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taking over the investigation. >> running out of building. the only thing i had on was one sock. no shoes. >> she keeps reliving the minutes before and after this devastating fire on san pablo avenue in oakland. tuesday morning, the alameda county coroner recovered another building. it was home to nearly 100 families. she knew two of the victims. 50-year-old and 60-year-old edwin anderson. >> yes, i know him. i know two of them and possibly three. i did know they will. we haven't had a chance to mourn yet. >> right now her focus is getting water, food and clothing and this shelter is now a roof over her head. it is where many of the displaced residents are staying. many were on a fixed income and it was a transal housing program. >> to lose 100 units for our most vulnerable is a tremendous
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tragedy to our efforts. >> alameda county sheriff's deputies blocked the streets surrounding the unstable structure which will eventually be demolished. a day later, a tied sheet from one window gives a glimpse of quick thinking residents. >> if that is true, that would be a good way to go about getting out of a burned building. >> right now, survivors like gayle try to move forward. >> i'm doing best i can and my main concern is for the people. >> she's so grateful she made it out of the burning building. abc7 news. new at 4:00, the santa clara water district is questioning why city officials didn't order evacuations before last month's devastating flooding. the district sent this a few hours ago asking what san jose's trigger is for ordering evacuations. the water officials say they and the national weather service gave early flood warnings to the city. it accuses the city of failing
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to act on those warnings. the city deny this is and called data provided by the district flawed. in a sometime abc7 news, the city spokesperson said, our understanding of the situation at the time was based on the district's information and the hydroological model. that the peak flows in the creek would not be as high as originally anticipated and that the creek channel could handle those flows. residents whose lives have been caught up in the flooding are having another problem. >> they're accusing outrageous prices for the flood work. david? >> reporter: mostly from single family home owners in san jose. some are saying the business of getting contractors for flood work are in their opinion, san jose is one of only four cities in the state that can take on contractors on behalf of residents. the mayor says he and other
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councilmembers have been receiving complaints of price gouging by contractors after the flood. >> the contractor gave an estimate of 2,000 work to perform the work. didn't perform it very well, left water there and then gave a bill for $8,000. >> it happened on south 19th street where many had four feet or more of water after the flood. >> reporter: so we came to talk to the residents. many are not home because their homes are still yellow tagged. we did talk to one man who said he didn't want to go on camera. he said a neighbor was quoted $7,000 to remove $7,000 but ended up getting it done for only $700. the city is asking the city attorney to go after contractors. however, skeptics worry if that will do any good. >> you can't say, i'm the little lamp who needs help. you have to take responsibility for yourself. >> reporter: as he flood victim who owns five apartment units in
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the rock springs neighborhood. he is still dealing with contractors. he also dealt with them 20 years ago during a previous flood and ten years ago after a fire. he believes the bad apples won't last. >> excess profits breed ruinous competition. so those contractors won't be in business very long if they continue that. >> abc7 news. officials are still trying to come to grips with the announcement the raiders have the right the pull up stakes and season ticket holders got a little salt in their wounds. >> well, it is this message from raider officials to the silver and black. and it seems rather tone deaf. especially when you consider the team has at least one more season and an option for 2018, 2019 at the oakland coliseum. on the day after raider nation got kicked in the gut, they received this notice from team that's the. it encourages season ticket
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holders to pay a $100 deposit for the las vegas stadium. >> it's unbelievable. the audacity to send this out the day after you rip our hearts out. >> reporter: he leads a local portion tried to persuade the raiders to the franchise slated to move to vegas no, later than 2020, coach jag del rio said today, he thinks the dedicated fan base will travel, too. >> i'm sure there will be some people who are angry and won't or can't get over it. that's understandable. but i think there's a large contingency, a large group that are true raider fans and it is not really, it doesn't matter to them where we're playing. >> nobody i know is going. and i definitely will not go of. >> yesterday city council president larry reid was consulting lawyers to see if they could immediately kick the
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raiders out of the coliseum. today he said, they will play in oakland in the 2017 season. don't know if there is anything we can do to stop them. oakland mayor libby schaaf fees the city gave its all. >> they chose las vegas over a viable oakland option. it's like, face it. they don't love us anymore. >> and council president reid said the outside city council is reviewing the nfl relocation process to make sure they're in accordance with the league's own bylaws. in the newsroom, abc7 >> thank you. if you're still worked up over the move, misery loves company. see how other fans are wells fargo noumsed it will pay $110 million to settle a class action lawsuit.
