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heartbreaking situation, not the ending that many at the tannery. you can see behind us investigators are still here on the scene and they have been working through the night combing through the evidence. where you see the lights that is where the garage is and where maddy's body was discovered in a dumpster at the apartment complex where she lives with her mother. now another resident, a 15-year old boy, has been arrested in connection with the death. haddie's body was discovered with 8:00 p.m. last night. family and friends were hysterical when they heard the news. she went missing sunday evening while riding her white scooter at the tannery as captured by a surveillance video image. en withs reported seeing the 15-year-old boy hanging an the dumpster which led them to the grizzly discovery. >> the body discovered is that of a young female but we have not positively identified her yet. we believe she is probably
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madyson middleton. >> police say they still have a lot of work to do and they have coat to say how maddy was killed. they will hold a news conference this morning regarding this investigation. flowers and balloons and a candle have been placed outside the apartment complex. a growing memorial in honor of little madyson middleton, now police say there is only one suspect at this time. they are interviewing several witnesses. >> thanks, john it. stay with abc for continuing coverage of this story. our coverage continues now on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> the man charged in the shooting death kate steinle on pier 14 is due if court. francisco sanchez seen in an early court appearance be give an preliminary hearing date. he pleaded not guilty in the july 1 killing of kate steinle
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despite admitting on camera to a news crew he fired the weapon that killed her. he has been convicted of seven felonies and was depored five times. authorities in sonoma are sending for a missing man who may have drowned in the russian river focused around sunset beep. family members report him missing at 6:45 last night. teams are using underwater calm as and the sheriff called in a highway patrol helicopter to help in the self. >> firefighters are trying to get a handle on nine firefighters burning across the state. a firefighter is still recovering at the uc davis burn unit after being injured in the lowell fire. three others have been released from the hospital. the fire is still threat being 1,800 structures. 1,help acres have burned since the weekend. this morning it is 25 percent contained. >> the willows fire burned 1,500 acres and 450 homes are
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evacuated. it has burned 1,500 acres and is only a 5 percent contained. >> officials say the wragg fire near lake barry shoulding fully contained bit end of the day. it is 75 percent contained and burped 7,000 acres. evacuation orders have been lifted. the cause is under investigation. it was recorded to be a vehicle accident. >> a plan by east bay mud to give residents money back for ripping up their lawns and installing after the official turf is igniting a controversy. the age offers rebates up to $2,500 for customers who install drought resistant landscapes. under the new plan using artificial turf gets you a cash reward of $1,200. environmentalists do not like the idea of giving rebites for something fake saying it has nowhere to go after it is used then the landfill.
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>> the richmond city council will have a plan to control represent increases limiting them to 2 percent a year. stabilized republicans for 10,000 households and require landlords to show just cause for eviction. richmond has affordable housing crisis. they would be the first california city in 30 years to pass a represent controlled law. >> chevron will cut 5downs from the headquarters in san ramon according to the san jose mercury news. half of the total reductions include existing vacant positions not to be filled. most will be expected in november part of a global effort to slash costs by $1 billion. the oil giant employs workers. >> palo alto officials have given a go ahead for special cameras at cal rain crossing including where many have taken their slaves. cornell bernard explains.
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>> cal train moves fast in palo alto through the crossing where you feigned a security guard on duty monitoring the tracks and looking for those who could be in crisis. >> we are supposed to confirm ask are you okay? this is called a hotspot for suicide, and many of them have been teens, some came to this community meeting to hear the city plan of installing several infrared cameras capable of scanning the tracks night or day for a mile in each direction producing images like this, and if a person is spotted, it would trigger an alert to 9-1-1 and caltrain. >> anything we can do to prevent an impulsive act. >> there are suicide hot line signs along the tracks where 13 people have taken their lives this year. courtney battled depression as a teen and likes anything that could help save a life. >> this is absolutely necessary.
