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welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and free of things i don't. like aliens. just like eye patches. and when it's time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. it's full of stuff we pirates need. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. excelsior! eat up, me hearties! keep it down! i'm exploring the galaxy. arrrr, that's not even a real spaceship. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning. it is 5:00. i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. >> meteorologist mike nicco said the weather looks like summer. but it feels like spring.
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>> absolutely. through april, last day of march has been wet. but for the last couple of weeks. the cloud deck is not offering much. it looks like summer. the parent layer is back. could be drizzle along the coast. i i will watch sfo and see if there are arrival delays. 44 to 54. milder stepping outside. the day planner is 56 at the coast to 64. the coast is staying chilly or cool. 58. but warm and inland and 70 at 4:00. we will find out about the morning commute. sue? >> nation. pretty light. very brick. traveling from novato through san rafael to southern marin you have 20 minute drive from highway 37 to the golden gate bridge. this is beyond the in fact gate mall. at industrial and to the san mateo bridge, 15 minutes across
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the span. it is light. we will have the mass transit options on thursday in a few minutes. >> guilty verdict in a high profile stanford rape case has some hoping it will bring positive changes to campuses across the nation. >> matt? >> yes, reggie. prosecutors say campus culture needs to change. they hope this verdict brings changes at high school and colleges. this is the opinion the prosecution said is the face of campus sexual assault, the jury found former swimming star brock turner guilty on three felony counts. prosecutors say he sexually assaulted an intoxicated unconscious woman behind a dumpster at a fraternity house in january of last year. >> in means no. drunk means no. passed out unconscious means no. sex without concept means
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criminal assault. >> his mother credited uncontrollably when the verdict was read and the victim gently went and smiled. word spread on campus of the verdict. when the law professor told abc that if not for two men passing by who witnessed the assault before intervening there would never have been justice. turner faces up to 10 years in prison when scheduled to be sentenced june 2nd. >> prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against these three drifters accused of two kill inin the bay area. the three face the possibility of serving life without parole charged in the delegate in september of can made an visitor at golden gate park and local steve carter on a hiking trail. the two murders are gently prosecuted in marin county. >> we hear from the man who is in this video being beaten by alameda county sheriff deputies.
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we found stanislav patrov in san francisco superior court yesterday. he had an appearance related to felony drug charges. you will fine the story only here on abc7. >> after being struck 40 times stanislav patrov's attorney said he had multiple head hassations and fractures in both hands. [ inaudible ] i am a mechanic and now i can not use my hands and cannot even text >> his more said her son is suffering considerably. >> my son...is traumaized. >> the sheriff said that the deputy body cameras are activated. >> it is incumbent upon me to make sure the culture of the age is above row approach. >> the san francisco d.a. is investigating the incident involving the deputies and a bribery allegation that a third
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deputy gave stanislav patrov's gold chain to a couple that witnessed the beating to silence them. since the november incident, stanislav patrov was arrested march 8 in connection with controlled substances and a firearm. he was never charged. stanislav patrov told abc7 it wasn't him. >> by e-mail the attorney said that obviously even if true it would not affect the moral or legal equation of what happened on november 12. his mother said that sheen withs her son to get help. >> his life is horrible. >> she would not specify for what conditions. >> happening right new, fresh dungness crab is headed to stores and restaurants around the bay area ending months of waiting. we were at the wharf when the boats unloaded the first crab last night. more boats are expected to arrive today and into the evening. cbs season usually opens in
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develop. the season was delayed by high levels of toxic algae. it will be shooter. there is fewer crabs available. you can pay from $15-$21 for fresh crab. >> donald trump is facing more criticism this morning for the flip-flop remarks on abortion. last night at a townhall when asked if women should be punished for having aborts if the procedure were outlaud he said "yes." facing a firestorm, the campaign walked back the remark saying "anyone performing the procedure after it was illegal should be the uns punished." >> the latest controversy will not help donald trump in wisconsin the site of the tuesday primary. before the abortion remarks the polls show he was trailing ted cruz 40% to 30% among likely republican voters. closer on the democratic side are bernie sanders leading hillary clinton.