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authorities say bank employees, driven by high pressure sales tactics, opened bank and credit card accounts without customer authorization. since the practices became public, wells fargo has experience ad sharp decline in new account openings as well as banking. it is not clear how much people will receive. a 100-year-old san francisco woman who was at the heart of an eviction battle has died. she passed away after suffering a stroke over the weekend. according to the housing rights committee. she was evicted from her part at 670 k street where she lived for 50 years. her land lord said she violated the agreement by not living in the part for years. we're learning of a bizarre twist in last week's death of a mill pete as man killed by a valley transportation bus. the vta said he was hit and killed thursday in san jose was 60-year-old benny chung, a former employee with the
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transportation agency. chung had retired from the vta in february after 37 years of employment. the accident is still being investigated. today the national transportation safety board blamed caltrans' lack of highway markings along 101 for last year's deadly he bus crash. it slammed head on in the early morning hours of january 19th. the ntsb investigators found bus driver believed he was in an exit lane but was instead traveling at break neck speeds. they said the divider lacked reflective markings. two passengers died in that accident. of the 21 passengers on the bus, only two were wearing seatbelts. >> a day. it is awfully mild. we give you this view.
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69 in oakland. 59 in half moon bay. this is view from our east bay hills camera. 74 degrees in santa rosa. low 70s at novato, fairfield, concord and livermore. and it is anywhere from 5 to 13 degrees warmer in most bay area locations. it is also quite breezy with gusts raging from 20 to 25 miles an hour. 26 at fairfield. the winds will calm down a bit. i'll give you a look at calmer conditions and the seven-day ahead. >> the wait just got longer for the pfeiffer county bridge to reopen in biggur ure isur. it was closed last month because of erosion. the crews have dismantled the old bridge and knocked it down. it has stranded hundreds of residents on one side. the new bridge will be built but
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it won't be complete until december the 31. caltrans says the bridge is set to reopen on new years day. authorities in fresno are trying to determine cause of a fire that has burned more than 420 tons of alfalfa. spontaneous combustion hasn't been ruled out. a $15,000 barn burned to the ground. the amount of damage to the crop is still being assessed. ceo of oober is apologizing for his first ever diversity report. it shows the san francisco based ride hailing service is much like other tech industry companies, heavily male and heavily white. according to the report, nearly 64% of uber's employees are men. 36% rewomen. on 36% of the technical workers are women.
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49% are white. 30% are asian. 8.8% are black and 5% are latino. there's much more ahead at 4:00. outrage after president trump moves to roll back key environmental regulations. and there's no place i would rather be with you, other than the white house. >> she is out of the woods and criticizing the white house. hillary clinton is right here
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pulling back on clean
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energy, president trump talked about restoring jobs. many people weren't surprised by the president's announcement. job crease was a big talking point during the election but critics say it will be a major setback in the fight against climate change. >> today at the environmental protection agency, president trump not holding back. >> my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. >> the president signing an executive order to review the obama administration's clean power plan which limits the gases that can be emitted from power plants the president calling current regulations a burden of. >> so many are unnecessary and so many are job killing. we're getting rid of the bad ones. >> reaction came quick. governor jerry brown tweeting
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out, gutting cpp is a colossal mistake and defies science itself. erasing climate challenge may take place in donald trump's mind but nowhere else. the executive order is dispoeng but believes california can still set an example. >> to implement the technologies we need to see for our economy, we're making great progress with renewables and efficiency. >> reporter: the environmentalis disagrees the president and said clean energy is essential. >> better, cleaner, brighter future. or we can go along with an old dirty technology which the trump administration is trying to favor. at the expense of jobs and health. >> reporter: two sides, two different proeshs. environmental groups likely to challenge the administration in court. and the president wants to lift a moratorium insisting that his plan will bring more jobs to the
