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other out using shovels and heavy equipment. more than a dozen people have been rescued and several pets. this are no injuries reported. a driver described the unbelievable over -- event. mountain. >> i saw two mudslides and i i passed the first and i tried to avoid the second but i could not avoid it. it was too fast. >> the mudslide were triggered by severe flooding and southern storms in northern los angeles county yesterday. crews are working to re-open i-5 and we continue to monitor the situation with another update in a bit. >> the oakland's a's executive daughter executivive is one of the top water users in the county after we requested water
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usage records. users are allowed a thousand gallons a day. hook how the top water users stack up: former chevron vice chair of danville averages 1 12,600 gallons a day over 60 gays. he said he had a leak at the property. second, venture capitalist from alamo mark pine 8,000 gallons a day. number three, billy bean from the a's using un6,000 gallons a day at the dapville home. he temperatures us he tried to reduce the water use but he has a large landscaped yard. >> a top water user has a good explanation for the high use. it is window his criminal. amy-- his control. amy hollyfield? >> i am looking at the list all morning and there are a lot of water users here in danville. a lot of them live in billy
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bennett's neighbor. two dozen of the people on the list live on his court or on the nearby streets. george kirkland said his use was because of a leak and we met a walnut creek man who said the same thing. we met dane and he said the water leak was up discovered for a month. reports show he used more than 5,700s a day. he fixed the league but could not believe it. >> i thought, well, it will be a $500 bill or $700 bill or something like that and... bill was actually $4,000. he said he has called the east bay mud to explain. they have decided to schedule a press conference to discuss this in dill. we will hear from them this morning. >> interesting. if you live in solano county you
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will see less of this: watering your yard with spring hers is now only allowed when day a week in benicia. can you turn they will on friday or saturday before 8:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. the limitation run through march of next year. the new rules apply to residential and commercial customers. >> san francisco police will release details of a fatal police shooting near city hall. this morning, two officers remain in the hospital. our reporter has the story. >> word express of the officer involved shooting and this couple made the addition to drive to san francisco. police killed her son this mother said and that is all she needed to join protesters at market. >> time for a change and it starts with us to come together and educate ourselves to address the system. >> the area was filled with law enforcement following a fail officer involved shooting.
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a construction worker initially flagged down two sergeants. someone was throwing glass bottles at the site, a safety concern that became more drastic when the sergeants attempted to happen cuff the man. >> violent strugglen sued. the sergeant on the ground yelled to the partner, he is getting my gun, he is getting my gun, he has my gun, shoot him. >> two shots were fired and the sergeants are senior officers. the husband wanders of the mental state of the man shot, concern that could be addressed at at townhall meeting tentatively scheduled for monday. and if you use our news app you got an alert weapon shoot -- when the shooting happen
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a former sunnyvale charter school employee accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old student is headed to court and will enter a plea. the 18-year-old work part time at spark charter school arrested last month after the girl came failure. the investigation revealed the school opened without completing employee background checks. they shut down for several difficulties until the process was complete. >> people? this car have quit a step to tell. a car fire on the golden gate bridge gnarled traffic for hours at 5:30, at the height of the commute. kristen shared this photo much the people inside the car got out just fine. you can see flames from our sutro tower camera before the fire was put out. highway patrol said the northbound lanes were closed until they were sure the flame could not spread. >> san jose police say they are hoping the only survivor of an apparent street race crash wakes
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up so they can figure out what happened according to our media pan. investigators are still looking for the driver of a gold acura who took off. the 15-year-old remains in critical condition one of four people in a car that had been stolen or taken without permission and involved in an apparent street race on santa clara street open thursday. three teens died when the honda spun out-of-control. >> if you use uber to get around: thousands of drivers around nation are on strike this morning. drivers plan to protest starting at 11:30 rates by 50 percent and want "add a tip," and raise fares. drivers hope that uber take them seriously. one upset driver who did not want to be identified said that they just want to be paid fairly. >> we are fed up. we want to see the changes so we
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can pay our bills, our represents and whatever we have to do. >> according to facebook, the advocates say many make less than minimum wage when cost of doing business are added in and uber said they always welcome feedback. >> this could have a big impact on friday night. >> we will see how many drivers, independent contractors, go through with it. >> now, the continued sprinkles and cool both. mike? >> mother nature is give us feedback. we have sprinkles moving away from concord and martinez to crockett and up 780 to vallejo and up 29 to american canyon you can see a few sprinkles there and a few sprinkles around oakland and headed to san leandro. that is the big story this morning. they rotating from east to west. in walnut creek, we could have had a little bit of a sprinkle a second ago. be careful. if you run interest varying
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conditions as far as being wet and dry. 68 in san francisco. 76 in peninsula. the east bay, southbound bay, 79, inland east bay, 85, and the north bay is 78 degrees. our best chance of sprinkles this morning and clouds we will see the increasing sunshine this afternoon. we are going to be coolest tomorrow with a chance of showers in the morning and as we head to sunday we will stay around 80 and the warming trend begins on monday. good morning, i want to first show you san jose and a look at a quiet ride if you come in to julian street downtown san jose and senator for the north that is the look at 101 headed through san rafael and you have past the auto dealership and it is a clear drive, as well, as you make the commute up to mill valley and golden gate bridge and now up to glen el were we have an accident that is causing a sig-alert because the crash
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involved one vehicle into a power line and we have power lines down causing delays. avoid highway 12 completely between arnold drive and dunbar. person involved in the crash took off on fat. -- took off on foot. we will let you know when they re-open. >> next a small detail in san jose's wage law that is about to cost minimum wage workers hundreds of dollars. >> local fighters lending a helping hand to fellow firefighters who lost their home in the devastating wildfires in california. [announcer] through sunday at sleep train, get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train.
