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record highs in san francisco are in the mid-70s and san jose is 80 degrees. some places could see the records fall today or tomorrow. >> amazing. cannot believe this is friday. we are taking sang of it. >> beautiful. negative tenth in chicago with wind chill so it is better here. >> it is better here. many people will be enjoying the bay today and it could be breezy on the water with temperatures nice. a lot people have the day off, so expect them to head to santa cruz if they live in the south bay. we know what happens when people are headed to the bench for the nice beach weather, southbound 17 in los gatos will be backed up. reporting live in los gatos for abc7 news. >> happening today family and friends are searching for a missing alameda man who owes millions to the federal government, the family said the man this this photo is him, he disappeared on tuesday. the family was taking photos the same day on the san francisco coastline and his family plans
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to meet this morning at the inn to look for him. beck is accused of getting a get rich real estate scam and facing $113 million federal case. >> two are dead and one wounded after a triple shooting. police are look are for the suspect. this is the latest incident of violence at this popular look out? >> that is right. quite a track record at twin peaks. in the shooting yesterday, police say preliminary information suggests that the male shooter targeted his three victims. san francisco police responded to two peaks at 2:00 a.m. and found three men shot. the 20-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and two were taken to the hospital, the 22-year-old map later died of the injuries and an 18-year-old man is still in the hospital fighting for his life. police increased the patrols of 20 peaks yesterday and visitors
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say they are relebanonned. >> they are patrolling and watching out so we have someone there. for safety. >> this shooting follows several other recent attacks in the area, last month, a tourist was pepper sprayed and remembered and in december a french couple was injured during a mugging on twin peaks. the 81-year-old was left unconscious and his 77-year-old wife was becaused. the officers indicatedded that the public is not at risk, police have not released any details of the suspect in yesterday's triple shooting. funeral services are set for richmond police officer gus vegas killed inside his home last week. we were at the church where mourners gathered to honor his memory. our reporter spoke his widow of the show of support. >> there be so many people who is come to me and my family and just...i never felt so much love in my life.
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>> the outpouring of support for richmond police officer gus vegas and his family continued during a sunday service. people packed the hill where last week he sat in the front row of the church. for the pastor the loss is personal. >> untimely death has brought incredible turmoil and pain that cannot be described. all the pastor and gus vegas were close friend for 25 years and raised their children together and took familyings haves together. he was a foster parent and leaves behind ten kids. >> gus is just: been amazing in his capacity to love so many people. the officer was shot and killed at his vallejo home on thursday. his grandson's father is accused of the murder. the mayor davis came to the service. >> it is important to support sandra and the family. >> his wife is without him this
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valentine's day. >> i miss my husband and i love him and he will be missed. he was a great, great, great, great, great police officer. >> people will meet on thursday night to honor officer bug vacation with the funeral scheduled for friday. >> the memorial service for officer vegas is on friday at 10:00 a.m. at richmond memorial auditorium on civic center plaza. the public is invited to the memorial and he will be follow by a private burial. gofundme gofundme account is set up to raise money for the family with $15,000 raised so far. we have details on abc7news.com. >> santa clara county is getting help from the government to prevent teen suicide. a five person team from the centerses is is arrive temperature to meet with leaders to identify problems and work on preventive measures. the focus primarily is on palo alto which has seen an