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american people. back over to you. >> all right. thank you so much. well, president trump's opponent in the 2016 presidential election hillary clinton is in san francisco right now. she has been speaking at the professional business women conference and she is participating in a panel discussion right now. a few minutes ago, she blasted the trump administration's health care bill and offered a message of empowerment. >> when this disastrous bill failed, it was victory for all americans. there's never been a more important woman than the woman who stands up and says, not just for herself but for everybody else, we want diversity and inclusion in everything we do in our country. and in fact, it is not tonight right thing to do. it is the smart thing. >> clinton said she is glad to be out of woods and she
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criticized the white house for not including any women. i was there as well this afternoon. abc7 news was, is a sponsor of the conference which sold out. we even have our own booth there. we'll have more coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 of. >> we had a great time. very inspiring of the the countdown to the tax deadline is on and that means our 7 on your side hotline is back. >> yes. back with tax experts answering your questions. michael? >> look, the whole idea here today is for you not to pay more than you have to. and that's why we have tax professionals here taking your questions. you can call right now. 415-navy 54-7621. our hotline will be open until 8:00 tonight. call that number. get your paperwork together and we'll help you out. joining us, a cpa rhetting the
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golden gator society. everybody moves. what are they missing? what are they taking they shouldn't be? >> i'll tell you. it is an underused one. a lot of people who move here, they go back to their prior guy. when they first move here, i see them when they get a local guy and they haven't taken their moving expenses. the exciting thing is you don't have to, like many other advantages you might be able to take within the code. you don't to have itemize to take it. you don't have to cross the 2% or 7% threshold. you take it above the line. it is an above the line deduction which means that anybody can hav the ability to take this deduction. >> so what you do is, you keep track of the costs in case they ever go, what happened? but you don't have to itemize on it the tax form. right? >> that's right. it is on one line and the first page of the 1040 if you don't use the ez.
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on the first page. and it allows to you take that deduction as long as you satisfy one of three tests which are the distance test, the length of employment test, and the distance -- i'm sorry, the distance, the length of employment and the commencement of work test. and then you can take all that. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. he is one of the guys here answering our questions. you can also go online. you can go to ask finney. we'll pick it up. we have a roomful of peep dealing with those questions. get your paperwork together. reporting live from the 7 on your side offices. >> if we have to think about taxes, at least we can do it in
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the sunshine. >> here's a look at live doppler 7. this is the view from our roof top. out across the embarcadero. these are our forecast features. mild to warm. a bit cooler on thursday. maybe an isolated sprinkle or two and we'll have warming sunshine returning on friday. a beach hazard statement for a rough surf. and look out for possible rip currents. wind gusts over the next 24 hours will diminish rather sharply. and it will pick up in the afternoon. 12, 15 miles an hour. nothing like the gusts that we're having right now. low temperature, upper 40s to low 50s.
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relatively mild for most of the overnight period. and then tomorrow, nice and warm in the south bay. look for highs in the mid to upper 70s. about 77 in san jose, 76. on the peninsula, mostly mid 70s from san mateo to mountain view. 78 at santa rosa, sonoma and napa. low to mid 70s. about 73, 74, most locations. and then mid to upper 70s, around 77 at walnut creek. snick livermore. on we go to our forecast animation starting tomorrow night at 9:00. some of the clouds will work their way into the bay area. thursday morning, as we go into the morning commute. there may be an isolated shower or two passing through the bay area. but very quickly and out of here by about 9:00 a.m.
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maybe a sprinkle or two. but generally, it should be a dry day. the temperatures will bounce right back up. by saturday, we'll have inland highs near 80 degrees. just a slight cooldown. >> what a change. >> a big milestone with the demolition of the bay bridge. >> and former president obama is getting out of dodge to collect his thoughts. and you probably wish
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the last 288 feet of steel truss of the bay bridge is a thing of history.
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caltrans this morning lowered the 2 million pound truss on to a barge where it will be ferried to oakland. tail's milestone is the culmination of years of work the bring down the owed bridge. >> we've been bringing down 19 trusses over the last year and a half, and before that we brought down the >> next is the demolition of the bridge's remaining foundations. crews are expected to finish that work by next year. amazon will soon roll out a new service. a pick-up service. they can drive up where clerks will load the items right into the trunk of your car. the company says the service is perfect for people who want to pick up groceries on the way home from work and those who don't want to pay extra for deliveries.
