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>> melanie is there live with the very latest. >> homicide detective and officers were out here this afternoon processing the scene. we have some video to show you before it was towed here this afternoon. you can see that it has several bullet holes on the side of the vehicle. the 15-year-old driver died at a nearby driver. his 16-year-old passenger who was also male was not injured. investigators are looking for any possible suspects and surveillance video. a spokesperson tells abc7 news, they are following up on a lead. >> at this time we'll be trying to see if there is anything related. >> to see bullet holes on the side of the car. to see police shutting down all of sunset boulevard. it is kind of surreal. >> and that's what several people told us.
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they said that it is pretty quiet except for the occasional car break-in. that there are not usually violent crimes in the area. abc7 news. >> thank you. two atlantics of e-580 are still closed. firefighters attacked flames. it took them only a few minutes to put out the fire but the clean-up is taking much longer. we don't have a time frame for when all lane there's reopen. >> and crews worked fran teticay to free a driver. at one point a doctor was called to the seasonable to help crews deal with the driver and his injuries. the man was taken to a local hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> a imagine was bitten by --
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man was bitten by a rattle snake on the hand. he was flown to washington hospital. no word on his condition but he is getting good treatment. >> richmond firefighters made quick work of a fire at the junk yard. crews put out these flames that engulfed a single vehicle. it was a far different event last december when a fire destroyed 200 cars. happening now, people are may day with marches and rallies. >> abc7 news was along market street as a sea of people on nate workers day. >> they gathered for a peaceful event with several messages, as you can see. the group was protesting at the immigration offices. also happening now, sky 7 is over oakland. this is video had showing
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migrant worker justice. these protesters held a rally at fruitvale plaza and are making their way to san antonio park for a festival on this sunny monday. earlier, police arrested four people in oakland after they gotten side somehow and tried unfurl a banner. >> in san jose, the annual march for working families took a different tone. >> reporter: they do this every year. but it may be no coincidence that this was the first time taking part in a may day march. the chant often said -- >> our idiot president wants to build walls and we're not for walls between people or borders. >> breaking down walls became the theme of the march. four of them representing
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bigotry and earn thety facts of the. >> we didn't know the term. >> we didn't know you could make up eternal i have the facts until a year ago. >> may day is more than a century old. >> this holiday got started as a celebration of the effort to get an eight-hour >> these companies are taking over and they're booming. >> now cafeteria workers are unionized. but he is also marching for the first time and he is one of the techies. >> i work side by side with them. >> from service workers to farm workers. organizers say some were galvanized by the women's march. we've got more and more people turning out for this day.
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>> in the past 100 days, i think we've shown when people stand up, we can actually win. the san francisco may day demonstration had the endorsement of mayor ed lee who you can see led to market street. several it caused the capital quarter to cancel part of bus route through day. buses made only one stop today at the transbay temporary terminal. >> several locations go closed. this year at least 20 restaurants close in the solidarity for a day without immigrants. they include unounounounounounoo
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be sure to enable push alerts to get updates as they happen. the sheriff says he a person secretly filmed women and children in the restroom. he works at jersey joe's. their asking customers who were there this past saturday between 5:30 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. to contact them. an escaped inmate is back in jail. police believe he used tied sheets to chilimb the fence. he was captured a few hours later in his home town of windsor. he is serving time for battery and assault. he was scheduled to be released on september 3. no word on whether this will add more time to his sentence.
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air b & b reached a new deal that could have big consequences. with a look at the changes, let's to go sergio. >> reporter: last sumter city of san francisco passed a was to crack down on illegal hosts. this closes nearly a year of legal battles. the city attorney says now the law has some teeth. >> this will give us the tools. it requires three main changes. first they can access fees and registration fees on the air b & b platforms instead of making a trim to city hall. and folks who fail to do it will
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be barred from listing. and finally, they will share date with city hall to make sure everything is in compliance. >> if these companies fail to list these on their platform, they themselves will be directly liable for their failure, in addition to their hosts. this is a game changer. >> the fine is $1,000 for each illegal listing. had it is a coalition that helped shape the ordinance. >> 2,100 people registered to do short term raenls. air b and b has over 8,000.0. >> we know that making a reg registration simple and easy. >> air b & b and home away will have to change their websites to
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include city registration sites. abc 7 news. the man accused of killing sierra lamar. the fate of. and linked to battery in a device found in many homes. may be yours. warmer today, getting hotter tomorrow. i'll have yes, the toyota mirai runs on hydrogen. yes, the fuel is complimentary for up to three years. yes, it has an epa-estimated range of 312 miles. yes, you will probably have to answer lots of silly questions from strangers. yes, this is a mind-blowing marvel of technology. and, yes, you can buy it today- because the future doesn't start next week, next month or next year... the future starts now. in the hydrogen-fueled toyota mirai.