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>> the question of building more units of affordable housing takes center stage during a planning commission meeting. the commissioners consider requiring regulates already planned to include units that are available at below market rates. the protects are in two hotbeds for development: south of market and the mission. the meeting starts at noon need (city hall. >> ebay is get the green light to cut down the big redwood trees, four trees to build a fire line. seven others will come down. ebay did not need a permit to remove them. they have agreed to plant 52 new trees an the facility. a viewer contacted us wondering if biwas everstepping their bounds. no one spoke out against the tree removal yesterday at the meeting. >> state hers look at result of the latest snow pack survey to determine if water rules can be easeed.
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it is starkly different than what we saw a year ago. we were at the station as officials measured 58" of snow yesterday which contains 26" of water which is 97% 6 average for this time of year at the location. >> better than we were. now we clearly looking at next year. there are for reliable indicators of what next season could bring. >> statewide the water content in the sierra is only 87% of average. >> that should answer the question. the accurate is over. we could not get back to average during the strongest el ninos ever recorded. san leandro at freight. everyone -- at 48. we have upper 40s around pleasanton and livermore and los gatos and 48 in napa and novato. san carlos is 46. mount tam dam has a cloud deck
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with holes. a lot of tree pollen and sunshine in the afternoon. golden gate bridge wind at 13 miles per hour. you can sea the sea breeze is working its way through the golden gate bridge. that will keep our temperatures at the coast nearly 60 and the rest of us in the upper 60s to low 70s today and tomorrow and the weekend. sue? >> bart has then trains in service. with the exception of the shut will between the pittsburg/bay point everyone else is running from. they are running every 10 minutes. caltrain is wonderful and ace train one was on time and out of the stockton headed into vasco station on schedule. this is the east shore commute beyond the golden gate field and to the macarthur maze at 15 minutes. no metering lights yet. san jose, 280, at 17/
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overcrossing, a good drive to cupertino. >> it is pretty easy to sign up for cable tv. try and cancel it. the move in sacramento to get rid of the hassle. rid of the hassle. >> big payday for kaepernick and
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walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. look at this, smoke, ash and steam rising from mexico's most active volcano erupting over the weekend located 45 miles southeast of mexico city. right now officials are warning people to stay out of the seven mile radious around the volcano. the airport is closed as a precaution. >> 49ers have until this afternoon to cut quarterback kaepernick if they want to avoid paying him $11.90 million next season. the money becomes fully guarantee if he is still on the roster at 1:00 p.m. his current contract is significant for injury and he is reportedly still recovering in colorado from off season injuries. they could try to trade him later. >> bank of america is making it easier for new parents extending maternity and fraternity leave
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by another week with employees getting 16 weeks to be settled including adoption. they offer the child care rereimbursement almost and backup child care program. >> an important vote by the federal communications commission whether to allow internet service providers to collect your personal information. your isp knows everything about you, what apps you use, it can track your physical location in real time even if you encrypt your data. the tote is on a proposal to give you the option of opting out and prevent the your i.s.p. from using your information other than providing the internet. >> and the hassles could be >> and the hassles could be taken out of the canceling consumers complain they have to
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make several phone calls, and explain in detail why they want to cancel their service. how rue is that. >> you can stream us and watch us over the air. letting you know. >> i like that. been complaining how you try to find someone and when you fine someone they convince you not to cancel. >> okay. moving on. we will talk about what is going on as for as canceling the rain. you can see the next six hours, nothing showing up. san jose is cloudy this morning and 52 degrees, and 280 and my commute to work is very early but not many cars and a lot of people are on spring break. teddy pattern through the weekend and our chance rain is monday and starting to slip to the north. temperatures today are showing clouds along the coast and breezy conditions, 60 degrees, san francisco is 61, and
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everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 60s until you get inland like san jose and deeper into the santa clara valley east bay valley and around napa and santa rosa at 70 to 73. at the game, the boys of semi- are coming back, bay bridge series, breezy at at&t, 54, and dropping to 52. as far as the cloud cover it comes become at the mid-40s to mid-50s. my seven-day outlook shows most of us are in the low-to-mid 70s with some hints of a warming trend on wednesday and thursday. >> we check with the bay bridge and it is looking good. no delays. traffic is flowing nicely. in metering lights and not sluggish on the span into san francisco. so far, so good, 15 members through golden gate field. slowing from tracy. up and over the altamont pass.
