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shelters. are under evacuation orders. >> my husband was more calm and he is like, it is not that close and i said, i don't care i want get out of here. >> crews brought in a jumbo jet to battle the flames that can drop several thousands of gallons of retardant more than the smaller planes. >> you can see how fast the flames are moving, with video in the newsroom showing a house being consumed by flames. every fire season firefighters an the bay area urge people toker dry brush and plants around buildings by creating defensible space to make it easier for them to protect your home from fire. >> oh my god. hurry. get out. >> you could hear the fear in their voices as people at lake berryessa try to escape the fire yesterday. investigators are trying to determine if this is what started the fire a car burning
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on the side of highway 128. the video was shot at 3:00 the same time that the fire started. >> and evacuation from is at the winters country center with a large animal evacuation center is open in winter along county road 31. that information is posted at abc7news.com. stay with abc7 for updates on the fire throughout this newscast with coverage continuing right new twitter@atthistime. othernews,haywardpolicewill ho ld-- an oakland man 21 i custody in connection with the fatal shooting after police officer. we are at hayward police headquarters with the story. janet? >> we are expecting to learn more information at 10:00 a.m. when police hold the news conference. you can see that the growing number of flowers and candles showing a community and the
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police department mourning the loss of sergeant scott lunger. candles are at the police station, as well flowers at the scene where he was fatally shot during a traffic stop yesterday morning. what we have learned about scott bertics he is considered a warrior who loved working for the hair police department and cared abut would he d he was a 15-year veteran of the department and considered a roll model to many. off duty he was a volunteer softball coach at liberty high school in brentwood and played on a baseball league himself. he lived in brent odd with his family. he had two teen daughters. man say he was no stranger to helping out wherever and when of he could. >> he was wonderful a sweet guy and he cared very much about the motorcyclist that fell down and took care of him. he just tried to do the very best. >> hayward police warn a gofundme account set up for scott cot is a scam 2 you want
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to donate do it directly by calling the hayward police officers association. thank you, janet. we are learning more of the man arrested in the death of scott bertics. mark anthony estrada turned 21 days ago and treated at hospital for wounds he sustained during the shoot out. it took original 45 seconds from the time the officer lunger pulled over s straight until he opened fire. he just started working for a of radioing company headquarters a quarter-mile from where the shooting took place. his father worked for the same company for 19 years. >> you can offer your condolences for the family of sergeant lunger and hayward police by sharing this badge on the abc7 news facebook page or twitter and instagram under abc7 news bay area. >> c.h.p. officer is recovering this morning after the patrol car was rear ended as he live the scene of another accident.
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it happened on interstate 580 in richmond. c.h.p. briefly shut down all lanes to allow a medical helicopter to pick up the officer. westbound was closed longer for the investigation. the officer suffered a head injury but was consciously when taken to the hospital. >> on the run from the law a motorcyclist tried to run away from highway patrol and the clay was captured last night in pinole that ended a short time later. >> a san jose police chief is retiring after spending three deck as for hometown. he has been with the department for 30 areas and chief for the last three. he led during the time of retention issues and poor morale. >> we are at a point where we are looking toward the light we down the road. it will take some time and it could take an administration or two. >> assistant chief takes over on
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interim basis when he steps down with the last day on the job january 16. >> happening today, oakland musharraf and his chief will take part in a white house conference to share ideas on building trust teen citizens and police. the department of justice office of community-orant asked policing services will host dozen of leaders looking at recommendations from the president's dark phone or policing. the chief has worked with the group on ideas like body cameras for officers. >> two teens are in police today after five of their relatives were found dead at the oklahoma home. it happened in tulsa push of broken arrow. a child would was still alive when officers arrive was taken to the hospital in critical condition. another child was found unharmed. the suspects are 16 and 18 years old. police are trying to figure what led to the killings. all of the victims and suspected belonged to the same family and lived at the home.