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this is happening. it is so much more than this. >> early crisis intervention is needed for teens education is something that palo alto school district is provide. the new cameras go online later this this summer. san jose police are going to put more officers on the street after a violent weekend when two men were killed in shooting and four other shootings and a stabbing. by tomorrow, police hope to deploy more officers in the crime hotspots. an apartment spokesman said that the we additional officers will remain in place until they get control of situation. this have been 16 homicides in san jose so far this year. >> a pit bull shot by san francisco police is expected to survive. officers say the dog rushed them as they approached the owner near city hall. the officers fired three shots one hit dog in the ear. the owner grabbed the dog and calmed it down. he could be cited because the
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pit bull was on a leash but the owner was not holding it. >> there is a new drug take back program to supplement days where residents drop off unused pills at designated locations. any pharmaceutical company that sells medicine in marin is now required to design and pay for a free prescription drug take back system. county supervisors say this are more overdose degrees from prescription drugs in marin than heroin and cocaine come bishoped. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the weather. we have a "spare the air" day? first of the summer season. don't drive. that is hard to do. take a look at temperatures castro valley is 57. berkeley is 58. everyone else is in the 60s. fremont and union city and hayward and san leandro at 60. richmond is 61. alameda is 62. orinda is 63. we have a 59 in pleasanton and
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antioch. los gatos is 58. same in san francisco. pacifica napa at 56. novato is 54. santa rosa is 53. san carlos and present and san jose all in the low-to-mid 60. from mount tamalpais the winds are not blowing so quick as they were yesterday and that will allow the air mass to stagnate. heat up. and produce poor air quality especially in the south bay. 95 to 105 scorching sunshine inland and it will be sunny and warm from the coast to san francisco 70 to 80 and around the bay, summer heat, 82 to 93 and you can see how beautiful it looks from the east bay ills. tomorrow is the hottest day the heat will leave a little on thursday and you will notice it on friday and this weekend's forecast when i have that in a few minutes. >> walnut creek shows a nice commute between highway 4 and the 24 junction southbound drive only going to take you since minutes. northbound hardly seeing any vehicles. drive time traffic i-80 from
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albany to the maze is a good commute. and 280 northbound from 101 to cupertino is 11 minutes. we have construction around bay area. no crashes. just construction. a project will be with us longer in the eastbound direction between 35th and mcarthur. headed in the westbound direction, you will have to watch for the cone zone physical action or 5:30 in the eastbound direction until 6:30. >> next a moving tribute to a hair police officer killed in the line of duty. >> the lives he influenced when he wasn't wearing a badge. >> the lawsuit hitting zuckerberg's security guards against a persistent homeless man. stay tuned. ♪i am beautiful in
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bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. it is 4:42 on tuesday morning. how about a look from twin peaks, this is how it looks if you were there now looking toward downtown and the bay bridge. we will monitor the traffic and find out the trouble spots with leyla. >> as the community plans to honor sergeant scott lung certificate a group is remembering how he touched member's lives as a volunteer softball coach at freedom high school in oakland. alan wang has the emotional tribute. ♪ take me to the ballgame ♪ >> sergeant scott lunger was "sanction," -- softball coach. >> after 12 hours plus he put in three or four hours.