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extraordinary number of teen suicides, ten in a sex-year span mostly happening on caltrain tracks. >> flames here with a cat dying and citizen without a place to live w after an apartment fire in concord last night sparked by a candle on a couple. firefighters managed to get it out quickly but there was fire damage to two units. residents helped each other get out. they started to see the smoke can got out. >> i was trying to get out with my son in my hand. my brother-in-law was there, trying to get both sons down away from the fire and the smoke. >> no one was hurt but a pet was last. damage estimates are around $400,000. another fire in san francisco the clean up is underway after this last 16 people without a home on saturday night. the crews barred up the shattereddens yesterday and scorched exterior of the building at fulton and lion
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street. the fire chief said muni lines contributed to how difficult it was to fight the fire. a child has minor cuts. the first was first reported at 8:30 on saturday night and it took 9 crews an hour to contain this. >> the danville city council will vote on a proposal to ban airbnb-type short-term rent 58s with business areas and renters have objected to the unsupervised short-term representals say they are a business and as such should be subject to the same taxes they are. the city council have been expected to vote on this in december when they expressed unanimous support for it. the council will vote tomorrow or tonight at 7:30 at the townhall meeting. >> the body of late supreme court justice antonin scalia is believed to be back in washington, dc, this morning. we shot this video of a coffin unloaded at dulles international airplane last night. the 79-year-old died over the weekend in texas. a county judge rule he died of
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natural causes and there will be no autopsy. he was leading conservative voice among the nine justices. president obama will speak to the media this afternoon the first time reporters will have a chance to question the president about the plans to choose the replacement of scalia. president obama has said he will submit the name of a nominee when congress returns from recess on monday. republicans, of course, want any nomination delayed until after the election. >> a lot of buzz that california attorney general could be on the short list people to replace scalia, the source said she is not interested in the opening and is currently running to replace california senator box lower is retired. and the front runner is an indian machine approved 97-0 by the senate in 2013 with bay area ties graduating from stanford law school in 1995. >> a lost obvious a three-day weekend and mike is bringing
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beautiful weather for us. >> absolutely. yesterday was the beginning. more record warm the today. near record warmth. it starts with what our temperatures are going to be this afternoon from where we start this morning. it looks like someone else took the day on vacation...come open, computer. up to 12 degrees warmer in some areas and 14 in livermore. how does that translate? 64 in downtown san francisco. crissy field and the ferry building and bayview and sunny side, the cool spot, 54 at ocean bench. we have 62 at pacifica. santa clara and saratoga 60 and 62 and pleasanton 61, and pittsburg 60, and 58 in richmond and belmont. i walked out of the house this morning and it was warmer outside than in the house. the beaches are good. sailing is good. hiking, good, but record warm hiking, take anza bottle of water. from mount tamalpais you can see it is not a "spare the air" day
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with temperatures in the mid-70s to low 80s, same thing tomorrow and we are back in the low-to-mid 60s with a chance of rain on wednesday. frances? >> good morning, everyone, it is light right now. traffic is delay free. a shot of 101 in the north bay in san rafael check out the drive from petaluma to the golden gate bridge at 30 minutes and expect heavy traffic to the poops today. for the holiday, a lot of mass transit systems operating on a weekend or holiday schedule such as golden transit and the ferry. keep that in mind if you take mass transit. wherever we look on the traffic map, it is green. delay free. and accident free. guys? >> lightning stranges twice in a lucky store in the east bay with a latest powerball win will have lottery players lining up. >> a 10-year old boy find as >> a 10-year old boy find as wallet with i
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powerball tick wet with five winning numbers paying $800,000 in january and then the same thing happened, with five out of six numbers worth nearly $800,000. the store own are said business has been up since january and now you can bet he will expect more. >> you may be paying health care tax to help those in california who have autism and other disabilities. the legislature is getting ready to approve a tax on health care plans. it will scene rate $1.2 billion each year and could substantial best needed funding for developmentally disabled in california for the first time in a decade. >> today, post francis will hold mass in three languages in mexico's indigenous state, aimed at boosting faith in the least catholic state.
