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it would be the equivalent of cutting somewhere between 25 to 35% of your employees, depending on who you cut. >> the county took the national lead following this lawsuit defending the order. afghan leaders are saying 36 isis fighters were the u.s. dropped what some are calling the mother of bombs. military officials say it targeted a network of four to five network tunnels that were used by up to 800 isis fires. it's the most powerful nonnuclear bomb used. >> i am all for going after isis. we can't just bomb our way to national security. >> as is the case with every
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part of trump's foreign policy, we're all trying to understand, what is the strategy. >> the bomb had been moved to afghanistan mothenths ago. >> and if it's a warning to north korea, it's not working. this weekend north korea is expected to continue its aggressive behavior by testing another weapon and daring the u.s. to do something about it. it's trump's latest foreign policy threat dealing with a fallout from an expected test by north korea. >> north korea is a problem and the problem will be taken care of. >> the time for action is now. >> the time for action is now. >>
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latest satellite image shows a north korea test site primed and ready for a launch, and we are expecting it on saturday as that expecting it on saturday as that nation plans to celebrate. >> one has said washington has become more aggressive since president trump took power. police hope a $2,500 we ward will lead to a san jose doctor. they released these photos of the 36-year-old chiropractor showing four different looks. he was found guilty of six felonies and six misdemeanor charges and now there's a warrant out for his arrest. he was last seen by a family
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member in walnut creek on march 8th. zimmerman is under arrest accused of dining and dashing at several restaurants. the 62-year-old is homeless and has been arrested at least seven times for skipping out on the bill this year. the latest incident happened in the restaurant. police say he ordered $40 worth of food and left. lisa amin gulezian reports about this crime. >> the 5 followed it's usual route westbound, something terrible happened to a woman sitting alone, four boys and six girls attacked her. >> the victim was struck six times in the head and the juveniles stole her wallet and the cards and various crash. >> a group of skwruf niles
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jumped her. >> this is where police finally caught up with the bus and interviewed the victim but the suspects were long gone and they got off about five minutes back at mcallister and fillmore. >> it's a terrible thing that happened. i am surprised to hear it. >> other regular riders aren't too shocked by it. >> i am not surprised to hear about it because people are pretty rowdy on the bus anyway. >> reporter: do you feel safe on muni? >> over the last two years we have seen some of the lowest numbers with passenger incidents. these incidents are rare and it's getting better. >> and they have handed over surveillance video of the entire attack to police. they are not sharing it with the public just yet, since all of the suspects are minors. in san francisco, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news.
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4:34 now. last-minute money from the state sparing b.a.r.t. from making tough decisions. tough decisions. the two options off the table included making seniors pay more for tickets. they are still considering charging 50 cents more for riders that use paper tickets. >> the idea is to raise money through this surcharge and also to encourage people to use clipper cards. it would be done in conjunction with enabling our ticket machines to sell clipper cards as well. as well. >> three out of ten riders -- damage in the massive 6.0
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earthquake two years ago, it will have work done to reinforce interior. the restoration is expected to take about nine months. tpae fema is paying for 75% of the repairs. and the palo alto institution will be closing its doors tomorrow. the sport shop and toy world has been serving customers since 1930. palo alto tech focus draws younger workers typically without children so they don't shop as often for toys. the store is drastically the store is drastically all in >> and then 1,100 new jobs in the bay area. >> and then 1,100 new jobs in
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let's talk about what is going on as far as temperatures. what you are going to see is we are up to 11 degrees cooler than yesterday. let's go to the graphics, and i will walk back here and make sure -- the machine is still loading for something. maybe it's sleeping in like the rest of us would like to be. as soon as it loads, it will show you temperatures on the peninsula, up to about 49 in san mateo. 38 in santa rosa. and the cool spot in san jose. san carlos, 47. let's look at what is going on as far as it's a little breezy at 2,600 feet, sure. tree pollen is going to be high.