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>> lunger inspired them to win a league championship although half of them were only freshmen. >> it will be rough. we will stick together. >> the head coach celebrate the birth his first child said lunger texted him a few hours before he was killed. >> he texted i have to take a nap and go to work in the morning and i will call and well get breakfast and i will see the baby. athat did not happen. instead he will be a pallbearer at the funeral and the falcons will wear the other unit form -- other uniform lunger loved. >> sergeant lunger will be laid to rest with full honors on thursday at the arena at 10:00 a.m. and open to the public. >> test results are expected tomorrow will determine how much longer people in los altos have to boil their water because of e. coli. 850 customers would live between interstate 280 and foothill
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expressway and burke road are affected. authorities think the water was contaminated during repairs to a water main break on friday. workers have collected samples to determine when the water is safe to drink. >> homeless man accused of harassing guards outside the san francisco house of facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg will appear in court to appeal the restraining order. he has been arrested twice for violating the order, which prohibits him from coming 500 yards from the house. guards claim he is becoming increasingly aggressive. a friend would live on the same blocks wants the restraining order thrown out so the man can legally stay at his home. >> now a check on the weather. ill be the warmer today than yesterday? >> yes. >> you didn't like yesterday? i am not saying that. >> it was what it was a quick change. that is what was is surprising for a few folks. we will start off with the big
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story, our first ever "spare the air" of the summer season in san jose forecast to have the poorest air quality at the santa clara valley and the coast and central bay will have good air quality. now, that is for those most sensitive to ground-based ozone and the best thing can you do is one of the we hard of the things to do and that is not to drive. we will talk about what is going do happen as far as the winds, they are light and variable with a breeze around fairly at 14 and 5 at sfo. it could be a case where the delta all the way back to the golden gate bridge in the bay bridges could have issues with the north to northeast winds this afternoon from noon unt 9:00 and that is why there is a small craft advisory. we will talk about what is going on while we were sleeping, the trough and the cool air that it has well away from us storm track to the north and high pressure over the top of us.
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look at the clean air no clouds anywhere around us. even out at the coast. that will mean full on sunshine today. 101 is the first spot behind morgan hill at 99 and los gatos at 98 and everyone else in the low-to-mid 90s and cupertino and san jose at 93 and santa cruz is 84. temperature in the water is 62. 84 in millbrae, san mateo is 87 and low-to-mid 90s for the rest of the peninsula and los altos at knee. 72 at half moon bay and 70s in daly city and 72 at the sunset. and nearly 80 in downtown and south san francisco. cloverdale and lake port and ukiah, triple digits from 82 in richmond and oakland at 85 and a couple of 90s castro valley and fremont and the hottest temperature everyone in triple digits inland east bay if you got away without using the air conditioning year, congratulations today, you will need it to stay comfortable. temperatures tonight are in the my 50s in the valleys to
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mid-60s so again a little bit warmer each morning. the heat peaks tomorrow higher than today by a couple of degrees and we will drop four to six to maybe eight degrees on thursday but still? the 90s on thursday and friday, and around the bay 60s at the coast and back to average but it is humid this welcome. have a good one. leyla? >> yes, we do not have any actions. it is mostly road work. in the south bay, san jose 101 northbound. tail lights are pushing in the southbound direction. near 880. headlights are moving in the northbound direction. everything is looking great. moving over to other parts of the bay area, we have construction happening off of 880 so in fremont if you are traveling near maury you will expense the crews with us until 6:00 eastbound and westbound
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side of the avenue at southbound 880. utility work is being done. slow for the cone zone. if san francisco, overnight road work is going to be right through the 31st of july shut down the northbound one connection to northbound highway 101 to get to the golden gate bridge. detours are in place. i talk about bart closures this weekend that will cause major headaches. >> heads up to anyone who has an droid phone a major security flaw could, suppose you to hackers without you doing a thing. >> possibly the biggest smartphone security flaw. ever. >> a flaw in the droid operating system allows hackers to gain access to the smart phone with just a simple text message and you may never know it. >> a billions for are affected. no reported cases of anyone exploiting the security flaw. >> apple watch is coming to best pay. the change will begin selling the chart want open august 7
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making the first time the watch has been sold by a retailer other than apple. the return of angry birds. usually popular app is getting a sequel the makers of angry birds two unveil the new game available for download starting on tuesday. the original came out six years ago and down loaded more than two billion >> i have never played it. >> me neither. >> san francisco muni hit with a sizable fine accuses of putting passengers at risk. >> front-end damage at 30,000 feet forcing a brand new airplane back to the airport. stay tuned.
