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>> announcer: abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. and that break being news, two officers injured after a traffic stop and a shooting in fremont. sky 7 had hd live over the scene as officers continue to search for the gunman there. good afternoon, everyone. i'm larry biel. >> i'm ama daetz. investigators are covering two separate saechb seans, the first is where the first officer was injured when the suspect hit the officer with his car. the scene is behind the auto zone on fremont boulevard near irvington avenue. >> the second location is near the safeway at roberts avenue and washington boulevard. that's where police confronted at least one suspect again and another officer was shot. david louie is live on the scene and joins us with the very latest. david? >> reporter: larry and ama, we're live here on washington boulevard. but right over here you see the
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command post set up, the s.w.a.t. team is out here and multiple agencies are represented. manufacture the officers are start trying to stay cool while other detectives and officers are dog a block by block search looking for one possibly two suspects. right now they're primarily focusing on one suspect. sky 7 had hd was overhead right after those first shots were fired it happened behind an auto zoe around the corner from where we're standing right now. the officer was trying to make a traffic stop and then all of a sudden the suspect tried to back up had his vehicle into the officer. shots were fired it's still unclear exactly what happened whether the officer was hit or whether the suspect was hit. that's still under investigation. we talked to the public information officer for fremont police, and she tells us why there is that confusion at this point. >> definitely sustained injuries we're not going to confirm what if it was a gunshot, but we believe that the vehicle backed into the officer. the officer went down. there were shots fired. >> reporter: but it didn't end there.
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the suspect got away on foot and ran across the shopping center and made his way inside a safeway store. there he startled maybe 20 to 25 customers plus the employees. we did talk to an employee in the seafood department. said he saw the man brandishing a small handgun as he was running away from police xs. now, we did talk to that suspect right now and we're dpoging to get liz firsthand account of what he saw. >> he went in the back, and then i seen s.w.a.t. come in from aisle right by the produce department. he came all the way down. i seen the other one on aisle 7 where the frozen is. he came through here and he said, duck, so we ducked all down. that's when they told us and all that. >> reporter: here's what we have soar far as the suspect that they're looking for, hispanic male about 6 feet tall, has a shaved head, thin mustache wearing a giants shirt gray shorts and possibly in tliz 30s or possibly 40s. that's about all they have right
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now. again, there's a little confusion. is there one or two suspects? they're focus on that one suspect for whom they have that good description. there may have been a second suspect. the second incident outside the safe way store did involve a shooting in which the officer was hit, and he's been taken to a trauma center. the first officer who was injured possibly by having the vehicle back into him while shots were being fired he also went to a trauma unit. we don't know the conditions of those two officers at this point. right now the scene is still under a very methodical investigation. they're sweeping this entire neighborhood. people in the area are being kept away. and it's going to be quite a while until we get all of these details sortsed out. we are live in fremont, david louie, abc 7 news. >> david, thank you. and this is another live look from sky 7 hsech7 had hd over t safeway area where they are searching right now the scene is still very active we are keeping you updated on the latest always on air and online at abdz 7 news bay area on our twitter feed. >> imagine how scary it would be to be had shopping in safeway
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suddenly a guy rushes in with a gun and the s.w.a.t. team follows him moments later. a frightening situation we'll keep you posted on. a witd from the shooting took some cell phone video. he says it shows police responding to one ever the victims. he says the suspect broke a fence and tried to get inside a nearby restaurant. he shared this video with us here at abc 7 news and reminder if you see news where you live, take a photo or a video and share it with us using the hash tag abc 7 now. you may see it on the air or abc 7 news.com. we'll return live to fremont a little later in the newscast for the update for the search for the gunman. well, it took nearly an hour, but san jose firefighters finally got the upper hand at a fire an an o'reilly awe auto parts store today. they got the call around 1:30 p.m. the blaze went to three alarmz right away. a fourth alarm was called because of the potential hazards of the oils and fluids inside the store. everyone in the store got out safely. and big news in southern california. real scare for students at ucla
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today after a shooting there prompted a lockdown of that campus. >> classes have been canceled for the rest taste after what police say was a murder/suicide in an engineering building. abc news reporter brandi hitt has the late e. >> reporter: the ucla campus on lockdown after shots were fired near the engineering building. >> i was walking by the engineering building and i saw everyone running out. i thought it was a scavenger hunt. >> reporter: then confirmation that the shooting was deadly. >> the unfortunate fact is there are two victim whoz are deceased from that shooting, a homicide and a suicide occurred in the engineering facility, engineering part of the ucla campus. >> reporter: hundreds of police officers responded to the campus on the west side of los angeles with weapons drawn. more law enforcement officers scrambling across ucla conducting door to door searches inside buildings. >> i saw a bunch of students just run. i ran into this building and just sought shelter. >> reporter: authorities warning
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everyone to stay away from the kpaus area. >> we have literally hundreds of police officers and agents here on campus assisting in this active situation. >> reporter: police continuing their search making sure no suspects or victims are still on the ucla grounds. >> ucla seems like such a safe, peaceful place and for this to happen so random live. >> reporter: officers say the deadly shooting took place in of inside the office. the gun used was found at the scene. they're still going dpoor to door as a precaution, releasing students who still may be sheltering in place. brandi hitt, abc news. >> as that frightening lockdown unfolded, studz and staff were trapped on campus and used social media to help keep each other safe. >> kristen sze is here with the images that show what it was like inside the lockdown. kristen? >> ama and larry, social media play aid huge role today and one student in particular used it to show just how tense it baz during the lockdown. even though she was in a different campus building far from the shooting.
