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-- going to be an issue for a while. >> avoid it and go highway 4 eastbound to 680 to benicia bridge. everything is green. avoid the area. if there is a silver laning this is the reverse commute. eastbound at the cummings skyway we will follow this all morning. eastbound 4 to 680 and benicia bridge is the best alternate. we have an overturn in a remote area a car on roof westbound 8 after skyline boulevard. one lane is blocked. mike? >> good morning, everyone. live doppler hd shows the clouds came back. they are not dropping wet weather. a stray shower is possible cross the north bay with breezes picking up this afternoon.
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on the day planner we are mile. mid-50s to around sick. weeing hang out in low-to-mid 60s at the coast and nearly 70 for the rest of us. >> developing news if antioch pose are searching for a gunman with shot a person and caused that person to drive into the garden section of a lo: a lowe's. there are bullet hills in the driver-side window. the victim was taken to the hospital. injuries are not believed highway threat -- not life threatening. >> authorities say an adult man stabbed his father to death at a him on mill stream drive last night at 9:00. it happened at a mobile home park. the victim was pronounced dead at scene. officers too the son into custody. >> in san francisco at golden gate park to yous are people celebrated 4/20 day.
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this is a cloud of smoke with the hazy of the marijuana they celebrated. police end up arresting six people. one after a stampede. they were run away from hippie hill. here is what happened. >> a small stampede ran in a panic. ranger say someone spot add man with a gun. many did not know what was going on. >> what do you do if you see a thousand people running? it was scary. >> no one was sure. a suspect was arrested. outside the park. >> 4/20 came and went when smokers say it is the best time to get high. a should of smoke was over the share meadow -- sharon >> what does 4/20 mean to you?
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>> everything. >> this guy could barely answer. >> park rangers allowed the of vice president to happen. most officers observed. >> this is like illegal but everyone unifying in one thing. >> some were selling more than fad, there were pot cookies, buyer beware. >> this will be layers. >> parents were discouraged from bridge kids but some did. >> she fine. >> big mess was last hype. dozens of maintenance workers on dozens of maintenance workers on duty for the big 4/20 clean >> former san jose marry has come out against a measure that eases the rules against medical marijuana checkive, on the june ballot. it ons the market to new collectives. he is concerned that it is an
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invitation for the united states attorney to make raids. telephone 6 the 16 collectives want things to remain as is. >> change is coming to director cash. not everyone is happy. harriet tubman's appear as on the $20 is making history and now some are pushing back against the company she will keep. what is the controversy now? >> good morning, probably this is no surprise people are sounding off online, there is widespread support for harriet tubman, a true american heavy row would helped end slavery. some are upset that andrew jacksoners on the bill but he is bumped to back. critics say he was slave owner and moved native americans off tear lap. though are more deserving of a museum chronicling his crimes rather than image. >> last night oprah focused on the positive saying harriet
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tubman was her first choice. >> new people who did not know who she was are going to know who she is. even though... [ inaudible ] >> the treasury is redesigning the $5 and $10 and adding women's suffrage leaders to back of the $10 and evens at the link memorial including eleanor roosevelt and marion anderson and martin luther king jr. on the back of the $5. they will be in circulation later in a a decade. >> will steph curry play? he is questionable for game three if the playoffs again the rockets. he will have the injured right ankle checked before a final determination. we were in houston where the dubs held a light work out after flying into texas. he said the ankle is in improving but if he could not
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play if a game if he continued to experience discomfort. the warriors say he will not play if he is not 100% healthy. mike shumann is if houston to cover gape three and four and reports begin today later 4:00. tip-off game they in heist is 6:30. game four is sunday at 12:30. the --s could sweep this round of playoffs on sunday. watch it right here on abc7. game 5 is back at oracle arena on wednesday, 27. >> and the san jose sharks are a win away from the next round of the playoffs. last night the sharks survived a late rally by the kings at the s.a.p. center and scored these power play goals and led 3-0 and then was close to aingly but the
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sharks hung on. close out questions tomorrow with a win at staples center. all the high-speed rail is trying to connect northern and southern california and will consider dramatic changes to the route today. the proposal call for the $64 billion system to have their first leg from bayer -- bakersfield to san jose, rather than south to the los angeles area. the plan pushes become the start of service from 2022 to 2025. lawmaker criticizing the land and what they call "lack of transparency." >> in san francisco, an expected billion dollar agreement with volkswagen, sources say the deal with the government would pay owners of 600,000 cars that were manipulated with in plan on how or when the cars would be fixed. the federal judge hear the case has set a trial date if he is not satisfied with the agreement. >> happening today, historic
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move for san francisco with the mayor's signature san francisco is the first city in the nation to require fully paid parental leave. workers receive 55% of wasn'ts for up to six weeks and the through ordinance requires businesses to pay the remaining 45% and will take effect in january. small businesses with 20 or more employees have until january 2018 to comply. >> at 4:38 a shot outside of this crack it accident a sig-alert. all lanes are blocked eastbound 80 at the skyway and emergency vehicles are there, big-rig involved and it is a fatality. the cars you see driving by are diverting off at the skyway, eastbound all lanes are closed to avoid this, though, take eastbound highway 4 to 680 to the begnash bridge until further
