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used in the investigation. the gun, they believe belongs to federal agents.one source tells us the gun may have been stolen from the agent's car. investigators are trying to solve this mystery the other development is the arraignment. >> i am not guilty. >> francisco lopez sanchez pleaded not guilty in spanish. the charge? murder with a gun enhancement. outside of the courtroom, public defender said the bail was set too high. >> mr. sanchez is only in san francisco for a very short period of time. he has no convictions in the state of california. >> assistant district attorney spoke to reporters. >> today is about faith, an incredible family that has shown strength in this difficult time.
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it's about bringing justice to that family. >> francisco sanchez admitted during a jail house interview he shot kate steinly. >> did you shoot kate steinly? the lady on pier 14? >> yes. >> you did shoot her? >> sanchez says he found the gun in a tee shirt in a bench wednesday, the day of the shooting and that the gun accidentally went off. his story has many inconsistency inconsistencies. but his record has not. five five previous deportations and release from custody from ice his record ignited a national fire storm. san francisco police officer association fired off this blistering letter reading in part sanchez is an illegal alien, not an undocumented immigrant. and if he was where he belonged mexico this innocent victim
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would still be alive. >> and if the politicians in san francisco, or other cities with similar sanctuary policies do not act on this i, my fear is that this will happen again. >> sanchez goes back to court july 27th. vic lee abc7 news. california senator feinstein sent a letter to ed lee regarding this case that reads in part quote, the tragic death of miss steinly could have been avoided if the sheriff's department notified ice prior to releasing mr. sanchez. feinstein says she's against some of the san francisco sanctuary policies. city supervisors are responding to feinstein's statement. our team coverage begins live at city hall. sergio what are they saying? >> reporter: there was a regular board of supervisors meeting around 2:00. most of the conversation leading up to that meeting surrounded
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san francisco's sanctuary city policy especially now, because of this case. this is video during the signing ceremony. it prevents the city's law enforcement agencies from cooperating with immigration and customs enforcement requests the mayor's office responded to a letter from senator feinstein asking san francisco re-examine it's relationship with ice. but the author of the ordinance says that is not needed. >> every board member voiced sympathies but says the ordinance is not the problem. supervisor campos is curious why immigration agents didn't get a warrant for sanchez >> i imagine and hope if there
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is someone who is threat to public safety, that those steps are taken. >> a spokesperson for ice said they handed him over to sheriff officials in march and issued an immigration detainer to pick him up. san francisco, and other jurisdictions don't recognize detainers between january 2014 and june 2015. california agencies declined more than 10,000 immigration holds, more than the rest of the country combined. with the new scrutiny, the supervisor says sanchez should be held responsible. >> francisco sanchez is responsible for what happened. >> if he hadn't had been here last week it wouldn't have happened. >> um... >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> another case is bringing to light a different criticism. an east bay man faces deportation in connection with a robbery more than 20 years ago. he served seven years in prison.
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coming up at 6:00, exploring the controversy. >> well, now, to new details about that deadly shooting in pleasanton over the weekend. >> just began pummelling him. >> police are telling their side of the story after the shooting death of a 19-year-old suspect and we're hearing from the teenager's family for the first time. >> 19-year-old was shot and killed by police sunday morning as police responded to an alarm at a pleasanton car dealership. david louie has the latest. david? >> reporter: the parents are wondering whether excessive force was used when they shot and killed their son. they're having a difficult time dealing with this, and wondering how difficult will it be to get to the truth while police are defending their actions. it's been hardest on the mother.
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police showed up with a search warrant ant and put her in handcuffs. >> question after question. you don't know what is hitting you. you're like i'm trying to help you. but i want to know what is going on with my son. saying they're the sheriff's department is not the same as he's, you know, dead. in a morgue somewhere. >> the case is tearing up the teen's father a reserve police officer, critical of force known as john junior. known as bubba to his friends. >> they don't have to deploy a dog to a teenager that is obviously unarmed. he had a bandanna. he was not a threat. not at gres-- the aggressor. >> however, police say two hits with a stun gun didn't work to subdue the teen. he broke into a deepership and
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began keying cars. police say he punched an officer in the head. >> he was able to fire one round, basically into the torso. that didn't stop him. he continued to hit the officer, then he fired two more rounds, one round struck him in the face. >> the family attorney says this is out of character for john junior. >> you speak to everyone who knows john junior. you did not hear him being a violent individual. >> there were no witnesses or video of the shooting. in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >> developing news tonight out of vallejo. two people have been shot during a police standoff. police say a woman and man were rushed to the hospital after getting shot this afternoon.