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otherwise, good with the a's and giants bay bridge series at 7:15 so expect delays around at&t park, 280 extension and 80 and the officers streets around at&t park. it will be a fun weekend. coming off of the dumbarton bridge, two 880, there is road work. there is some yellow. give yourself extra time. it will be picked up shortly. we will look at the mass transit options in a few. >> an adult care facility in san jose will pay a fine of $400,000 for not paying the workers. they operate five facilities in san jose under the name evergreen guest home and the the commissioner received a complaint the company was not paying the work others overtime, paying less than minimum wage and requiring them to cover shifts without pay. the company now is ordered to pay become the lost wages and
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interest along with the sill penalties. >> the wedding. the son of a russian billionaire was married in "the most pensive wedding of all time e >> they were married in a russian restaurant where no expense was spared. inside the walls and ceiling were covered in flowers anded wade appeared in a $1 million gapped imported from paris that weighs up to 25 pounds. there were performances by jennifer lopez, the real jennifer lopez, and wedding know theys posted bit 600 invited guests including enrique and sting showed up and sang "desert rose," surrounded by women. >> what? >> to top it off they had fireworks. the groom's father is a russian oil tycoon and paid an estimated $1 billion. for a wedding! >> that is not all they will
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have another sermon. it is rumored that beyonce will perform at the next ceremony. >> beyonce? >> beyonce. >> unbelievable. two new apple products are hitting the shelves. here are the tech bytes. >> today in the continue continue the first reviews are in for the new ipad pro and called the best standard ipad ever produced but cannot take the place of old laptops hitting the shelves today. starting rice is $600. the new iphone is on sale today. it is not setting sales record but aextraing a surprising number of seniors and droid users and that is apple's goal. >> uber is letting passengers see their own rating, people with use the ride hailing service may not know that drivers use the five star waiting system for the passengers and a customer
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service allows users to see how drivers rate them. can you guess? what is your rating? >> who didn't get me a five stars? i mean... >> facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg post going viral because of a funny moment. zuckerberg was giving an on-line tour as the new oculus ship is shipped out. shipped out. >> 400 people were... [ inaudible ] computer work and it keeps going. >> he was not phased.
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>> he is like, someone is getting fire the. >> it was bought by facebook pore $2 billion and someone give him the key card that works. >> straight ahead the seven thing you need to know as you start director day. >> run. >> a bay area company is going to bat for a major league baseball. >> a pool safety warn after the >> a pool safety warn after the death of a silicon valley look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. mmmm, yoplait.
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♪ like dogs... this guy? not so much. your amigos -- always there for you. and avocados from mexico -- they're always there for you because they're fresh all year 'round. ♪ avocados from mexico if you are headed outdoor seven things you need to know: dungness crab is leaded to a store or restaurant near you. the first loads are being unloaded after a four month delay because of the toxic algae. the crabs are safe to eat. >> if you have $35,000, tesla has the latest car, model 3 and
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people are lined up to reserve the new car. it is $35,000, move of police of the other models. >> with a sunroof. we have a lot of sunshine away from the coast the next couple of days and mild temperatures. a chance of rain on monday and looking less likely. i will tell you why. >> pretty light commute. a last februarys are on spring break. a look at san mateo bridge for 15 minute drive cross the span toward the pens had. high winds for the benicia bridge and 680. we will talk about the rest commute coming up >> the death toll from the collapse of an overpass in india is 14 people. 100 are missing. the overpass was under construction when it fell. >> donald trump is already unpopular with women and could be in trouble with them again saying women should be punished for having an abortion if the procedure is outlawed which he
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has campaigned for. he said he meant providers should be punished. all the san francisco manning commission will consider a new plan to help people get affordable housing including more units of affordable housing. >> a new warning for pool owners after the death of a silicon valley technical executive. he died from an electrical short in a pool while on vacation in palm springs. police are blaming bad wiring. sources include the light fixtures, and faulty motor or wet box. there is no way of knowing there is a problem until it is too late. a special type of circuit breaker could have prevented the death. >> i am surprised more have not been electrocuted because of old pools not being grounded. >> 14 americans die
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2003 to 201. all f.d.a. approved a test to screen blood donation for the stroke virus from a company from new jersey. the f.d.a. made the announcement ahead of schedule because the blood donation are affected. rico has been getting donations from the united states because the virus has been is active in the country. >> major league baseball is going high-tech and the league has reached a deal to place ipad pros in the dugout using the device to access the newly developed video apps called mlb dugout. >> even panda, enjoy a selfie. >> this giant panda cub at the conservation and research city in southwest china was spending
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time with his human foster dad. they are bonding including hugging and kissing and they take good soleys together. look at that. >> but he filter as lot, and he is like, dad, you are if my light. >> you take it from a higher angle. >> we have a new 90 minutes of includes detail of raising the includes detail of raising the cam minimum
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thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some?