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former president obama is writing his memoir in an island in the south pacific. it was once owned by marlon brando. he plans to stay there for an extended period of time. he and his wife michelle signed a reported $65 million book deal last month. michelle obama plans to stay in washington, d.c. to write her book. classmates gave luke may a standing ohation the day after he hit the winning shot it's advancing to the final four. the shot was pretty cool. what was really amazing baltimore he was able to make his 8:00 a.m. class the next day. >> a great story. still to come at 4:00, the new revelations in the russian election investigation that is causing the house chairman to resign.
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winning filmmaker say is to blame for their
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the nonprofit ministries for transitional housing. home run at the city council meeting, officials are deciding whether to sue contractors who have tried to gouge property owners for flood repair after the disaster. the mayor is leading that effort. >> hillary clinton just finished addressing a sold out crowd at the professional women's conference in san francisco. we'll have a live report coming up in about 30 minutes with clinton's inspirational words for that very large audience. and the republican and house chairman devin nunes is facing increasing pressure to resign after the secret meeting he had on white house grounds.
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our reporter is following the developments now from washington. >> the washington is denying that they pressured the house intelligence committee to stop the former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying on russia. >> we have no problem with her testifying, plain and simple. >> yates planned to appear before the committee this week but according to democratic members, chairman nunes cancels all meetings, including the one that would have allowed yates to testify. but when questioned, wasn't cancellation per se. >> nothing has been cancelled. >> in a written statement regarding yates, we still intend to have her speak to us. nunes who was a member of the trump transition team is currently under fire himself. democrats is that even some republicans are wondering if he can lead an investigation into alleged russian ties into the trump administration. particularly given that he met with a source on the white house grounds last week. >> he owes to it his committee
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members to tell them what he saw and who he met with. >> nunes said he sees no reason to recuse himself. >> and as the president's son-in-law prepares to speak on meetings we had the state bank appointed by vladimir putin, the white house said it is much ado about nothing. >> if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, now that's a russian connection and saying that michael flynn was not being truthful about his interactions with that's the. she was later fired by president trump after she refused to carry out his first travel ban. now the senate intelligence committee said they are looking forward to having her testify. abc news, washington. a man carrying a package near white house was taken into custody after he makes suspicion comments to an officer on the
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grounds. a bomb squad was called but found nothing wrong the package. the secret service closed part of white house grounds during investigation. moving overseas, there's been a spike in civilian casualties. amnesty international says they are not taking proper precautions as troops battle isis. with the civilian death toll skyrocketing in mosul, the u.s. is under fire. calling forces to review their tactics to protect civilians and to abide by international they said bodies were showing up in buildings where isis had reportedly held civilians as human shield that's were later targeted in air strikes. in a scathing report today,
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amnesty international accused the coalition forces of failing to prevent civilian deaths saying the iraqi earled civilians to stay put as forces advanced on the city on. march 17th, a deadly day. at least 112 bodies pulled from the wreckage. reports of many more. and there were confirmed coalition air strikes in the area. >> the u.s. army chief of staff speaking monday in baghdad, saying it is possible isis is to blame. a tactic on delay the advance. >> it is possible the coalition air strike did it. so we don't know yet. some degree of certainty will be known in the coming days following investigation. >> and the pentagon is reviewing more than 700 video feeds of air strikes on west mosul, trying to figure out what role the air strikes have played on the uptick of civilian deaths.
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molly hunter, abc news, london. mayor de blasio is directing the police force to keep from undocumented students. de blasio said nonlocal law enforcement officers may not proceed past the front desk of excuse. he is ordering police to sfonld campuses to enforce the directive. we are now hearing from friends of a maryland teenager accused of plotting to attack her high school. the 18-year-old was >> this shotgun, ammo, bomb maketer were found in the 18-year-old's home of you a to be used in a massacre at her maryland high school. >> it was unreal. >> reporter: the friends said
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they knew a different side to her. >> she was a beautiful, caring person that literally cried at the thought of hurting anyone. >> reporter: but also say she may have had a mental illness. >> it tears people up and it is very hard to express emotions. >> reporter: authorities say they also found a journal in her home listing the deadly details her plan, dating back months and it was days away from being executed. they say the parents found the journal. then called police. >> it was also clear that she planned to die during this. according to police, they don't have a possible motive of nhl the fact a young woman could carry out an attack like columbine. >> in the last 17 years, there have been at least 79 thwarted school massacre plots. and more than half of them, the would be attackers mentioned columbine. for a woman to be involved in a
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would be attack like this, it is rare. >> i want her to be happy and i want her to be safe, and i want her to be healthy. >> the teen was taken into custody while at school on thursday. she is still in the hospital undergoing an overall health valuation. abc news, nosh -- new york. the family of rod stewart is suing people related to his death. he disappeared on january 31st. his body was found three days later. tie "good morning america," his parents blame the dive instructor and boat crew for his death. >> there is no way anyone should ever die the way rod died. and it is the irresponsibility of the people involved that caused it. >> they claim their son and instructor were diving in more than 20 feet of water.