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but at this moment, she's fighting a brain tumor. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning. it is friday. 4:42 is the time. a look at the ferry building in san francisco. there could still be sprinkles for you. we will talk to meteorologist mike nicco about the weekend forecast. coming up. >> fire departments and charities across california are coming together to help dozens of fires who lost their homes in the recent wildfires. the goal is to have an entire department adopt a firefighter and provide immediate necessities. this is a unique and unprecedent
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ed project holding a news conference this morning to let people know how to pitch in. >> a flaw in the san jose minimum wage is costing workers hundreds of dollars according to the silicon valley business judge and some want the law changed. >> san jose minimum wage armyers will not get next year's cost-of-living adjustment because of the way the city law is written a loss of $900. >> [ inaudible ] >> cost of living in the bay area increased 2.5 percent offer the last area. but san jose's minimum wage of $10.0 will not adjust it is based on the national security price index which decreased .3 percent. the workers have lost value. they are $10.0 now is not worth $10.0, and the writer of
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minimum wage law believes should be changed. >> each day the struggle to stay in downtown san jose. >> san francisco and oakland are not affected because their cot of live adjustment is tied into the bay area consumer price index. >> those employees will likely see an increase in the minimum wage and san jose workers continue to suffer until the city changes the ordinance to reflect the cost of living in the bay area. it is time to say fond farewell to us airways the red eye out of the sfo marks the last departure, flight 1939 takes off at 9:35 and then american airlines will unify the reservation system for the flights both so there will be no more us airways flights when the plane towns down in philadelphia at 3:18 our time tomorrow morning. that flight number, 1939 is
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significant for the airline because it is when it began service, it was called all american airways and most of the tickets are sold on this red eye flight are for plane lover whose have a connection to either this brand or lanes, in general. it should be fun. >> we have a couple of co-workers. i used to take that night when i worked in philadelphia. a red eye. >> maybe that is where eric thomas is. >> probably. >> the red eye. >> if you flying, do you have delays? >> maybe. probably not. i will show you why. with live doppler hd we have a few radar returns but they are in the light green variety so they are more likely sprinkles reaching your neighborhood around oakland and to san leandro and piedmont. it will come across alameda and probably hit the bay bridge. it is moving to pay view.
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south san francisco. brisbane. daly city. colma. those areas could be wet the next 15 minutes to possible half an hour. the next 30 minutes, all this will continue rotating to the west. you can see the thicker clouds over san jose. we with are weighing up to a gray and humid morning and all the real action yesterday to the south is the case with el nino help induced storms caused a last damage and we are not in the heart of the winter season. morning sprinkles to us because of the low. a bit of a break this afternoon. tomorrow, through tomorrow morning, the cold front will come in and keep us unsettled with another chance of a shower. here is how it plays out from 7:00 to noon law 3:00 there is a slight chance of a sprinkle and you could see more sunshine and dry weather as we head into the evening hour. if you have football friday night plans you will not need the umbrella. as we head to tomorrow morning,
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drizzle possible and notice the lack of shower out there and the cold front moving through at 5:00 so we could see more clouds tomorrow than today and temperatures drop. we are almost become to average with mid-to-upper 70s in the south bay and 78 in san jose and low 80s around los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy and we have mid-to-upper 70s and the peninsula is cooler, 70s in millbrae and nearly 90 we want to grab a jacket. mid-to-upper 60s long the coast and into downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and napa is 77 and cooler cooler than yesterday, and 69 at richmond and low-to-mid 70s for the east bay shore and a last stop upper 70s to mid-80s in the east bay. my seven-day forecast shows tomorrow at two to four degree cooler and we hold steady on sunday and above-average temperatures and brighter weather starts monday and through thursday. leyla? >> mike? tgif, mass transit shows 24 bart
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trains all running open time and ace train one is on the tracks with no delays. no delays on muni. here is a look at san mateo bridge, we are smooth sailing as we cross the water, away from 880 to highway 101. no citizens here. when you get up toen officer, though, we have this hit-and-run crash at northbound 280 at the off-ramp, a vehicle is still in and blocking a lane. give yourself time if you are headed to san francisco and take 101 instead. we are not seeing any delay but it is early in the commute. i-80's westbound on the freeway, albany to the maze, a quick four minutes and 880 southbound fremont to san jose is 15 minutes. 280 northbound from 101 to cupertino is letten minutes. >> yahoo mail users can say goodbye to passwords. >> a big change coming to yahoo mail, they have announced it will no longer require passwords