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mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>. coming up on 5:30. we are glad you are here. >> welcome to thursday, last difficult of march. we will see how march is going out. mike? >> good morning. quietly. unless you are near the coast or the lower elevations like the bay bridge and the delta. it is breezy.
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almost summer-like. with low clouds. partner layer clouds and a chance of a drizzle. or two. long the coast. can you see from the exploritorium the cloud cover is over san francisco. milder this morning. a lot of low-to-mid 50s and we stay in the 50s at coast and low-to-mid 60s around the bay and inland by machine and increasing sunshine and nearly accident during the afternoon hours. any hot spots? >> not this morning. we are checking on mass transit. bart has 42 trains in service with the shuttle train define pittsburg and north concord. you will need to change trains. ace train one is on time into pleasanton. it is good. metering lights are town on because traffic is stacked up at the bay bridge toll plaza and the continue minute drive is lengthening in the full commute with sluggish conditions on the new span headed into san
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francisco. we will look at the drive from the central valley in a few. >> buzz is building around tesla today. the really out of new affordable model three and excited customers are lining up in walnut creek and our reporter, amy hollyfield, is there right new. amy? >> yes, look behind me. it is along for 5:30 in the morning. a man is walking up to get in line catching out since yesterday to be able to put a deposit down on the model 3 which will cost $35,000 a fraction of what the current tesla costs explaining the popularity and the enthusiasm. i have secretary at the front of the line, the fellow waiter have let him step out. you got hour at 1:00 yesterday
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afternoon. i am passionate about the environment and tesla has made being green cool what no one else has continue. i have wanted one but silt out of my price range. thiscy fordable at $35,000. how is waiting in line? >> we have a community here, we all came here not knowing each other and we have been talking about cars, things we love to do and sometimes we will sleep. i set up a tent so i can sleep but there is a lot of passing time before the opening. >> and soon you will be in the new car and you will not remember this moment? >> i will always remember this moment. >> go back if line. keep in mind he has never seen the car he has never driven the car, it is unveiled tenth and that is the first time people will see it and you can order online but you will be behind all of these people who camped out and pit the deposit down.
