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ashley. one week since eric >> the chp told me today its crash investigation should take six months and no one including tesla is confirming that the autopilot was on during the crash. >> reporter: 38-year-old huang was a father of two. his family told me walter had complained that on seven occasions. tesla would not tell me whether auto pilot was in use at the time of the crash. based on the number of investigators in the case, including some from the national transportation safety board. >> i doubt that ntsb gets out of
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bed in the morning unless there is an automation issue. >> reporter: tesla owners point to videos at about the same time walter died one week ago. he was heading to apple. and notice the break between asphalt and concrete and those two white lines. could she have guided him right into the barrier. >> i mean, you have to think like a computer. and the computer has no logic. so if there is a line, it sees a line, it might think that is a lane. >> reporter: cal trans has started to improve the accommodations of infrastructure.
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>> that raises the question at what responsible for fixing the roads. >> reporter: even will switch lanes when you hit the turn signal if the way is clear. >> it slows down all by itself. >> reporter: that is the first time i felt this and it is a little jarring. >> it is not what you expect. >> reporter: driver has to maintain contact with the wheel to make sure they are paying attention. he also tells me he has experienced a few glitches including a ghost car that popped up and it hit the breaks. >> it will beep at me once and the break will go on and then release. it will see something in front
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of it that is not there. and i think that has happened once or twice >> the point is it is not perfect. >> which is why you have to maintain control of your vehicle at all times. >> reporter: tesla tells me they are working as quickly as they can to find out what happened in the accident. his family tells me they are planning a service probably some time next week. >> still a mystery here. >> it is. this is the third straight day that dan noyes and the iteam has brought us the news in the tesla crash. to resuv breaking news alert with new information download abc7 apps. driverless cars are becoming street legal on monday. there must be someone monitoring the car but don't have to be in the car itself.
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the dmv has received one application for a permit for driverless testing. the name of the application hasn't been released. >> we use our abc7 news appeared to push out this alert. this from the pathologist saying police shot stephon -- the warriors will play there tomorrow. abc7 news reporter carlos saucedo brings us new detail. >> we believe the truth is the crucial step into getting justice. >> reporter: a private autopsy conducted details how many times he was shot.
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>> stephon clark received eight bullets. >> reporter: he says clark was shot seven times from behind. the findings call into question the police department's assertion that he was facing officers during the killing. >> that he was assailing the officers meaning he was facing the officers is inconsistent with the prevailing forensic evidence. >> reporter: disturbing video shows the moments before and after the shooting outside clark's grandmother's house. police believe clark was breaking into cars and mistook his cell phone to be a gun. community activist demand that the officers involved be fired and held accountable. protesters have taken to the
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streets disrupting traffic. police say they cannot comment on today's findings because they haven't received the official coroner's report. that is separate from the investigation being held. in sacramento, carlos saucedo, abc7 news. the widow of the pulse nightclub gunman is found not guilty. she was charged with lying to the fbi. prosecutors argued she knew about her husband's obsession for muslim extremist. she along with her family members started crying. her uncle says she is returning
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to the east bay to be reunited with her son. >> we are going to hire the best therapist for her. suspected criminal hacker from russia faced a drug in san francisco today. accused of hacking more than 100 million linked in profiles. >> reporter: czech -- with illegally accessing computers. all bay area companies. the alleged breach dated back to 2012. a waiting game. >> reporter: overnight he was. >> hard to get alleged hackers
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extradited. >> reporter: saying the linked in breach affected millions. >> 114 million users. >> reporter: result of a four-year investigation by the fbi along with czech republic authorities. in an e-mail statement, a spokesman writes we've been actively monitoring the fbi's case to pursue. appreciate the hard work of law enforcement to resolve this information. >> what hackers do is take your user name and pass word and compare it to where you work or your bank. >> reporter: experts suggest you create different passwords for different websites. in san francisco, melony
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woodrow. the october fires destroyed homes, cars and much of the prior under ground equipment. pg&e hopes to have permanent gas and electricity service turned on. 30 potentially dangerous eucalyptus trees. because of the drought, insects and decay, experts say these trees are at risk of falling on nearby homes and power lines. it was a week ago when a tree fell on a man. he survived but is on the long list of recovery. >> this tree is probably pretty much guaranteed the safest tree
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in alameda. >> reporter: they recently took down this eucalyptus tree. this summer the eucalyptus leaning towards the rec center will be gone. a photo when a monterey pine slammed down on a father. the city says he will make it but still under going surgery. >> we have assessed this is not the norm. this is somet unfortunate happened. >> reporter: mcdonald said he had a list of problem trees and this tree was not on that list. over the last two years, they have taken out seven other pine trees. >> i never worry about those trees. but after that news, i definitely pay more attention.