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daphne ying is a senior majoring in psychobiology. she posted images of classmates trying to secure had their door which does not have a lock. >> luckily, some of my classmates were really smart about it, and they took this projector cord that was very long and they basically tied it around the doorknob and then looped it around a chair in the classroom that was bolted into the ground. >> in a phone interview with me this afternoon, daphne says the most frightening moment was when they you saw the outlines of four men outside their door. >> terrified when that door shut. i think that was the scariest part. but i thought like something really terrible was going to happen. >> the men turn ud tout be authorities. they never entered daphne's classroom. finally, after 2 1/s 2 hours they got the all-clear. this video here shows the relieved students leaving the classroom. we want to show you two other feets now. this from ucla staffer carol showing officers going door to door. this one from student carrie
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rappaport shows someone actually using their belt to secure the door at the top. the door design is an issue getting a lot of attention on social media. probably not going away anytime soon. larry and amna ma snf but, kristen. we first brought you news about this shooting with a push alert on the abc 7 news app. you can download the app for free and enable the alerts to get breaking news. turning to the weather, a warm-up is very much under way in the bay area. this is a live look from our east bay hills camera. although the marine layer has moved in, it is very hot out. >> yes. spencer christian is here with our accuweather update. >> ama and larry, the big inland warm-up has begun, but as you pointed out a little cool around the bay. of course that cooling marine layer, a look at live doppler 7 hd, you can see mixed sky conditions, sunnier inland and lots of low clouds right along the coastline and purning out locally over the bay. we also have a beach hazard advisory in effect through tomorrow morning, wave heights el vaitsed a possibility of
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strong rip currents and large breakers. bear that in mind if you're going to be be near the coastline. meanwhile, 24 hour temperature change being check this out, the marine layer took a cooling effect beyond the coast and bay. 5, 6 degrees cooler than this time yesterday right around the bay, 7 degrees cooler at mountain view, 11 degrees cooler in napa and santa rosa. but the warm-up is coming over the next few days. here is a live view from the east bay hills camera showing almost a ring of low cloud gs. 89 in morgan hill fechb in half moon bay, this the view of the golden gate. currently 76 in santa rosa, 81 novato, 89 in concord, 93 in livermore it's quite warm inland land we'll see triple digits over the next couple of daze. i'll show you where in just a moment. larry and ama in? >> thank you, 13e7bsser. heat around the bay has lots of people headed for bay area beaches but there are unseen dangers in the surf. >> abc 7 news reporter is live
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with us. >> reporter: lara, ama, there is a bit of cloud lingering over us. still plenty of people enjoying their day at ocean beach. beach patrols have been making the rounds warning people the water is very cold. the current is strong. and it only takes a couple of seconds to get swept out. >> they love the beach, but i have to be close thome. >> reporter: these kids play in the water at ocean beach, they live in san francisco and know the dangers that lurk along this stretch of coast. >> i've seen people get lost in here. >> reporter: the national park service has lifeguards keeping a close eye on the waves during the day. beach patrols with the fire department do community outreach. >> the fire department has been training. we have over 200 rescue swimmers in our department. >> reporter: they're warning people about hazardous conditions over the next couple of days. this includes sneaker waves and strong rip currents. >> those sneaker waves if you're
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not looking at them it can actually knock a grown adult down which mean physician you're a child you're even more susceptible to a higher risk. >> reporter: just this past weekend there were some close calls a 13-year-old girl was rescued from the surf. firefighters helped save another victim who fell off a pier. each stairwell at ocean beach is marked with numbers large enough to see from the water. if you need to call for help, you can tell responders exactly where you are, which should speed up response time. in san francisco, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. a candlelight vigil will be held at pittsburg high school in memory of two teenagers who drowned near south lake tahoe. ruiz was a senior at pittsburg high school and just a week away from grapd graduating. she drounded along with her cousin over the weekend who graduated from pittsburg high last year. the syringe i will will start at 6:00 p.m. still ahead here on abc 7 niz at 4, to staultd or not to salt. the new guidelines of how much is too much.