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the instructor had issues of breathing, leaving stewart behind. they said that's a cardinal sin in diving. stewart was best known for his original documentary shark water where he swam unprotected with sharks. next at 4:00, it is being called the future of weight management. it was previously only available for research. next, an inside way of telling you exactly how your body works. my 7 on your side tax hotline is open for business. give us a call. or go online with #ask
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it's been called the future of weight management. previously only for research. >> here's the story. >> this tiny room is actually the most cutting edge way to ex calories your body is burning. i spent a full day locked inside the metabolic chal better in new york. >> i'll see you in 23 hours and 16 minutes. to test some commonly held belief about diet and exercise. >> we're going to try to learn a lot more about how my body works
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and what those lessons can teach everybody about how their body works. >> first a showdown between good old-fashioned cardio and high intensity training. to find out i did a 20-minute run at a moderate pace of six-miles-per-hour. four hours later did i a 30-minute hip workout. periods of intense exercise followed by rice. it is believed to burn more calories in less time. but the chamber says for me that's wrong. the 10.7 calories a men compared to just seven for hiet. >> high intensity is very, very important for different processes in the body. however when you do interval training, you're also resting for a long time. >> next up, measuring after burn. how many calories your body burns after an elevated level
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after exercising. though some think it goes on for hours, that wasn't the case for my workouts. i burned just 34 calories after the run and 44 after the hiit workout. my body returning to normal levels within minutes. >> the energy burned after the exercise is not that significant. >> last, how much time and energy does it take for my body to burn what i eat? i spent six hours in a different, much smaller chamber of. >> and ate a high carb, high sugar, 750 calorie breakfast of a blueberry muffin and sweetened coffee drink myself body burned through it in four hours, using only about 80 calories. compared to a high protein meal which used almost 200 calories. more than double high carb breakfast. abc news, nosh. boy, that changes things up
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a lot. visitors to zoo atlantic got a real treat yesterday. the only giant pandas in the country journeyed outdoors. >> they will be 7 months old on monday. >> that's old enough for their mother to explore the panda mothers are known to keep their babies in secluded environments. sunny skies and breezy conditions prevail across the bay area. that won't change many. we'll have low temperatures around 50 for most locations. then 70. we'll see mid 70s around the bay and mid 60s on the coast. here's the accuweather seven-day
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forecast. a bit cooler on thursday. and there is the possibility of some early morning sprinkles. those clouds move out pretty quickly. the temperatures bounce right back. it will be nice and warm through the weekend high temperatures both days, approaching 80 degrees in our inland location. >> it is pretty warm out there. >> well, tax day is coming up fast. michael finney is taking your questions. >> and
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in the wake of the attack outside britain's parliament last week, security has been stepped up in front of windsor castle. >> reporter: just a week after that terror attack, a half mile outside of london, you can see the barriers. they went up overnight. they are proportionate. while there is no direct threat on windsor castle, obviously, security is being tightened across the 60 and the country. and it is a big tourist attraction on a normal day. tomorrow is the of the guard which will get even more people here.