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>> happening today three top obama administration officials are expected to be grilled about the nuclear agreement reached with iran. secretary of state john kerry along with the energy and treasury secretaries are scheduled to testify before the senate foreign affairs committee. the panel wants it know about the inspection provisions in the agreement, what iran will do with the presidents it will receive in sanction relief and the military aspects of iran's nuclear tell. thousands of protesters packed new york city's times squares to demand congress vote again on the deal. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast with fire conditions for the fire bumping at lake barry. >> they are breezing this morning coming from the south at 20 minute. but it is only 53 degrees. hopefully the firefighters can get an early start because the winds are not going away and the temperature is rising into the low-to-mid 80s. very comfortable and cool in san francisco and west portal at 56. we have downtown, mission
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district 59. chrissy feel, ocean beach ferry building bayview at 60 and the warm spot as usual is glen park at 63. highway 60 in richmond, walnut creek, pleasanton, santa clara look how cool it is, 54 saratoga, palo alto, 56 and petaluma and american canyon, 58 and pacifica is 57. ryville camera is shaking this morning and it is breezy around the bay and the presses will pick up again. 67 to 77 so summer is on hiatus and the coast and san francisco is partly cloudy and more sunshine 61 to 66 and inland east bay 75 to 83. it ought to feel refreshing. do we have a refreshing forecast for the commute this morning? leyla? >> take a look. that is the look at 101 in san jose right near 80 and travels in the south bay are clear. we are not seeing any actions so far this morning and basically there is no congestion.
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580, coming from tracy to dublin is still only 27 minutes and 680 southbound from dublin to mission boulevard south and 15 minutes and highway 85 northbound from 101 to cupertino is 17 minutes. in san francisco, we are going for see a series of overnight closures on highway one northbound side so if you are trying to make the transition to northbound 101 to get to the golden gate bridge the transition will be close and you will be diverted to southbound 101, turned around, and then you can get back up. the closures roughly will start between 12:00 midnight and 1:00 o'clock in the morning and last up until 5 o'clock in the morning or 6:00 the follow morning. >> thanks leyla two big victories in the push for higher minimum wage and the thousands of workers on both sides of the country soon get a pay raise. >> the visit rum truck is making today likely to fuel the controversy over his stand about mexican immigrants. >> a look outside with abc7 news and the toll plaza on the bay
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>> covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. santa clara county's largest union has approved a new contract after a second vote. a unit initially rejected the offer due to questions about terms. the contract would cover 9,000 workers including 9-1-1 dispatch and hospital laboratory technicians need approval from the county board. >> fast fad workers will rally in san jose with a recommendation calling for a $15 an hour minimum wage with the board making the decision yesterday. it could affect 200,000 people. labor leaders believe paying $15 an hour will help working families and boost neighborhoods. restaurant owners claim it could cut the number of people they are able to hire.
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>> the university of california system has announced over the next two years it will increase their minimum wage to $15 an hour. almost 3,200uc employees would work more than 20 hours a week will see an increase. it will cost $14 million a year mostly from packing fees and hospital revenues and bookstore sales. >> happening today, donald trump will head to the united states and mexican border to tour the crossing in laredo next, with agents would work there the most active parts of the border. he will hold a news conference this afternoon. the billionaire businessman sparked controversy last in when he called illegal immigrants criminals and rapists. he also is accusing mexico's government of deliberately sending felons to the united states. >> the number one threat to the homeland is now coming from the islamic state. f.b.i. director said that the terrorist groups new tactics have made it more dangerous than al-qaeda. we explain why counterterrorism officials are so concerned. >> good morning the f.b.i.