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plus -- >> regardless of if you follow a sport all year round, this is i great time to kind of tune in. >> oh, yeah. from the warriors to the sharks, even soccer. steph curry encouraging even the nonsports fans to join in on finals fever. what do you do? >> make bracelets. >> make bracelets? >> yeah. >> shaq goes under cover. his unusual outfits, coming up next.
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northbound i-5 south of tracy will likely remain shut down until tomorrow after a
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sinkhole opened between 2133 and 33. it was first discovered yesterday morning. officials are still looking for the cause but believe it may have opded bup because of an abandoned pipeline that burst underground pfr. >> in sports the san jose sharks with even their sanly cup finals tonight with a win in pittsburgh. we showed you the sharks practicing earlier today. they will face off against the penguins l in less than an hour. pittsburgh took the first game 3-2. the series moves to san jose for became three and four. that will be next mondz. tonight's game is really critical for the sharks because they certainly don't want to come home to the shark tank down 2-0. >> certainly not. they're still in enemy territory at least for the. that's where wayne freedman joins us live from the consul energy center in pittsburgh. >> reporter: good evening, welcome to pittsburgh. we've waited eed almost 48 hour game two. yes, it is upon us. 48 hours is the kind of break to
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give someone the opportunity to give someone zmroring in pittsburgh, maybe go find some culture. what do you think we did? go to the museum of art? um, no. we went to oakland. as the signs say, there is an oakland in pittsburgh. hard to believe buff true. >> yes, there is an oakland if pittsburgh. >> reporter: are you a warriors fon? >> i wouldn't say that i 78. >> reporter: oak lands is pretty much swallowed up by the nearby university of pittsburgh actually when it comes to the act of swallowing we need to tell you about this place and their hot dogs. and their french fries. >> the best hot dogs and french fries ever. >> reporter: we have stumbled into pittsburgh's original hot dog shop called the "o." after eating here, we may be staggering out. how many calories? >> i don't know. it doesn't matter it's a treat. not worth living without a treat. >> reporter: terri daughter of sid who looked down from hot dog heaven having founded this establishment in 1960. >> he'd be very proud. >> reporter: proud of the
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loyalty of the consistency, the culture. yes, culture. >> i had no idea that almost every person had who comes in has some kind of emotional tie to this place. >> reporter: former college students. >> 2:00 in the morning, that kind of stuff. >> reporter: or baseball fans from when the pirates played at forbes field about a block away. this incident alley is what they call the small order of fries. that's what they say is small. looks big. >> i don't want to know. >> reporter: now you do know. the mt. rushmore of potatoes piled high with no shortage of hubris. >> they're better than any fries. ever. anywhere. >> reporter: how many cal kis? >> a lot. it's a treat. >> reporter: it certainly is. >> reporter: and life is complete? from oakland, in pittsburgh, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. leave it to wayne freedman to turn his afternoon lunch into a two-minute story about
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pittsburgh. >> pretty much. >> only wayne can do that. the excitement here really ramping up as we head into game one of the nba finals tomorrow night at oracle. >> today was media day ahead of tomorrow's game and though this year's series features the same two teams as last year, stars from both side scoffed at the idea that this is a true rivalry. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony live at oracle. >> reporter: it's not often that you see steph curry get irritated at least not at a press conference but we saw it today when curry was asked if he was trying to topple king james. >> i'm not in the business of ranking or debating who's what. >> reporter: steph curry wasn't taking the bait at media day for the nba finals saying his game isn't about comparing himself to lebron james. >> that's not what i'm playing for, to be the face of the nba, to be this or that or to take lebron resists throne or whatever. you know, i'm trying to -- we're chasing rings. >> it's hard to saly lebron is
