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more safety measures will be in place. >> we will be increasing the security we have at all of our offices worldwide to make them more secure. our employees have been encouraged to take time off from work or work from home and making sure wellness services are readily available to him. >> reporter: sf general also shared with us news on the victims. >> we were able to discharge 2:00 last night. the one remaining patient who was in critical condition is now in serious condition. >> she was found sleeping in her car at the mountain view parking lot the night before the attack. her family reported her missing over the weekend. the officer's conversation was nothing out of the ordinary and
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didn't give them vacation that violence was imminent. >> she just expressed that she was having family issues and she was relocating and she did not want to be down in the san diego area and was up here to find a job. >> it was normal interaction without concern of suspicion or any reason to believe she may have been involved in this type of activity. >> the officer called father. because the conversation didn't raise any red flags. >> she was featured in a 2014 article on a website. she talked about her life as a vegan body builder.
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quoting her in saying i started my website and vegan activism in 2010 and tried different tools and methods of sending my message such as making the first persian vegan. >> why did this happen? perhaps motivated by youtube's policy changes. >> aghdam social media account and websites all taken down. investigators are pouring over them for clues. >> i am being discriminated and i am not the only one. >> aghdam has raid against policy changes.
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youtube demon advertised channels with fewer than 100 subscribers and 14 hours of wash time. complaining that youtube hid some of her videos citing inappropriate conduct. >> they were put into place because youtube unlike what think about it, they think it is a user generated video site, it is really a >> thank you so much. >> as a result of this, silicon valley businesses are looking at whether their businesses are vulnerable to attacks. >> reporter: in silicon valley tech companies are known for sprawling campuses. some are wide open.
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but there is growing concern in the wake of tuesday's shooting at youtube. >> they need to rethink their approach to their users and customers and rethink their approach to security. >> reporter: technology analyst and security expert says when it comes to social media or content creation platforms, users get upset. >> companies are not thinking through the repercussions of things they are doing. likely to cause escalation of violence. >> reporter: he says most security guards are not armed. law enforcement agents do the best they can to prepare for such attacks. >> always looking at how we can do things better. and seeing what we can do to make sure that we tighten up some potential gaps that we may have. >> reporter: santa clara county sheriff's department routinely
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conducts walk through with companies. >> to be more observe observe oe is going on. >> if you are going to abuse your customers or users, you probably should be building for tress and yet that hasn't been the mentality for these companies. meantime, atf seen searching the home in menifee. also searching a home in san diego. the family expressed surprise and grief. her father says the family is in shock. >> i don't know how she would like this. i'm sorry. i can't believe it.
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>> her family says she was a refugee from iran and moved to the u.s. at 18. and an aunt says she has no history of mental illness. and father written statement although no words can describe our deep pain for this tragedy. now for complete coverage of the shooting, you can follow us on twitter, facebook, or visit our website on abc7news.com. our abc7 app is free to download. sacramento where several hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets again in response to the deadly police shooting of stephon clark. a group gathered in front of the sacramento district attorney's office. they are marching in front of the city hall. you can see families.
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a lot of people marching in solidarity. chanting as well, and holding signs. calling for criminal charges to be filed against the two sacramento police officers who fatally shot. >> leslie brinkley has more on an assault that began in a bathroom and ended with a chemical attack. >> reporter: the attack happened in wheeler hall. police say a female employee encountered a man in the restroom and told him the building was closed and he then followed her as she left. >> she asked the individual to leave and he didn't and he assaulted her with a costic
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chemical. >> reporter: the chemical was ammonia. >> the employee suffered from chemical burns. she was transported to a local hospital and no word on her condition today. >> i know a lot of the newer buildings you have to use your id to get access. >> reporter: police are not saying how the man got into the building and why he attacked. i am leslie brinkley, abc7 news. new information relating to the deadly tesla car crash. days away in finding out if your facebook data was among the one accessed by cambridge an litca. 50 years after his death through t
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we are watching developing news of protest march underway in sacramento. the large crowd is outside city hall. the protest is the latest of many over the deadly shooting of stephon clark. shot by police on march 18th after leading officers on a pursuit. they thought he was armed but clark turned out to be holding a cell phone. the protest continues in downtown sacramento. facebook says the information of up to 87 million users may have been used by cambridge analytica without the
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users knowledge. cambridge analytica said it had data for only 30 million. the firm says purpose was to conduct voter targeting. meanwhile, ceo mark zuckerberg is scheduled to appear one w one from today. to help better understand what happens to personal information online. and speaking of your personal information online, facebook is making changes to how data is used and shared across nine parts of its platform. here is what the changes will be. you can no longer search for people by using their phone number or e-mail address. and starting on monday, users will see a link to see a list of
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what apps they use. and also letting you know if your data was shared to cambridge analytica. >> on april 4th, 1968, a killed dr. martin luther jr. in memphis, tennessee. in memphis and across the country, bells tolled 39 today one for each year of his life. and in our nation's capitol, a crowd marches to the national mall for a rally. remembering martin luther king through his words.