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bay bridge we can see the traffic moving along without too much of a problem. we will check other spots around and mike will tell us about the wonderful heat. coming up. >> muni agreed to pay half a billion for violating federal fuel storage requirements. the agency did not properly monitor tanks failed to take proper precautions to contain spills did not perform required monthly inspections and falsified monthly reports. this is the second time muni has been fined for failure to comply. muni is satisfied with the settlement and is working to fix the problem. >> kids can borrow more than backs and music and movies at a library in oakland now offering a toy lending program. these are photos of some of the toys available. they include animal play sets, dump trucks and baby dolls. you can check out two at a time for three weeks. they are designed for children up to six years. the goal is to help kids learn through play.
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>> summer heat means more pool time and even forbears -- for the bears. a bear is taking a dip if a backyard pool and the home owners let him place because he looked so happy but she ran the bear off by banging a pan with a wooden spoon. >> that is how my mom got my brother and "out of the house. same way. wooden spoon. in a pan. >> wooden speeches were broken on my behind? that is illegal now. >> i know. none have been broken in my house. >> good morning everyone. a look at our exploritorium camera, it looks like glass right there, temperatures today climbed to double digits and we will do two to eight degree jump
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90s and 100s and 70 degrees. be careful through the central valley 100 and the fire department said yesterday cars could create fires. 82 in lake. nature in yosemite. 74 in monterey. mid-70s around san diego and mid-80s in los angeles. leyla? >> safe travels. if you are taking bart or muni or ace they are not delayed at this hour but we do have a big bart closure that will be happening this weekend starting on saturday. at the end of service on friday, right through monday morning it look like the tube will be shut down. no one is getting through between oakland and san francisco unless you use a because bridge. if you do use the because bridge you will be highly urged
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to use another form of transportation. >> families of the four victims who are still here recovering from the berkeley balcony collapse have released a statement of thanks to the bay area. six people died. seven were hurt when the balcony collapsed sending them moneying to the sidewalk below. the victims were recent or current college student and all but one here for the summer from ireland. five are still being treated at medical center and the relatives are indebted to the doctors and first responders for saving their lives and they thank many others who considered to the amazing fundraising effort and who have offered support and moving acts kindness and generosity. >> the ntsb is trying to determine what caused a space ship to break apart over the desert. the co-pilot died and the pile was seriously injured in the
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accident. investigators have been looking into pilot train the rocket design and if mechanical problems played a role. the company is building another spacecraft as it proceeds with the plans for space tourism. >> look at this video a giant depth in the nose of an american airlines 787 plane when it was in the dark, caused by hail. the plane hit a storm 40 minutes after taking off from beijing yesterday morning headed to dallas. the many planned safely after turning away. no one was hurt. >> the f.d.a. has banned the import of certain cilantro from mexico because they can be contaminated with human waste impacting shipments from april through august. restaurants are not affected by the ban because their cilantro comes from california. >> the nfl will dish out new rules in the wake of deflate-gate and before the first preson game. officials appointed by referees are required to inspect the
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balls two hours before kickoff. pressure will ice taken during half time. the changes stem from the use of underinflated balls in the championship game with caused fines for new england patriot and suspension for brady. >> the sent for a missing eight year old girl comes to a grim ending with a surprise arrest. >> the test drive that turned into a wild police chase. that is only half of the story. >> abc7 news now a look at the east were span of the bay bridge where traffic is moving along early on this tuesday morning.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning to you. 5:00 a.m. on tuesday morning. we thank you for waking up early and joining us. i am eric thomas. >> i am matt keller here for kristen sze. here is meteorologist mike nicco with "spare the air" day. >> "spare the air" day. poor air quality. especially in the south bay. all of us should heed the "spare the air" warnings and not drive. that is hard to do. a lot of umbrellas year. yours truly included sitting on the 100 degree heat. i would love having the umbrella over the top of me. live doppler hd is ben dry. from sutro tower you can see 56 to 66 not so cool as year. it will sizzle in a few areas and 70 at the coast and 92 inland and highs climb again today,

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