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notice, no estimated time of oning. mike? thank you. good morning, everyone, we start in the south bay where the coolest temperatures is los gatos at prosecute and most us are in the mid-to-upper 50s. we we are 60 in alameda, and mid-to-upper 50s in newark at 61 and cloud cover is keeping us pretty mild the temperatures today in san ramon we start at 54 and by noon hang around 69, in the low 70s in the afternoon hours and falling back and the mid-60s by 7:00. it is mostly cloudy in san rafael at 59 degrees. tree pollen is high. same with grass pollen and mold spores are low and u.v. index is high. from sutro tower you can see it is calmer than yesterday afternoon but the brings will pick up and scare up a sprinkle across the north bay, rain tomorrow morning and scattered
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showers in the afternoon with temperatures cooler in the 50s and sick, and breezy bringing dry air and sunshine back if the forecast with the winds faster on sunday. the hour by hour look at the rain tomorrow and the fast are wind over the weekend. coming up in the seven-day outlook. >> a butterful consumer group taxis a stand against pg&e as they try to raise the rates. >> i said a quick prayer just to get through this without being too emotional. >> the announcement that had >> the announcement that had giants
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>> daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> for the first time the both weather issue add a flood warning for two dams in houston, texas. the two dams are at 80% capacity after the torrential rainfall. officials say the dams are classified as "high risk," not because they could collapse but because they could overflow and pop limited areas. the storm-related toll is at eight. flooding is affecting a thousand homes and caused $5 billion in damage and rain is back in forecast. san jose police hope new video helps to solve a two-year old murder case.
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32-year-old michael manor was attack by a group of people in july of 2014 near a park. police rehissed surveillance video showing several people of interest including three people, one 14, were arrested. it is believed the people may have been involved or had information on what happened. >> a scare involving a girl in san mateo has police looking out. the 11-year-old said a suspicious man was following her as she walked home on tuesday afternoon. north of highway 92. when a family member call out the man walked apartment all the san francisco police department is changing how it handles rape kits passing a resolution requiring the submiss of regular reported regarding of collection. the department will have to submit evidence to the christmas laboratory five difficulties of collection. there was federal lawsuit filed by an assault victim after she did not receive an update on the rule of her rape kit for two
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years. >> consumer group wants to put the brake on a prepared rate increase, pg&e has requested an increase and the group wants a deaccuracy. they want to improve the system. according to the "san francisco chronicle", the group wants 44 cent per month reduction which would confident pg&e $85 million >> the limited buster posey giants' cap is sold for $28 at official stores and 28% of the proceeds go to pediatric cancer research. year the giants catch are kick off the campaign and was emotional with his wife. our reporter, katie marzullo, has the story. >> buster posey had to pause as he explain how he and his wife came nice to face where pediatric cancer.
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>> her child was diagnosed with >> her child was diagnosed with cancer... >> she met a womans would son was sick and the boy, the same age as the posey twins. >> i had no idea the lack of funding it receives and when i found that out it was like because for said, i did not want to sit back and do nothing. >> what they are doing is raising money and awareness. proceeds from the new hats featuring a gold ribbon help kids with cancer and families can go to giants games and meet buster. >> having someone like buster come out like that, to bring awareness to something is amazing. >> seven year old got to meet buster and spent time on the field on the same day he finished chemotherapy for a brain tumor. >> he taught us about a last
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things and he is an amazing kid >> we want to be a bright spot in the kids' and family's day. >> they home the campaign is only the beginning in fight against pediatric cancer. >> a nice hat. good cause. >> good for the poseys. >> sigh, bad news, tough commute in some areas? >> start off early with a signature alert a shot of eastbound, the cars lifing by, westbound 80, is not affected. eastbound all lane are closed in crockett at the cummings skyway involving a big-rig and for other cars. this is the second accident in this area this morning ahelp. there is a santa cruz zone. avoid the closure, take highway four eastbound to 680 to the benicia bridge and 780 back to 80. 80 eastbound is closed at
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crockett. amy hollyfield is on scene here. elsewhere, the closures and the alternate route we have a car fire in eden canyon of castro valley westbound 580 off to the right hand shoulder but it could be something drivers will look at is avoid that and continue on your way. >> mike? >> transition day. the next six hours, light showers will stay over the ocean but they are rotating toward the north bay with the low clouds and 60 degrees at sfo in will be flight arrival delays. i will let you know. clouds dominate and sprinkles across the north bay, and wet weather for all of us tomorrow, and a dry and breezy weekend. as far as temperatures today, you are seeing a last mid-to-upper 60s from the chest to the north bay and the bay shore, and fremont and palo alto south and east we will have low-to-mid 70s and more sunshine in the areas.
