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one down, three to go. a victory for warriors and warrior fans. live team coverage and the latest on steph curry's ankle injury. a man with a gun terrorize a san francisco neighborhood. his one mistake led police right to him. a lazy summer afternoon in april. temperatures 15 degrees above normal and the highs continue to climb. [cheering] >> dub nation pumped up as the warriors get the early victory against the houston rockets in game one, but could an injury sideline their star player?
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i'm eric thomas. we'll get to the warriors' win in a few moments. he have breaking news at san francisco's ocean beach. the coast guard has just joined in the search for a swimmer missing in the water at the western end of golden gate park. several crews from the san francisco fire department, including a specialized coastal rescue unit, are on the scene. we'll have a live report on abc7~news at 6:00, and you can get breaking news updates anytime on the abc7~news app. just unable push alertses forints updates. now back to live team coverage testimony. mike shumann is inside oracle arena but we begin with cornell bernard and a look at the warriors' fan frenzy. >> reporter: this was an awesome game from the start. this game was a blowout, and dub nation, at least all the fans, were not different appointed. some were concerned about steph curry's apparent ankle injury,
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which sent him to the locker room other. fans say do not count him out. [cheering] >> game one done and done. a blowout against houston. >> i think they're just so great. the warriors for a reason. >> reporter: some fans concerned about an apparent ankle injury which sent steph curry to the locker room. >> he came back next season right after that. report debby is wearing this gold jacket on loan from her son, the gold suit man, at most every game but he is away at college. you're standing in for my son. >> that's what i'm doing. making sure the warriors feel the love. >> reporter: dub nation was feeling the love. roger smith from palo alto wore his lucky red jacket, but wait, red is for rockets. >> i didn't realize that until tonight. getting a little griff. >> jones what trash talking with the signs he recycled from last
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years playoffs and is hoping for back-to-back nba championships. >> i'm not taking anything 0 for granted. game by game. quarter by quarter. minute by minute. >> reporter: and win by win. game two on monday. >> we coverage with mike shumann live at oracle, and the warriors walked off with the win but steph curry walked off in pain. >> well, that's the question everybody is asking. talked to steph. he said he'll be okay. we'll know more tomorrow. of course, did a lot of damage in the first half against this team. this is a matchup of last year's western conference finals and there were some sparks flying early. patrick beverly who said he's going to be all over steph curry, and the first quarter he was, also altercation, steph pushed back and said, no, you're not doing those to me the entire game. steph, 24-points in the first half, because he left the game
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in the second quarter with an ankle injury. we'll have more in sports. warriors with the victory, game one in the books, and the big question mark is will steph curry play in game two on monday. the team feels if he can't, they can step up. more coming up. >> moving on now to the big warmup across the bay area. abc7 was in san francisco's park where people were soaking in the sun. now looking south to santa cruz where the high reached 76 degrees. the beach was a popular spot today. let's economic in with drew tuma. even warmer weather on the way? >> if you can believe that after this spectacular saturday. warmer temperatures arrive tomorrow. live look from the sutro tower cam showingow a gorgeous day, the golden gate bridge. the numbers, 15 degrees above normal.
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concord, 83. 82, san ramon, 80, san jose, san francisco, 74. looking at the evening planner, high cloud early on but clear skies by 9:00. and by 11:00, plenty of stars out there and temperatures holding very mild in the 50s. we'll look at the numbers, increasing even more tomorrow afternoon, in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. sounds like a scene from an old crime flick. police chase burglar across the rooftops in san francisco. that happened in knob hill this morning. we voc with the victim on this bizarre police chase. >> it was very scary. >> tiffani norman was asleep when this morning -- >> i just heard this banging into the door, and all of a sudden somebody was in any front room. >> reporter: a stranger with a gun broke down her front door and entered her apartment. police chased the man to the roof, across the tops of several
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buildings. they say he tried to jump to a tree to escape but fell three stories, landing on a parked car. >> neighbors woke up this morning to the sound of a large thud. and when they came outside this is what they found. frantic moments of the bizarre chase were broadcast on police radio. >> i just heard screaming, i heard somebody like running down the street, screaming. >> reporter: the suspect's crime spree started this morning. accused of brecking into homes on pacific avenue, gaining access through the roofs. >> he cut through some construction plastic and went into an apartment, and then broke through and came out, and while the police were taking a report for that, they saw him running down this way and he had a gun. >> reporter: the suspect allegedly held one victim up at gunpoint. police say he also pointed the gun at them. the man was hurt and is at the hospital. when he is out he'll be booked into jail, in san francisco, abc7 news.