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>> reporter: the city pointed out trees that have not been trimmed. and then showed us what they drive to do. >> you can see this tree. you can see through it. so the wind is not pushing the tree over. to have great parks, you are going to have risks and it is our job to minimize as much as possible. arnold schwarzenegger had to undergo emergency surgery today. when will temperatures moderate? the "7 on your side" team is live in san jose. we will check in
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the flu outbreak in california is showing signs of letting up but still very dangerous killing eight people last week. for the first time this season one of five california regions is elevated to not having activity that is in the los angeles area. health officials still recommend getting a flu shot. arnold schwarzenegger is recovering after under going open heart surgery. kristen sze is here with the latest. >> he is in good spirits. can you guess what his first
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words were? >> ai'll be back.... >> reporter: his trademark i'll be back is what he said when he came through. he was replacing a pulmonary valve that he wwas replaced in . the body builder turned actor turned california governor was hoping to use a less invasive method. tmz reported the procedure as experimental and there were complications which led to emergency surgery. but schwarzenegger's camp claimed it was planned. he is also still making movies with several releases just last year and of course become a vocal critic of his fellow
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republican president trump. thank you very much. the environmental protection agency is getting ready to roll back rules. put in place in 2009 after the government bailed out the auto industry. explaining how changes could impact the california. >> reporter: could loosen regulations aimed at auto makers. the potential changes which could be announced next week are alarming to some. >> cars are 70% of unhealthy air. we have got to have cleaner burning cars and the cost of it is trivial. you know, in the new car, it is virtually nothing. under the 1970 clean air act,
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the states had its own regulations before federal rules came into play. this week, attorney general becerra wrote on facebook we are prepared to take whatever action legal or otherwise that we must protect our economy, our environment and the public. >> 50% of the u.s. lives in areas where air pollution is unhealthy. and we know regulation works. >> reporter: by lifting what some refer to as a regulatory burden, the epa has argued. in a block post, ford executive chairman ann bill ford wrote we want one set of standards nationally along with additional fleblt to help us provide more for our
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in the south bay chris nguyen, abc7 news. is it sunny enough for you? >> nice and warm too. >> see if we have more of that coming. >> we have more warmth coming new not record warmth. here is live doppler 7 despite the presence of thin high clouds, lots of bright skies and warm conditions. new records for this date in santa cruz. there were other locations that were warmer, but not warm enough for records in those places. here is the view live from sutro tower. 70-degree in the city. upper 70s in mountain view, gilroy. here is the view looking west ward from emeryville. readings, 77 degrees in santa
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rosa and napa. cooling will continue this weekend but a gradual cooling. see mild and breezy conditions for easter and a chance of rain late next week. passage of few high clouds. low clouds will move down the coastline and generally another bright day tomorrow and a mild one perhaps not quite so mild as today. on we go to overnight lows generally in the upper 40s in the inland valleys. 50s near the coast and tomorrows high mid-50s in the coast and maybe upper severi70s. now, the beach forecast for tomorrow calls for bright skies with thin high clouds. high temperatures in the beaches mainly in the mid-60s. warmer down in santa cruz.
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golden gate park tomorrow, you can experience egg here strav ganza. during must of the day, bright and sunny. the morning will be conditions milder and milder by mid afternoon look for highs. low 60s on the coast. so it is going to be very beautiful and pleasant easter weekend. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. the temperature range on sunday won't change much going into early next week. and about 70 around the bay. 60 or 62 on the coast. then cloudier and slightly cooler on wednesday. and a chance of rain thursday
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jackpot is have a billion dollars with a b and growing. only four times in history has it surged past the billion mark and now the jackpot is $521 million. we will send out the winning numbers on the app tonight. download the app now. there are only three weekends left before your taxes are due. >> tonight "7 on your side" is live in san jose with a team of experts answering your questions. >> michael finney joins us live. >> reporter: we are having a wonderful time and looking for unclaimed property. and we are finding thousands of dollars. we are just saying hello to people. we have got an expert on
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obamacare here giving advice. and gjennifer is here. and i want to talk about capital gain. what is that going to cost them. >> never do anything for tax only. so if you have other reasons to sell stock, if you have capital gains, they are going to be taxed at 0%, 15% or 20%. if you don't have enough capital gains to absorb them, you can take $1,500 or $300. >> you have up to five years to run through that money? >> $1,500 five years at a and then it is gone. >> reporter: that is jennifer there, she is a cpa. come down, and we a going to be here until 7:00.