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uv index high. chilly again tonight. mainly low to upper 40s. we still have a chance of rain tat begins sunday. i will give you an hour by hour look at that coming up neck. around the bay area here we are really, really quiet. we have dry pavement today. a little stack up in the cash lanes, but if you are going to be traveling on the right side cash lanes, everything is looking okay. if you are headed to the sierra for the easter holiday weekend here we definitely have some issues. yes, basically some whiteout conditions. this was around soda springs. last night there, you can't even see much. caltrans was holding traffic for a while and then they had to do
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a full closer of i-80, and we had that full closer for about six hours last night, and i-80 is back open now. you will have to chain up in some areas, and of course we will talk more about getting to the sierra in the toyota tahoe report coming up in a couple hours. we will take a look at drive times coming up next. there's more trouble for there's more trouble for united airlines and stings. that's next. >> i feel like i was not even responsible to keep him safe. >> a man's ashes stolen from the trunk of a car.
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welcome back. here at the live desk want to show you the brand-new video coming in as good friday marks the beginning of the easter weekend. these images coming in from jerusalem where the faithful are walking. many christians fast on good friday in observance, and i can tell you i have seen a lot of security on hand here as well as the christians take to the
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streets. things have been peaceful so far. back to you. >> thank you. this story. a mother and daughter holding out hope whoever stole the ashes of their loved one would return it to them. their rental car was broken into, and what was already an emotional trip has taken a tragic turn. >> mary wilkinson and her daughter, julia, came to fisherman's wharf came to spread his ashes, but somebody broke into their rental car trunk, stealing his remains. >> now i feel like i was not even responsible to keep him safe, just knowing they took my dad and they don't even know what it is, and he has no value to them. what if they just throw it in the trash, like, you know, he deserves more.
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>> they called san francisco police, and dispatchers helped them fill out an online report even after they explained what was stolen. >> human remains. that's serious. that's something that is priceless. >> so the family contacted reporters hopeful somebody would see their story and recognize something. car break-ins around fisherman's wharf are nothing new and filling out an online report is protocol, but police say they will investigate further in cases like this, and sfpd that says anybody that feels they need more of a response from police can go to any police station and ask to speak with officers directly to explain. it's something the wilkinsons didn't know, and they hope they will have a chance to spread
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joe's ashes in a 4:44. the passenger-dragging incident has made this a tough week for united airlines. now we are hearing another horror story, a man saying he horror story, a man saying he was stung by recent united flight. >> maybe my thumbnail saved me a little bit. >> he was flying from houston to calgary on sunday when the creature landed on his head, and another passenger stomped on it and it was thrown away, and he and it was thrown away, and he declined medical the plane landed and he said united did a good job of handling this incident that that. and then welcoming world travelers in style. the ribbon was cut to open the terminal. there's a new lobby and a bigger baggage claim area.
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>> we are now up to eight carriers serving international routes and we are adding another ninth carrier july 1st, which will be air mexico. >> taking uber over here, and so it would be a lot easier to just be closer to home instead of going all the way to san francisco. >> a local official says all the increased traffic shows san jose is being recognized internationally as a destination, and that leaves to hotels and a booked convention center and a lot more money for the city. if you have not gotten dressed yet, it's blue and gold day in the bay area. >> they have encouraged us to wear warriors colors today. the mayors of oakland, san francisco and san jose all declaring today blue and gold day in honor of the warrior's fifth straight appearance in the playoffs. landmarks are expected to be lit up in team colors. >> as the playoffs begin on sunday i want to encourage all
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the fans to bring the bring the passion and help us win. >> that game weuill be here on abc7. tip-off at oracle arena 12:30. eufrp mike, you have a little gold on today. let's see it. please. >> i have no control over that. thank you, scott. yeah, there it is, the standby warriors tie. good luck, guys. we will be watching on sunday. lewis, he is fun to watch also but one guy can't beat us. and here's the exploratorium at pier 15. our dry and warmest day is tomorrow. it will be wet and cooler on sunday and then another chance of weather next week.
