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to evacuate. >> so what should you do if there is a nuclear alert? get inside. preferably in a basement, a room without windows or a heavily re-enforced building. lie flat on the ground and wait. do not look at the flash because it can blind you, and remain sheltered in place until it's safe to evacuate. if you are exposed to radiation, take off your outer layer of clothing and shower as soon as possible. live on yerba buena island, tiffany wilson. >> you can get updates on the threat from north korea with our news app. download it now and enable push alerts. if you're heading to b.a.r.t. this morning, trains are running like normal. last night, equipment problems caused some big problems. we were at the embarcadero station where dozens of passengers were waiting for the train around 11:00. there was a 20-minute delay at the powell street station. the san francisco fire
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department responded to reports of smoke. that affected trains headed for pitsburst, millbrae, and daly city. >> here's alexis. >> we're looking at light volume, overnight construction projects in the finishing stages, at least for the overnight hours. taking a look at northbound 880 between 29th and 23rd. they have been demolishing the 23rd overcrossing so we have laned closed. not seeing lanes closed for the southbound side or delays either. things looking light. here's san jose, 101 and 880. you're cruising along just fine in either direction. we'll look at the central valley. iffee have any slow spots at this hour, it's going to be right there. let's head over to mike. >> hi, everybody. open up the weather window on the explor torium. the frizz factor is high. it's going to remain through at least 9:00. 7:00 this morning, temperatures
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about the same as yesterday. 58 to 63. as we head to noon, 60 at the coast, 62 at 4:00, back to 60 at 7:00. low to mid 70s today around the bay and mid 70s to low 80s as our break from the heat continues. i'll take a look at the weekend forecast coming up. and that breaking news coming in from paris overnight. six soldiers were hurt when a vehicle slammed into them and right now there is a huge man hnlt under way to find the driver. those soldiers were standing guard in a paris suburb. police say it looked like it intentionally targeted the soldiers. of the six injures, four have small injuries, the other two, more serious. this is not the first time a vehicle has been used in an attack in paris and there have been several attacks targeting security forces in france. i'll let you know as soon as we get any new information that comes in on a suspect. >> thank you. in the south bay, crews are
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working to clean up a huge mess left after a crane collapsed on top of a home. >> sky 7 was over the scene yesterday afternoon. it was dark by the time crews uprighted the crane. it clipped two backyard sheds before crashing onto a roof of a home. overnight, crews were able to move the crane from the narnd. you can see from these live pictures the area is still active with work crews. right now, they're trying to remove other equipment. it's still unclear why the crane tipped over. no one got hurt. developing news. southwest airlines says everything is back to normal after a computer glitch caused delays last night. here's a live look at sfo this morning. officials say they experienced an issue with the system that delivers data to planes which prevented planes from leaving. it affected 120 flights. all but seven took off. four were in orange county where there's a curfew and the others had crew rest legality issues. new developments in the effort to build affordable housing for teachers in san
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jose. earlier this morning, the san jose city council voted against that plan. the mercury news reports three councilmen oppose the vote. a woman who owned a vacant lot wanted it to be rezoned to build 14 affordable residential units specifically for teachers. opponents argue the commercial land should be used for businesses and rezoning it could be a slippery slope. >> a new development in the google diversity memo controversy. the man who wrote the memo said he filed a complaint before he was fired on monday. he claimed he was subjected to coercive statements while at google. the memo argued women don't have the biological makeup to succeed in silicon valley. he claims his firing was illegal retaliation against the labor complaint he made. google says it didn't know anything about that complaint.
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he's now considering legal action. google's ceo will address staff about the controversy in a town hall meeting tomorrow. new developments in the road rage suspect facing arson charges for the fire that burned for several days in the berkeley hills. they arrested alfredo bautista of concourt last week. he pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. here's cornell bernard. >> you can see the smoke. >> bob saw last wednesday's fire begin in the oakland hills, which took three days to put out. according to court documents. 24-year-old alfredo bautia confested to a police officer he started the plaz with a cigarette lighter. >> anybody who starts a fire, especially up here, or anywhere where it's dry, has to have something wrong with them. >> before the fire began, police say bautista tried robbing two victims at gunpoint. they were sitting on their car on grizzly peak boulevard. drewann says she took off in her car to get away from bautista, but he chased her. >> he followed me in a stolen
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vehicle. and he crashed into me repeatedly until i lost control of my car. >> this was the result. she crashed her pt cruiser into a parked car. the suspect eventually ran away. hours after the fire began, witnesses saw bautista trying to steal a car at the lawrence berkeley lab. but witnesses stopped him until uc police arrived. bautista is charged with arson, attempted robbery, assault, and car theft. a pretrial hearing is set for august 15th. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. another warning to starbucks cust mms by alameda police this morning after another robbery of a personal laptop. last weekend's theft is now the third such grab and run at an alameda starbucks, and the second at the park street location. this is video of the location of the last robbery, less than two weeks ago at atlantic avenue and webster street. all of the robberies have occurred inside the stores. police are urging people to remain aware of their surroundings.