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taxi medallions cost a quarter million dollars in san francisco and there is a big question, are they worth it? >> as companies like uber and lyft take an increasing share of passengers. wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: used to be a symbol of success. now it is more like the opposite. >> if i know what is going to happen, i never do it. >> reporter: do you feel like a sucker? >> i sure do. i am. >> reporter: it used to be taxi
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medallions were in limited supply. but in 2010, the city decided to raise money by selling 700 medallions at $250 each. that was before uber and lyft flooded the streets. >> worth nothing. >> reporter: eventually sell it. now he is salgddled with the economic hardship of paying 2,000 a month for morgan on it. >> hardworking taxi drivers that have served the community for many years left holding the bag. >> reporter: one of six has foreclosed and this week the credit union has filed suit for $125 million. >> no one is suggesting exactly what the mta should have done.
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just that they needed to have done a whole lot more than they did. >> reporter: the city has no comment on the suit except to say they are reviewing it. from drivers. >> nobody will buy it, are you kidding me? >> reporter: in san francisco wayne freedman. no sign of three children believed to be inside a vehicle that went over a cliff mendocino county. discovering the bodies from five members of the family. the accident happened three days after social service investigators began looking into report of child neglect that came from neighbors. >> 1:30 in the morning, the doorbell is ringing and she was standing out there in a blanket.
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>> her daughter is telling us, begging us not to make her go back and they are abusing her. >> reporter: the neighbors say they finally called authorities after 115-year-old showed up at their door 15 dadays in a row lg for food. change was made last month. officials say the new policy is in response to kororganizations that assist with reentry. critics say they are taking advantage of a loop hill. >> we know this is intentional so i.c.e. is able to look at a list and know when individuals are being released.
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>> this information is public and can be helpful to other governmental agencies. specifically asked for this information so they can start reentry transition assistance right way. >> san mateo county bracing for sea level rise. city and county leaders forcing major projects that are needed to prevent large scale flooding. david louie looks at what is in the works and what kind of money. >> san mateo is the most exposed county to sea level rise. >> reporter: mitigate flooding, to capture storm water runoff and to levy: the integrity of the levy is important to the integrity of the homes where the
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home value range 1.3 to $1.9 million. >> there is a concern as people sell prompts that we are in a flood hazard area and historically, it has not been in a flood self-designation. >> reporter: sea level rise is a concern. >> facebook is working with joint powers authority on a project that would protect upwards of nine miles of the bay shore and they are a partner in that effort and provided funding. >> reporter: expected to reach in the hundreds of millions and not the billions of dollars. some projects ruffled feathers. a plan has run into opposition because construction will impact park use. >> due to some of the constitutional restrictions on
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how funding can be raised and so it is going to be a real challenge. >> reporter: city and county leaders say the work has to start now. coming up, an invention that can do more than bring friends together. >> can bring the classic and the future together all on one table. >> reporter: live in santana row where i a
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it is friday night and for some, the old tradition of inviting friends over and playing board games. >> or for some, video >> as jonathan bloom found out, it could be the future of game night. >> some play wizard against a dragon. >> reporter: there are colorful cards detailed figurines and stunning visual effects. >> you can't play a game like
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battle grid anywhere on any other console. >> reporter: one of 25 launching on a 355 console. >> there are antennas and that is the magic behind the >> reporter: interacting. >> we are at this stage in our lives where we are gluing screens to our faces and that has to change. >> reporter: it is meant to live in your living room. so they will offer it in all different materials and colors. >> it is going to be a hard sale. >> reporter: gamers may already have a play station or x box or be fine with old fashioned board games. >> it is a board you pick up and put down. >> reporter: everyone hates
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reading the rule book. when the board tells you where you are going to move, the game goes faster and new players have more fun. not about winning or losing. >> this is a social device where you can sit around a table and order pizza and have a good time. >> reporter: in san francisco jonathan bloom abc7 news. >> what do you think? digital, analog, pizza. >> yeah. >> my favorite part. >> ♪
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tonight, "7 on your side" is in san jose. >> michael finney and a team of experts answering your tax questions. let's check back in live with michael. >> reporter: we've been getting a lot of interesting questions. we've got a group from "7 on your side" out here taking consumer questions. we can take health care questions. a lot of tax professionals. let's talk about health care right now. pamela of -- how do you say your last name?
