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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is 5:00 am. i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. it is wednesday may 4. >> and we say "pay the 4th be with you." >> good morning, we are a day closer to needing an umbrella and closer to showers and storms. the next three hours beings any moisture will be mainly over the ocean, and it is so dry that it will help evaporate before it reaches the grounds and the clouds could cause delays. my day planner is mild in the 50s this morning, and we day in the 50s at the coast, and mid-to-upper 60s around the bay and nearly 70 inland and best chance of shower is across the north bay this afternoon. sue? we are headed to san jose, highway 87 beyond the shark tank
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and traffic is flow nicely only one or two cars. this is the allian off-ramp and very light conditions out there at 5:00, and across town, 101, northbound, the headlights show the 880 overcrossing giving you an idea and traffic is done well here. no delays. we will come back and check on the late pick up road work in a few minutes. >> it turns out bay area residents are not the only ones fighting rising rent so are the 49ers. the team said that they want a discount on the stadium. matt keller is in santa clara this morning. >> good morning, wreck joy we may have found the only place in silicon valley where the rent could go down at levi stadium and it could be by millions of dollars. the leaders in the city of santa clara want to take a closer look at the numbers. officials from the 49ers filed for arbitration against the host city santa clara over how much rent to pay. 49ers pay $24.5 million last
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year and the contract cause for one time represent reset businesses on debt is down and the new rain will be is down and the new rain will be 20.25 million. >> we should be lower because in simple terms, in doubt was higher rent with go down, in debt is letter rent should go down. >> we have the shortness of time, lack of information, and lack of transparency. all the rent reset will be in place for 40 years and arbitration could take up to a year to settle. in santa clara for abc7 news. >> big news in the race for the white house, ted cruz is dropping out. donald trump trounced indiana and is the presumptive nominee. the g.o.p. is trying to unite
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behind donald trump after a bitter campaign. the head of the rnc tweeted that donald trump is the presumptive nominee although john kasich continues his campaign. here is what the result means for the california primary in june. >> it look like we don't have amy hollyfield but we will get back to that. >> then we will tack about the republicans who are now the finances, bernie sanders beat hillary clinton in indiana, and bernie sanders is going to have a give time because hillary clinton is ahead by an overriding margin so california has a voice. >> bernie sanders supporters weapon to confident their vote even in the reality that he will not be on the ticket in november. >> this is interesting, a new cnn poll just out this only shows that hillary clinton with 54% compared to 41% in she faces
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trump and at this point that is all but decided. that is a 13-point margin, the largest she has had against him since last july. >> here are the dates it know leading up to the california primary, the deadline to register or containing party affiliation is may 23rd. you can request a vote by mail ballot by the end of may and the primary is june 7. >> berkeley police are offering $10,000 reward to solve a three-year-old murder. on mother's day in 2013, a man was sitting in a car and tried to break up a fate near. a man fighting lefts returned with a gun and shot 21-year-old to death. the gunmen or the people with him could be linked to three cars, a chevrolet, and white suburban, and dark compact car. if you have any information,
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call uc berkeley police. >> we are learning more of the navy seal killed by isis in iraq, charlie keating was based out of san diego the grandson of financier charles keating are j, the industrial figure in the 1988 savings and loan scandal and was killed by small armed fire. that is suggesting that isis fighters likely came a few hundreds yard of united states forces. >> muni passengers could be riding in style, the "san francisco chronicle" said muni is ready to really out new metro cards by the end of the year in a $1.2 billion neat. and this is what they will look like. >> sharp. >> they are assembled in sacramento, and you can see the board ordered 260 new rail cars to replace the 151 cars that run in the city and the first are expected to arrive in the fall. >> crews are fogging for
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mosquitoes pause of growing mosquito populations trying to get ahead of the possible of the nile virus. they focusing on the cartinez strait, interstate 680, marina vista avenue. they started fog at 4:00 a.m. and they will be out there until 6:00 a.m. >> now, a look at the peninsula, the temperatures are very mild at 53 in san bruno, to redwood city and palo alto at 55 and same in san carlos and we have mid-to-upper 50s along the east bay shore in san jose is 57 and same in concord and antioch is 63, and napa and santa rosa are warm at 54 and 53, and half moon bay at 54. the activity planner today are is a mild breeze, nice for bicycling, and comfortable if you are jogging and walking the dog and in worries today. here is we and 880 you can see it is cloudy with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s san francisco and the peninsula, low-to-mid 70s elsewhere and cooler tomorrow and more so on friday with a better chance of
