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good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> good morning twice. go good morning, good morning. >> it is a good morning. we another day of beautiful weather. >> two-fer tuesdays. let's look at what's going on. good morning. >> all right, it's getting weird. let's take a look at live doppler 7. it looks pretty nice out there. let's roll through your accuweather mid-morning planning per mid 60s with more sunshine around the bay inland. 67-72 at 4:00 and a light jacket during the evening hours, low
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60s. >> hey, mike. checking out the roads, we don't have any significant issues so far and some light volume. this is weekend 92 across san mateo bridge and those volumes slowly building but that's it. 680 to walnut creek, 6 6 walnut creek to highway 13, 8 minutes and tracy to dublin coming in at 61 minutes. >> you can't stay at the four seasons in palo alto this week and if you were staying there, you have to get out. >> crown prince of saudi arabia >> crown prince of saudi arabia bought out the entire >> reporter: many would consider getting a room here to be a
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splurge. how about buying out the entire hotel. guests were asked to leave yesterday at the four seasons posh hotel. hotel staff says guests have been relocated to neighboring hotels or other four seasons property. those who work near the hotel have been warned to watch out for motorcades. >> i think it's amazing. i think it's over the top and amazing. that's all can i say. >> he is interested in making saudi arabia a major tech hub. he's scheduled to meet with apple coe palo alto, news. >> he has to have that room to stretch out.
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we know the caused of a fire in the north beach neighborhood. it started inside a restaurant's kitchen. on one of four restaurants in the building had sprinklers and it was the not one where the fire started. sprinklers weren't required due to the building's age. >> the president of the san francisco police commission is resigning. >> he'll step down as president and as a member of the police commission may 4th. in the letter forwarded to abc 7 news, he said he's grateful to serve. he did not give a reason for leaving the commission after more than seven years. >> this morning a man is freed from ice custody. he was detained in october after dropping off his daughter at day care. he was recently con fribd tore drunk driving. a u.s. immigration judge proved that returning to mexicoput him
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in arm's way. he said he is not taking this for granted. agents told him he will be left alone as long as he stays out of trouble. his family hopes his story serves as an to others facing deportation. >> scott pruitt said the government is reexamining the waiver under the standards and say the ones established by the obama administration are just too high. >> last week president trump announced tariffs on china and
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now that country is >> this is only the furst round. i think we're probably looking at tit for tat for some time to come unless people start to negotiate. >> china has announced a 15% tariff on wine. china was one of the top export destinations. >> in the gma first looking the "national enquirer" asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit by former centerfold. >> the publisher of the national enquirer is hitting back against former maybe model karen mcdougal. mcdougal claims she's tricked into signing an agreement which made her $150,000 of her story
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with any then-married man. in a nearly 200 page response filed monday, am i, which did nt run her story is claiming it has a first amendment right not to publish. but mcdougal's lawyer claiming that they are attempting to silence her again. i'm lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> never more than seven minutes away from my ak u weather forecast. >> in the lake
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everyone else in the mid to upper 40s, palo alto about 42 degrees. we have clean air today and good conditions whether you're at the beaches or the bay. a few more days to get some yard work finish before the big rains come. you may want to check your gutters again. 50s in the valley, 70 noon a 51 at 8:00, 66 at noon. temperatures hanging in the low 70s from about 1:00 to 4:00 and down to 60 by the time we get to about 8:00 this morning. let's get a check of that morning commute. see if there's >> we just got one in here. you can see a lot of brake lights. i am sorting out the details
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here. according to chp, we have a crash blocking the two left lanes. i don't believe there are any emergency crews on the scene yet. hopefully no serious injuries. i'll give you an update on that coming up in just a few. mass transit looking good, ace 1 and 3 out on time today. 39 bart trains in service and san francisco bay giants ferry service today. >> breaking news, the designer of the water slide in kansas has been taken into custody and he is facing charges of murder in the second degree after the 2016 death of this 10-year-old boy, who fell off the slide. we just got a picture of that designer. here he is. he's 72-year-old john schooly.