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thank you very much. obamacare is still alive and well. >> still the law of the land. the repeal of the man date is next year, so a lot of people thought it got repealed. next year. they forgot that part. >> reporter: what do people need to know now? >> they still need insurance or get a tax penalty until next year. and i have been putting people into the covered california our version of obamacare for the last four years. and these kind people have to figure out their taxes and reconcile all of that. >> reporter: depending on your income, you get subsidized. and that brings us to randy, you are the tax guy, past president of the enrolled agents, right? >> yes. >> reporter: so when somebody comes to you, now what happens? >> the problem is they got obamacare, affordable care act and they were not working at the beginning of the year and they
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have a lot of subsidy, but they got a job at the beginning of the year and forgot to tell them, and now owe back this subsidy. sometimes we get it to where their income went down and they get more of a credit. >> reporter: it is complex. >> it is. and we get the ones that forget to see pamela and forget the health care coverage and they have to pay the penalty. >> reporter: the affordable care act may be on its way out, maybe not. come down here to want and talk to people like these. they have the information you need. i am michael finney. northern california singer overcoming her
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talking about the ♪ up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun sun >> i want to be a disney princess so bad. >> reporter: you are on abc. >> years of nos led up to this audition where she finally heard yes. >> reporter: tell me about the moment where lionel lionel lionl who are you? >> it was crazy that he came up to me and talked to me. >> reporter: now on to hollywood week. >> i wouldn't put anybody through that stress. >> reporter: do you get nervous?
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and what do you do to handle them? >> my go-to rem deis a shot of whi whiskey. but i can't do that on the show. >> reporter: her hollywood show edition. ♪ let's stay ♪ lovin' you >> reporter: she believes in good luck charms. but says there is one thing she can't live without to remember her best friend. >> his name is spencer. he passed away last year. i wear his jacket. >> reporter: she says he would be over-the-moon by making it this far. she hopes this is the start
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something great ♪ oh, golly. >> she has a beautiful voice. "american >> all right. well we need to find out about this weather coming up for our hollywood weekend. broke records. are we going to do that again? >> not likely. we had three today and seven yesterday today. we have a few thin high clouds. overnight it will be partly cloudy and mild with lows in the mid-40s to low 50s. tomorrow milder and average day for this time of year. records unlikely tomorrow. we will see inland locations
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hitting 80s. next wednesday, our next best chance for rain. could be a pretty good soaking. mild and dry conditions through easter weekend. and through most of next week. gradual cooling going up to mid-week next week. showers pour on thursday and friday. subtle personalities over the east bay baseball. >> talking about records? legends night in oakland as the a's honor 50 years of their history. reggie jackson
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exchange old stories on hand to celebrate the 50th anniversary team. this is >> this is where is started for me. 2004. >> i remember when i was 21-years old thinking this is amazing. 30 years just flashes by. >> when we get together, it is like we are still together. even though we grow older, we we haven't changed mentall >> klay thompson coming back from a broken thumb.
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kevin durant ejected. he blasted mad ox with a series of expletives. kd, is he more agitated? more frustrated. he told espn his desire to repeat and his passion. beyond that, nothing has changed in his mind. >> doing their job. and after the game, i didn't go try to find a ref and give him my two cents. it is simple. a lot of people are trying to dig down deeper. i don't know where that is coming from. it happened to me, acting different. something happened over the last few years had people thinking kd is changed. i wonder what it is. >> 14 checks. surprise from the raiders. releasing punters.
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came out nowhere. king averaged 47 yards from punt. a lot of personality. no trouble finding a new job. and cut te c c c c goalies. they had to made seven saves. foster instant star. >> well the initial shock happened when i had to dress and then, i think you just kind of blackout after that. >> any advice? >> i don't think i heard anything other than put your hem met on and now i am standing here. this is something no one can take away from me. something that i can go home and tell my kids.
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>> the freeze is back in atlanta. triesed to fading and "the freeze," see actually lost a couple of times, but not in that race. i would love to race "the freeze" and get smoked and pull out my hamstring. >> remember dave waddle, he was always dead last until it was time to make that move. there you go. >> and join us tonight on >> now police think they have the man who is tagging this
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♪ this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- a graduate student from vienna, west virginia... a phd candidate from charlottesville, virginia... and our returning champion, a nanny from birmingham, michigan... whose 2-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. emily is our first repeat champion this week.
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and boy, did she do it in impressive fashion yesterday. jen and tyler, good luck to you. you're gonna need some against this young lady. here we go into the jeopardy! round. and now we will reveal the categories. starting off with this one... i will read the clue, but not the puzzle. ...comes next. followed by... and then... of course... emily, start. pro baseball teams, $200. emily. who are the rays? the rays, the tampa bay. yeah. baseball, $400. jen. who are the orioles? yes. baseball for $600, please. emily.
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