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>> the pope was cheered by thousands in mexico city last night at the ambassador's home. he visited children at a local hospital. one gave him a hand made valentine's day card. he played doctor to a little boy giving him a polio vaccination and inaugurating the campaign for vaccination in mexico. >> this guy could be den but this guy from antioch is showing he has a moral compass beyond his years. a story you will only see here, our reporter tells us how a lost wallet created a viral sensation. >> winter -- when the tin-year-old from antioch found a wallet with a driver's license, debit card and $38 he knew he had to return it. >> i wanted to make her happy and make her feel better about her losing something. >> his mother helped him mail the wallet the next day. but the sad said his concern does not end there. >> he said, do you think we will
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get it to her before she goes to dmv he did not want her to stand in line. >> it arrived two days after we she made the trip to the dmv but she said that did not matter, what found her heart was the sweet letter he wrote to her saying he knew what it was like to lose something and she thered like a very nice person. >> the fact he took the time to write it and it was so cute and my favorite line "i am glad i got it rather than some bad person." she was so mid she posted the wallet and letter on facebook and from this it went viral. >> the dad picked him up and said my principal said i am a celebrity and i said what is going on. >> show razz written back thinking him and gave him a bag of candy and a $20 reward. >> kind of odd because i never got this fame before. >> do you like it? >> yeah. surprising. >> a ten year old boy now a viral sensation for doing what he said was the honest thing to
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do. >> his parents are doing something right. i want that child. can you clone him? >> even old are kids can learn something from him. >> and he does not have school today and at pebble beach, we talked how long it takes to get to the beaches, yesterday three hours to get back. that was because of the warm weather and we last before the tournament players choked. >> nothing from east bay hills camera, absolutely gorgeous looking outside, and we will look at the highlights record warmth today and tomorrow and cooler and wet open wednesday and thursday and almost as warm weekend ahead. we will look at what is going on in the south bay close with
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record high in san jose at 80 and gilroy a degree or two, and sunnyvale is the cool spot as we head up the peninsula and mountain view, at 78, and half moon bay, why you are going to the coast at 76 and pacifica is 72 and same in the sunset, and mid-70s downtown and south san francisco, a degree shy of the record high and san rafael, a record, napa is 81, a record, and 76 in petaluma, and 68 in castro valley and inland we are in the upper 70s to low 80s you have to get to 80 in him for the record high. now, another mild at upper 40s tonight to mid-50s from inland to around the bay. now our storm impact scale is "1" to "5", light to severe, and wednesday through thursday we will have .1" in the south bay with winds breezy but not damaging so i have it as a "1" and most of the rain is falling
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between 4:00 and midnight on wednesday. we will have a few showers on thursday and the temperatures will finally be back in 50s and 60s for highs where they should be. frances? how are you doing? >> good morning, everyone, here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza so holiday light with in problems. the drive time from hercules to san francisco is 19 minutes. we will check out the road on highway 92, san mateo bridge, westbound, beyond the toll plaza, delay free in both directions. 92 is looking good, and, now, keep in mind, 92 is busy heading out to the beach and half moon bay later on this afternoon. to give you an idea how light the traffic is, it is moving at about 70 miles per hour right now westbound 580 through the altamont pass, and into livermore. next i will have an update on mass transit holiday schedules. guys? >> yes, people all over bay area are seeing more and more of these guys. why you want to keep a closer
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eye on your pets if you leave them outside. >> local students kind act that has an officer say it is the sweetest valentine's day gesture he has ever received but, first, a rice cut for the apple watch in tech bytes. >> in the tech bytes major apple retailers have cut prices for the apple watch. now that usually mean as new version come out but analysts don't thing so, apple may have a new iphone model next month. >> a new app could one day turn your phone into an earthquake warning device. right now the app only collects information and sends it back to the laboratory but when the bugs are out it could warn anyone of impending, and available on droid devices for the type being. a lot of office workers use a treadmill desk and the company mind many of the decks say that treadmill meetings are future, with desks on sale later this year that are dual between