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showers and thunderstorms. sue? >> san rafael right new, in the commute take you from novato to san rafael and southern marin, mill valley and up over and over sausalito it is 22 minutes from highway 37 across the golden gate bridge to local bar street and, next, we will look at your drive times, tracy to dublin is moderate, westbound 5 yale, westbound 4 from antioch to concord is under 15 minutes and from san rafael to san francisco further to the south, from novato you are look at 16 points. we will look at your bay bridge in a few minutes. >> the going is trying to unite behind donald trump this morning because ted cruz announced he is out. the rnc tweeted that donald trump is the presumptive nominee although judiciary committee continues. campaign and amy hollyfield joins from the newsroom. what does it mean in june for california? >> california republican party
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leaders are shocked. they say there was a lot of energy around him when he was speak on saturday at the state republican convention and they were looking forward to having a voice in the primary. and party leaders say, there is a lot of anti-trump money that with go to ted cruz the dropping out caught them off gar. >> i had expected that ted cruz would make it to california to make his final stand here to try to stop donald trump. he would have possible won several districts here in california and there are four weeks to go, it seems to be ending prematurely. will california republicans get behind the presumptive nominee, donald trump? the vice chair of the republican party in california things party leaders will follow in line against hillary clinton but she things others will pause pause some of the statements donald trump has made against women and other segments of the population. she theys donald trump needs to
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do some fence mending in california especially if he wants to win over ted cruz supporters. >> thank you, oakland police apologized over cinco de mayo message and why the department was forced to say "sorry." >> neighbors rally to save this tree from the chainsaw. tree from the chainsaw. why the property
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dub line, los gatos, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> california surpassed water conservation goals for march. that is the latest word from state water official whose say california residents cut their water use by 24% last month. that is double the amount in february. it beats the new targeted goal of 20%. regulators credit the winter storms and better watering habits. >> family and friends will hold a vigil tomorrow hoping a missing father of three is going to come home. 27-year-old keith green left his wallet and car behind. when he left milbrae on thursday night. a friend said green would meet with his ex-girlfriend about a child custody issue and never came back and a hike are down his cell phone in the golden gate park on friday. san mateo county her detectives are using green's phone to retrace his steps. >> here is the story that is too disturbing to believe. i probably have heard of the horror stories in the operating rhyme like surgeons removing the wrong body part or look an instrument need the patient,
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doctors at johns hopkins suggests it happens more than what is reported. they say medical errors could be third leading cause of death in the united states, behind heart disease and cancer. a reason there is a scenety is because the death certificates require codes that line up with insurance billing. >> advocates for those with eating disorders will profit identified blue cross-blue shield headquarters in san francisco, a couple's flight inspired the campaign. a couple believed blue blue should pay for their daughter to have treatment for anorexia, blue blue has offered another inpatient option for their daughter, according to the protests begins at 11:00 and it is not blue blue it is blue shield of california they are protesting. >> a staple in san francisco and safe from being chopped down, the supervisors greened landmark status to the huge fine that
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towers over the unable. although the tree is nearly 100' it is not actually necessarily rare, and the property owner wanted to cut it down but neighbors fought to save it and filed a restraining order to keep him away from the tree. >> that is a new one. >> and they are celebrating a win. >> now, talk about being on an island. holy cow. it is beautiful. >> new, if you like gray i have a beautiful painting in our sky during the afternoon hours. it is all because of the whirring air mass with the clouds to the left side of the screen, that is the area of low pressure that is parking itself over the top of us the next three or four days and bring a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. you can see the moisture is running on the southern winds keeping us gray and mild. for the most part the air is going to be too dry at our lower levels for anything other than a stray shower and the best chance of that is in the north by this