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>> new details on an overnight freeway chase from oakland to pittsburg. police identified the driver at 25-year-oldden ashford green of livermore. they say he drive away from a police stop on highway 13 and didn't stop until the crashed in the east bay. he is accused of trying to carjack another vehicle before being arrested. he faces eight charges, including carrying a concealed firearm. a fire in the east bay has left seven people looking for a new place to live tonight. flames charged two homes this morning in pittsburg, on raindrop circle near snowflake way. everybody inside the house was able to get out safely. firefighters explain how the flames spread. >> one residence had a lot of fire because of a gas heater that was in the fire. the second house was exposed from the gas heater and the fire spread to the second house. >> no official word yet on what sparked the fire. damage to both homes estimated
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at $400,000. the red cross is helping the victims find places to stay. sports chalet announced it's shutting down all of its stores and ending online sales as well. the southern california based company has more than 40 stores in california, including one in pleasantton and another in east san jose, all stores will remain open until the end of the month. just last month, sports authority announced it had file for chapter 11 bankruptcy and would close 140 stores nationwide. the company disclosed in january that it missed a $20 million debt payment. there are 20 sports authorities in the bay area. ahead, the issue that has brought steph curry and president obama together. >> incredible dancer. i don't know if people are going to believe it. >> the story behind this video that went viral just an hour after it was posted today. and the important message it contains.
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also coming up on abc7 news 5:00, a medical first performed right here in the bay area. why this man's (music plays from one way or another )♪♪ ♪ i'm gonna find y♪ i'm gonna getcha ♪ ♪ getcha getcha getcha ♪
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one way or another ♪ ♪ i'm gonna win ya ♪ i'm gonna getcha ♪ ♪ getcha getcha getcha ♪ one way or another ♪ ♪ i'm gonna see ya ♪ (inhales cigarette)
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an update on the break news. you're looking live at san francisco's ocean beach. an urgent effort to find at least two people missing in the water. you can see it again. a rescue boat in the water. fire department rescuers as well as the coast guard are providing boats and helicopters, are looking for the missing duo. we'll have more in a live report at 6:00. >> a little bit. make sure it's on your
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fingertips. >> shoot left-handed. >> you can try that. >> now warrior star steph curry doesn't need many shooting tips. the white house released this video on facebook. as you can see president obama and curry are doing all sorts of things together. part of an effort to encourage americans to mentor young people. president obama urged people to become mentors around the my brother's keeper campaign. just as many students are counting the days remaining until summer vacation, one teenager held a supplies drive for next school year. this is 15-year-old claressa wilson and some of the items she collected. this marks the second year for her stuff the bus campaign. the golden state warriors joined the crusade this year, donating children's books. >> your can't escape all the excitement surrounding the warriors. abc7 news viewers are sharing their fan photos. post your pictures or videos log the hash tag dubs on 7 and we
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just might use them on the air or online at abc7news.com. >> bay area doctors performed the first transplant of its kind. that story is ahead. also, how bay area cities stack up when it comes to going green for the commute. and heading live outside, sunshine, blue skies everywhere you look, as in this picture from the east bay hills. check in with
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>> groundbreaking surgery at ucsf medical center. a texas man has undergone the first ever elbow to elbow transplant. he fell asleep at the wheel and an accident left him a quadri plea jack. he can't use his left arm. at first a surgeon suggested to cut it off, then had a better idea. >> i thought, hmm, can we possibly use at that time elbow from this, and then a light went off in the doctor's head. >> the doctors plan to remove reggie's left arm and then
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transplant that elbow into this right arm. reggie says the use of the right arm will give him something he dearly craves, his independence. >> peel in four bay area cities have some of the greenest commutes in the entire nation. according to the pew research center, residents in those cities on average take transit to work more often, car pool, bike or walk instead of driving. daily city, oakland, berkeley, san francisco, all made the top 50. the city with the greenest commute in the u.s., new york city, where more than 56% of poem say they took transit to work. all right. beautiful day for a walk to work if you plan to do that, and it's going to get warmer. >> better to not have to work and be odd. if you liked today you're going to love tomorrow. we're rain, free. going outside on the saturday afternoon. a live look from the emeryville camera showing you we are basking in sunshine.
