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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> a carjacking in san jose ends in this dramatic crash. you saw the story first last night only on abc7. the suspect ended up in the perfect spot to get arrested. right near a meeting with city and fire officials. >> i am reggie aqui. >> i am kristen sze. >> today the carjacking victim is recovering from the frightening ordeal and spoke with abc7. our reporter elissa harrington has the incredible circumstances. elissa? it all ended here went suspect crashed the car and taken into custody. i got a chance to speak with the victim who credits her co-worker
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's son with saving her life. >> them ma heads back to work after a scary night. she was in the back seat of this van that was carjacked and crash ed. [ inaudible ] >> i feel okay today but yesterday i was panicking. >> co-workers were getting dropped off at end of the day and norma was the last one sitting in the back seat. the driver got out and a strange man got behind the steering wheel. he was driving really crazy and i realized that...something was wrong. hes with speeding really, really fast and going around corners hard. i thought, wait, wait, i need to get out. >> norma open the door and jumped out much the suspect crashed and people took up the
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chase. people at a meeting including city councilman raul peralez heard the commotion and held him down. >> we held him to the ground and wrapped his arounds an the back. he tried to get away. >> the van was totaled. >> co-worker said someone was in the car i was shocked. is with fearful for her life. >> during the escape she landed on her elbow but is okay. they found stolen items inside the van, a few purrs, a laptop and an i.d. in san jose i am elissa harrington for abc7 news. >> elissa, thank you. morgan hill police are telling people to be alert after a sting of crimes after two men broke into a home, demanded access to the safe and took off with the
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cash the on friday, a him on cascade court was burglarized. the day before that, a man was seen in the backyard after home. the suspects got away if all three cases. police say it is a good reminder for homeowners to keep security cameras rolling. >> pg&e crews are back at work in moraga restoring gas service to 500. a sink hole opened up on sunday and cut a gas line. workers now are going door-to-door, and the sinkhole you can see right there initially forced the utility to shut off service to 2,500 customers. >> still no word on when highway 121 in napa county re-opens, it is closed define wooden valley road and circle oak drive. caltrain blames resent storms for a rock slide that left trees and pavement scattered across the highway. since the initial slide on sunday it has continued to get worse, look at the damage new. they hope to know by the end of the week if 121 can be fixed at
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all. drivers are being asked to use 29 and 128 as alternatives. >> one of the most dangerous stretches of road in san francisco could soon be getting a safety overhaul. lombard street between franklin and richardson is notorious for crabs of the the city has ideas to fix it but you have to give something up to get that. here is the proposal. >> look at this crosswalk, it is huge. it takes a while to get crass it. one idea is to create more islands so the pedestrians is aive place to hang out. or to bump out the sidewalks and administrator sidewalks. [ inaudible ] it is all to make the place safer. >> san francisco loves lombard as the most dangerous corridors. we are talking about straight part that gets to you and from the golden gate bridge, not the
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cracked tourist attraction. >> i have almost been run over on lombard a couple of times. >> a it is so bad they avoid it. >> i don't usually walk on lombard. >> officials have a plan to try and make lombard safer. it includes building islands for pedestrians, in the middle of local board so they have a safe place to stand when they get east bus. they want to build more sidewalk at enter says forcing a car to make a wider turn so the driver has a better chance of seeing a pedestrian. that makes sense. that means a smaller crosswalk and less ground for a walker to cover. >> officials want to create more sidewalk at bus stops so people have a safe place to wait. it makes sent. you can see it is a busy spot. they should do it for safety. >> this also comes at a cost,
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not original the $12 million to construct it all but lombard. lose 46 packing places. businesses like the marina pet hospital say that will hurt. >> actually we were disappointed about that. we were looking for more parking spaces and they do not have enough places to park and we will lose our parking spaces for our employees so it will be big impact. to part of the city's vision zero property the period will vote on this at 1:00 today at the board meeting. if it happens, construction will start this summer. >> marin county is looking to tackle traffic congestion on one of the business of the stretches, 2 ask 5 miles of sir francis drake boulevard runs between highway 101 and ross and the county and hosting a community workshop to help the leaders prior toize the improvements to be made. the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at kent middle school.