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afternoon. we will have a chance of the showers increasing and the threat of thunder as we head through saturday and mother's day, still trending dry. today we have temperature from 70 at napa and lakeport and cloverdale and inland east bay and mid-to-upper 60s elsewhere and san francisco is 62 and upper 60s along the coast can tonight a bitter chance of a stray shower and drizzle, and mile, again, low-to-mid 50s and storm-impact scale ranking our storms from "1" light to "5" severe, some of us will not get any rain. tomorrow, waking up to green through 9:00 hour and the higher elevations in afternoon could see showers and thunderstorms developing. we will have a better chance of being widespread friday interest saturday and sunday it will be warmer and dry. sue? >> we have a river of headlights headed in the westbound direction of 80 the east shore freeway beyond university avenue and emeryville to the bay bridge
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toll plaza and we will look at this, no metering lights and everyone is behaving and it is necessary 15 minute drive into san francisco from golden gate field in that is your apre. friend is good, slowing from the central valley, and we do have the road work out there, eastbound, bay bridge the reverse commute between san francisco and treasure island until 8:00 this morning and three lanes are affected and you are seeing the slow traffic as we saw apporaching the toll plaza and we will check back with the central valley drive up and over in a few machines. >> apology from oakland police over examines of drinking and driving on cinco de mayo the department issued a community message, right there, about d.u.i. saturation patrols and celebrating safety, people retracted the release and apologizized of the some people felt the message reduced the holiday to a dripping of veteran and the department said the message was insensitive. >> we understand that, the release is not along the same
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lines and vision of the oakland lived and we are city of oakland with our community members and some of our community organizations. the department is work on a new message. >> california could be home to 40 million by 2020. last year 384,000 called california their new home and that includes babies would were born here and people would moved. in all, california population is 39.3 million. that makes us the most populated state in the united states. texas and florida and new york and illinois round out the top 5 >> jetblue found a very clever way to get into the news. >> passengers did not mind four crying backs on a recent flight. why? because everyone on board ended up with a free round trip ticket part of a almost motion last month by jetblue. this is video from the apromoting 25% discount on future air fare each time a baby cried during a flight. four of the five babies on board didded up crying and it is a
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long flight, new york city to long beach so that meant a 100% discount for every passenger, something that met of us request smile about. >> a surprising new repair service from dish in tech bytes. >> today in the continue -- a self driving minivan is in the works google is teaming up with chrysler to put the self-driving technology into 100 pacifica vans but you will not see them in the suburbs for new they are limited to google's test track in california. >> dish has a new service for iphone repairs, dispatching technicians to fix cracked scenes and faulty batteries at $35 fee for the technician and additional charge based on the repair and the phone model. >> finally, a shocking new study of teens and mobile devices, half, 50% say they feel addicted. 60% of parents say their teens were addicted and three-quarters of the parents say kids are distracted by their devices.
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>> what abut the adults? >> they probably are, too. those are the tech bytes. >> some prominent women have launch add new project to increase diverse difficult in the technical industry and that includes projects to give ceo's recommendations on creating more inclusive work environments and ellen pao who environments and ellen pao who filed for sexual discrimination the wife of george lucas admits that friends of the park in chicago are trying to stop the art museum near soldier field over development walls and his wife expresses her frustration with this saying they are pursuing other options, and oakland said, we want them there and want to lure the private
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collection of memorabelia to their city. >> speaking of "star wars" may the 4th be with you. it is may 4th, so. get it? >> fans are tweeting and putting on social media, so this comes from the vacuum company dy can you hear that? i got sue hall to call me on her phone because that is --. >> we have a real "star wars" fan in the studio, sue. >> dyson said i am your showing the big father compared to the little vacuum. there are various characters from the movie but i love this, it is a bread company from another country and they are using a knife to cut the bread can looks like a life saver.