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>> amazing to see the people. >> this morning, donald trump is scrambling to clarify his position on abortion after the comments sparked a lost outrage yesterday. before the comments were made polls show that donald trump has a real problem getting support of female voters. what everyone is talking about was a townhall hosted by msnbc. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion yes or no. all the answer is there has to be a form of punishment. >> for the woman? >> yes. >> the campaign issue add reextraction saying the doctor would be held responsible and the woman is the victim. however, the after launch of criticism from both sides of the political aisle was already underway. john kasich and ted cruz rejected the idea of punishing women. hillary clinton called the same
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horrific and bernie sanders said it was shame of. pro choice and pro life groups denounced the idea of punishing women, and pro life said no one would want to punish a woman who chooses abortion. recent polls have shown that donald trump is struggling to get support among the women with 73% of register women voter hold an unfavorable view of him and of half republican women would nature support a trump candidacy. wisconsin hills the next primary tuesday and ted cruz leads republican field this. >> prosecutors hope the conviction of a former stanford swimming star on sexual assault charges will bring change to college campuses across the nation. brock turner was fund guilty by jury yesterday. he is facing ten years in prison. the prosecutors say that turner sexually assaulted an intoxicated unconscious woman behind a dumpster outside a frat
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house january of last year. two passerbys witness the i salt and intervenes. turner is scheduled to return june 2nd for sentencing. >> look at photos, it is the same gay. he has been called the bearded batch difficulty and will face a federal judge in oakland. police say 30-year-old kenneth will police confessed to robbing 11 banks including some in the bay area. you can see ellis being arrested last wednesday. he told best he used the noun pay the bills and the motive was extreme financial difficulty. he stole $27,000 in the bank robberies and the court appearance is today. >> the state assembly will vote on governor brown's plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. yesterday, the action action passed the murder spite objections by republicans and business lobbyists. if the bill passes it will head to the governor's d.c. and legislative analysis indicates
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that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost taxpayers $3.6 billion a area in higher pay for government employees. rallies in support of the proposal are hemmed in san jose and oakland today at noon. >> you could see impact from a strike if you fly workers from baggage happened dealers to janitors are striking to demand $15 an hour minimum wage. they want better security training the workers at bay area airports are not expected to strike. if you are trying through a major city like washington, dc, at dulles, or john f. kennedy at new york or boston location were, chicago o'hare the workers are planning to walk off the job. >> an elderly disabled woman is vowing to fight eviction from the san francisco home. we were in the valley where the woman fighting her landlord to stay in the apartment where she has lived for 30 years. the landlord owns his own firm
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and is a technology investor. the landlord attorney said though need the apartment for an ailing family member. >> the mother of the wife that owns the property, recently had a fall at her home and she has become ill and need as place to live near the family. live near the family. >> where would you go? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> the owners of committed for easing the move and wrote ploy financial help. >> three fans are shaken but they okay after the railing collapse before last night's worse game in utah. they are trying to get his autograph and this is showing a fan got medical attention and steph curry made sure that
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everyone got souvenirs. >> it started off weird but it was great for the warriors and draymond green is the first player in nab history with a through points and 500 assists and 100 steals and 100 blocked shots and what can't he do? golden state was a 103-96 overtime victory over the jazz in utah and the dubs improved to a franchise best finish 5-2 in the series they will have the automatic time wins record. worse are back home tomorrow against the criminal -- >> ten degrees warmer in napa is the warmest compared to yesterday. all of us are running warmer by 50. and that is our temperature in petaluma and novato and rohnert park and vallejo at 52 and tiburon is 50, and san rafael is
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52, and temperatures are so much milder this morning hopefully the heater did not run. 48 if lafayette and brentwood. cupertino is 49 in redwood city. kite surfing healthy braises and 15-20 miles per hour. walking the dog is mild, warm this afternoon inland and watch out for sun and pollen fur garden. you notice how dry it is? we will take a look at continue minutes in how front loaded may was. but it ended up with more rain than average. sutro tower shows the haze. the cloud duck is running 3,000' and today, tomorrow, and saturday, morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and warmer-than-average away from 9 coast. we will look at the chance of rain on monday. sue? >> yes, looking at the busy drive times this morning it is moderate, tracy to dublin is 35 minutes, and antioch to concord is 17, and san rafael into san
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francisco is 19 minutes, and walnut creek is great, southbound 680 with brake lights and basically you moving at limit, all the way through 34th tunnel and beyond the north gate mall and the civic center to central and southern marin, it is 21 minute drive from highway 37 across the golden gate bridge to lombard street. from the central valley you can see the speeds are running under 20 miles per hour and it picks up as you make director way into the livermore and lasten pleasanton area. we will check the bay bridge in a few minutes. >> muni riders, a warning: they went to you take a close lack at this video. >> the reason the united states >> the reason the united states is planning to send
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welcome aboard my starship. >> the reason the united states is planning to send ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and free of things i don't. like aliens. just like eye patches. and when it's time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. it's full of stuff we pirates need. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. excelsior! eat up, me hearties! keep it down! i'm exploring the galaxy.
