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two young teenagers. they're okay. no serious injuries there. no arrests have been made, and the chpasn't said what the possible motive could have been in the shooting. all lanes of the freeway have been reopened. the morning commute should be fine. reporting live in hayward, amy hollyfield. >> thank you. police are searching for a gunman in alameda after a person was shot around 8:30 last night. the shooting victim was found inside an apartment. no word on arrests. >> uc berkeley police are investigating after a man attacked a woman, hitting her in the head with a large piece of wood. this happened on monday before 8:00 p.m. in the eucalyptus grove. witnesses say the victim was arguing with the suspect. she got knocked out and taken to the hospital. police looked around the area but they could not seen the man ee sst onxford street. >> it's 4:30. let's get a quick update on weather and traffic.
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>> hi, everybody. let's open up the weather window on the exploratorium. the marine layer is above all the buildings. i checked for drizzle. there's a ce hundredths in tilden park. it looks like we're going to be mainly cloudy at 7:00. temperatures 56 to 60. at noon, 74 aroundbay. 70 around the bay, 60 inland. a mild lunch. warmer inland, mid 80 at 4:00. 63 at the coast, and 60s and 70s for a delightful evening. grab the sunglasses you'll need them after the morning commute. >> we have a lot of overnight construction projects this time of year. head back up to state route 57. major repair project between skaggs and 121. looks like they wrapped things up early this morning. typically, the last couple days they have been going to 5:00 or
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5:30, today, it looks loeik be . southbound 101 across golden gate bridge was poup s4:00. that got done early as well. >> thanks. san jose fire investigators could reveal more today about the cause of a tragic mobile home fire that killed a man and two children. the cell phone video shows neighbors wetting down their own homes to prevent them from catching fire. fire officialsay time crews got to the mobile home yesterday afternoon, the front of the house at the golde collapsed. a grandfather, grandson, and third child are the victims. they have not yet been identified. now, on to that explosive news conference by president trump at trump tower. the presidentreigniting the controversy over his first response to the deadly violence in charlottesville triggered by white nationalists. he's defending that statement and doubling down. here's emmy rou. >> good morning. the president appeared before
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the press to talk about infrastructure, but almost immediately, the topic turned to charlottesvil charlottesville. the president combatant and defiant. >> that was a horrible. horrible day. wait a minute, i'm not finished. >> defending hig decision to wait two daysonde tmno the white supremacists by name. >> what about the alt-left that came charging at the alt-right. do they have any semblance of guilt? >> president trump also defending some of the initial protesters who took to the streets in the unite the right rally. >> not all of those people were neonazis. believe me. >> reaction to the president's latest comments swift. republican speaker of the house paul ryan saying we must be clear. white supremacy is repulsive. this bigotry is counter is all this country stands for. there can be no moral ambiguity. from the former leader of the kkk, immediate praise.
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david duke thanking the president on twitter for his co. this morning, the fallout continues. now six members have pulled out of the president's manufaturing council. president trump brushing off the departures and biting back, saying the companies are just embarrassed because they outsource manufacturing. abc news, washington. a new development this morning on a plan to free speech protest march on the google campus. the protest has now been postponed. the rally's organizer says they have been receiving so-called terrorist threats demanding they not hold the march. you may remember the protests were organized after the firing of former google engineer james damore, who wrote an internal memo critical of the company's diversity policies. the march was supposed to happen on saturday. on the rally's facebook event page, the organizer called the threats credible. >> a so-called right wing rally is coming to san francisco