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enjoy your day, "star wars" fans. >> this is not a raincoat for today but an every day sort of thing. >> we have sprying new details of rinse and the days with his death and the governor of florida pay as visit to the bay florida pay as visit to the bay area and what he is after and
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claiming the stadium has generated more revenue than expected. the mayor wants all the numbers crunched before the bill is revived. >> investigators have released emergency cars from paisley park of prince showing he had addiction issues and an ton close to the investigation said that the star was scheduled to meet with a california doctor for addiction treatment. >> five, today is our unsettled pattern that will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms. right now it looks like thursday and friday are the best day with an hour-by-hour look at that coming you. >> following your hump day commute, san mateo bridge is move nicely over toward the peninsula and we do not have any major stalls or accidents right new to report to you, and we will try to keep it light. >> knock on wood. mcdonald's is giving a little bit of love in the area, testing out garlic fries.
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mcdonald's say you can find the spell fries at all bay area locations by end of summer. >> students at san jose city chemical are getting a planned new physical education building. this morning the college is breaking ground on the new $3 million facility. it is going to include a yes good studios wellness center and huge gym with oning in t guying san jose city college students the opportunity to explore a career in health and fitness. >> the florida governor is in the bay area trying to lure companies to his state. he said that it is working. >> california is a beautiful state. but the 2:00s and the regulation now praying the minimum wage it is taking away the ability of companies to compete. >> he visited california last year and managed to lure self companies to florida, but he will not specify which ones. when the governor was here he issued a letter saying
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california competes with brazil and france. >> deputy got the last laugh arrest being accosted by stunt motorcycles traveling down the highway, doing all sorts of tricks and an officer started following them. no motorcycle pulled over despate he was flashing his lights but they weaved around the cruiser and then they crashed. they were not hurt but look at the reaction of the deputy saying, yes, told you. >> another full 90 minutes of news including warning for parents and person who could be targeting kids. targeting kids. >> an out-of-control wildf
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zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. welcome to wednesday, may 4. meteorologist mike nicco. >> we are looking at live doppler hd can you see how cloudy it is and how comfort it is, mid-to-upper 50s like yesterday, the wetness is evaporating before it reaches the ground. the best chance of a stray shower is in the afternoon, and temperatures are cooler today at 50s at coast, and mid-to-upper 60s around the bay and upper 60s and nearly 70 inland. >> at the bay bridge it does not look like the metering lights are turned on with light conditions, and maybe so it is right now at 5:0 they town on the lights. it is starting to fill in. that is a good key. we will check back in a few to confirm. 280 in the south by, on the 17/880 overcrossing headlights headed to cupertino for an easy right at continue minutes from
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downtown san jose to cupertino this morning. we will come back and hurricane at metering lights and give you an official answer in a couple of minutes. >> union bank customers are livid. they want to the a.t.m. and found zero balance in their concerning. the software update resulted in a glitch. our reporter is in men. is everything back to normal? >> it is. you know what? the customers were frustrated because they lost complete control of their on-line accounts and the if in us is that as of this morning, when they come out here to the bank use a.t.m. machine it is become to normal without any glitches. the problem started yesterday when people could not depositor withdraw money from the p.m. and others said their debit cards were declined. the problems with resolved at 6:00 p.m. last night, and the bang promises no more glitches. union bank is headquarters in san francisco and it has 400 branches across california, oregon, and washington. a customer described the
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continuation building inside a branch. >> people in the lobby were waiting, looking at them when they moved, and i feel for them. >> union bank release add statement saying "we had experienced an unanticipated delay in our internal overnight processing that affected various symptoms and not some customs are speak out on social media and one said they dropped the bull on this one. another say they should at left be commenting with a gift card. >> don't mess with people's money. thank you. now that ted cruz is out of the race, the general election has started in earnest today. here is a brand new cnn poll just released this morning. you can see that when they questioned people around the nation hillary clinton beat donald trump 54% to 41%. and our reporter is in washington, dc, and the primary
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seemed like it would never end and suddenly, it did. >> suddenly it took a lot of people by surprise. good morning, reggie, people could not predict that ted cruz would be at home today in houston and the republicans can wrap up the nomination before the conference and before the democrats can say would the nominee is. >> america is we up to a republican party in which donald trump is the presumptive nominee >> it looks like a massive victory. >> we give it everything we got. >> the voters chose we are suspending. >> the vote supporter overcome with emotion. the race is over for ted cruz. now, republicans will try to unite behind donald trump after a better campaign. the head of the rnc tweeting
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that toronto maple leafs is the presumptive nominee although john kasich is vowing to condition on and the new york daily news features this front page, read "the going a once from political party killed by epidemic of trump." for the democrats hillary clinton last to bernie sanders in indiana and bernie sanders said that gives him the momentum. id in that hillary clinton thinks this campaign is over. but i have some bad news for her. >> bernie sanders hoping the m up could change the mines of the super delegates would have pledged them selfs to hillary clinton. without a massive containing on their part it is impossible for him to secure the nomination. >> here is the republican delegate count, donald trump has 1,3047. ted cruz has 565. john kasich has 153.
