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striking what oakley police say were -- appeared to be two teenagers walking on the side of the road. oakley police are handling the scene. there is a road block up. and a lot of traffic backed up on these rural roads out here in far eastern contra costa county. behind me there are investigators out in that grassy field area off to the side of the road collecting evidence and processing the scene. we believe the car involved in the accident has already been cleared out of here. so again, a serious fatal accident involving what appear to be two young teenagers out here near bethel island road and along east cypress road in eastern contra costa county. >> what you can see here are the investigators on the scene. they are working to collect evidence. it may be a while. this accident happened at about 2:50 this afternoon. again, road blocks in both directions. so an area to avoid and again,
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one teenager dead, one life flighted over to oakland children's hospital. reporting live here along east cypress road, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. we have more breaking news in the south bay, one man is dead and another injured after one shooting from the san jose campus. chris nguyen is there live where tlis just wrapped up a -- where police just wrapped up a news conference. >> reporter: good evening. one man is dead after a shooting near the sjsu campus. if you look behind me, you could see the section -- the portions of this area that have been blocked off as police continue their investigation. now as we take a look at some video, this happened at around 2:15 this afternoon. two men were shot inside of a vehicle on 11th street between san carlos and san antonio. many people know this area as greek row near campus, however police have said that they do
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not believe that this had anything to do with the fraternities or sororities nearby. in fact, the campus is very quiet right now, as it is in summer session. now, the two men were both taken to the hospital where unfortunately one of them was pronounced dead. here is what police had to say about the scene where the shooting happened. >> we found multiple2n@uj in the area, the vehicle was hit with several rounds, some casings in the area and that is -- it is indicative of multiple shootings. >> at this point, police have not identified or located any suspects. >> reporter: back here live, we're going to stay at the scene and gather more information from you. and want to point out we just learned that the second victim is in critical condition at the hospital. live in san jose, i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> chris, thank you. breaking news overseas. a deadly terrorist attack in
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turkey has killed at least 31 people and injured at least 147 others at the airport in istanbul. and those numbers are unfortunately expected to rise. turkish officials say three suicide bombers carried out at tack. the tackers -- attackers opened fire with machine guns and then detonated explosives. security cameras caught the moment one of the explosions went off. surveillance cameras also captured one of the suicide bombers running through the hallway, you see him fall to the ground right there and his gun goes flying and people start to run in all sorts of directions and then the bomb explodes. it is believed the gunmen were trying to pass through security x-ray machines and they were stopped and people didn't know where to go and people were trying to squeeze inside of an airport store. it was described as chaotic at the third busiest airport. >> just after it went off, no one had a clue which way to run. people just panicking and someone would say something and
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people would start running again. and the police didn't really know what was going on either. >> turkey's president condemned the attack which took place during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the state department issued a travel warning for turkey. and i'm told the death toll has been updated to 36 now. all flights in and out of istanbul has stopped for the moment. no one has claimed responsibility for the the attack. two bay area families ripped apart. two mothers and a family killed an the fathers in the hospital after frantically trying to save them. it happened this morning in gorman off of interstate 5. dar shaw phillips have more. >> words can't describe what it was like. >> reporter: chp officer dan williams and his partner tried to help two men save their wives and children who were trapped in this burning minivan. >> it was very horrific. trying to get the family out and trying to help get the family out. like i said, the van went up in
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flames very quickly. >> reporter: officers say the minivan with two families, a total of eight people, collided with this black bmw about 3:30 a.m. they pulled over on to the right shoulder to inspect the damage when they were struck from behind by a semi-truck. >> it appears the van may have partially been in a lane and on a shoulder when it was hit by a big rig. >> reporter: the van plunged down the freeway, bursting into flames. >> my partner tried to get in through the van door and the flames came at him and he had to back out and grabbed the fire extinguisher and tried to extinguish the flames but the van versus -- burst into flames very quickly and we were unable to assist in getting anybody out of the van. >> that was dar shaw phillips reporting. now on to the volkswagen record settlement over emissions cheating, filed today in federal court in san francisco. under the deal, volkswagen will spend $14.7 billion for deliberately cheating on