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he was arrested by u.s. marshalls. he is now being held in texas. he'll be transferred to kansas where the flight is located and he is charged. back to you. >> this serial bank robber foot tall, weighs about 300 pounds, has worn either a raiders or warrior cap and passed a note to the teller saying he had a gun. march 15th-23rd are the dates of the robberies. >> is your voice being heard. >> is your voice being heard. >> and a top politician is
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we're back at 5:1 on this tuesday. we've got a 1, 2 and a 2 so we have a light to moderate storm. i'll show you that timetable and what to expect coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> the trump administration reconsidering its proposal to dramatically raise entry fees at
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national parks. fees will go up but not as much as originally opposed. in october, they wanted to raise the fee from around $30 to $70. the national park service received nearly 100,000 comments to oppose the plan. they say the increase is needed to help maintain the parks. psenate panel investigating the release of 50 million users' data. >> a court decision means california can continue to collect dna from suspected criminals. an arson suspect in san francisco sued claiming the dna sample taken when he was in jail violated his privacy.
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the u.s. supreme court decision upheld the practice. >> one of the most expensive units at san francisco's sinking millennium tower has sold for more than a million dollars under asking. a four bedroom unit was at 5.9 million and relisted for 4.9. the condo is now 2.6 million. the issue being the building is leaning. >> apparently drivers put their devices away more often than the rest of the country. oakland and san francisco came in second and third of the least
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distracted drivers in america. we ask >> it could be laws enacted out here. we have seen one in every six miles out here on the west coast. it's a big problem and distracted driving is a problem across the entire u.s. >> state lawmakers are trying to address the issue. >> would you pay for a ride hailing subscription? lyft is trying a new pay in advance plan. they sent out an invitation to a number customers inviting them to try a new subscription plan. it costs $49 a week for a maximum of seven rides. >> where's my e-mail, lyft?
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ism use you all the time. >> as they continue to work building the arena, the cost has ballooned to $62 million. that include as new platform, track realignment and new cars. a board member is concerned with how much money chase center will generate to pay this bill. the warriors are expected to play their first season there in the 2019/2020 season. >> and a modesta singer we introduced you to a coupleweeks ago has made it to the top 24 on "american idol." ♪ the dance we shared with the stars above ♪ >> she sang "the dance" by garth brooks. this is the first time they have to be in front of a live
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audience performing. she says her mom has been singing that song to her since she was just a baby. she said even though the two have had their ups they're still close. she said this is a hideous picture but it's all she's got. you are beautiful inside and out. >> i like that version better than the garth brooks version. >> i love her version of everything. you have to kek ocheck out her instagram page. >> it's so different from yesterday when she was sending heart. >> it's called range. >> and we have a range of weather coming up, don't we? >> that's right. mother nate why are says not so
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fast, i'm going to give you one more soaking. it's about one mile -- you can see it even a little bit further to this south. drive with seasonal temperatures today and tomorrow. rain arrives in the north bay thursday evening. it drenches all of us and brings in breezes saturday and sunday. 62 to half moon bay, oakland 67 to fremont, palo alto 70. 76 in antioch. santa cruz today about 70 degrees. storm impact scale is at 2 so far with moderate rain. gusts to 45 miles per hour, which means we could have some power utagesndnd
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want them to be able to flow that water freely off your roof. thursday light rang rain as far out as nevada. then it piles on, nearly an inch to an iish spring warmth is coming back with your 70s. >> we have this problem spot in walnut creek. if you look to the middle of your screen, emergency crews have arrived now. this is right around treat boulevard. the good news is it doesn't sound too serious. one of those vehicles may be drivable. not sure about the other one. if we have to wait for a tow truck it could be there for a while. definitely some delays building through the area. it's not terrible yet but that has made it to about the 242
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merge if you are coming in from concord, pleasant hill and walnut creek. drive times are looking pretty good overall, too. just 10 degree the bay bridge and as far as i know, no metering lights yet. >> spacex put another recycled rocket cap actual back to work. >> liftoff of the falcon 9 rocket and the drag on time it used the capsule. it contains 5,800 pounds of supplies and including a new ap supplies and including a new ap printer working in go
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right tiny looks and in advantage. the row butts carry from. >> darren: well, here at home, >> darren: well, here at home, tks stock according to bloom brg it's still in the strategy to work according to bloom brg it's horse got struck in larg dpichl they think he tried to shimmy out and couldn't get