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>> happening today, the ac transit board of directors and holding a public meeting. the board is planning to discuss transbay fares for the fiscal year through 2022. a fare increase of 5 to 15 cents went into effect on july 1st. it also includes a discussion of the construction completion. that meeting starts at 5:00 p.m. let's talk about temperatures, if you're waking up in the inland east bay neighborhoods, pretty comfortable. upper 50s to low 60s. little warmer in antioch and brentwood at 63 degrees. the breezes today are back. they won't be around quite as long. the window starts at 3:00 this afternoon to 11:00 this evening. same wind speeds, 15 to 25 knots. same area shaded in yellow. let's see how it affects your morning commute. first, we'll look at the san mateo bridge. possibly a little drizzle there. and that's going to be the case for the morning. there's more drizzle. more widespread. mass transitt, cool to warm if you're starting in san francisco and heading to our burbs,
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reverse that if you're doing it the other way. on the bay, the small craft advisory for the afternoon commute or fun activities if you're out on the water. down in the south bay, 63 at 8:00. by noon, 74. we'll top out in thepp00 u 7er 730s at 6:00. look at that, 68 at 8:00. up in the north bay, we'll start off at 61 today. your noon time temperature, delightful 71. 77 at 4:00, back to 67 by 8:00. quick look at today's highs. you can see 60s along the coast into the bay. 70s and 80s elsewhere. so heat no, heck no there's no heat. we'll talk about your microclimates and the weekend coming up next. good morning. we have a new collision not too far from the san mateo bridge. it's on the eastbound side of 92, before you get to industrial. sorting out the details, but it does sound like initially it was a solo vehicle crash. one of the cars went into the center divide, hit a barrier, and perhaps we have a second vehicle involved now as well. they're calling for an ambulance
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to the scene. we have the fast lane blocked along with the right shoulder. no delays. eastbound 92, so i don't think we'll see any form in that direction at least at this hour. westbound 205 to 580, you're down to 13 and 22 miles per hour. starting to fill in and slow down out of tracy. not seeing any lane closures for the eastbound side of that commute at this time either. we'll look at some drive times coming up next. this morning at the live desk, the newest information coming in from china on that deadly earthquake in a very popular tourist area. >> also, parents frustrated with the four-year construction of a new school in the peninsula. they finally get some answers. >> the east bay man searching >> the east bay man searching for the rightful owner of at ikea, we believe your perfect student
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welcome back. we're following news out of southwest china where major earthquake has killed at least 19 people. five of whom were tourists and injured more than 247 more. also, got this new video overnight. will you look at this? the moment after that magnitude 6.5 quake hit in the sit ron province. that moment where everything flies off the shelves, and boy, you can see a lot of shaking in it. happened in a major tourist area known for the majestic waterfalls there so a lot of people visit. rescue crews had to negotiate through roads littered with
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rocks to reach a lot of victims and the tremors, look at that plant shaking back and forth, really had people taking cover. shockwaves also were a problem. they severed some wires, plunging several miles of the country into darkness. they have been dealing with a whole host of issues there. unfortunately, chinese officials say the death toll count is likely to rise today. so i'll be watching for any updates. reggie, to you. >> thanks. >> a man in the hospital this morning with burns and other injuries he suffered climbing an electrical tower in santa rosa. he was electrocuted. he fell to the ground 80 feet below. >> an evacuation advisory in lake county has been lifted. firefighters recommended people leave their homes yesterday because of a brush fire. it burned 75 acres near highway 175. investigators believe it started because of a traffic accident. >> homes were also evacuated in novato after live wires fell
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into a swimming pool. firefighters were responding to a deck fire. that deck was destroyed. no one was hurt. school officials say a change in contractors is partially to blame for delayed in building a new elementary school in south san francisco. abc 7 news was there as school leaders gave an update on the elementary last night. krubz began four years ago. it was supposed to be done last year. parents are concerned about ongoing work during the school year. neighbors are tired of the disruption from the long construction. the school district says it's now on track to be finished in december. >> one of the things that we did is we changed contractors. january of 2016. so what that did is that pushed back the completion date. >> construction was projected to cost $21 million. now, it's at $30 million. the district says bonds will cover that. maybe they'll be able to win the lottery. >> massing dueling lottery jackpots keep going up. >> no one picked all six numbers in last night's $350 million