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arrrr, that's not even a real spaceship.
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santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> oklahoma residents are recovering this morning from severe storms that spawned tornadoes including this one near the tulsa airport. a meteorologist said a funnel cloud touched down and lifted up several types. scary stuff. here is the damage caused by the storm. roofs torn off several building, trees were lifted off the ground and a gun club was leveled.
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step people ended up being hurt. one is in critical condition. >> big heads up for muni riders, this man in the striped shift on right got his wall health stolen look out for pick pockets and the man holding his child in january on the bus and the man in the dark hat and coat grabbed his we wallet quickly. you are vulnerable when it is included. keep your wallet in the front pocket, with the bag and purse in front of your chest and not over the back. >> at the of you are dog lovers but san francisco police are look for a dog napier, he told the dog from a store this month from a store. this is surveillance video of the person police say stole the five-year-old dog. map was last seep wearing a red shirt and camel pants. if you have seen that suspect, or the dog, please contact police. >> happening today, oakland residents can weigh in on
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planned for a makeover at the famed claremont club and spa. the plans call for building 45 condos at the chair moment. becomeers say it will bring oakland with much needed housing especially for empty nesters. looking to downsize. neighbors do tut lick the idea saying it will create traffic jam. the meeting is at 7:00 p.m. inside the chair minute ball almost. >> baseball fans return to the bay area with the giants and a's tuning in. they will kick off at at&t park tonight. first pitch is at 7:15. the giants and a's pete at at&t park tomorrow and payment at the coe seal medium in the afternoon. >> you can if longer use smokeless tobacco at at&t bark
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with an ordinance banning dipping at all athletic falls. the governor signed a ban at automatic major league ballparks in california including the coliseum and that been is going to take effect next year. >> good to know. >> what is the weather like for the game. >> my question. >> if you have seen the movie sandlot, they put the chew in, they ride on the ride and they all get sick. >> they will never do it again. >> got sick and will never do it again. learn from my mistakes. >> the weather? >> we get to that, it will breezy at at&t park. duh. the temperatures are killie. no doubt. it looks like a summer pattern,
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54 and dropping to 52. sun will is the at 7:30. wins are an issue. sue has been tolling us about the gusts in solano and c.h.p. issued the wind advisories different from the national weather service. 18 miles per hour right now in fairfield. that is the sea breeze. it will keep us cool. temperatures in san francisco are 52 degrees. under clouds. no fog south on 101. it looks like summer and like spring. 60 along the coast. the clouds are stubborn, 61 in san francisco. san mateo and richmond at 65 and upping to the 70s. concord, livermore. san jose. mountain you have. cloud cover is back to our neighborhoods and cool to mile. mid-40s to my 50s.
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my seven-day outlook, get used to the 70s, low-to-mid 70s at the cost. low-to-mid 60s. hints on wednesday and thursday of 70s at the coast and possible 80s around the bay and inland. some are away the corner. >> c.h.p. said it is crazy and windy and the 680 corridor on the benicia bridge, heads up that is the many issue. high wind. metering lights were turned on at 5:29. stacking up for 20-minute delay from give give to san francisco. the east shore freeway is busy with solid stream of headlights westbound beyond golden gate field to the macarthur maze and slow traffic we out of the central valley look at 30-minute drive into san francisco. a's and giants at at&t park expect delays on 288 the extension and 80 and the officers streets with game time
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at 7:15. we will check with mass transit and bart and issues ahead. >> decades after the cold war the united states will send more troops to europe in response to "aggressive moves by russia." they are asking for money to support the additional troops and upgrading equipment. nato allies have asked for a greater united states presence. we have been boosting our presence after russia annexed the crimean peninsula. >> you may have seen a travel warning from the state department that sparked outrage. the tweet said not a 10 in the united states and not a 10 overseas, watch out for being lured into buying expensive drinks or being robbed. they was immediate backlash saying it was sexist because of the reference to ranking attractiveness. the state department apologized saying some have been offended by our tweet and we apologize it came off negatively we see many