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and possibly the death penalty. >> reporter: this has been anything but a normal or typical murder case. he never testified on his own behalf. without evidence of a body, the jury must decide beyond a reasonable doubt that sierra lamar was murdered. closing arguments begin in the morning. >> it will be in the hands of the jury of seven men and five women fachbl appears to have become friends. they left and talked about travel plans that could work in favor of one side. >> when you see a jury to interact and they seem to have become a family, that's general lay good sign.
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>> unlike most cases, floss body no, crime seasonable. sierra lamar disappeared after leaving for school. she was 15 at the time. volunteers formed search parties. the jury will need to consider testimony by experts given the three-month long trial. can deliberations could be lengthy as they work to deliver a verdict. >> it back's very arduous process. there is so much information to be digested here. and i think this jury deliberation process could take a very long time because both sides have been so >> any firefighter are tell you they're always on call. just and one who saved a life while on vacation.
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he was driving through king man,ary air near the nevada border yesterday. four cars had crashed. duffy pulled over, taking care of a critical burn victim until local fire department arrived. >> what we do, whether we're on this big red fire engine or in our cars, we stop and help. fortunately for the people out there, he was there. >> the livermore pleasant an battalion chief says duffy will be with the fire department for about six years. >> so lucky he was there. federal regulators said you need to stop letting your kids or grand kids use a pop hard toy right now. >> hover board. we've often said, did it cause it? now it has caused death. there's evidence a board was involved in this fire in
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harrisburg on march 10. it took lives of two, two girls. they are urging people to stop using lazy board hover boards. more than 3,000 hover boards were imported into the united states. the name appears on the front of the product. the supreme court has ruled had cities may sue tunnels anti-discrimination and housing law. cities across the county used it to hold them accountable during foreclosures a decade ago. those lawsuits must have claims. the ruling follows the city of ma'am map lawsuit which claimed wells fargo, citigroup targeted african-american and hispanic borrowers for costlier he
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they were looking at how many was charged by day of the week. they uncovered in california, the best prices are found on monday. the most expensive, on friday. the price change isn't. . less than a penny a gallon. but depending on your mileage, that can really add up. if every driver bought gasoline on the cheapest day where they live, we would save more than $1 billion a year. >> we're all getting gas after work today. >> finally, some good news for twitter investors. jack dorsey announced he purchased 574,000 shares of the company on friday. they announce ad partnership to launch a streaming video channel seven days a week. and minutes ago we learned that twitter is partnering with live nation to live stream concerts.
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apple is set to report tomorrow. it is likely to reveal it has topped $1 trillion. that would be greatester than the reserves of the united kingdom and canada combined. the cash egive sxlenls securities offshore. nearly 335,000 more people are calling california home. state numbers released showmen lowe park, san jose and dublin are among those seeing the biggest increase. from january 2016 to this january, menlo park's population climbed so much, only eye only experienced more growth because of a prison expansion. a group of middle school students celebrating a press
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te tigs honor. today they were named the winner of department of energy national science bowl. they beat out 15 other finalists to went $1,000. everybody is talking about the beautiful warm weather we're having. it is about to get down right hot. take a look. here's more on the cal forecast. here's what's going to happen hour by hour forecast tomorrow. it is going to warm up quickly. tomorrow morning you start at 62 degrees. you're 30 degrees hotter coming in at 92. so make sure you stay hydrated and cool. try to find some shade.