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shooting reportedly happened during a car crash. follow us for more on abc7 news bay area for the latest on the story. >> a motorcyclist faces felony charges prosecutors say he hit two people at third and market last wednesday. one person died and the other has serious injuries. after results of blood tests prosecutors charged him with felony dui saying head been using drugs and alcohol. >> today a judge ordered raymond shrimp boy chow to stand trial for his alleged role in organized crime. the prosecution is expected to again. >> a san francisco man has been arrested after police say they
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found dozens of child pornography images on his computer. police say 600 images were on his computer. >> the road to replacement for doyle drive is on track. before it opens for business, commuters will endure pain. a stretch of the road will be closed from thursday night until monday morning for a new roadway. it's been a long time coming. carolyn tyler joins us live with the project she got today. >> we got an up close and person look at some of the construction going on there along doyle drive. it was fantastic. developers say it's going to be a spectacular parkway. for commuters it might be a spectacular headache for 79 hours. doyle drive was built in 1936
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and wasn't seismically sound. they could match a drive by glance of progress, but today we were given a tour of the roadway. with twin tunnels, high and low via ducts and lighter lanes now, comes work to get the new and improved approach to the bridge open on monday. >> that is a lot of work in a short period of time. that takes time. >> his crew is planning to close doyle drive from thursday night at 10:00 until 5:00 a.m on monday. that means a mess for the 100,000 daily commuters. the golden gate bridge to highway 1, 19th avenue will remain open but expect major
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delays. no access to highway 101 from marina boulevard or lombard street. >> monday morning there will be a new driving experience. and then connections between highway 101 will be open. >> after it opened on monday finishes touches will continue until next year n san francisco abc7 news. >> this weekend, get waze on your smart phone. >> still to come a tube closure affecting thousands. how bart plans to release headaches. >> what firefighters were up against and a look at the
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criticizing ice for going after him, while allowing the man accused of killing a woman on pier 14 to stay in the united states. >> he was arrested last month but ice agents. he's at the tee tension center in southern california. his deportation is called a highly political move. immigrant advocates say china wants the u.s. government to deport 100 former high level officials wanted for corruption living in the u.s. >> in return, china expressing willingness to take back ordinary citizens. >> that would include the hayward resident daniel mayor. groups claim he and other chinese americans are pawns of both governments.
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>> and so every day people are caught up in this game. >> 20 years ago the mayor was convicted of robbery. he was ready to be deported but at that time china didn't want him. the mayor turned his life around. . he doesn't even speak the language. >> still, ice officials maintain as a convicted aggravated felon he remains an enforcement priority based on his criminal history. some co-workers criticize ice for trying to deport him while francisco sanchez fell through the cracks.
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>> they showed how flawed it is. >> it's not known if or when, his deportation will come through. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> housing activists rallied in favor of a proposed ordinance that requires land lords a chance to fix minor violations. a landlord will not be able to raise rent on a tenant after evicted they can only rent at the same rent you were paying. >> firefighters contained a
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brush fire in bay point today the flames broke out at about 1:30, burning about 20 acres before crews got it under control. crews put out a brush fire near danville this afternoon. the fire about 30 acres and contained just after noon. >> a call for firefighters not to fly personal drones near the flames. firefighters spotted several drones in the area. crews had to ground their firefighting aircraft as a result. officials say it's difficult to track down someone flying a drone. >> we can't tell them they're in the fire area. we've got to ground aircraft until law enforcement can track that person down and get them out of the area.
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>> if you need one other reason, it's against the law to fly drones over a wildfire. keep that in mind. >> let's talk about the weather today. clear skies and here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. we have clouds around, just adding some texture to describe. but into the sierra, it's been a stormy day. and into evening hours, a flood watch for this area north of susanville. so we'll watch on that. we do have blue skies over san francisco right now. 63 degrees in san francisco.
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and check out this view showing just a few low clouds beginning to flow thu the golden gate. and here is a view looking at blue western skies. these forecast features, milder muggy, still, near the coast overnight. dry days friday through sunday. here is a look at satellite image. we've shown you this center of low pressure yesterday farther off shore. it's responsible for firing up thunderstorms northward. the low continues to drift in our direction.
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continued mild conditions here in the bay area. tomorrow morning, spotty drizzle near the coast and day. tomorrow night into thursday morning, that will dissipate as well leaving us with partly to mostly cloudy skies. so there is a chance of scattered showers well north on thursday. clouds and increasing near the coast and bay. highs mid to upper 70s. highs into mid to upper 60s, 67 degrees downtown. north bay, upper 70s in santa rosa and highs low to mid-70s. inland upper 70s to low 80s.