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you also see this. this comes down to prevent trucks coming through. and these are incredibly heavy. so during the ceremony, they'll have a full steal red wing around the castle. we did speak to a couple residents and here's what they said. >> i feel safe any way. but there has been a note of increased security for the guard changing. and they have changed the schedule. not a lot of people noticed it but police cars are at the front and back. and then there are armed police escorts on the sides. >> and police say we should be seeing more similar measures across the city, across the country. but attacks like last week are nearly impossible to prevent. >> we are just three week away
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from that dreaded irs tax deadline. >> michael had finney is live with a few of your questions. >> were you just calling us because we thought we saw your phone number pop may be not. that is our telephone number. you can call now, 415-954-7621. joining me is a guy who has been with us for years. bart from the united way. so bart, what do we need to talk about today? some people don't file when they think they don't owe any money. they won't get any money back. you say that's not a good idea. >> right. there are certain circumstances where people should file to get some credits that they can apply for. and get moan back. some of the credits are earned income credit.
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there's educational credits that are refundable. there's a child tax care, child tax credit. >> now let's make it clear that everybody understands, a credit is they send you money whether you owe money or not. >> on these types of credits, yes. >> wow! >> it not only reduces your tax to nothing. so don't leave the money on the table. find out if thoets credits apply to you or maybe you have withholding on your w-2. even though you're not required to file, you'll never get that moan unless you file a tax return. >> so you need to fill out the paperwork no matter what. >> we lost michael's mike there. you can still call until 8:00.
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you can also ask questions on twitter and facebook, #ask finney to get the tax questions answered. scientists in massachusetts have found a way to turn a spinach leaf into a working human heart muscle. scientists recommendly indicated a human vascular system. first they used deurgent,nt,nt,, them translucent. after a few days the muscle kres began to beat. you can see injected red dye coursing through spinach veins. scientists home could it someday help treat heart attack patients. >> well, lava can still be seen flowing into mt. aetna. new footage shows huge amounts of lava. members of a bbc film crew were
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among ten people injured when it blew. it sent rock and other materil reigning down on some people. under fire by animal rights activists. the push to get the pig scramble cancelled. >> and a look ahead to 5:00. thank you. coming up. he. >> how the district attorney is trying to keep them out of jaf >> a new way to think of dust collectors. how the revealing secrets. and making history with this move.
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pg&e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. this gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. the explosion and fire killed eight people. pg&e was convicted of six felony charges including
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five violations of the u.s. pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. pg&e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. we are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno. while an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg&e safer. and that's why we've replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new leak detection technology that is one-thousand times more sensitive, and built a state-of-the-art gas operations center. we can never forget what happened in san bruno. that's why we're working every day to make pg&e the safest energy company in the nation. coming up, the middle,
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followed by american housewife. and people icons with george clooney. then don't miss abc7 news at 11:00. you can download our app for push alerts. on the peninsula, there is a potential political battle brewing over the difference between what some call tradition and others call animal cruelty. >> it might be the last place anyone would expect an animal rights battle but that's what is taking place in woodside tonight. >> we are animal people. >> they're running for their lives. >> it is an interpretation that some would say is a tradition. the july 4 rodeo and the pig scr scramble that takes place during it. many have sibld a petition declaring it as cruelty to animals. tonight it is on the town agenda. >> any time an animal is
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squealing and hiding and dragged around by its tail, it the age fun for the pigs. >> they're not trying to hurt the pigs and i think the pigs are playing with the >> he is president of the san mateo patrol which puts on the rodeo. they've done so for six decades. he believes this attempt on end the pig scramble will move against the rodeo next envelop we won't stand for it. >> meanwhile, he says this is just about the piglets. >> they're teaching kids that it is all right to bully being thaa are smaller. tonight they will put the quest piglet before the horse. nbc 7 news. thank you for joining us at
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4:00. abc news 7 at 5:00 starts now. >> one of the highest in san mateo county. >> $35 million. sounds like lot with you it may not be enough to stop the release of a woman charged with murdering her father. ? president trump tosses obama's clean energy plan. what does that mean for california? >> and the lines are open. roughly two weeks before tax day. michael finney is here to answer your top questions. a woman accused of conspiring to murder the father of her two young children. a story you'll see only abc7 news. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. the main suspect in last year's hills bury case is trying to
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post bail for $35 million by putting up her family's extensive holdings. while prosecutors are asking the judge for a tougher monitoring system. >> the $35 million bail highest in the county. there just happens to be a defendant who has the money to post it. one who is an extremely high flight risk. >> they are reviewing the property list she has submitted. they have on verify that there's enough equity to postpone bond by using property instead of cash. >> they have to submit property and we can it, even double the money set. >>

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