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and donating $1,000 to install security cameras at park. >> a warning this morning to pet owners, more mountain lions are on the prowl for dogs, cats and livestock. more than 80 mountain lions were killed last year and half of them had eaten domestic animals. on the heels of the report two public meetings have been scheduled in the bay area starting with one open february 23rd. >> an interesting study from uc berkeley saying children can get a health boost by eating organic foods, a diet of organic fruits and vegetables and other foods, lowered pesticide exposure in kids by up to 49 percent. pesticides have been linked to health problems including attention deficit disorder and breathing problems. >> an interesting valentine's day project from a local high school, they did not send cards to each other but to the police. >> the class at mercy high school sent valentine's day cards to the officers in mission district, including "thank you
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for your service you are in my thoughts and prayers happy valentine's day i hope to be an officer of the law, too, your service will never be for gotten." it is one of the sweetest gestures they have ever received. >> we had sweet weather yesterday. >> more is on the way. we will look at the entire state. 71 if monterey, 80 in santa cruz, and mid-to-upper 70's through the central valley, and nearly 90 in los angeles and palm springs and the record at lake tahoe today, is 61. we going to top out at 57. this is friday's reading, putting at 100 percent of average and the lower over the weekend with the snow at 73 percent better than last year at 26 percent. good news, not much happening now, not much happening tomorrow, but a winter mix developing on wednesday, and heavy snow is going to fall on thursday, a couple of feet of fresh powder that will linger into friday, and driving up there open saturday and sunday should be a breeze. hopefully we will get throughout and enjoy it.
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>> good morning, everyone, for the holiday, a lost mass transit systems are separating on a saturday schedule or modified schedule like bart and muni and caltrain with no delays reported right now but you will need extra time for the modified schedule. 680 and walnut creek, southbound traffic beyond north main with highway 24 at hop the screen, just delay free and traffic is problem-free from benicia bridge down through the sunol grade. it is light. no accidents reported. here is a look at 101 for headlights moving northbound, out of gilroy it is fine and 880 across the screen, and, in fact, i was going to check identity the drive times and this is where we usually see our first slowing in the morning, while looking good, 580, 4, and 101 to san francisco. guys? thank you is because everyone other than us are working and we are so happy for them. >> video from new zealand, a cliff crashes down right into the sea. this is after a 5.7 earthquake.
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all the debris hitting the ocean here. the center was more than 10 miles east of christchurch. a a driveway security camera captured the shaking, just five years after one that caused widespread destruction across christchurch which ended up killing 185 people. this earthquake caused only minor damage and no one was hurt. >> people are talking about kanye west this morning asking facebook c.e.o. zuckerberg to invest him in after postage tirade saying he is $53 million in debt and asks zuckerberg to invest $1 billion in kanye west ideas, and he tweeted that google c.e.o. saying he was down for the help, too, and no word if this is a publicity stunt for the new album which dropped over the weekend exclusively on music streaming app, just throwing that in.
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>> i am curious if this is a stunt leading up to the awards tone. >> a proposal at a baseball game and a flash mob we have all seen that before, right? >> a san francisco man pop the question by letting his lover read the write on the wall, look at this mural in the castro district. it features two men, one who planned the at work wanted to surprise his partner with a help from am yesterday, and the artist say that the project is one of her favorite projects. >> i was painting and people were coming up and i had storm watch and people were putting their hand on their heart, and saying, my god, thank you so much. >> i was eating at the restaurant and saw her painting it and she said the work celebrates love of all kinds including lgbt community of course, and, by the way, george said "yes." congratulations to the couple. >> hackers hit sfo, the airport
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is not affected but some visitors to facebook page might have seen something they would rather forget. the benefits of botox, without the shots? the shots? the bay area company working to
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kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> this is a shot of san francisco and beyond from our sutro tower camera, the bay area certainly looks beautiful right now on this president's day holiday. guess what, you are going to get the weather to match it. good morning, i am reggie aqui. >> coming up on 5:00 and hope you had a great valentine's day and machine is bringing us lovely warm weather. >> warm sunshine warming your heart and live doppler hd showing a few passing high clouds with colorful sunrise pictures, and i w

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