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emission tests. $10 billion will go toward buying back effected cars. they will offer owners up to $10,000 per car in compensation. in california the settlement will promote and develop zero emission vehicles and charging stations. for more now we go to wayne freedman who is live in oakland. wayne? >> reporter: and yet here in california, consumers still are not happy. california played a large role in this negotiation. first of all, due to the size of the state. it is the world's sixth largest economy. 70,000 of those suspect cars were sold here. and then there is the fact that it -- when it comes to environmental regulations, california sets emission standards. if you drive a volkswagen with a diesel logia, you heard the announcement this morning. >> it is the largest settlement ever with a automaker and the largest settlement ever in the
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context of the clean air act. >> reporter: settlements from volkswagen totaling $14.7 billion after an independent investigation revealed that the car company had rigged vehicles to pass emissions tests when on the road the same cars were 40 times over the legal limit. the company ceo had apologized and resigned but that proved small consolation for owners like jason mark of oakland, who has a 2010 turbo diesel station waggen. >> volkswagen defrauded and deseifed me and others in california and millions around the world. >> reporter: volkswagen has agreed to take back or fix 475,000 suspect 2.0 tdi cars sold to unknowingers between 2009 and 2015 and the owners will receive $5,000 and $10,000 for the trouble depending on the model and prosecutors may not be finished. >> we know that -- even this morning, i believe usdoj have
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confirmed there is a criminal investigation underway. >> as for volkswagen's reputation. >> it will make me and other owners here california whole but there is another 10 million vehicles globally that aren't brought into this settlement. i think that volkswagen still has some amends to make. >> reporter: in oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. a bill aimed at preventing laxes for rapistsed a key hurdle on the way to becoming a law in sacramento. evan lowe sponsored the bill and the public outcry coming from brock turner has added to the concern. turner attacked an unconscious woman known as emily doe at a party. the prosecutor who handled the case testified for the bill saying, quote, we all need to protect the next emily doe against the next brock turner. it is on us. deescalation, an old concept
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getting new emphasis from the training of police officers in san francisco. vic lee live at the police academy. you saw a5first-hand what thisw training is like. >> reporter: larry, i certainly did, right here at the police academy. and i could tell you, it is ver intense. now the instructors put us through these computerized force option training simulators where these scenarios pop up on these life-size screens. all of the recruits here have to go through them and all of the regular officers, they have to be retrained on them every two years. scenario, a woman tells police there is a man armed with a knife in a tree. >> sir, if you could do me a favor and drop the knife. >> reporter: the cop talks in a firm but low monotone, trying not to aggravate him. it works. the man comes down. this confrontation ends peacefully. >> as opposed to barking orders, i'm telling him i'm there to help him. we're ready.
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>> reporter: and the second scenario ends differently. i play an officer and a angry man steps out of a construction trailer and he is confrontational. >> he has a gun. >> what has not changed, the use of force necessary to stop a threat. but officers are now training through dozens of these scenarios, learning how to de-escalate tense confrontations before they end badly. this, after a recent series of controversial officer-involved shootings. >> keep distance and try to not wear out a subject, but verbally persuade them with a greater distance of time than perhaps outcomes could be different. >> reporter: at the shooting range, things are also different. for the first time, officers attend classes to talk about alternatives to lethal force. they train with bean bags and less lethal projectile launchers and even the targets have changed. >> maybe someone with a gun and they have to stop that threat. they may turn and it may be a person with a shopping bag and
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they don't. >> reporter: an example of the emphasis toward deescalation, intentionally pointing a gun is now considered use of force. vic lee, abc 7 news. emotions are high over an eviction. >> open the door. what type of person would do that? >> reporter: could all of this be an unfortunate mistake. a 99-year-old facing eviction now getting an offer but is the devil in the details. that is next. plus -- >> you can make a difference. >> bikers and banners and a demand for safety. one man they want to rectify what they say is a dangerous situation. and a car that goes farther on a gallon of gas than any ever tested on the roadways. seven on your side michael finney has that story. i'm sandhya patel