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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
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there they are, the u.s. womens' soccer team welcoming to a big party. it was the team's first public appearance since defeating japan sunday afternoon in vancouver. this is the third title for the u.s. women. first since 1999. >> tonight stocks closing higher today after an early plunge. dow up 93 points. and nasdaq gained nearly six points. survey monkey named a new ceo hewlett-packard executive will take over for david goldberg who tied died in may. >> coca-cola removed it's names
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from cans in the middle east for ramadan. the red can still has the ribbon logo but features the words labels are for cans not people. and a u.s. cruise ship may be headed to cuba. carnival plans to launch seven night travel to cuba. it will fall under the category of people to people exchanges. >> two planes collide in mid air. the deadly accident involving an airport plan. >> the plan that could make your travel from the east bay a nightmare next month. >> the effort to get more community college students on to uc campuses.
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we're live with more. wayne? >> bart was not saying it's going to be easy. it's not. and a good example, two spikes they're holding. it's safe. bart wants to keep it that way. if you ride bart you don't know bart like thomas delaney. >> how long did we get this? six. >> right now, there we are. >> little lurk just east of the tube is about to inconvenience hundreds of thousands of passengers.
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bart announced five days of closures we asked the agency if this is a tough decision. >> it wasn't tough. >> unplanned but unprecedented in 41 years of service. the tube we take for granted for a minor miracle when opening in 1974. track wears out. especially in that transbay tube switching area. >> it's not a safety issue yet. but it's an operational flexibility issue. >> if you must cross the bay, bart will provide bus service. good news is that he and his crews will use this opportunity to install new track and improve your ride >> we get 2, 3 hours to do our
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work. it's three days we're going to try to rebuild the world. >> most jolts will be things of the past. officer officers look to focus on the road. they issued 81 citations. >> a young girl was air lifted after nearly drowning in a country club pool. it happened just before 2:30 this afternoon. officials say the girl is six years old this is where
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officials say was the second near drowning in the area. >> marquette slipped into the lake saturday a 13-year-old was towing that tube. the boy was not wearing a life jacket. >> people were killed after a fighter jet collided with a plane in mid air outside carlston, south carolina. officials say the pilot ejected safely and was taken for observation. >> south carolina senate gave a final okay to remove the confederate flag from the state house grounds. it was widely seen as a formality. >> this is our moment this, is our time. and the democrats in south carolina in the house are going to make sure that we follow through on our promise to take the flag down.
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>> i think that it is appropriate. and that it's important we remember our state's history. it's about all of the lives that were lost. >> the measure heads to the house a final vote could come on thursday. city council members in alabama voted to remove the flag from its official city government field. a grand jury opens up about the indictment for nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder and charged with using a weapon. >> federal authorities raided his indiana home today. subway says the raid is likely linked to the investigation of an employee he hired to head the jared foundation. in may prosecutors charged
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taylor with production of child pornography. >> the transfer process to a uc school should be more seamless. >> i was able to overcome problems and achieve my goal. to transfer in two years. >> the new pathways program wants to make that goal achievable. before each school had courses, students needed to take in order to transfer, making it challenging. now students will prepare them to transfer to any uc school. >> we'd like to see the pool of students whoe want to enter
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that university enlarged. and trying to figure out which they want to apply to. >> community college chancellor says the program is a step in the right direction. but raised concerns about funding given the recent budget fights with the governor. >> i'd be remiss if i didn't suggest the state is going to have to focus on investment in the university of california and community college system. for us to build pathways and the university not to have available resources will be an unmet promise this state can't afford. >> you're going to have problems no matter what. so if you just help yourself, you'll be able to achieve what you want. >> well a popular safety
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sign in your yard? you can be a target. >> michael finney is here to explain. this is a warning for everybody. >> yes. it is. industry giant adt believes every year tens of thousands of consumers are scammed by sales people. and summer is their big season. these yard signs may repel burglars. and conmen who knock on the door and lie saying they're with the company listed on the sign. what they do is switch to another provider. it happened to berkeley resident lee. >> we don't want to do anything and just turned it off. >> it's a problem every year for companies like adt.
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>> it can be $30,000 to $50,000. >> the check book says think twice before dealing with anyone who knocks on the door. >> anyone who knocks on the door is someone i don't necessarily trust. >> if you want to change or upgrade find a company on your own. helping with that is the current edition of bay area check book. >> you should be looking to have a reputable company with true experts in the home, looking at your stuff and end points and endries in your home. >> hire someone you can trust. >> you get to see the ratings for free. just go to abc7 news.com and while you're there, you can see my report online.