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mega millions drawing. 11, 17, 50, 52, 74, and the mega number, 14. friday night's jackpot grows to $382 million. the sixth largest in mega millions history. another $370 million is up for grabs tonight in the power ball lottery. the first time in california lottery history that both the mega millions and powerball have surpassed $300 million at the same time, yet still our odds are almost the same. very, very, very low. >> virtually zero. >> now to a story you'll only see here. an east bay man trying to find the rightful owner of thousands of baseball cards he discovered littered along a highway. >> laura anthony has our story. >> randy willford said he just finished fixing a flat tire when he noticed what looked like litter along the highway. he soon realized they were baseball cards. thousands of them. so he started picking them up. >> what was going through my mind was, the one card that you
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leave sitting in the bushes is the one with all the value or the one that meant the most, so you end up digging through the bushes to get all of the cards out. >> these are the pictures willford took sunday morning along highway 4 near the antioch bridge. it took him nearly two hours to pick up some 2,000 cards. >> blowing all the way up the hillside and in the bushes. >> featuring players like ron darling and carlton fisk, the carts are mostly from the early 1990s. some loose, others in plastic sleeves. willford's wife and son helped clean the road grime off the collection. >> if i lost all of my stuff that i loved from my childhood, i would want it back. >> randy willford isn't much into baseball cards himself at this point. he just wants to do the right thing and return all of this to its rightful owner. >> you realize it's probably much more of a personal value than financial, right? so somebody's going to miss this. they spent a lot of time putting
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it together,o s them back. a lot of gum to go through. >> willford posted ubcards on his facebook page and contacted several local police departments, but so far, the collector has yet to come forward. in pleasant hill, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> he spent all of that time picking through the bushes to gather up those cards. >> someone out there must be missing them. good morning, mike. >> i hope they find that person. there could be some gold in those cards. it's back to school again today. we'll start with today school districts, sunol glen, unified school district heading back to school. we'll show you on the graphics in a second. we have 61 at 7:00 in the morning. a little drizzle for the kids. 74 in sunshine by 3:00. congratulations. have a great first day. here's a look at 280 in san jose. temperature running at about 64 degrees. drizzle to sunshine today. except for the coast where you go from drizzle to clouds. below average highs. kiddy coaster of highs, means
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not much of a dip or a rise in those temperatures. coolest highs monday and tuesday. almost a touch of autumn. here's a look at our fog forecast. and you can see by noon, still mostly sunny around the bay with clouds lingering. cloudy at the coast, but pretty sunny inland. then we'll be mostly sunny most of the afternoon around the bay. cloudy mostly at the coast and sunny inland. let's see what it does for your temperatures in the south bay, a lot of mid to upper 70s. san jose, 79. low to mid 80s, gilroy and morgan hill. on the peninsula, 68 in millbrae. everybody else, 70 to 73. 62 to 63 along the coast. to 65 in downtown san francisco. about 78 to 81 through the north bay. 67 at richmond. 69 at oakland. fremont at 75. as you move inland, temperatures about 84 to 89 degrees. not too bad there. my seven-day forecast, see what i mean? hardly any changes in the forecast. all the way through saturday, a little cooler sunday. look at the highs, 60s and mainly 70s monday and tuesday.
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when i said frizz factor, you perked up a little bit. i don't have that issue. but we're going to do a service announcement for ladies. what do you use? >> i use bed head hair wax. i used extra today. the frizz factor is high. i heard you say that. mike, you don't need any more product. he uses more product. mike's hair doesn't move. it's not going anywhere. >> people thought i had fake hair for a long time, so that's why i put the gel in originally. now it covers the gray. >> all right. if you're about to grab the keys to start your commute this morning, we are looking okay. here's a look at some of that mist and that drizzle out there in the bay bridge this morning. you can see that under the street lamps. i did have to flip my wipers on quite a few times. no major incidents to report now, and we did have the far right lane blocked with maintenance, again, but they picked it up way ahead of schedule. all lanes are back open. quick check of drive times. westbound 5 yalth, tracy to dublin in the yellow.