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despite opposition from city leaders. the national park service approved the permit for the rally at crissy field. mayor ed lee is not pleased. heicehe federal agency a letter expressing his concern. >> we do not invite hate speech or hatred to come into our city. and to instigate not only hatre. >> the leader of patriot prayer, the group organizing the rally, says he wants the demonstration to be peaceful. >> uc berkeley kicking off a free speech year. as they prepare for speeches from right-wing speakers. first up will be milo yiannopoulos who plans to return next month to spend days. a february violent protest shut down his planned appearance. >> a couple fighting deportation
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has been ordered to leave the y. theyeretruncoupdaposedyto to l yesterday afternoon. they filed a request and that request was denied last night. the couple has tried for 15 years to gain citizenship. both are now planning to leave the country tonight with their 12-year-old son. they're leaving their three older daughters here. >> san leandro police are asking you to help find a missing 80-year-old woman with alzheimer's. her name is peggy chambers. she walked away from her apartment last night at 8 cloorb. she was seen wearing a black sweatshirt and jeans. muni has approved a $21 billion plan to drastically change your commute over the next two decades. it calls for several major projects, including a new subway, an extension of the t third line. and replacing aging buses and street cars. the plan is just a blueprint for what projects the mta will focus on in the next 20 years. no guarantee the actuallyl
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be built. how about we take a look at neighborhood temperatures this morning. we're a littlanesco than 24 hou. a few 60s there, coming through the ferry building or if you're around ocean beach,e' w castro, marina, financial, mission, potrero hill,ay b merced. here's a look at our winds. not quite as fast as they were this time yesterday. altamont pass southwest wind at 17 to 29. coming in from the central valley, yeah, still a little bit of a head wind, buter not gustig up around 40. about 18 in fairfield right now. a look at the golden gate bridge. it looked quiet. by 7:00, 8:00, it's going to get pretty foggy there. on the baor f planner, breezy across the north bay. spotty sunshine if you're going to be at the coast. if you'reah pretty nice outside. just watch out for the strong sunshine. in fact, look at these temperatures on the peninsula. 60 at 8:00. 67 at noon. 73 at 4:00.
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and a cool 66 at 8:00. if you're heading out, watching the kids play, take a blanket. >> let's look at the bay bridge toll plazno issues. a. really light volumes and expecting the metering lights to flip on about ,205:25, that's pretty much the standard. things will fill in then. right now, a smooth ride into san francisco, and all our drive times looking good. southbound 680, in the green at 14 minutes. southbound 101 also looking good. and northbound 17 if you're traveling thrown the santa cruz eountains, you in the green'r at 21 minutes. closer look at the central valley coming up in a few minutes. new this mornin making headlines in connection to charlottesville. next, how the big company is taking a stand against hate. and a bay area musician trying to recover his stolen laptop is run over h by heartbr making a plea for help. >> construction of san >> construction of san francisco's
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this morning, paypal vowing to change some of its policies saying it will no longer provide services from sites that raise funds to promote hate, violence, and intolerance. this was more fallout from the deadly events in charlottesville, virginia, this
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past saturday. paypal saying they work to insure their services don't promote hate, then specifically saying, quote, organizations that advocate racist views such as the kkk, white supremacist groups or nazi groups. the statement was written by the company's vice president of corporate affairs and communications. >> thank you. happening today, work beginning in boston on a park dedicated to the youngest victim of the 2013 marathon bomber. martin richard was 8 years old when he was killed near the finish line where the two bombs went off. martin loved parks so it's fitting one will be built in his honor. the father of a murdered oakland man is making a heartfelt appeal for his son's killer to be found and brought to justice. 33-year-old singer/songwriter was murdered one week ago today whil he was trying to stop a robber who had stolen his laptop. cornell bernard has spoken to his father. >> i hope together we're able to catch his killer.