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>> san francisco's water front could be showing off a new look. worry look at our roof camera, and learning that the port of san francisco is planning to shell out nearly $63 million in improvements the next two years. according to the "san francisco examiner", improvements along the water front will include renovateed bathrooms, security cameras and fencing and upgrades to cut down on frequent electrical outages. officials also want to study willing a ferry terminal at mission bay to serve the planned new worse arain. all the san francisco unified school district will recruit more black students to laurel high school following the concerns of skim face on campus. that is according to the examiner. last month dozens of structures walked out to protest a poster made by another student. a sign was posted among black history month celebrations showing president obama with a diamond stud earring including # significant. the school district and planning on hiring an advocate and equipment officer. enrollment of black students at
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the school has decreased if recent years. all the decision will be made tonight on the fate of the high school mascot you see on the screen. the principal said that remember bowl guy has the confederate-like image which is not present for school. rebel guy dates back to 1997. at the time it was seen as a softening of the previous mascot can clearly depicted a confederate colonel will it would require a makeover of the image. >> voters in five states are heading to the polls in the most crucial race with donald trump and hillary clinton looking for clean sweeps but their ray will values will try to make it tough. here is the latest. >> this pivotal moment in the race for white house is in the hands of the voters. >> i am asking for your support, i would be honored to receive it
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and i hope to be your nominee. >> this is a place i want to win, this is going to do it. >> delegates up for grabs in five states but g.o.p. front researcher donald trump has his eyes on the big prizes, the inare take all states of florida and ohio. >> always a complicated process but we are going to do very will we have great poll numbers. >> for donald trump, john kasich is public enemy number one in the buckeye state, the popular ohio governor cast his ballot this morning in the tight race. >> we will win. i feel trick. great. do i seem like i'm neither voice or uptight? >> ohio is a must win for kasich , and florida is break or break for marco rubio trailing trump by 20 points. if they lose it could be a two man race between donald trump and ted cruz. >> tonight what will happen is the last establishment group is going do lose and that is what is amazing about race. >> with the democrats, bernie sanders is closing in on hillary clinton in ohio.
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a loss here will slow it down but it will not block her path to the nomination. [ inaudible ] >> sanders has his sight society on the next contest and rallying in arizona, with donald trump and hillary clinton having election night party plans in south florida. >> showdown over self driving cars that is being taken straight to the top to keep the google technology off of the roads. >> taking your headache out of the morning commute and what a demand company is doing to make the drive a breeze. >> a look from sutro tower camera, it will be warmer as the week progresses.
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>> the abc7 news app on the go on your schedule. on one screen. all the weather and traffic and news that lives where you live. >> we are following developing news from chicago, three officers are recovering after a shoot out during a narcotics operation last night. investigators say the officers were questioning a man and a woman when the man pulled out a gun and started firing. at least one of the officers was able to fire back and ended up killing the shooter. a span -- a spokesman said officers administered we first aid to the dying suspect.
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the woman has not been charged with a crime. say the united states is loosening travel and trade restrictions with cuba coming five days after president obama makes the historic trip to havana. the white house said it will be easier for americans to travel to cuba for education purposes with cigar and rum lovers can purchase cuban made progress and bring them back to the united states and starting together, companies can hire cuban nationals including athletes, performers and other workers. a consumer watch log group told congress they will put lives at risk if they give safety excel shuns for self driving cars. very important to google, the self-driving car program will testify before lawmakers asking for new rules to get the sell driving cars on the road. right now a human is required to be able to take control when self driving cars are tested. the watchdog group said the rushing of technology leaves safety bit wayside the congress should not skirt reals just
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because technology giants like google ask them to. >> uber and lyft is hoping to make the ride easier partnering with to organize car pools an the city. drivers will get a financial incentive for carrying car poolers with details not released. right now, are is a wait list of interested people, with uber already testing their own version called uber pool. >> this is unbelieve average, making yourselfy work for you, how it can take the place of cold hard cash. >> and meteorologist mike nicco has a look at your spring-like forecast. mike? >> good morning, yes, we anticipate warm temperatures the next couple of days as the sunshine rolls around but i have my eye on our next storm that will roll in on sunday and monday. i will let you know where that fails on the storm-impact scale. >> we don't recommend this but it and amazing to watch, wait until you see this fearless
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>> daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. look at this dude, enjoy this so you don't have to do it. this super cool stunt shows a winged suit upper going off of a french top, trying to squeeze between two antennas. watch, watches watch, he nailed it and it was a launch point that was mile away. it won a go pro "ward. >> they have not been doing too well so this could help. >> we have a basketball in sunshine. >> mike? it looks private up here, very bright. you need the umbrella to save yourself from the strong sunshine. we will look at live doppler hd. get used to this the next couple of days, it will be bone dry.