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director told an audience at a security forum his greatest concern is now about how troubled americans can be radicalized and strike right at him. >> a new warning of the islamic state's new strategy. >> they invested the last year in push a message of poison. >> f.b.i. director said that isis propaganda slick social media is working with 21,000 english speaking followers around the world urging those who cannot travel to fight with them in the middle east to strike at him. >> isil is not your parents' al-qaeda, it is a very different model by virtue of the model it is the threat we are worried about in the homeland. >> unlike al-qaeda he said that isis will use anyone even unstable drug users. he said he is worried about a new way isis is hiding their communications using new technology in smartphones to
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send enscripted messages. >> now we will check with weather and we have the fire burning near lake berryessa so there is concern about winds and heat. >> mike? the winds are gusting around 20 miles per hour right now. that will pick up and it could be fatter. even up to 25 to 30 miles per hour but the temperatures drop from 52 to 83 this afternoon. yesterday evening, you could see the sun was setting with the clouds billowing. here is another one, from novato, you can see how quickly the smoke was rising. at home, sfo we have cloud cover this morning. well keep an cry on it to see if there is night arrival delays. we will have a cool pool of air this afternoon and sunshine is the same as yesterday. another chance of drizzle near the coast and well see seasonal temperatures creep into the forecast by the weekend and it looks like upper 90 come out of
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next week. as far as today, quiet with live doppler hd and you can see the next three hours is the best chance of drizzle along the coast and to a lesser extent, some of the higher elevations in the east by hills which is where we had the measurable drizzle yesterday. winds are going to be in the same category, the same areas as year north of the bay bridge through the delta starting at 3:00 so an hour later to start and an hour later they will last until 10:00 with southwest winds at 21 to 33 knots so we have a small craft add you havery and it could be dangerous for smaller boats. this morning, you can see the green is showing up through the morning commute. not a big we are for most of us much as we head to 11 o'clock you can see san francisco all the way down to san mateo and to the east bay socked in with cloud cover as the strong sea breeze will continue to punch the cooler than average air from 60 along the coast and 70s along the bay and a few 80s
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inland and you have for go to the south, los gatos barely in the 80s and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 70's include san jose at 77 and up the peninsula, low-to-mid 70s and millbrae is 68. even where the sunshine, low 60s along the coast to mid-60s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito is 67, and mid-to-upper 70s through the north by and language the east bay sure 67 at richmond to castro valley at 76 and inland east bay, 76 at san ramon to 83 in brentwood and it looks more like spring than it does summer. today is our cool of the day and tomorrow is two or three degrees warmer and we had a degree or two saturday and sunday and tuesday and when, 80s around the bay and 90 and 100s inland. >> take out the san mateo bridge as we make it across the water this are quite a few cars pushing in the when direction but a few gaps with early risers. we have construction in the eastbound direction that is
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going to be shutting down a lane until 11 o'clock this morning. do be represented if you trying to make it from the peninsula to the east bay so you will see slow down near the high-rise and it should improve. the rest of the traffic across the bay area is mostly friend and i have construction in san francisco and there are a couple of projects happening here 280 in the northbound direction and we will see a lane taken away for the next 15 minutes and the southbound 101 to southbound 280 connection will is one lane taken away until 7:00. and a look at drive time traffic, 101 southbound, santa rosa to petaluma 580, castro valley to the maze and 101 northbound 280 to 680, highway 5 all at top speeds. >> it is 4:47. a new reason to turn off your smartphone the next time you get behind the wheel. >> text alerts are just as distracting as responding to amendment -- responding to a
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text. the sound it can be a dangerous source of distraction. notification get your attention as much as answering or remying to text messages. >> google app is helping people retrace steps with a new feature. here are the tech bytes. >> google will help you retrace your steps. >> the new timeline feature in google maps shows wherever you have been on a single day. it is private is only you can see it. >> so far it is only available for droid and desktop users and you can turn it off. >> also a lot easier to post your latest gopro video. the camera maker will release a new app later this summer to let users edit and trim immaps on the mobile devices. >> soliciting drugs on social media...a florida woman decided to try it tweeting this out, somebody bring me weed. i'll pay for it. >> she got a response quickly.
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and she got it from the sheriff and they said where should we meet you. >> going viral with 50,000 re-tweets since yesterday. >> those are the tech bytes. >> health care vs. dollars a warning a group of prominent doctors is giving about the cost cancer-fighting drugs. >> technology that most of us take for granted that is giving a man a new grip on life. stay tuned.