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a lot of homes do not have a/c. live doppler not showing any radar returns. we're not expecting them. you will notice it is nothing but clear sky across the bay area. and here's a look at our highs so far. it has been hot up to 81. oakland airport, 87 degrees. a degree away from its official record for today. 87 in san jose. that could be challenging. 72 in half moon bay. people are enjoying the sun and the water. 75 in san francisco. 78 in oakland. pretty cool right now in half moon bay in comparison to the rest of the area.
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87 degrees in livermore. still feeling warm from our south beach camera. the tlms drop sharply thursday and friday. if you're not a big fan of the heat, hang in there. tomorrow morning we'll start you out in the 50s and 60s. if you air conditioning, it might be a tough night to sleep. a warm day on the peninsula. low to upper 80s across the region. downtown san francisco going up some more. 83 degrees. it will be hot. a good time to download the accuweather app. tomorrow night, the warriors take on the jazz. 7:30 if you're line up before
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the game outside, it will be pretty warm. 79 degrees, dropping to about 70. the exploratorium camera showing you what's ahead wednesday. we have a few locations that will be reaching above record territory. concord breaking the previous record. san francisco could be a tie set back in 2013. here's a look at the accuweather forecast. hot, hot, hot. hop down to the coast. in the 70s. and then we will see the the breeze begin. look at the the days. relief will be coming but not until the end of the workweek. try to stay cool. this weekend, one model is
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hinting at the possibility of showers in case you're thinking about that. >> how about canine lives? this picture of a cat on top of a patrol car. they said he wants to get into claw enforcement. he wants to get those cat burglars. coming up, the deadly attack on an american campus. the tornado watches at this hour. the passenger jet getting severe turbulence. passengers bloodied and broken bones. thank you. new at 6:00, the unwelcome surprise, a bay area couple received when they did their taxes. it is proof those software
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toare you one sneeze away from tbeing voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. certain times of antibiotics could be linked to a higher risk of miscarriage. researchers in canada say the biggest 56 to women who don't yet know they're pregnant. it includes the commonly prescribed for respiratory enfekss, intestinal infections, skin infections including acne. some are given to people who are resistant to penicillin. dealing with the midday slump? a lot of people who need energy in the afternoon will get soda, maybe coffee. researchers say you should hit the stairs instead.
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they say ten minutes of walking up and downstairs at an easy pace is more likely to feel you feel energized than a can of soda or a cup of coffee. a brand new utensil. take look. what do you think? this is frork. it is basically a fork with french fries as the prongs and it is descened to help customers pick up every bit of new sandwiches. really, it is a promotional gimmick. a limited supply will be available with the new recipe sandwich next month. >> when it gets soggy, it wouldn't be effective. >> in case you missed it, ryan seacrest is the new co-host with kelly. seacrest is the executive power including his daily show in l.a.
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coming up, the tragic health situation of a monkey at the san francisco zoo, the questions it raised over when is the right time to put a sick animal down. >> i can show the world what this one straw does to watlie. >> a big environmental crusade is underway to protect land animals, especially sea turtles. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00.
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>> finally, co-workers dug deep to help him. >> you might remember, he is suffering from cancer and ms. his co-workers chip in the to send him and his wife on vacation. >> he appreciated the gesture but ended up using the money to be the top fund-raiser. >> there are kids in the hospital, their first memory are doctors and nurses and things like that. not playing in the park. not having fun like that. >> he launched his campaign with a $10,000 donation out of his own pocket. >> isn't that fantastic? they've raised millions campaign in the bay area and nationwide. great job nationwide. >> world news is up next. >> we appreciate your time.
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hope to see you at 6:00. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the deadly attack on an american campus. the suspect targeting victims with a large hunting knife. the images coming in now. also, we have new video tonight. the moment the deadly shooting rampage breaks out. the gunman sitting in a chair at a party opening fire. what he said as he was firing. and what we've now learned about the gunman. the paramedic shot while trying to save a life. >> we've got shots fired. male walking with a rifle. >> authorities using a robot late today to get to that suspect. the deadly tornado outbreak across several states. there are tornado watches tonight in the northeast as we come on. the rescues, the baby and toddler trapped in an overturned car. president trump on north korea's kim jong-un.
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