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best. it if there's a smaller scale for another word for rival, the fact we're going back to back, i think it's pretty unique. >> with them having all their drives, they're obviously a better team oonchts tray monday green talks about what it's like to defend lebron with or without his current supporting cast. >> i'll tell you the one positive about our team is we've got a lot of different guys we can throw at him and over the course of a sep-gay series you hope he'll wear down at some p point. >> reporter: and whoo about playing a surging cavs team after wing a seven-game series including the warriors being down 3-1? >> we come back from tough circumstances last series, a lot of pressure during the regular season with the 73 wins. we've done a lot of good and bad things that have helped you us build this up. >> reporter: we asked general manager bob myers if he was ever worried his team might not make it back. >> we were not in a good spot. nobody would say we were in a good spot. but it's hard to bet against this group i think if you do, do
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it at your own peril. >> reporter: laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> and steph also revealed today that he rides uber. >> he's an uber guy. >> he's an uber guy, an international commercial today for uber. abc 7 by the way is your home for the nba finals coverage begins tomorrow at abc 7 news at 4, then oif world news tonight" and our special pregame show at abc serve news at 5. then at fiech:30, abc takes over with their coverage of game one and then the warriors and cavaliers live from oakland with a tip-off at 6:00. by wait, if you're not planning to going to oracle, abc 7 in the only place where you can see game one. >> and show your finals pride we received so many great photos and videos from fans and we want to see yours. post hem on social media you using the hash tag dubs on 7. our weather hotter than a steph curry three. >> ooh, that's a good one. spencer christian is here with what's going on outside. spencer. >> yes. and just as accurate.
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well, i hope. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd from downtown, as they say. we've got low clundz fog at the coastline right now, a cooling influence right around the bay especially. but tomorrow things are going to be heating up all across the bay area. here is a live view from mt. tam looking down onto the bay. these are our fare cast sfeerts. we'll see a wide range of temperatures tomorrow relatively cool at the coast to really warm inland. triple digit heat will be be present inland friday and saturday, then a cooler pattern across the board beginning on sundays. tonight looks for extensive areas of low clouds and fog, low temperatures will be generally in the mid 50s, low to mid 50s for the most part but check out what happens to the fog tomorrow. here is our animation tarting a 5:00 a.m. by mid day into the affirm, we'll see the fog pulling away pretty much from the coastline and that is going to allow for a nice warm-up. we'll see highs ranging from low to mid 60s at the coast tomorrow to some mid and upper 80s around the bay to upper 90s inland in places like fairfield, antioch,
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river mohr, low 90s at lake port and morgan hill. and here's a live view from our rooftop camera as we take a look at air quality tomorrow. tomorrow's air day, poor air quality tomorrow in the inland east bay and we'll have poor air quality on friday in the inland east bay and the santa clara valley but air kwaumt will improve over the weekend. now let's get to the heat. friday look at temperatures at or above 100 degrees at liver more, antioch, concord, fairfield and cloverdale. we'll see some low 90s right around the bay in places like hayward and redwood city and upper 60s to even some low 80s along the long stretch of coastline on friday. saturday still hot inland with upper 90s to near 100 at cloverdale, antioch fairfield livermo livermore. we'll see upper 80s in some bayside locations and mid60s to mid 70s on the coast. now sunday the heat retreats a bit just about everywhere. we'll still see a few low 90s inland on sunday but only 70s to 80s around the bay and mainly
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60s on the coastline. and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. a three-day heat wave qualifies as a heat wave in the inland spots that will be well above average for three days in a row. but there will be an areawide cooldown beginning sunday and then for most of the next week we'll see temperatures back in the average range going into early to mid-june. larry and ama snf thank you, spencer. up next, shaq dresses up to take some people for a ride. we're going to explain coming up.