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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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rc >> there are eight planets in the solar system and one demoted planet we have not. that is pluto. a week from today that, is going to change. jonathan bloom was taking a look at a space craft now barrelling toward pluto. and what scientists hope to learn from it. >> this 2006 launch of the space craft was a start of a long journey. >> it's the fastest we've launched from earth. and has taken nine and a half years. >> it was demoted to a dwarf planet. artists imagined what it might look like.
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now, they're sending new images including dark spots. >> we don't know what that is. we just don't know. >> do you think we'll find out? >> we might. >> the space craft's computer flown up over the weekend. engineers scramble to restart it before that moment. >> pluto isn't very large. you're coming onto it at 30,000 miles per hour. then it's over. >> the doctor will look volumes at the dust mixed in with the ice. >> they're colorless or white. yet, pluto has color. a mix of yellow, and brown. what is that? >> he's made violence of what might be pluto dust. the cameras could tell us if he was right or wrong. >> every time we have flown past
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a planet or moons, we have been aston astonished >> they found storms in his atmosphere. he's bringing this signed book. hoping the explorers will sign it, too. >> space x founder elan musk says the team is trying to figure out what caused a rocket to break apart. it had just lifted off from cape canaveral june 28th when it fell apart. musk said the trouble appeared to be with the liquid oxygen tank but so far nothing is definite. >> they don't call it rocket science for nothing. it's challenging stuff. let's take a look at the weather forecast. >> high, spencer. >> we still have sunny skies across the bay area now.
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we do have low clouds forming near the coastline. it was mild today. the ocean temperatures are elevated about 68 degrees right now. so it's mild and tomorrow, statewide, will be mild to warm. and points northward the picture again, tomorrow, we'll have calm conditions after early morning drizzle possibly. well north, there may be thunderstorms tomorrow. here will be calm and dry. and here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll have a chance of drizzle thursday morning. then dry conditions throughout the weekend. lovely weather is ahead >> yes. thank you, spencer. >> big news to talk about. >> yes. >> we'll start a career in boston as a member of the
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to the celtics in exchange for wallace. the final year of his contract and that is too much money for a back up player. the playing time diminished. the 32-year-old wanted an opportunity to start again. celtics are a perfect fit. good luck to david a class act dealing with a demotion last year. now, wallace is 32 years old. best years are behind him. averaging four points per game, but in 2010, he was an all star for charlotte. and that is a huge tax savings. a's in new york hosted by yankees with sonny gray on the hill. in trouble in the first, jones
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base hit to right. same score in the third. this one ties in marcus simmon and we're tied at two. rbi single to center, scores and yankees back in front. solo shot for butler. right now, 9th inning we have a 3-3 game. it was lady's day at wimbledon. match of the day, started all year in majors. today, no different taking to three sets for a second major. forehand winner down the line. these two always face great theater. gets to a drop
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shot. match point, advancing to the semi finals and stays on course. serena facing maria sherapova in the semis. just too much game and experience taking the first set 6-3. would rally in a tie breaker but ran away in the third set moving on with a three-set victory. third american woman in the quarters lost to 13th seed who will be in the semis for the third time in four years. she had her chances and will face the other semi finals
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for the men. >> i round of 16 match up called due to darkness yesterday. and there it is the winner here, moving into corner finals. phase four of the tour de france filled with cobble stones. a solo break away from the pack. and this is as they try to end a seven game losing streak tonight. >> join us tonight, a blocking wi-fi. >> then the big city.
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the place this mountain lion was spotted just days ago. and we have fresh off the boat, followed by blackish. >> and abc7 news app is available for apple watch. use it any time you wish. it is a free down load. just search for abc7 news bay area. do that when you have a moment. >> that will do it for this edition of abc7 news. thanks for joining us. we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.
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this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- a museum professional from hamilton, ontario, canada... an engineering student originally from fishers, indiana... and our returning champion a study-abroad program manager from putney, vermont... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ applause ] thanks, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we had a champion on monday who had picked up $6,400 but jess has picked up $10,000 more than that on yesterday's program. sawyer and bridget could
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happen to you also. good luck to all of you. let's go to work now in the jeopardy! round see what does happen with these categories. each correct response will begin -- and, as a matter of fact will end -- with that letter. and finally -- what did he say in the movie? now, comic-con opens of course, later this week here in southern california. jess, you start us. all right, done "d" for $200. jess. what is deplaned? yes. done "d", $400. bridget. what is detoxed? good. done "d", $600.
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