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we will look at what is going on from the east bay hills camera, what you are seeing, warmer sunshine as spring runs. at least for a couple of days. on monday, a storm is taking shape and it looks like it could bring some of us a good soaking. until then we will talk about today's temperatures, how about upper 50s to low 60s along the coast into san francisco and the rest of us at 64, in san mateo and richmond and san rafael to 68 in antioch and san jose. the activity planner a great day to be running soaking up the sunshine and walking the dog, it will be mild, if you like to hike, those trails are still very muddy from the weekend. tonight, it will be another chilly night with heater kicking off last knit and expect it to kick on tonight, i turned on the humidifier overnight with temperatures mainly in the low-to-mid 40s and a few upper 30s in the deepest valley and richmond and san francisco, could city around 30. now, the storm-impact scale we
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put it to bed one day, yesterday. but "1" is light and "5" is moderate looking into sunday and not monday, and right now .25" to .5" and breezes on monday. darker green is rolling in, time for the morning commute on monday with dead difficult rain and showers and maybe thunderstorms on the back side of the cold front monday afternoon into the evening. right now, the heaviest rain will fall in the north bay with tapering amounts heading into the south bay. until we get do this we will talk about warm weather. how about the 70s tomorrow at the coast? we are above average through sunday, and you can see the chance of rain is monday bringing us back to average. but a lot of sunshine, if you have cabin fever i have the forecast for you. >> this morning we are getting a if you look at google's map and project in mountain view with these periods of the project
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going up next door to the famed google plex with pole structured topped by a canopy and green space and a fitness area where you can stretch before holding out for a bicycle ride or workout. trillion be 600 -- there will be 600,000 square feet of space. >> and amazon filed an application to allow shoppers to buy items by taking a photo rather than typing in the account password, it will be safer by relying on an image rather than typing in a traditional password. >> fascinating. >> but what about switching faces? >> they will pay. good idea. >> love is in the air, the bachelor and his new fiance talking about the whim wind romance. ben said he has one pore surprise and one thing they are looking forward to doing next.
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>> possible relief for a sky rocketing towing bill, how low the fee could go. >> at 5:00, slimmer and thinner, the options smartphones are losing in order to win over over the next general -- generation. >> you are my person. does that sound romantic? >> that is the way they expressed their love for each other and it is supposed to be tree love, or true love on reality tv. >> bachelor higgins and the latch lore yet, lawn, said it is fun getting to know each other ben said she makes amazing breakfast sandwiches and they are looking forward to starting a normal life. >> going on a date. >> any big plans in new york? >> we will stick around for a couple of days, die is a
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surprise planned, and why want did ruin it but we will have a nice dinner date. >> have monte mcnaughton -- have there not been enough surprises? >> by the way the engage president ring is $95,000. >> are "my person."
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>> here at the show, we have a long history of changing people's lives with seven-figure checks. will history repeat itself today? we're about to find out on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] all right. as an emt, our returning contestant is no stranger to stressful situations. he's remained calm and confident and has climbed all the way to $10,000. from woodbridge, virginia, please welcome back dennis oden. [cheers and applause] hey, buddy, welcome back. >> thank you, chris. >> good to have you. calm, cool, collected. but then again, the things that you probably see on a daily basis: nothing compared to this, right? >> no blood, no guts, i'm good. so far. so far. >> let's hope--knock on wood. let's hope not.

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