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1,237 is need to win. the democrats now, hillary clinton has 2,2 on 2 and before has 1,400. >> last night, you knew when we knew that ted cruz was dropping out because we put it on our news app that you can download, for free. just enable your "push alerts." >> move now new details on the move to localize recreational pot in california. the high profile campaign behind the effort said there are enough signatures to get the marijuana initiative on the november ballot. the lt. governor is the highest ranking official backing the measure and will be joined by supporters at the big kick off event at the commonwealth club in san francisco the second time in six yours that california will be vote on legalizing pot. >> have you seen this woman? police issued a silver alert for
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the missing 86-year-old, 5' 2" and weighing 115 pounds. last seen in her home at 5:45 wearing a beanie with black shirt. she has a medical condition and could be disoriented. call san jose if you see her. >> parents and students in albany need to know, a group membership tried to lure a girl into the car on paren avenue an 9:00 on monday night. the federal said that four men drove up and asked her in she needed a ride and she ran away and is okay. the men were college able and drove a large blue or black car. that all we know about their description. police are looking into similar indemocrats that have happened in other locations. >> grew of five protesters with want to see san francisco police chief fired are in day 14 of a hunger streak. >> dozens of others were furious
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after fining she did not show up for a forum at a synagogue on california. they want him out. an independent investigation into deadly police shootings. >> this is a day reckoning for the city and the city has to come to grips people are angry, upset and enough is enough. >> mayor was the focus of the protest early in the day and you could see the cloud, a thousand people rallied at city hall in support of the frisco five the group of hunger stickers. they help to meet with the mayor but he was not this. >> look at video, an alameda police officer recovering after crashing a patrol car last night at 10:40. going to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and people have not said if he was chasing someone or rub to an emergency. still waiting to find out. >> we were in menlo park as the chase unfolded on southbound 101
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officers were after a driver in a stolen car. san francisco police started the chase but c.h.p. took over when the suspect sped on to 101 anded in mountain view when officers used spike strips to stop the car. >> got my shirt here because the warriors have a couple of days off after the exciting come-from-behind win. joey you want to the game? a lot of people were nervous and the dubs were down by 17 points and trail offed byelection but they clamped down in the final 12 minutes and beat them 110-99. the worse have a -- the have the lead in the series. >> steph curry is getting spell treatment in an effort to be ready for game three. according to our media partner, steph curry received plasma treatment on the second day of the recovery process and what is
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happening we did a study on this, how it helps people with hair loss and it promotes healing. game street in port lend on saturday. coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. right here and then join our sports director larry beil and warriors ambassador for after the game. mike will be here in portland. >> and we should put a president on facebook or fitter, do you want stick to play game three or rest more? that is the number when answer. >> a cool spot in san francisco ferry building is 56, and presidio is 55 and same in the financial district and pittsburg at 60 and tracy is the flag is flowing and it will create more cooling, but the trees are moderate along with grass and mold spores and u.v. index is high although it is
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gray, deceptively high so be careful. the low clouds are not is prevalent and the high clouds are out there, the stray shower is possible across the north bay and the rest of us have a better chance on friday, we will look at that next. our suspicions were correct, the lights were turned on ten peoples ago and delays are building. in 15 minutes from golden gate field and the east shore freeway into san francisco the river of headlights is the east shore freeway, and golden gate field is the top of the scene, and beyond university into the macarthur maze and it is moving but you are sluggish along the shore, the east shore. we have slow traffic out of the central valley and we will look, now, speeds of 12 miles per hour and it picks up and you are back to the limit when you reach livermore and you are look at 50 help minute drive between tracy
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to livermore and dublin/pleasanton. we will look at mass transit this morning in a few minutes. >> the community is rallying to save the season for a swim team that is in the woulds to give them a pool to call home. >> only six little numbers stand between you and a huge fortune. between you and a huge fortune. the thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? 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