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tonight the rain is rolling in, yell throw north and moderate, and mild tomorrow morning and mid-50s. storm impact scale is to "1" severe. the rainfall amounts are trending up from .2" to half an inch. here is how it plays out, midnight, scattered light showers and headed to 4:00, you can see the moderate showers in north bay and to the heart of the bay by 6:00 and through the 8:00 hour inland east bay and south bay. by 10:00, they are gone. we have more scattered showers for the afternoon and early evening. here is my seven-day forecast, you will notice temperatures are coolest tomorrow and in the 50s and 60s by sunday with 70 around the bay. >> george lucas plan for a museum in chicago facing a big court ruling and oakland could have a chance to lure the star wars creator back to the bay
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area. >> and a home fit for a governor could be yours but, first, america's money. >> good morning, topping american's money, close use for volkswagen owners. a deal is expected to comment the owners whose cars were rigged to cheat on emissions test. that is more than 500,000 diesel cars. investigation want agreed to buy back some of the cars or offer money as compensation. and cable companies no longer need a box to watch cable tv. >> roku have the software and some smart tvs will have it later this year. the feds have been pushing cable companies to do away with the set-tops which subscribes have to represent. >> you can now enjoy pretzels at karl major's and hardy's, a pretzel breakfast sandwich and pretzel breakfast sandwich and bun tops with
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mansion in sacramento and they have a rental in san francisco. >> there is an opportunity to strange back, a "star wars" museum will be build in chicago happening today, though, a judge will decide if he will let construction beginning. an environmental group is suing to block the 300,000 square feet facility. if the judge decides against it, oakland could be back in the running. city hers are eager to lure the private connection of "star wars" memorabilia to the east bay. >> we have a traffic alert right in with a sig-alert in full affect in the full freeway closure, this is a shot of rocket, eastbound 80 at the cummings skyway, message cruise are on the scene, big-rig is involved and four cars, but it is a fatality. again all lanes eastbound are blocked so the alternate is to take 80 east to hour four get off at highway 4 to 680 and 780
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back over to meet with 80. signature alert is in affect and they are waiting for a big rig tow truck. no word on when that will happen. >> new, baseball, can we salvage one game out of the series? 64 at 12:45 and up to 66. you may need sun scene although this will be a last clouds, and up to 15 or 18 miles per hour. we have dangerous rip current today at the beaches. it is quiet, at 96 in paul springs and 86 in fresno and 64 in lake tahoe. now, what will happen tomorrow, 8" of snow is possible down to 6,000 feet and up to 12-14" on the slopes. >> this morning, wrestling fans are mourning the loss of chyna found need her apartment yesterday in redondo beep. show was famous for time in the ring and appeared in some adult feature films and a public of repeat tv shows.
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there is no wore on how chyna died but there is in evidence of foul play. >> the appreciate government has a new warning for gay people traveling to the united states after two states introduceed new anti-gay laws with this advice for lgbt take care abroad. lgbt travelers could be affected by legislation passed recently in north carolina and mississippi. both states have bills that allow businesses and victims to turn away lgbt people on religious grounds. >> can you join a 49ers game or eat dip are while the car is charging at levi stadium. that is because of this. we were in santa clara as the city showed east 49-unit charge ing station in the public packing garage which is unique because it uses battery technology and saves money the largest public electricity vehicle charging center in the state and no coincidence it has
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>> abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> the breaking news in the east bay, not one but two terrible crashes on interstate 80 in crockett. it killed at least one person and hurting several. >> traffic for drivers in the area is a mess. amy hollyfield begins team coverage near cummings skyway. >> it looks like the lanes could be closed for a while. we are on the westbound side looking across traffic at the eastbound lanes which is where the accident happened. this is a fatal accident. as you can see they not making any move toward moving the vehicles right if you. because of the fail you can expect the investigation will be thorough and it will take some time. the fatal
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