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meteorologist mike nicco will be in to let you know how the end of the work week is shaping up. >> it costs the average driver $1,000 a year to repair and maintain cars that drive on san francisco's bumpy streets. that is a finding from a report by a nonprofit transportation research group that is funded by construction businesses and unions. the group said urban streets offer ten have cracked or broken pavement and problems with the underlying foundation. among cities with a population of 500,000 people or more the sturdy fines san francisco has the worst roads. among cities with populations of 250,000 to 500,000 antioch and santa rosa have the bumpy roa >> if you ride transit they are looking for ideas on expanding because services as a sales tax has pumped $30 million into a.c. transit which will restore service to pre2010 levels when the budget troubles forced the cuts. you can learn more of the a.c.
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transit proposals and comment by visiting abc7news.com. a recall on tuna after several have been getting sick from sushi that led to 62 cases of salmonella in 11 states31 in california. too any resold between may 9 and july 9 has been recalled for those dates. the lot numbers are on the scene 68568. >> the wine harvest is underway this morning. mumm brought in 12 tons of pinot grapes the earliest harvest since 1997 beating the previous record by a day. the winery specifics to harvest chardonnay in 8-10 days. >> we do not have a lot of water the grape harvest is sooner than
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normal. >> we have not had a lost water but we have the winds. mike? >> yes, always have the sea breeze blowing and it is going do keep us cooler-than-average we were at the game, 12:35 if we win we win the series with the blue jays. you will need the sunglasses. we only warm to 66. walnut creek is seeing clouds rolling in as you look to the south along 680. temperatures today are 3-10 degrees cooler-than-average with the neighbor to the north concord, being one of those areas most away from normal at 77. storms from yesterday are gone, and custody quieter. 87 in yosemite. safe travels. leyla? >> we see slow downs over the altamont pass, and it is starting right at 580 and it starts to loosen up closer to north gasoline road. we also have some construction that is starting to slow things down in oakland if you are headed along in the eastbound direction, we do have a project that will be with us at least until 6:30, possibly until 7:00,
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and westbound traffic, as well, and the project should be wrapping up shortly. mass transit, everything right now is running on time. matt and eric? >> san francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi will gin other lawmakers urging the batch on discrimination against members of the lgbt community. the proposal is calling the quality act of 2015 to outlay scrum nation on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identification and cover housing. backers say this discrimination is not prohibited in most stays. >> a group of doctors from the top cancer hospitals around the united states is caming for new regulations to make drugs more affordable for patients battling the deadly disease. in an editorial published in the medical journal of mayo clinic, the out-of-pocket costs are bankrupt many cancer maybe whose have to make difficult choices between medicine or foregoing
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treatment to provide family necessities. they noted every new drug approved bit f.d.a. was priced at more than $120,000 a year. >> financial officials are ready to fast track the vaccine to protect chickens from the bird flu with an outbreak of the virus that killed 48 million birds across continue states in the spring. experts believe the virus was video by the droppings of wild birds migrating north. they fear it could return in the fall and those birds hid south. vaccine developers say it is 100 percent effective in chickens with testing on turkeys, too. >> you hear blue toot technology you could think of a headset use your cell phone hands free, but now it is helping a man using his brand new bionic hand and he can switch between one for driving, a total of 24 grip patterns allow him to opec amendments and shake hands.
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>> it knows where it is in space, share to a smart 15 or a weed controller. >> this is my robot hand. rather than being captain hook. >> he is a boston area resident and worn a series of process nettics since losing his arm to cancer at the age of 14. >> a major while fire in the north bay threatens hundreds of home this morning with the battle firefighters are raging right new if protect them. >> vice president biden travels to the bay area today on a mission for the white house.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we have develop news we are following, the ferocious fire burning near lake berryessa jumping to 6,000 acres destroying one build and damaging at least one more. good morning thanks for joining us, i am matt keller here for christian. >> i am eric thomas. first, we have a check on weather to see how the winds could be affecting the firefight. >> winds are fastest right now running around 20 miles per hour. that is what they are gusting up to. southwest at 11. the temperature is drop town to 51 and humidity is up to 84 percent. but that going to reverse as we head into the afternoon. watch the winds up here. they will blow out of the south and southwest and they could relax a bit. and stay just
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