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i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually belongs on the table. >> a wildfire is burning out of
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control in canada, with 80,000 forced from their homes in alberta, canada. amy hollyfield is tracking this. firefighters were expecting bad weather conditions. >> it will be windy today, natasha, residents are saying it was a brutal, tough night. look at the video coming from alberta, canada, the whole certify is on fire. all 80,000 residents have been told to evacuate. new numbers in this morning, show 80% of the homes in one neighborhood are gone. fires are trying to get exact numbers. no one has been seriously hurt and that is the good news in this. the fire starts on sunday, and it is not slow down. the wins today are supposed to be intense, and more firefighters and equipment arrived overnight but they expecting to have a tough day today. >> in the new room for abc7. >> a scary situation. the new transbay transit center will go on because of a massive
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bailout from the city. 2630 million curing to the examiner reporting that the meant transportation commission is going to be able to borrow that money with a policy of paying it back the next 5-so years. the transit center project needed the bailout pus it is way over budget and the revenue from the projects like the sales force tower is not coming in fast enough. >> under the parents, children and childcare workers will rally in sacramento upping lawmakers to spend the budget surplus on child care programs, because this is in funding now provided for child care. it is the 20th annual stand for children day. >> deal could be in the works tore save the season for a swim club in san ramon, after holding meets at the san ramon golf club pool for 30 years. look what happened. they were shut out last week on the first day of practice, with 200 kids learned the club own are said the pool was in longer
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financially sustainable. that left the bears with no play to practice. officials say that the team could be able to use city pools. that will keep the team together for the 2016 season. >> can you give to a big fundraising campaign after a website had a series of glitches year. the soft bay gives effort is extending through today. it benefits hundreds of charities in alameda and contra costa county and thousands more across the nation. the website which runs many charity sites apologized issuing a statement saying and i quote, "we understand the frustration the day has caused and it is our hope that people will rally together to continue to support their favorite nonprofits all over the nation." u.k. become could shut down -- uc berkeley could shut down their medical school because of budget cuts because they need to cut $150 million and the medical school is only small at 16 people would graduated last year, the supporters say the
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school should be saved because it focuses on training primary care physicians who now are in high demand. winning the lot dry is in high demand to be used tomorrow, with the newest millionaire we should know, millions are hoping to strike it rich because of a big jackpot that is $348 million the biggest since it ballooned to $1.5 billion in january. the jackpot was split three ways. no one has won the powerball jackpot since early march. >> how are we splitting this? >> three ways. >> what about joey? >> i'm sorry. maybe the 4th be with you is our lucky day. >> my wife and i have different philosophies on retirement. she plays powerball and i put money in the 401(k). >> i invest in your forecast. >> i like her strategy. >> lake tahoe is where after a
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couple of days of thunderstorm we have snow on the ground and more thunderstorms are possible today as temperatures top out in the low 60s. i show you the california forecast coming up in eight minutes and we will look at next six hours on live doppler hd you can see a few radar unares unlike yesterday i don't think it will reap the ground until possible later this afternoon in the north bay, and san jose is cloudy and 57 degrees near the shark tank and mostly cloudy today, the shower is the best chance across the north bay and better chance for the rest us with thunder tomorrow through saturday and mother's day, still holding dry. upper 50s to let 60s along the coast interest san francisco and mid-to-upper 60s for most of the north bay and the bay shore and the south bay and as we make significant low-to-mid 70s it will be in the inland east bay neighborhood. tonight a few pockets green with drizzle possible ask mild in the 50s. storm-impact scale is "1" light to "5" severe and this will be light because not all of us are