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one of basketball's all time best big men squeezed into a driver's seat promoting lyft. >> i'm shaq. we're in atlanta. this is the under cover lyft and i am the big -- >> my name is charles. >> nice to meet you, charles. >> know what i do? >> what do you do? >> i make bracelets. >> you make bracelets. >> makes bracelets. he's pretending to be be charles barkley. he says, my name is charles. this is a man who won four nba championships. how could you not know it's shaquille owe naeg? >> i don't know. >> he was carrying unsuspecting lyft customers all around atlanta. >> lyft shared this video exclusively with abc's "good morning america". shaq follows 49er legend jerry rice as an under cover driver. >> okay, the fro looks
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fantastic. but he's -- >> a, he's ginormous. b, it's just -- i mean, it's shaq. any way you cut, it right in. >> i'm glad we dblt have to listen to the singing because we've heard him rapping and the only reason i say that is because i know that he's thousands of miles away. >> he can't hurt you right now. >> he's the biggest human on the planet i think. >> abc 7 news at 4 does continue. let's take another live look from sky7 hd as police search for one or more suspects involved in a shooting in fremont. two police officers were injured. we're going to have the latest coming up next. also, residents in texas on edge as floodwaters continue to rise. the damage and the rescues and what's still ahead. >> from the time that i was a small child that i wanted to be an astronaut, a biologist and a geologist. >> well, two out of three isn't bad, right? a dream comes true for a bay area woman now getting ready for a before earning enough cash back from bank of america
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>> announcer: abdz 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. we are back with an update to that breaking news story that we brought you earlier in the newscast. two fremont police officers were injured when a traffic stop turned violent this afternoon. police radio talk indicates at least one of the injured officers has been taken to san jose regional medical center. you can see police activity
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outside the building they sent both officers injuries' is not yet clear at this point. abc 7 news reporter david louie joining us live in fremont with the latest. david? >> reporter: larry, the latest here on washington boulevard in free front is that the s.w.a.t. team and multiple agencies are still out had here on the scene searching for the suspect who was involved in that shooting incident involving two fremont police officers this afternoon. this all started as a traffic stop about 1:30 this afternoon behind an auto zone store on fremont boulevard. sky7 hd was overhead minutes after reports of those short shots fired it's not clear yet who shot the rounds. the suspect inside the vehicle or by the officer. police believe the suspect backed up his vehicle into the officer. the back window of a white pickup truck at the scene is shattered. it's not known if the officer was shot or if he was injured from the back upof the pickup. details from police spokesperson navy vazquez tv at this time, we have two officers at hospitals.
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we have multiple agencies out assisting us. this is a major incident. we are asking everyone within aabout a one mile radius of our two crime scenes to shelter in place. >> reporter: the suspect then ran off taking refuge briefly in a nearby safeway store where he startled customers and employees. they saw him brandishing a small handgun, but he did not point it at anyone. police initially were not certain if there was the possibility of a second suspect. but for now they're focusing on only one who has been described as an hispanic male 6 feet tall with a shaved head, thin mustache, orange giants shirt gray the shorts in his 30s or 40s in age. now, a second officer did confront the suspect outside the safe way store. shots were fired and that officer was hit. that officer has been taken to regional medical center of san jose. they have a well-known trauma unit there his condition not yet known. police say the search will
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continue here as long as needed, given the heat of the day and the heat of all of the police officers searching for him, i'm sure he's sweating a lot right now. david louie, abc 7 news. >> thank you, david. we are keeping a close watch over that search from sky7 hd. this is the live view of the scene there. you can see all the officers there in the streets. the search continues. be sure to stay with abc 7 news forty latest and look for breaking news on twitter. california's sympathy for immigrants might explain why children face better chances of winning asylum here than they do elsewhere after migrating into the u.s., this obtained by data by the associated press and it follows the wave of central america children arriving in the u.s. without their parents. court records show more than half the children won asylum in san francisco and los angeles compared to about 20% in chicago and houston. now to the race for the white house. bernie sanders continues his bay area campaign swing today in palo alto.
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hillary clinton has sharp words for donald trump as he faces questions about trump university. stephanie ramos has the latest. >> reporter: hillary clinton is seizing on the trump university documents calling the now-defunct program a scam. >> more evidence that donald trump himself is a fraud. he is trying to scam america the way he scammed all those people at trump u. >> reporter: reading from the trump u court docs saying you can't make this stuff up. >> and on issue after issue, we see someone who is unqualified and unfit to be president of the united states. >> reporter: for at least five years, students were enrolled in trump university. today there are three lawsuits against the former real estate education program. >> you'll see it in court documents. but i have a judge who is very, very unfair. >> reporter: that same federal court judge released the documents. they show aggressive sales tactics allegedly used by trump u staffers.