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a few high clouds but otherwise a rather warm start to the weekend. current temperatures, a lot of 80s on the board. 83 in concord, 80 in san jose. 81, santa rosa. san francisco, mild 74. oakland, 77. fremont, mild, at 76. compared to 24 hours ago, across the entire bay area, we are warmer by some ten degrees and a lot of spots, and the numbers, heading into sunday, are going to continue to rise, and more spots will get into the 80ss that weren't there today. overnight tonight, mild night after a warm day. coolest spots in the north be a valley. we'll see a lot of low 50s on the board. live doppler 7hd, along with satellite, will show you not one but two areas of high pressure are keeping the clouds and the storm systems at bay. what is going to happen, these two are going to join forces over the next 24 hours and strengthen and warm us up even more heading into sunday
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afternoon. future tracker temperature shows you tomorrow morning, 10:00 in the morning, a lot of spots already approaching 70 degrees if not in the low 70s, and by the lunchtime hour we quickly warm to near 80 degrees in the south bay. a lot of spots into the mid-70ss highs for sunday across the region, going into the mid-8s so inland, 85 in concord, along the coast we're warm. 73 half moon bay. 77 santa cruz, 84, fremont, a warm 84 in santa rosa. if you're haven'ted to the coast to escape the heat, he's your beach forecast. sunny skies mean a very high uv index. that means unprotected skin can burn in less than 15 minutes. so along the coast, spots in the low to mid-50s. the ocean water is cool at 56 degrees. monday, a sea breeze will kick in. that means the coast will begin to cool off. half moon bay to 68 on monday. san francisco, down to 71. cool off into the mid-70s in oakland after being in the 80s on sunday.
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inland, warm. walnut creek, 82. 85 antioch. everyone cools off on tuesday as the sea breeze moves inland. the accuweather forecast, the coast will cool down, everyone cools off on tuesday. a slight chance of a morning shower on wednesday but the real chance for wet weather will come on friday and that storm is a one on the storm impact scale. >> i'm trying to get over the 86s. i like that. thank you. so, she was at oracle arena watching our cubs dismantle houston. >> i think shu is putting ice on steph curry's ankle. the one thing that could stop the warriors from prettying as champions, key injury. the
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to help your body clot normally again. pradaxa is not for people who have had a heart valve replacement. don't stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. stopping increases your risk of stroke or blood clots. ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before any planned medical or dental procedure. pradaxa can cause serious, and sometimes, fatal bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding. and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems, stomach ulcers, a bleeding condition, or take certain medicines. side effects with pradaxa can include indigestion, stomach pain, upset or burning. don't just go with the flow. go with pradaxa, the only blood thinner that lowers your risk of stroke better than warfarin and has a specific reversal treatment. talk to your doctor about pradaxa today.
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good afternoon. the werors opened the quest for back-to-back championship with a blowout over the rocket but the victory comes with another steph curry ankle injury and it's unclear if he can play in game two. before game two, steph playing quarterback. he's throwing -- pitching, sonny gray. oh, the psych. then the game. it was physical, steph and patrick beverly. a dustup. double fouls called. 16 in the first quarter. the jumper there. dubs up 18 second quarter. splash. and beverly is all upset on the
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bench. 24 for steph. two minutes left, though. watch steph land right there, came down awkwardly, tweaked his right ankle and hobbled up the court, and kept playing, and moments later stripped james haden, the pass for the easy score. steph played three minutes in the second half of a 104-78 warriors win but is listed as questionable for game two on monday. for more on that we go live to mike shumann who is still at oracle arena. the warriors happy with the win but there's got to be so much concern, all anybody is thinking about is steph curry's ankle. >> well, good news/bad news. the players don't seem to be concerned. i think it's more the fans than the coaches. he said i'll be okay but you know in the with ankle injuries until the next day. after the game he addressed the media and said, we're going to keep an eye on it. >> pain tolerance and all that stuff, i know what can deal with on the court. but you don't want anything more serious to happen.
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an ankle or whatnot, so pay attention to that next few days. >> we got -- we just got to play that much more as a team. >> i don't know how long he will be out. i think he'll do his treatment today and tomorrow, and usually does well with that. >> i would just say steph is questionable so we'll see how he responds the next couple of days, and we'll go from there. >> if there's any team in the nba that has enough depth to withstand losing the mvp it's the warriors. a live report at 6:00. abc7 sports. >> thank you very much. a busy day at the coliseum complex with the a's playing at the same time as the warriors, trying to snap a four-game losing streak, hosting the royals. parking very hard to come by on
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a beautiful saturday afternoon. top of the first, sonny gray on the hill. cain single back to the middle, scoring escobar. 1-0k.c. then josh reddick two on. a mighty whack. the the double play ball, gray goes six innings, and gets hi second win of the month. a's a winner 5-3, and the giants play the dodgers tonight not a game in l.a. that's a wrap on sports, and all things curry ankle. >> that's a nightmare. >> you look at steve kerr, stone faced after the game. >> thanks a lot. still ahead, a group that
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coming up at 6:00, ran update on breaking news 'we take you live to the san francisco beach where a water rescue is underway, and why this week could be the perfect time to visit yosemite. join us for abc7~news at 6:00. you have heard of firefighters rescuing cats stuck in tree. tonight we have proof they can help critters trapped underground as well. alameda county fire tweeted pictures pictures pictures pictures of ducklings being rescued and then reuniting them with their mother. that dot is for us here at 5:00.
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