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>> gene can't believe he's really talking about the murder of his son dave. a talented oakland singer/songwriter who would stick up for anyone and anything. >> in this case, he stuck up for his music. he saw someone was taken his beloved music away from him, and he was willing to give his life to stop that. >> he loved to perform his music, most of it laptop, but t stolen august 9th by a robber who grabbed it while he was sitting a a cafe. he chased the suspect who ran him down in a car. oakland police say they have no suspects and few leads. gene has come to the bay area with an appeal for information. >> if there's something you saw, this is your community. and we've got to clean this up for all of us. my son is gone. >> now, friends want to honor
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him by publishing his unreleased music. so far, a go fund me page has raised more than $8,000. >> i couldn't ask for a better legacy than that. >> if you want to learn more about the life of dave, a memorial facebook page has been created paying tribute to the man and his talents. in oakland. cornell bernard, abc 7 news. san francisco police are considering whether to file charges against a security guard who shot a man at burlington coat factory. abc 7 news at 5th and howard yesterday afternoon shortly after police shut down part of the investigation. investigators say there was an altercation between a guard and a suspected thief. the guard shot him three times leaving him in critical condition. us f questioning. the guard >> happening today, a community meeting will be held about the progress on the transbay terminal construction project. the transbay joint powers authority will talk about what's in store in the coming month. work is slated to wrap up later this year with buses beginning
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to serve the terminal next year. the community meeting will be at noon today at the transbay joint powers authority offices on market street. >> all right. meteorologist mike nicco here. will it be another foggy, grayay >> i think it is, absolutely. you can see it as we open the weather window on san jose, so the tentacles of fog reaching out to our neighborhoods this morning. here are my accuweather highlights. afternoon sunshine except for at the coast where the clouds will be more stubborn. slow warming continues today. l tl cewlo fog is possible along the coast and in the north bay around petaluma and up towards santa rosa and a little cooler for the eclipse. still expecting some of our warmest weather this weekend. let's talk about our inland east bay neighborhoods. low to mid 80s today from pleasanton, san ramon, walnut creek at 82 to antioch at 86. we'll head to the north bay where the sunshine and breezes return. 80 is the warm spot in santa
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rosa. san rafael, 77. in the south bay, 79t a jose. which will push us to 75 in lpm. coast, kind of cloudy and 61 in pacifica. then for our east bay orklhbigds,odho at 71. richmond, 70. union city, 75. and how about cool breezes for san francisco. downtown, sunny and 66. but as you head over towards richmond, pretty cloudy and 64. a quick temperatures. about 55 to 61. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. keeps getting warmer, and we kind of peak friday and saturday. we tail off a little sunday. and theyou can see monday trending a little cooler. now, i was looking at the school openings today. probably the biggest day of back to school. >> yeah. >> this morning. so what do you think about that? >> i just counting 40 districts going back to school today. >> a lot of kids in cars and buses. >> be prepared for that.
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may want to head out for the sc as well. and from here on out through the rest of the school year. taking you to the ult amont pass commute, from tracy, 12 miles per hour. 22 miles per hour on 205 and 580 respectively. typical slowdowns nothing out of the ordinary, and then a quick check outside. 68ndou0.walnut creek, hb approaching state route 24. we don't have major lane closures through the area this morning, and so far,onryves ie traveling at the posted speeds. everything is looking good. we'll talk about mass transit before 5:ds.00 a well-known actor who passed away last month did not die from surgery at ba stanford medical center wrarb the coroner says an autopsy revealed he died of sudden he was known for roles in home alone and the sopranos. >> the lincoln memorial has
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fallen victim to vandals. the graffiti was found on a pillar at the monument. the park service is working to remove it and police are investigating the incident. >> a smart move by a martinez man saved him after he became lost in the national forest. crews located 70 year egor sunday night. he was found after blowing a whistle to respond to rescrs callg his name. they used a helicopter to bring him back to his friends. the sheriff's office said sharing his location was key in helping to find him. two men tried to tamper with an atm in the north bay. >> classes haven't started yet, but cal students are already coming together. >> water begins flowing in the fountain at justin herman plaza. why it may be temporary. >> in tech bite, amazon takes on the convenience store. >> it's launched instant pickup.