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forrer employees say it's a playbook on how to entice prospective students to enroll in its real estate seminars by guiding customers through the realer coaster of emotions. trump denies all claims brought forward in this lawsuit. his camp suggesting that the judge's hispanic heritage even though he was born in indiana would except his ability to judge the case. >> so what happens is the judge who happens to be, we believe, mexican, which is great. >> reporter: the trump kpaib has tub pished by video with three former attitudes who praised the program. one student says she was never forced to sign nipg and was offered a refund if she didn't see herself using any of the techniques. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. >> and coming up on abc 7 news at 5, we'll hear from bernie sanders as he wraps up his bay area visit today. but it won't be his last time here before tuesday's primary. we'll explain on abc 7 news at. throughout the state of texas, widespread flash flooding has sent people fleeing to safety. six people have died and dozens have had to be rescued and more
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flooding could be on the way. in the houston area some people had to be rafted to higher ground. one river the brazos krechted at 54 feet, that is a record level high. in san antonio, high waters swamped the famed river walk and there's more rain in the forecast there. local officials are issuing mandatory evacuations for some of the hardest hit areas. a homecoming began today for thousands of people driven away by wildfires that burned parts of an oil boom town in canada. you can see the word "home" has been added to a sign welcoming drivers to ft. mcmurray in northern alberta. wildfires destroyed 2400 homes and other buildings last month. a total of 80,000 people escaped the flames living in campgrounds and evacuation centers. most residents can return, but some neighborhoods remain off-limits. still to come on abc 7 news at 4, a stanford grad going where few people have gone before. space. we'll meet the former napa resident heading to the international space station. i'm michael finney.
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"ask finney" is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. post them with the hash tag xw finney. i'll answer questions here live in just a little bit from now. i'm spencer christian checking out the view from the east bay hills camera. where's the bay? it's somewhere beneath that cooling marine layer. but cooling won't be part of the forecast coming up. i'll have the accuweather seven days ahead in just a moment as abc 7 news at 4 continues. hi. is the internet still out? yes! i have nothing. come on!
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napa's own home grown astronaut is prepping for her first mission in space heading to the international space station. nasa microbiologist is in russia who will board a soyuz. sh he was raised in napa, grad waited from vintage high school in 1996 holds a phd in cancer biologist from can ford. rubins was picked by nasa and this is her first space mission. >> yeah. you know, i've heard a lot about differences between shuttle and sigh youz and a lot of folks say when the third stage end cuts off and you're in microgravity for the first time you actually have this amazing feeling of maybe even being stuck to the ceiling because your brain doesn't know quite what to do. your very first seconds in microgravity. >> rubins' research includes sequencing the first genome in microgravity and how our bodies' bone mass and cardiovascular
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systems change while living in space. facebook founder mark zuckerberg has face timet( with the international space station it told. >> this is mission control houston. please call station for voice check. >> station, this is mark zuckerberg at foos bake. can you hear me okay? >> hey, mark, read you loud and clear. it's a pleasure to talk with you today. >> zuckerberg spent about 20 minutes asking the three astronauts questions using facebook live to stream the conversation. zuckerberg hopes to use the power of light to sail a spacecraft to the -- star system. the closest star system to our sun. >> i wonder if he friended them. >> maybe or. >> vice versa. >> accept or not zm. >> i don't know if i want to be friends with a multibillionaire. >> right. but i do want to be friends with spencer christian if only he could make it cooler. >> do we call it space book instead of facebook now? >> there you go. >> just a thought. here is a look at live doppler 7
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hd. full of thoughts, right. low clouds at the coast starting a cooling influence today but it is going to be warming up all across the bay area the next few days especially in our inland areas. check out the statewide forecast for tomorrow. look for highs of 100 in sacramento, 104 at fresno, 111 down at palm springs, l.a. will be warm 81, chico rather warm with a high of 98 here in the bay area we'll see high temperatures inland climbing well into the 90s tomorrow look for highs of 97 at livermore, 98 antioch 96 at fairfield and several locations will have low 90s, we'll even have mid to upper 80s at some bayside location and on the coast only load to mid tiff 60s but the coast will warm up over the next several days as well. check out the weekend heed, liver nor, 97 tomorrow, 100 on friday or higher, 97 on saturday, an then there will be a wooldown beginning in the inland areas on sunday and that's pretty typical, that pattern, of what the entire bay area will see over the next several days.
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of course we won't see 90s or 100s on the coast but there will be beach weather before the weekend is over. larry and ama? >> thank you so much, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news the 4, skip the salt. the new guidelines about how much is too much. i'm "7 on your side's" michael finney. protecting your privacy. can you keep your social security number safe? we'll tal
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>> announcer: san ramon. san mateo. and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. government health officials issued new salt guidelines for restaurants and packaged food today. americans eat about 3400 milligrams of sodium a day.