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americans fall victims to scams and what everyone to be careful while traveling. >> mention, more to the store behind the confrontation over dreadlocks at san francisco state university. so many people have commented. what we are learning took place before the camera starts rolling. >> a new study suggests vegetarian are at higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer getting heart disease and cancer >> the countdown to gol
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>> the abc7 news app on go on your schedule news that lives where you live. >> good to watch your bike spied
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in marin county because they will use speed guns to crack down on pick riders going too fast. they are using it to cap dangerous bicycle requireds but they are expanding to trails and unpaid fire roads through the marin county parks. >> a long time business will celebrate a move to oakland moving to martin luther king and 15th west of oakland city hall. the oakland mayor schaaf will be there at 11:00. the main store was closed in san francisco on market after being this pore 37 -- for 37 years. >> and now, abc was in san jose city hall as the countdown began to the united states 2016 olympic team trials for women's gymnastics. they start in 99 days from today. marry lou -- mary lou sa
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is a tremendous amount of talent. >> it is against the rules but america should be able to send three teams to rio de janeiro we are that good and we would come home with gold and silver and bronze were. >> trails are july 8 and 9 and athletes chosen are announced july 10 in san jose. >> young city high school students need your help to win $120,000 technology grant. >> they are in the technology program with finals in the samsung contest designing an electric vehicle solar charging system, with five winners of 15. one is choosing online and our local team is in the lead voting closing at end of friday. we have instructions on how to cast your vote to push them over the education at abc7news.com. >> might be they can charge our tesla? >> you said you would buy it for me? >> and keep it at my house
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because parking is difficult in the city. >> we had a miracle march, representatives of all of our neighbors with above average moisture but it is deceiving and we will call it march madness the rain fell in the first two weeks of the month. you can see 70 if los angeles and mid-70s through the central valley and 82 in palm springs and lake tahoe is 54 and average high is warmer than that at 51. check out temperature nearly 60 by sunday. sue? >> we have 44 bart trains on time and they still have the shuttle in place, pittsburg to north concord and you have to transfer to go any further from north concord. no cancellations. yet. with marin commuter becauses so we will watch that. ace trains are on time. no delays. san mateo bridge looking good
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and high wind on the benicia bridge with a look at your bay bridge and an accident in san jose. in a few. >> we were fascinated by a new study saying investigationarians are at higher risk heart disease and cancer. researchers found that eating only fruits and vegetables over generations can lead to gene mutations that increase chronic inflammation and risk for heart disease and colon cancer. this was concluded in end da, mostly vegetarian. researchers has suggested a investigationarian diet in short-term can lower risk of diabetes, stroke and obesity. >> great america is overhauling the attractions and considering staying open all year. we were at the park as the c.e.o. of the parent company detailed the master plan of the park including new roller coaster, water slides and
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digital attractions, officials agency they were considering using the land for high density housing but decided to scrap that plan. the massive plan could include an entertain president district outsided park to enjoy amenities without paying admission price. you don't want to miss the video showing a florida woman coming face-to-face with a wild panther . we hear for the first time from we hear for the first time from the man at the center of
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mmmm, yoplait. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. coming up on 6:00 a.m., good morning, i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. welcome to thursday the last day of march. we will see how march is ending with meteorologist mike nicco. >> it will be dry. there is a slight chance of drizzle along the coast. just because of the marine layer of cloud but nothing organized.
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our cloud deck is broken right new as we look from mount tamalpais. here is a look at 12 hour day planner starting in the low-to-mid 50s and mid-60s inland, and stay in the mid-to-upper 50s at the coast and touch 70s in many areas,'s average. how is the commute? we are headed to san jose at look at 101 at the 880 overcrossing. getting busy with the headlights in the northbound direction. further to the south we have a problem with an accident is to the shoulder but i still have traffic from 680 junction headed northbound toward 880. give yourself extra time. they should have those clears out of this shortly. back in a few with a look at the bay bridge. >> we are following breaking news from india where 14 people are dead and the collapse of an overpass was under construction in the

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