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himself any deeper. >> and just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the horse ended up upside down. >> there are factors that made it an unstable environment around that ditch and made it difficult to get it out. >> it finally did get out. the horse was trapped for about four hours. it was okay. the horse was able to walk without assistance back to its stall after a very long day. >> next, the seven things you need to know to start your day. >> and why one remarkable teen-agers basically lost his mind after opening an e-mail. >> the artist rockwell always said. ♪ always feel like
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stolen car suspect off highway 4 and sycamore avenue. a resident says police were chasing the suspect when they lost control and ended up crashing through a fence. no reports of injury. >> the designer behind a water slide that killed a boy in can as was taken into custody. sorry about that, we're having trouble with our graphics. >> the crown prince of saudi arabia is in silicon valley and booked the entire four seasons hotel in east palo alto. he's scheduled to meet with apple's tim cook. >> the dow plunged 458 points yesterday. we'll have the opening bell for you when it happens at 6:30. >> number five, a lot of sunshine into today's forecast.
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>> number 6, i've got a little bit of watt walnut here kroorinn about 23 minutes between concord and walnut creek. >> the giants are pack pitch will be at 1:35 p.m. file this next story under greatest reaction of all time. >> you work here your entire life and finally you get an e-mail from fanford and it says congratulations. >> oh my god! >> oh. >> that is 17 yoor-year-old mic brown after learning he was accepted at stanford. she's been accepted to 20 of the best universities in the country, including harvard,
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princeton and yale. he's received full scholarship offers at every one. brown says he'll wait until the may 1st deadline to make a decision. >> remember in our days you would see the size of the envelope, that's how you would could know. it's just an e-mail. >> if he's that excited about stanford, he couldn't have been that excited about the rest of them. i don't know. >> coming up, the hand-on move by
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camera. >> good morning on tuesday, april 3rd. >> you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. what say you, mike? >> real nice pattern today and tomorrow but gets really aggressive especially friday and saturday. might be time to start thinking about where the rain gear is or at least the umbrella, you'll need it later this week. >> a little bit cool are start. for september knee go 53 at the coast from 61 to 62 around the pay. pay. >> even coast looks rahal nice this morning we had a two car crash and they were able to clear think really quickly just before treat boulevard. we definitely still have some
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residdual ballet w w toy cover from that. those media lights did flip on at about 5:32 this morning. >> now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> we begin this half hour with breaking news we've been following this morning in the east bay. east bay. a lorj investigation happening >> good morning, jessica. i'm right off of high kyle way crashed into this field. crashed into this field. you can see a toe police are looking for them pip you
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stolen car and the driver tried to make it back to the fee he got ot and han ran they're loose in the hills here where trying to get out of dodge, you know, get out of town. >> the rancher told me there's 1,500 acres of land, there's barns and sheds and all the sorts of people to plays now there's a big hole in the federal government he need to fix. >> thank you, alisa. stay lawmakers will
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officers can shoot on if there's no reasonable alternative starred ards. starred ards. the aim is to war warn. in. >> here is at lease from my view of the information, there as a high likelihood he didn't even know he collided with that know he collided with that proffers
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missouri and they let demonstrators in okayland last month. continued the family officer chaurjd with mur but leaving after the district attorney n are legislation in sacramento, that would require more public exposures are into police shootings and use of force. >> and the national transportation safety board is expanding its investigation into the tres la crash that killed an apple engineer in mountain view then days ago. >> nt
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package package. >> prum wants a federal judge in los angeles be heard by an, eight lajd. eight lajd. it's clear that pr garlic prize, cha chas at 1:35 this afternoon against the marns are. do expect traffic around the ballpark. and the junts will have a spgs
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spgsand there will also be plenty of pregame fun for the players and fans as the team celebrates its 60th season. in san francisco. they plit a four-game series with the dodgers. po but if you're in the sunshine, it going to feat good pop. sfchl you definitely want a jacket for that dumb to pa machl books ls in the upper 40s. we've got oakland and hood wood at 47, 43 at saint
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be in enjoy before -- noon will be at 63. we'll hang out in the mid to 6 we'll hang out in the mid to 6 upare upare. maybe just a touch warmer but it's hard to notice, mid to upper 40s there. notice around the east bay shoreline and north bay valleys and around the coast, that's a little bit of foug that will bring us such significant rainfall. first i want to say hi. >> hey, good morning. >> good morning to you. let's skip basketball and talk about -- >> oh, we're over that.