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typical slowdowns but nothing significant there. and southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, in the yellow at 18 minutes. no major delays and all that overnight work has wrapped as well. we'll look at our collision not far from the san mateo bridge in less than ten. >> your hair looks great. it really does. american idol coming back to abc7 this fall, and auditions will be held in oakland, sunday, august 20th. giving you a chance to be a star, but you don't have to wait. you can audition online now. and i don't know why you wouldn't do that. so much less nerve-racking. we have a link to the application at abc7news.com. potential contestants need to be at least 15 years old. >> right? that is still a song, right? >> yeah. >> okay. >> forget the white house or trump tower, how you can book a stay at president trump's first home. >> the recreational marijuana
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will be legal in california at the first of the year, but a new medical study may have people thinking twice before lighting up. >> plus, a year of preparations by state energy officials pays off as we get ready for the total solar eclipse. now this morning's tech bites. >> a stronger samsung galaxy s8. >> it's shedding its all glass body for a military metal frame. >> it also sports a bigger batte battery. comes out on friday. >> disney is cutting ties with netflix and offering its own streaming service. >> it will charge consumers directly. new content will be available exclusively through the new subscription app. and call this one too little too late. the guy who invented all those annoying computer password rules says he's sorry. >> a former tech manager came up with the upper case, lower case, special character thing.
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he said the guidelines he wrote 15 years ago are probably too complicated. complicated. >> at ikea, we believe your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. and... who's there? hey. a boy? oh, on the bed? you never told your dad and i about any... wait, what's going on now? move the flag.
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at ikea, we believe your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. and... who's there? hey. a boy? oh, on the bed? you never told your dad and i about any... wait, what's going on now? move the flag. a new study finds marijuana users may have an increased risk of dying from high blood pressure. researchers surveyed nearly 700 people who said they used pot between '05 and 2011. researchers followed up with participants and they said marijuana users are three times more likely to die from high
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blood pressure. it did not take into account how much pot each user consumed and if the drug use continued for an extended period of time. >> it's 4:55. we're less than two weeks away from a total solar eclipse. after a year of preparation, state energy officials say our electric grid will have enough energy to make up for lost solar production. california's power grid is one of the most solar connected grids in the country. to prepare for the eclipse, our officials consulted with grid operators in europe who experienced a solar eclipse in 2015. the california grid needs to generate more than 6,000 megawatts in order to make up for the three-hour loss in solar energy from the eclipse. that's enough energy to power 6 million homes. let's take a look at the time frm. it's going to start at 9:01 monday, august 21st. we're going to get 75% coverage at about 10:15, and then the eclipse will end at around 11:37. be careful. do i really need to say don't
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stare at the sun? the last game for the mariners and a's, just a two-game set. first pitch, 66. sunshine and 69 by the end of the game. 3:45, 63. bye-bye, cubs. hello, alexis. >> hello. i'll talk more about traffic and how those day games will impact mass transit at 5:00 a.m. right now, i want to take you to an issue on eastbound 92 just past the san mateo bridge before you get to industrial. two-car crash. they just cleared this from the main lanes and that's on the off ramp right now. so no longer blocking 92. i think that little bit of red we're seeing should clear shortly. another traffic update in a few minutes. >> thank you. people on vacation in new york city can spend the night in president trump's childhood home. >> the house in queens listed on airbnb for $720 a night. up to 20 guests can stay in the
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home. >> how? in the living room, in the bathtub. >> if you're spending that much, you have to split it many ways. >> the listing says it's not affiliated with the white house or the trump organization. but they furnished the home with mr. trump's style in mind and even provided that cardboard cutout in the living room. >> there's a new warning about your credit and debit cards. coming up next, what is falling out of it that is putting you at risk. fire and fury. north korea responds to a threat from president trump with an ominous threat of its own. >> we have new details in the kate steinle murder case. kate steinle murder case. why the suspect will be tried
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good morning on this wednesday, august 9th. coming up on 5:00 a.m. hope you're doing well. >> the whole team here and ready to go. we start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> a little slow because of drizzle and cloud cover out there, but great sleeping weather once again last night. if you can pull the covers out, head outside, you have about a 22-mile-per-hour wind at fairfield. it's going to be a day where the sea breeze dominates our forecast once again. the drizzle a little more widespread this morning. temperatures about the same as yesterday on your 12-day planner. 58 to 63. let's start with the top temperatures, inland. 75 at noon, 82 at 4:00. comfortable 74 at 4:00. 70 to 74 around the bay to 69 at 7:00, and low 60s for the better part of the afternoon and evening in our coastal communities. all right, we'll take a look at what's going to happen with the drizzle coming up next. here's alexis. >> pretty quiet on the roads. here's a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, and very light volume so far. no metering lights. we should have 20, 25 minutes before we get those flipped
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