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going to get the scattered showers and a thunderstorm. here is a look at thursday, we saw in the morning heading to independence we see a few pore showers. in the afternoon, it looks like, even friday, we can have more which is the cool of the day. saturday we dry owe. sunday will be dry and warmer. >> sue? >> 44 bart trains in service at this hour. they are all running on schedule. so far, so good. no delays with muni bus (o) rail and ace train run is on time and fremont and ace train is on time into lathrop. san rafael has light conditions, although our graphic is not correct. we are look at san rafael beyond the not gay mall into the civic center. walnut creek, we did not containing this, you are look, at 15 membership drive in from the highway four area to highway 24. 24 is clear as is 580 into the
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dublin/pleasanton interchange for 17 minutes from concord to pleasanton. we will look at the north bay drive and i will get those shots in the next report. >> next at 6:00, a official san francisco sheriff has a new job in south america and what we are lending about the connection to the marijuana industry. >> want better sleep and a better love life? the key could be in your kitchen . . stay ♪ . stay you wish your dog could fight off fleas and ticks. but since he can't... you rely on frontline plus. because frontline plus unleashes a deadly killing force to kills fleas and ticks, plus flea eggs and larvae,
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even 100 feet away from the manner that but it came close because the whale knows that the fish are hiding knee -- near dock for protection so he figured it out and he will eat the fish. >> fun fact, fish have bad breath. >> fishy? >> not smog you want to be around. >> flow a >> a big one. >> in the typical may, 74 and 47 for high and low and we warm to 52. we have 1" snow the most on the 21st. now, an afternoon game is cloudy, the u.v. index is high is wear the sunscreen and temperature is at 12:30, first parent at 63. now, you can see the thunderstorms down to yosemite poll at 72 and quiet in southern
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california, and up for 70 in los angeles, and sunshine is at a premium this. best chance of thunderstorms is to the north. >> beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge this morning at 5:55, headed and san francisco from marin county the drive is looking really good, smooth, no problems here, four lanes in the southbound direction. here is the richmond san rafael bridge looking light, for the car-paying folks. we have slow traffic if you are there, and road work on the bay bridge between san francisco and treasure island until 8:00 this morning. first reports of an accident westbound dumbarton near the toll plaza all to the right shoulder. i am not seeing delays. we have an update on this and a look at the south bay commute in a few minutes. >> a san jose pus audit shows fewer come lanes but the auditor has concerned with how the use of force is investigate the. we were at city hall when the
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findings were delivered with 33 complains against police last year down for the second year in a row, 73 of the 303 involved the use of force. the department needs to get betterrer at initiating cop complaints. >> you will see in five years the department did not on one investigation for use of force. that is remarkably small number. i have not seen in any other department i have looked at. >> the officers have less experience and they more likely to receive force come lanes than the veteran officers. >> check your frozer, a washington food company is expanding the volunteer recall of frozen vegetables because of possible listeria contamination. the frozen foods is now recalling 350 products sold under 42 brand names, including the brand "organic by nature." the items are told costco, trader joe's and safe way.
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the recall ranges from problemly to sweet potatoes to blueberries and goes back to products made or processed at the plant. >> google is teaming up with chrysler to put self driving technology into the cars and will install driving technology in 200 minivans, marking the first time google will share the secret cell phone driving technology with an automaker. so far, google cars have hogged 1.5 million miles. there has been only one at fall accident reported. >> a health alert for anyone who takes antibiotics. we may not need as many drugs as we get. >> the 49ers vs. the city of >> the 49ers vs. the city of santa clara in a
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i am natasha zouves. >> i am regular. it is wednesday, may the 4th be with you! >> a lot is going on. meteorologist mike nicco? >> you may need the umbrella, we will check. you can see radar returns and i will show you how it looks. you can see the clouds letting go of a few drop but the surface air is dry. any chance of measurable rain will be better during the afternoon across the north bay where a stray shower developing. otherwise, you are going to notice our day planner is mild this morning with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s and we will stay there at the coast, mid-60s to upper 60s around the bay and nearly 70s inland. sue? >> do i need to take in my patio cushions? >> gosh, tomorrow for sure. >> there you go. san jose, 87, past the s.a.p. center, shark tank, it is get busy but it is moving nicely. this is the at the

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