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we are definitely over that game last night. >> what are we over this morning vehicle wise? >> well, we have a four-car crack around the mid span and sounds like two of those off on the shoulder now. the backup continues to grow along but maybe even a little bit of we had a they were able to start traffic and got that cleared pretty quickly. as you can see, we have if you are and now up to 354 354
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the snow level will start at 10,000 feet and eventually drop down temperature. so a ton of rain in the mountain and then turns to snow and temperatures about average. >> and rescue crews welcomed a 13-year-old boy who fell into a well. he was playing in an abandoned building and the floor gave way. cameras they sent down into the pipes cause down so i know where i'm at. whip heard noises, the screaming and missiling down.
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but if you see one, do not approach. >> you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. accuweather forecast. we're trking soaking storm and breezy conditions, high pressure now conditions, high pressure now dom at
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73 to 6 in our inland east bay neighbors and rpt along the coast 62 to 65 degrees. let's look at the storm impact scale. we're going to have rainfall that will hival the three. we just don't have the pint and potential damage for now. potential damage for now. some minor power can see what's going on, hoyt frb and snochlt and by the time it end saturday evening, look at that, nearly 2 to 3 inches of rain! now, by sundae we're looking at
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skies clearing we'll take you back to the car keet news bridge. itnot sure on jshz but rear seee we had bre brute bridge toll blaz looking typical here. we don't have any cashes to build up. we'll kentucky
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>> villanova hassin somebody sfrb. >> what was it? >> 79 to 62. dante vee ren can (fortunately no word of any arrests or injuries. >> if you've ever heard of ikeler homes, well, thousands of the styles of home can be found in puerto rico.
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my storm concerns, especially for the evening commute. hydroplaning is high through saturday morning. trees toppling, that will happen a couple hours later as the rain soaks everything and possibly take down some power lines. >> thank you, mike. according to the "chronicle," tesla has sent a letter to the city about the property. >> last week the a's offered to buy the coliseum site and pay off the $135 million debt on the stadium and oracle arena. >> cal fire wants to by 12 new helicopters oaf the next few years. it's going to cost double what the u.s. budgeted two years ago.
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cal fire wants to replace them with new blackhawk ent wants o buy four of them this year. >> and an alert if you eat at pannera braet. a security brauch card information. >> taking a look at the roads, >> taking a look at the roads, we do have a cash on the wool hold steady up to the
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vallejo haefr. vallejo haefr. the tire between 80, it is solid there to highway 4. here is a look at the first crash scene, things are still unwinding. hopefully the second crash will clear early enough that we rekof from that. nice day for opening day for the giants! >> absolutely. anz it's also called a pie apple tie frank, rolls our way 129% to 2 1% of an average
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>> oshs, no! >>s that really bad. >> that's really dramatic. >> the video shows you the droft liftle off from the launchpad, it inle air permanent it inle air permanent fortunately no one a but this morning prince's trip here is a bit of a mystery. what we're learning about its plans. plans. >> the north bay is known for
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apr april 3rd. >> changes are coming but some nice sunshine tonight, mike. >> a little less tomorrow. the flood gates opens we head towards thursday, friday and saturday. it's dry right now but live doppler 7 is sitting right there on top of mount st. today just wall-to-wall sunshine. a little cooler today. mid to upper 40s. mid 50s at the coast. mid to up50eper 50s at 4:00 and 7:00, a nice evening, 53 at the coast but low 60s for the rest of us. le let's find out what alexis is

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