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here's a look at our storm. it's going to take the better part of two days to get here and when it does it's going to rain. the key is when it's going to rain. sunrise at 6:32. cloudy everywhere. i don't know how early your kids get up for easter egg hunting, but mine used to get up early. and then santa rosa, could you see over towards the coast, wet and drizzle down to about half moon bay. from 9:00 until noon, that's when we will seat heavier rain, and the steadier rain starts to move in to most neighborhoods, and then at 1:00, it's heaviest and starts to taper as we head towards 4:00 and 5:00. it's a light system. waking up at 6:00 in the morning. no measurable rain. and 9:00 in the morning, a couple of hundreds in santa rosa. it will continue to 0.1 to quarter of an inch by the evening. you will see temperatures drop 5
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to 10 degrees, but rebound by next week. a quiet start on the roads today and we did get a word about a signal issue for ace one, and we'll talk about that in just a few minutes. we have the zipper trucks out on the golden gate bridge, and you don't need extra lanes, and it's friday night and holiday light and i don't think you will have a lot of company all morning. in fact, check this out, westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 25 minutes. that might be a new record for the lowest drive time for that stretch. and 680, dublin to mission boulevard, 16 minutes, and 85 between 101 and cupertino, you are in the green at 16 minutes. we will look at mass transit coming up next. and then a thief walks away with a 49er football that is supposed to raise money for the special needs kids. and then a campus is going to be a nature preserve as an
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office space. and then people think smaller government is a good thing and now you can have you say about which government agencies you could like to eliminate. and then ceo mo show a pickup truck within two years. >> it will unveil the model three in july. >> instagram users users. 40 million more users than snapchat. snapchat originated the feature that allowed users to post photo sequences. >> you might want to ask a total stranger for help. >> strangers tend to pick better photos that accentuate your
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but at this moment, she's fighting a brain tumor. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. turns out finding 9,000 trees for the futuristic campus might be harder than you would think. according to business insider, apple is in bidding wars right now to buy the best trees from
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nurseries spanning the paw seuf ying northwest. however insiders say apple appears to be more focused on buying fruiting trees since steve jobs wanted the campus to remind him of growing up in california. and then stealing a football autograph by jerry rice. rice was at the fund-raiser sunday to benefit special needs children at an orphanage in china. a woman just had bid 3,500 on it, and she said if the thief returns the ball she won't press charges. the white house is launching an online survey in which the public can use the government public can use the government agencies they would like to
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eliminate. all you have to do is check in at >> nothing shady there on some of those responses, huh? live doppler 7 out of reno, and at this time yesterday the eight-station network across the northern sierra measured a new record, nearly 90 inches, and we'll add more to it and i will have that forecast in 15 minutes. let's talk about the giants. a tough game last night, but a couple reasons to go tonight. they are playing again and there's fireworks. it's going to be chilly. 55 dropping down to 52. get your hoodie and head on out to the ballpark. hi, alexis. >> i am impression -- with your graphics, mike.
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and we do have one mass transit issue, ace rail having a signal problem between stockton and lathe rupp manteca. i don't know if it's going to impact any of the other trains this morning but we will keep an eye on that. we will check on the oakland area coming up at 5:00. library patients from oakland have new library cards to choose from. >> the winners of the library card design contest, and the children's winner, sophia, came up with one and came up with a design impressive enough to win in the teenage group, and the raven picking at books -- >> that's not a raven. >> no, that's not a raven. i don't know what that is, but it's not a raven. any of those, can you go to your local oakland library branch. maybe it's supposed to be ironic. >> there you go. and now having the option of
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having a robot phaeurmake their. you use a touch screen to create your own salad choosing from 21 ingredients. >> it's time for the food industry to get incorporated, more of a technology, and we are in silicon valley and it's time for change and new things. i really think that it's only going to help propel the food industry to that next level. >> others will be installed at a cafe in palo alto. he wants to install two dozen more sallys by the end of the year. coming up next at 5:00, one bay area lawmaker is hoping to rip up what she calls our commander-in-chief's blank check for endless war. >> we do have breaking news coming in. a shooting in vacaville with
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