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that's about 1 1/2 teaspoons and almost 50% more than experts recommend. about 70% of that is in the food before it's off the shelf or on the table. health officials say lowering intake to 2300 milligrams per day will prevent thousands of death each year from heart disease and stroke. want to goo to live update now on the situation in fremont where fremont police are preparing to update us on the shooting that injured two officers. let's listen live right now. >> we encountered the same suspect on roberts avenue in fremont a short distance away and during that encounter again we exchanged gun fire with the suspect and another officer was injured. both officers were injured by being shot by the suspect. they are both currently at trauma centers. we are not going to clarify much detail about the level of their injuries. one is currently in surgery and i don't have the status of the second. but that is why we are right now. we have multiple agencies out here assisting us and i'm going
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to go ahead and turn had this over to alameda county sheriff's office right now to continue on. >> ar jant ray telly with the alameda county sheriff's office. we've assumed the tactical response role for this incident. we are going by the union city and newark police democrat. so the fremont police department has turned over the tactical operations to tsheriff's office. we have a large team and we are working in a location in a perimeter to locate the suspects that we believe are responsible for this shooting. these shootings. right now it's a contained area we have a shelter in place. we're asking anybody who is sheltering in place or anybody in that neighborhood if they see anything to immediately call 911 so that we can immediately respond. we're deploying all sorts of technology and people. we have our canines out here. and as you can see we have a lot of resources from all over the east bay. so right now we are in a mode of going out and searching yard to
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yard, door to door to find out where the suspect responsible for this shooting is. >> is with swun suspect or are there more? >> we believe there is maybe one more suspect. we believe one is volved in the shooting and right now we're focusing our attention on that person. [ indiscernible ] right now it appears that maybe they've split up and so we have, you know, multiple locations and we believe we have it contained in this neighborhood. but it's -- the geographics are a little difficult. we have some apartment complexes mixed in with residential homes with courts and side streets. we have railroad tracks on the back side. so we're just asking anybody that's currently in their residence to really keep their eyes out for us. and point us in the right direction. [ indiscernible ] we don't know that. we don't know that. [ indiscernible ]
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it's a very large city block. this part of fremont has very large blocks. we're talking a very large size city block encompassing probably ten akech acres or less [ indiscernible ] well, right. we've had fremont step out of the tactical role. they have to deal with their issues regarding the investigation. they have two officers that obviously they're very worried about. so we've come to lift their burden a little bit, the other agencies. so the sheriff's office we're going to take the tactical lead and then we're going to work with newark and union city police to go and do the yard to yard search. >> once somebody is located whether it's the specific person you believe is responsible or affiliated suspects potentially, what's the time frame look like for the taktd cal point of view in engaging the suspect or suspects? >> you know weerg going to move slow and we're going to move methodical and we're going to move safely.
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we want to resolve this situation safely. so we're going to move as fast as we need to or as slow as we need to. we're going to use our personnel. we're going to use our equipment. we're going to use technology. we have helicopters up. we have unmanned aerial systems up working this. we have canines. so we're going to go slow and method cal. we want this to end peacefully. we don't want anybody injured. >> we have video of somebody put into handcuffs in the back of a police car. is that related? do you have anyone in custody? >> we have detained several people on the periphery of this investigation, people we're talking to. there's witnesses. there's a lot going on. it's a very fluid situation. [ indiscernible ] >> i can confirm at this point in time that the officers have not passed away. they do remain hospitalized. again, one is still in surgery. that officer has just over a year of service with our department, very new officer. the second officer who sustained
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injuries is also in the hospital. i don't have a status on him. but he was a male officer with about ten years of service. he's currently serving as a detective in our department. [ indiscernible ] i don't really have a lot of information about what the traffic stop was and how it initiated. it may take us some time just due to the circumstances to figure that out. >> was there a potential danger -- i know there's a shelter in place order but we're seeing a lot of spectators from the neighborhoods and restaurants and businesses. is there a potential danger to them to get out of the contained area? >> so we have -- so right now we're in a containment area. we have our command post area. this area is safe. if it does start to move, then we'll move accordingly. >> and again, we are listening in on a news conference, sergeant ray telly with the alameda county sheriff's office talking about the investigation. two fremont police officers at a traffic stop earlier today were shot. we're told that both are at trauma centers, one is in
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surgery now. >> this all started with what they thought was a routine traffic stop and escalated from there. this is by the roberts avenue and washington boulevard safeway. we'll keep you posted throughout the afternoon on the search and the perimeter and all of the details coming up later on abc 7 news at 5. right
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a central valley solar project is powering a city right here in the bay area. reporter gene hagentonson from our sister station in fresno has details. >> reporter: much of the electricity that powers this high-tech bay area city comes from the sunlight that falls on the central valley. >> we in palo alto can purchase that clean renewable energy, are bringing more renewable energy on to the market. >> reporter: kath listen elbert is with the city of palo alto's utility department which buys the power generated in kettleman city more than 200 miles south.