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usersm ord unin two minutes. >> so far, there are only five locations nationwide, but theyp out. >> president obama has set a record for the most liked tweet. his response has been liked 3 million times. the president quoted nelson mandela saying no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. it's also the fifth most retweeted tweet ever. and microsoft founder bill gates is proving to be the philanthropy king. >> he gave aware shares worth $4 million. >> they have donated $35 billion >> they have donated $35 billion since
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this is one cancer you can prevent! if you're 50 or older, talk to your doctor and get screened for colorectal cancer. screening saves lives! it's 4:52. iceraman abc7 this fall. auditions will be held in oakland on sunday. the american idol bus will be i. you can audition there, but you also can audition at home. all you have to do is go online and submit it. we have a link to the application at abc7news.com. bentl at least 15 years old. no whitney, and please, no mariah. >> no mariah, no whitney. >> don't try. >> maybe no jennifer hudson as well. >> novato police asking for your help identifying three men who tried to place a suspicious device on an atm. this video showing the suspects
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in ignacio boulevard. they tried to distract the clerk, but left when he came to see what was going on. the clerk later found a device on one of the atms. police say one of the suspects walked with a limp. >> water is flowing again at the huge fountain at justin herman plaza in san francisco. it's been so long you may have forgotten it's actually a fountain, not a statue. we were there shortly after crews turned on the water at the fountain. just a test, though. the parks department says the fountain needs a half million in repairs to keep this running. no decision yet on whether the city will sink all into the fountain. it's been bone dry since 2014 because of the drought. >> it seriously looks from teen ninja turtles. >> it's really ugly . making special trips, delivering thousands of backpacks filled withn s oaklan. this is the second annual drive. more than 3500 backpacks just like these -- well, like the
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ones you saw before, crammed with supplies, will be delivered to 67 oakland schools. the backpacks are to help students in need to feel prepared going back to class. >> classes haven't started, but uc berkeley students have made a takeaic loo, last night, 7,194 students joined together to form this letter "c" for cal. the time lapse video as they came together. the chancellor said they couldn't be more excited. >> they're making a big "c" because students, alumni, they are cal. so it's that identity. the big "c" is cal. >> all right. the students broke a guinness world record. theor fme r r students at the university of tennessee. only 4,000 some students formed theette lr obvio usly we're better. >> does it kind of look like a "g" if we're going to be honest? >> are we going to criticize
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their type face? >> they don't type them how to write in cursive anymore, so they were confused. hi, everybody. let's look at the breezes. they are back. areas in yellow, you can see from the golden gate, north of the bay bridge, small craft advisory. starts early today. 12 hours of gusty winds from 9:00 this morning to 9:00 this evening. all right, a day game ahe t coliseum, as we bid good-bye to the royals after this one. 12:25 first pih, a sunny 71. of course, if you're in the sun, it will feel about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than that. grab the sunscreen. >> not too much happening on the road, which is a good thing. a live look outside at san mateo bridge. westbound 92, no issues as you leave hayward and head to foster city. a quick check of mass transit. a great option at this point as well. no delays for b.a.r.t. 31 trains in service. muni doing okay. we had the week night new train testing at 9:30 last night. normal service resuming right
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now. we'll do it again tonight and this weekend for subway service. and ace rail, no delays and ace one out ts morning out of stockton. >> all right, thank you. mazda recalling nearly suvs to replace dangerous takata airbag inflaters. the recall 2009 cars. takata inflaters can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel into drivers and passengers. as many as 19 people have been killed, more than 180 hurt. victims families will receive money donated after the deadlyer an ariana grande attack in manchester england. a suicide bomber killed 22 people in may. each victim's family will receive $323,000. the emergency fund has raised more than $23 million in total. money has also gone to support people who were hurt.
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an orange county man doesn't want a good deed to go unnoticed. >> dave frazier returned home to find the flag posted on theidf houswre.gon the flag fell down somehow, and frazier watched a stranger stop his car, get out, and put the flag back on display. it's not a big deal, but it left a lasting impression on him. >> in this day and age when there's so much strife, i think to see somebody like this showing respect for you know, understand we're all on the same team. and so it's pretty heartwarming to see. >> frazier hopes to track down the stranger and shake his hand. >> a major change to san francisco's wells fargo bank. the new leader about to make history. >> also, tracking breaking news in the east bay where there's been another freeway shooting. we're live with the details. plus, a fallout from charlottesville. statues all across the country coming down. i'll show wru what happened overnight and where. >> and the morning commuteldou .
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halfway through the week on a wednesday, august 16th. we're all here and glad you're here too. >> let's see what the weather has in store for us. >> we call it fogust, but i promised you a little 9 this afternoon. temperatures continue on the warming trend. the cloud deck, good news, unless you're above 1900 feet, it's pretty dry this morning. let's look at what's going on from south beach. a look at a dry bay bridge. your 12-hour day

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