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among the speakers, b b b b b b panth panther cofounder is reading. >> we realize they would hardly have lived on the same block in chicago. i could not be silent and face such cruel manipulation of the poor. dr. king said. >> the community reading was sponsored by nearly a dozen different peace and civil rights groups in the abc7 news wade freedman has their story. >> reporter: at 5:05 this afternoon the glorious chiming. ringing 50 times for 50 years.
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>> if you can't be the sun, be a star. >> reporter: on the day this cathedral opened in 1965, dr. king delivered a sermon. >> there were 5,000 people here. the congregation filled the entire building. >> reporter: he is not remembrances. >> what i realize now is that i was making history without being conscious of it. i was in the moment. >> reporter: to look at much of david johnson's work, it is colorblind but cultural. as dr. king went d.c. to deliver his i had a
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dream speech. >> that was my lucky day. >> reporter: as to the back story. >> he was resting. he was resting. >> reporter: did he see the symbolism of where he was resting? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: as if that matters through the filter of >> remarkable. let's talk about the weather forecast. >> this is a storm of long duration. but not here yet. we have pockets of moisture moving over land areas right now. at the moment most of the bay area is dry. but sky conditions look a lot like this. this is the view looking western. currently 55 degrees in san francisco. oakland 57. 54 degrees in half moon bay. this is the view from sutro tower.
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61 santa rosa. napa and novato upper 50s. you can see clouds of various levels of the atmosphere here. light rain arrives tomorrow afternoon. we will have soaking rain and gusty wind on friday and early saturday. dryer pattern begins on sunday. increasing clouds. overnight lows upper 40s to 50 degrees. tomorrow light rain develops. highs in the afternoon will range 60 up the coast and upper 60s to near 70 inland. here comes the flow of sub tropical moisture moving directly towards the central coast and that is the system that is driving, the storm coming our way called the
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pineapple express because of their origins near or in the hawaiian islands. storm will begin level 1 and then by friday level 2. rain heavy at times with wind gusting. the highest totals will be in the north bay. noon tomorrow, noticely late afternoon into the evening hours we will see light rain pushing through. and developing along the coastline as well. overnight it will significantly. complicating the morning commute. pockets of intense downpours. the evening commute gets underway even under worse conditions. that rain continues with strong
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gusty wind into early saturday before it starts to calm down a bit. probably won't start to dry out until sunday. rainfall totals we estimate midway saturday. ranging from 1.5 inches to 3 inches or more. flooding urban areas. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. again, light rain starts at a level 1 on the storm impact scale but intensifies to level 2. mostly sunny on sunday, but may not last long because tuesday by next week looks like we will have another rain system coming in yeah, wow. thanks so much. the stock market has been on a roller coaster
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>> now the new fees on 106 products may not go into effect. china has filed a dispute with the world trade organization and both sides are negotiating. >> china created this problem not president trump. we have a president who is willing it stand up and say enough is enough. >> if the situation intensifies it will hit everything from soybeans to cars, planes even orange juice. tariffs result in higher prices and possibly job losses. >> we sent out an alert to the document orders the secretary of defense to support the department of homeland security in securing the southern border to stop the flow of drugs and people.
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to experts. >> several tesla drivers posted videos online that showed their autopilot veered off courses. >> reporter: you are seeing the road from a big rig eastbound 92. september 21, 2017. the trucker comes upon a crash that just happens and rushes to help. the car's driver who does not want to be identified tells me he had autopilot on in his tesla model x. by the time he wanted to take over, the car slammed into the merge divider. the safety barrier was in working order. this driver walked away uninjured. >> reporter: i showed the photo
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to attorney. he points to similarities between the september crash and the one that killed walter huang in mountain view. both teslas had low morning sun. both had autopilot. and both became confused lane marking. a tesla owner who commutes the same route tells me he recorded the trip by the accident scene this week while on autopilot. >> the car definitely swerves left. >> he says he had to take take e the wheel and swerve into
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safety. autopilot seems to take him straight into a barrier. today a tesla spokeswoman told me autopilot is intended tor use only with a fully attentive driver. the owner's manual is clear that it is a beta feature. always be prepared to take immediate action. failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury or death. >> drivers try to do other things while they are driving and they are not paying attention. >> reporter: a pioneer in driving technology, he tells me tesla should take a cue cameras on the driver.