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community members will hold another vigil tonight to raise awareness for a 9-year-old san francisco woman they say could be evicted from an apartment that she co-owns. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has both sides of a very complicated story in the newsroom with us now. >> it is. iris canada won a court battle and she gets to stay in her home but now facing another eviction, this time over legal fees. the unit co-owner is willing to waive the fees, however there is a catch. iris has lived 99 years but her supporters say her eviction would equal death. iris has earned the respect of her supporters but not of all of her neighbors. >> this is all staged. >> reporter: peter owened
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co-owns with iris and he and other residents here want her to sign paperwork that woo convert the -- that would convert the joint ownership homes into condos. >> nobody could buy or sell their unit. >> reporter: iris who hasn't signed so far won her fight to stay in her apartment. but the court granted peter $164,000 in legal fees. an amount he said he is willing to waive, if iris signs the condo paperwork. >> iris asked for more time to understand the condo conversion documents. >> i'm completely supportive of giving her as much time as she needs. >> without her signature, her family believes she will be evicted if she doesn't pay the legal fees. >> he said he wants to see my aunt stay in her unit. and we're asking peter, if those are the things that you believe, then withdraw. if you are a man of your word, then withdraw. >> reporter: as both sides hold firm to their convictions, iris'
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health is sale -- is ailing. >> thank you to everyone. >> reporter: inside to an apartment she made her home filled with 99 years of memories. she turned 100 on july 13th. family said their secelebrations on hold until they resolve the issue at hand. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. bicyclists and other commuters took the time to urge mayor ed lee to make the streets safer. >> abcw3 7 news was at 7th and folsom streets as the san francisco bicycle coalition passed out paper and clip boards and pens and cyclists wrote their notes at the same corner where a woman was killed last wednesday. another woman riding a bicycle also died last wednesday. a car hit her in golden gate park. mayor lee did not respond today but is promised to continue working to improve safety.
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time to focus on something that i think pretty much everybody is interested in, saving money at the pump. >> michael finy teamed up with consumer reports with a look at best car mileage. >> toyota introduced the prius 15 years ago and it is now in the fourth generation. consumer reports just finished testing the 2016 prius and it sets a new mileage record. consumer reports for the new prius put through the same mileage test it gives each car. it measures he's mililiter of gas burned as the car drives specific routes. this is the stop and go of city driving. and they drive a stretch of highway at 65 miles per hour. the newly çóredesigned 2016 toya prius got the best numbers ever recorded for a non-plug-in vehicle.
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52 miles per gallon, and that is up from the previous prius. >> it turns fuel into force. the car also runs on electric power more often and the body is more aerodynamic. >> other hybrid sedans like the sonata and fusion and camry don't come close to the prius =ñ mileage. the biggest improvement is in city driving. the last version got 32 miles per gallon city and the new prius gets 43 and highway driving improved from 55xd to 5. consumer reports engineers found other improvements include a more comfortable ride, less body roll, and better brakes. >> we recommend getting the preus three version with the advanced technology package which includes safety features such as forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking and lane departure alert. >> equipped that like the prius 3 costs around $29,000. >> theñr toyota prius has prove to be one of the most reliable
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cars based on consumer reports survey of previous owners. >> thanks, michael. next we have to test the a.c. in cars. >> we need it. triple-digits once again. meteorologist sandhya patel with a look ahead to what we hope is a cooler forecast. >> if you have patience, it will be a cooler forecast. >> i don't have patience. >> you know that. it will be a slow cooling trend this week for the inland communities. out here right now it is cooling off as the breeze is coming in. let me show you the highs so far today. it has been a scorcher inland. 109 degrees in antioch. 100 in fairfield. 99 in concord, 98 in livermore. look at half moon bay. we are talking about the heat and they are saying what heat. 57 degrees. a good 52 degrees difference between antioch and half moon bay. we expect that this time of year. 64 in san francisco. 88 in san rafael. san jose made it to 84. and 91 in santa rosa.
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live doppler 7 hd showing you why the coast is cool. the fog is there. and our radar is also tracking a few'7ç sprinkles in southern california, thunderstorms in the sierra nevada. this is the monsoonal moisture we see in the summertime. all right, our natural a.c., the sea breeze is back in business. 20 mile-per-hour, sfo, oakland and the temperatures are definitely coming down. heading in the right direction. which is down two to ten degrees right knounow. from the south beach camera, you see the fog rolling in at sut re tower. 60 in san francisco. 68 in oakland. morgan hill you are 91. and this view never gets old. from our sutro tower camera watching the fog come in over san francisco. 82 in santa rosa. 95 in fairfield. 94 in livermore. bouncy camera from the east bay hills because of the breeze. fog near the coast and bay overnight. gradual cooling into the weekend. an we're looking at near average highs for the fourth of july.
