we not want to travel together? why would anyone put us on a different flielth? >> neither would change without
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an $880 change fee. gene jean paid it. >> castle after castle. villages. it's breath taking. that was amazing. every night, having dinner the four of us and laughing and enjoying. >> she got home and shared memories but there is that one nagging issue with the change fee. friends encouraged her to contact me she d we contacted world travel. it told us our customer relations department worked with viking cruises to resolve her complaint. viking cruisers agreed to refund half of change fee. world travel the rest. >> oh my god i love you. i cannot believe it i have $880 in the bank i thought was gone, forever. >> if you have a complaint you
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a warning from the federal government about the fate of the polar bear. saying unless humans reverse global warming it is unlikely the species will survive. >> it's been a record breaking day for solar impulse. today, solar impulse depleted the longest solo flight ever made when entering it's 76th hour in the air. one person is at the controls of the plane the plane took off from japan
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homes. >> wild weather. >> yes. spencer is back now. spencer? >> look at that. >> let me show you a picture from milpitas. there are clouds and a chance of sprinkles. hot weather, highs in the upper 90s in chico. in the bay area, temperatures low to mid-90s. it's warm. tomorrow won't feel as humid as today. saturday looks good and will be
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blanco with a nine # miles per hour pitch. fernandez gets a run back himself. here he comes and there it goes. the second of his career and it's 3-2. this guy allowing five runs on seven hits. early in his career he would string other players' rackets just to make ends meet. until today he'd never set foot on center court.
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he won the first set, 7-5. set two here is brown and look at rafa go down the line here. that is a dropped volley. match point in the fourth, a's end it. in round two, upsetting two-time champion in four sets. it made me feel comfortable. it's easy to play my game against him because i have nothing to lose. >> since becoming the owner of west virginia's green briar resort he made sure spectators get a cash back
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experience. went around handing out $100 bills to 89 people. and $500 bills to 347 different people. passing out $190,000 today i hope he buys a tv station soon. tiger woods cashing in on birdies after a double bogey. scott langly shot a 62 for the lead. >> if it's not one thing it's another, suspended for four games, row lando maclaine, going to cost him $375,000 in roster
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bonuses. and he is not the only one in trouble today. chargers tight end also suspended four games in his situation. and nba free agency news dwyane wade and him miami heat agreed to a $20 million contract. he wanted a longer, richer deal. so not worth the risk at this point. he's averaged 16 points and ten rebounds. abc7 sports brought to you by bank of the west. >> thank you. >> we have some breaking news of 34-year-old kate steinly. sources have told abc7 news divers did recover a gun that
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has to undergo testing. we'll have more at 9:00 and 11:00. >> also a moment when a man comes face-to-face with a shark. and what this porpoise is doing so far from the bay. >> good line up for you guys. >> i suppose it is guys. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. i'm cheryl jennings. >> from all of us we appreciate your time we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.
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this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants. an attorney originally from stony brook, new york... a retired computer consultant from arlington, virginia... and our returning champion a writer originally from ypsilanti, michigan... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. ladies and gentlemen thank you very much also. elsa, jon, welcome aboard. i hope you have some fun today. if you were watching yesterday alex had a lot of fun -- $26,000 worth. let's see what happens. here we go into the jeopardy! round. and today we start you off with these categor
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middle f is the category because the letter "f" will come up exactly in the middle of each correct response. and finally this. the u.s.s. cod -- not as menacing a name as shark or barracuda, but she helped win the war in the pacific. and, alex, as the champion you get to go first. let's start with middle f, please, for $200. alex. what is hefty? that's it. middle f for $400, please. elsa. what is aft? right. middle f for $600, please. elsa. what is confine? yes. middle f for $800.
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