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for the ios and droid apps, but, instead, use a special technology to verify users. >> is iphone battery running down too quickly? it could be facebook app. >> facebook averages there is a problem and said they hope to fix it. soon. until then, a solution is to delease the app and access facebook from the web. but it looks like many people are using it to spice up their image. a survey found more than 75 percent of us post photos that make our lives seen more adventurous and most people judge their friends based on their social media profile. >> sad but true. >> those are the tech bytes. >> the recipe for a tasty taco got the attention of michelle obama, a bay area girl's spec creation. >> what do you get a world
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weather in a couple of minutes. >> kamala harris has raised $6 million for the senate run in 2016 with the campaign releasing the financial reports showing yesterday she raised more than fellow democratic and republican challengers, combined, in the race do replace senator boxer. a president shows that harris is ahead of the pack of senate candidates with 30 percent total vote are support. representative sap chose is second with 17 percent. >> october is bullying prevention month and a lot group are trying to make everyone aware of that issue. one female on the harlem globe trotter team teamed up with kids in san francisco yesterday to explain that stepping bullies can be as simple as abc. >> a is action, b stands for bravery and c stands for compassion. >> globe trotters are committed to spreading theant bullying message across the country.
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you saw yesterday we were waking up in purple. as did many our our colleagues. thank you for taking the stand against bullying, you can post your photos on solve media with # abc7now. >> if you love tacos, a nine-year-old san francisco girl who prepared a winning recipe for the president and the first lady is cooging in the city tonight. >> no pressure, right? >> she will make her delicious california rainbow tacos with: pearl guacamole. you can stop by for dinner, and she will be there this weekend one of 55 young chefs to have lunch at the white house in july after winning the healthy lunch time challenge. a great opportunity. >> can i reorder the cook book now? >> she will be huge. >> soups delicious. >> meteorologist mike nicco i know you would love to be there to sap people for yourself. >> we need a cooking segment. come on, let's get into the
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21st century. >> what are you cooking? >> sure. not me. i am cooking a few clouds and sprinkles at silverado at country club, but it will trend dryer this afternoon and a colorful sunset at 62. the heavy and wet flooding weather now is in the high desert to the south working its way up to lake tahoe at 70 and yosemite is 80 and thunderstorms are around los angeles and san diego but not so many as yesterday. >> we have a new accident involving a couple of system system -- semis. no delays headed into castro valley the i will keep you updated. if you have a us airways ticket out of san francisco to sfo it is nine minutes to make it to the airport. 880 northbound from 238 to the maze is 13 minutes.
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reggie? kristen? thank you, leyla. seaworld in san diego plans to challenge a state ruling that bans spreading among captive killer whales and prohibits the sale, trade, or transfer of the whales and animal rights activist say this is a death blow to seaworld but seaworld claims the state commission that put the ban if place everstepped their authority since the federal government is in charge of regulating the whale care. >> the rarest and most endanger ed fresh water crocodile species is living at the zoo, a female, from singapore, host be she will mate with the male but the two must be watched for signs of positive behavior and the process can take up a year, maybe a romantic dinner date. >> possibly more danger than
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tinder. >> a a perfect birthday surprise for the 44-year-old primate, kittens and the companion fell in love with the gray and she signed she wanted it placed on her head. he has a special relationship with robin williams and showed sadness when she fund out that he passed away. >> 4:57, the bay area community is underassault from rodents an invasion of mice in napa. who is rejoining the warriors and who is facing surgery today? and who is facing surgery today? stay tuned.
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today we're gonna talk about trucks. works for me. which truck brand do you think offers best in class hd towing? ford. i would say the ram. ok, lets move to the second door. best v8 horsepower. the ram. i say ford on the v8. chevy. what about this year's motortrend truck of the year? chevy. what do you think? the ford. there's no reason why they shouldn't be. let's see how you did. oohh! that's the chevy silverado hd, the chevy silverado, and the chevy colorado. no way?! chevy, chevy, chevy. wow. that's a clean sweep.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, i am reggie, friday, october 16. >> i am kristen sze. >> love the sound of it. >> friday, my friends. >> meteorologist mike nicco is lovin' this friday. >> hope so. good morning, everyone. we have a few showers showing up on live doppler hd in antioch. that is headed to brentwood with possibly some sprinkles. we have more developing just to the east of discovery bay coming across highway four to the altamont pass. we have a new sprinkles show up
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