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here is what is going to happen. the fog near the coast is going to move in toward the bay on the morning commute. so like today you will see the fog around in the morning. could be dense in spots and you may see spotty drizzle so plan accordingly. after afternoon, it sits there near the coastline and the rest will see the sun. fog first thing in the morning could make for a slower commute. temperatures in the 50s. antioch 66 degrees. your highs for the wednesday in the south bay, still warm, 86 san jose, and 92 morgan hill, and 92 in gilroy and milpitas, coming down around the bay. 83 in redwood city. 80 in palo alto. and temperatures like today, in the low 60s. breezy as well. daily city, 61. and downtown san francisco 66 degrees. north bay, 84 in napa. 90 in santa rosa. 83 in san rafael. in the east bay, mild, 80 in union city and inland you are
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still on the hot side, especially out toward antioch. 97 there. but at least it is not in the triple-digits. 94 livermore. 90 in walnut creek and 91 in concord. tomorrow out of the triple-digits. low 60s to mid-90s for wednesday. a slight bump up for thursday. upper 90s inland and low 60s for the coast. and then the teams start to fall as we -- the temperatures start to fall in the first half of the weekend. 80s for the warmest spot and 60 coastside and it is looking like a typical summer day, wide range of conditions with low 60s to low 90s. kristen and larry, patience, that is all i have to say. >> you don't even know the meaning of that word. >> i'm working on it. a life-long project. >> thank you. and now to the most powerful rocket ready for deep space and that is next. and then at 5:30 on world news with david muir --
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and new at 6:00, a new way to help the homeless by taxing some of san francisco's most successful companies.
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this morning in utah, nasa ran a full test of a massive booster designed to lift the most powerful rocket in the world. the booster ran for two minutes and producedñã3.6 million pound of thrust. the launch system or sls is planned to eventually take astronauts to mars and beyond. eventually. the first flight is scheduled for early 2018, it will be unmanned. a federal report finds sexual harassment train is ineffective and sometimes even harmful. the u.s. equal opportunity commission task force concluded that workplace harassment initiatives tend to focus on avoiding legal problems instead of stopping the misconduct. the report calls for a reboot, recommending seminars including
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sections on a workplace civility and bystander invention and similar to things berkeley faculty have said in the wake of several high-profile incidents. and a company that dominated the drug market got fda approval for a new treatment. the company will price much lower than previous addition. gilead said that it is the first drug to treat ale strains of hep c and the company have been criticized for the other type of treatment it makes. they say the new treatment will cost half as much compared to the most commonly used regimen for certain types of hep c. >> talk about the sound of music. ♪ >> why this bay area man thought he might never be able to play this spe
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coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, the abc 7 news i-team has new information on the oakland police sex scandal. the woman at the center of the scandal reveals the event seven years ago that sent her into a life of prostitution. also a controversial plan one city is using to take the homeless out of jails and put them into housing. the chances we could see it in the bay area. and fighting for closure. the effort to help widows about to lose their homes. it is all coming up in half an hour in abc 7 news at 6:00. at( bay area musician got a phone call he never expected. san francisco police called him
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yesterday to say they found his stolen violin. ♪ >> that is 45-year-old clinton hicy and he is good. playing his fiddle for abc 7 news at a coffee shop today he had the 107-year-old instrument for almost 30 years. he was devastated when it was stolen out of his car yesterday and he never expected to see it again. >> i've had an up and down relationship like it. i felt like i lost a child or a family member. it is part of my soul and feeds my spirit. >> police found the violin among a group of people at the united nations plaza. he looks forward to playing at his next performance. >> and they bought it for about $5,000.30 years ago so it is worth a lot. not just the sentimental value. >> it is great he got it back. world news tonight with david muir is up next.
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>> from all of us here, thanks for joining us tonight. our next newscast is at breaking news.is at airport terror attack. suicide bombers and gunfire rock the istanbul airport. images coming in at this hour. more than two dozen killed. emergency crews rushing to help the wounded. debris scattered at the terminal. new questions tonight about airport security here at home. the benghazi report. new details about what happened during the deadly attack. is this the final word? tonight, clinton says it's time to move on. collision on the tracks. two freight trains crash head-on, burst into flames. cars twisted and piled up on the rails. the area evacuated. federal investigators race to the scene. and celebrating a pioneer. pat summitt, the winningest coach in college basketball. she inspired generations of athletes with fierce determination and unbreakable spirit.

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