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electricity from these panels near lamore goes to the city of anaheim and a lot more power is coming. >> oh, yes, this is just the first piece of a larger phased master plan development of solar in kings county. you know, this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: the area solar project in kings county anticipate generating 2,000 megawatts of electricity, eventually enough for a million homes. the cost of solar has dropped dramatically and city-owned utilities are passing those save willings on to their customers. >> our average residential rate is about 40% lower than the pg&e rate. >> reporter: the electricity generated by all of these solar panel sz set into the statewide grid. the municipal utilities agree to buy the same amount of power from the grid thus reducing the need for power generated by burning fossil fuel or from nuclear reaction.
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>> if electricity is generated in one area, it can still essentially be taken advantage of in a different area. >> reporter: to the solar industry, the hundreds of thousands of acres of lands on the west side of the valley now contaminated with selenium and unsuitable for crops is the ideal place for massive solar farms. >> sole har in kings countena sa great opportunity because of the existing contamination of the land. >> there is a lot of open space, and some areas are not useable for farmland. >> reporter: construction means thousands of jobs and will transform the landscape of the central valley. >> yes. i mean, clean renewable energy is the future of the central valley alongside agriculture. >> reporter: and the electricity being generated will help power everything from silicon valley to the magic kingdom. gene hagenson, abc 7 news. >> it interesting. thank forz joining us for abc 7 news at four. i'm larry biel. abc 7 news at 5 begins right now
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with dan and kristen. more on that breaking news in free monlt. two police officers injured and a manhunt for a gunman under way right now. team coverage is next. also, the water is colded and the currents is strong. what you need to know before heading to the beach right now. plus -- >> reporter: at this apartment which was basically right there. and i'm very proud of those times. >> caitlyn jenner back in san jose for a trip down memory lane four decades after winning olympic gold. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll show you hot spots coming up. >> announcer: abc 7 news starts right now. with live breaking news. we ask that residents please stay indoors and call 911 if you see anything suspicious. >> breaking news. police officers on the hunt right now for a gunman in fremont. two police officers wounded and now in the hospital. good evening evening, i'm kristen sze.
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>> i'm dan ashley it's intense and frightening. two separate saebs the first where one officer was hit by the suspect's car on fremont boulevard near irvington avenue. >> the second location is near the safeway at roberts avenue and washington boulevard that's where an officer was shot. >> live team coverage on all aspects of the coverage beginning with david louie. david, give us what you have. >> reporter: well, dan and chris 10, we have this right now. the sheriff's office from alameda county has now taken over the tactical lead of this investigation. and search for two suspects one is in this afternoon's shootsings of two fremont officers. fremont police of course are shocked by what has happened and therefore they are taking time now to step back and to worry about the two officer whoz are now in the hospital. sky7 hd was overhead as the first shots rang out over behind an auto zone store at one hend of the shopping center at washington boulevard and fremont boulevard. the suspect got away after the shots were fired and the rear window of a wickup truck was shot out.
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he ran across the shopping center, went to a shave way store where he brandished a gun but did not point it at anyone in particular. now, we're at a situation now where we're getting confirmation that the second officer, both officers have been shot. we get the latest from fremont police and we get a better sense of the scope of how long this will all play out from the slaifr sheriff oes office. >> both officers were injured by being shot. by the suspect. they are both currently at trauma centers. we are not going to provide much detail about the level of their injuries. one is currently in surgery, and don't have the status of the second. >> you know, we're going to move slow and we're going to move methodical and we're fwing to move safely. we want to resolve this situation safely so we're going to move as fast as we need to or as slow as we need to. >> reporter: and what sergeant kelly talks about methodically and safely and slowly working, we're talking about well over 100 o

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