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>> we have to recognize, we have got to crawl before we walk. we have to walk before we run. and we are still at the crawling stage with this technology. >> reporter: there is one big difference in the crashes. the safety barrier walter huang had been collapsed. he basically hit the wall and died. and this other driver walked away. the family has hired an attorney finally. more to come. >> thank you, dan. we continue to monitor live developing news from sacramento. several hundred protesters taken to the streets again in response to the deadly police shooting of stephon clark. protesters marched from the sacramento district attorney office to city hall. they are on the move now. calling for criminal charges to be filed against the two sacramento police officers who
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fatally shot. 15-year-old anthony borgesan was the last to run into a classroom when the shooting started. he braced the door with his body and was shot five times. a third of his lung had to be removed and he under went nine surgeries in all. all of the other students in the room with him survived uninjured. a telling photo. photo. p police called the school around noon saying it faced a possible unspecified threat. no threat was found and lifted the lockdown. nine months. a police officer who was found
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guilty of hit and run. melanie woodrow was in court. >> reporter: before his sentencing, known as the hot cop of castro. he said i let fear overcome my mind. a jury found him guilty for a felony hit and run. injuring two men. sentencing him to nine months in county jail. victim perez said i could not have imagined the shift my life would take. he told cors i know you have the ability to change. >> everybody is accountability to the law. nobody is above it. >> reporter: he could have received up to four years.
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his attorney says he will approximately serve half of his nine-month sentence. support of dozens of families and friends. >> an outstanding cop. service on the job, risking his life. service off duty where he risked his life in an off duty robbery where he became injured. and his service to the community. >> reporter: the judge said she received and read over letters to the court. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. looking live, already cloudy as the storm approaches the bay area. area. what is in these pills
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but t but the fda is now. >> reporter: here in the u.s. it can be purchased in the form of powder and tea. and doesn't require a prescription. 3 million to 5 million people have use it had in the years. >> treating mood disorders and in some cases to help wean themselves off opioids. >> reporter: but the u.s. drug administration saying it can be fatal. the center for disease control say it may be tied to a recent salmonella outbreak. consumer reports has concerns because like any supplement,
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kratom is not labeled. >> it can interact with other medications that you are taking in ways that are dangerous. >> reporter: it is listed as a drug and chemical of concern. and wanted to put it in the same category of heroin, or illegal drugs to treat their systems. the organization says it will support appropriate fda regulations to ensure the safety of kratom but fot a ban. >> it could be several months to a few years before rendering a decision. given the lack of regulations it is better for customers to avoid this product all together. >> if you are in pain but looking to avoid prescription
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painkillers, there are other options you can consider. talk to your doctor about which ones make the most sense to you. >> you may want to rethink your commute to work tomorrow. it is walk to workday. in san jose there is a group walk starting at noon in plaza. you may want to give walking a try, why not. even dogs
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for fremont firefighter rescuing a 92-year-old man trapped in a well wasn't enough. >> now they are repairing the well. >> reporter: imagine calling your insurance company with this tale. >> my hundred-year-old pump house was destroyed by the fire department. >> reporter: they are building a new well pump house. >> hopefully he will never fall
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that you again. it is safer. >> reporter: destroying a shed while rescuing a 92-year-old man. we are not talking about a small fall. this swell 26 feet deep. too private to talk or show his face on camera, he tells me he has never been so happy to hear sirens. when help arrived, he had been pushing against the well with his feet and back to stay above hour for about an hour. >> amazing feat of strength. >> reporter: using a high ladder and rope to pull him out. suffered hypothermia and bruising but otherwise fine after being stuck in the well for an hour and a half total. >> we knew we had to do the right thing by rebuilding the pump house. >> reporter: volunteering time.
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>> a lot of time. >> reporter: home depot donated $500 in material. >> he wants to help out paying for it. and i said listen, i will bring my engine company down here one day and steal three of your ar tick chokes and call it even. >> good work. pluto is not the only famous dog at disney. >> no. pictures and video of their field trip to disneyland went viral. >> their handlers took them to disneyland to enhance their social skills. >> an atmospheric river is bringing rain to the bay area soon. but we enjoyed another dry one
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today. >> we did. this picture has follow us on instagram at abc7news.com. >> for now let's get back to spencer for the latest. >> going to bring us a wet storm. looking at live doppler 7 and we just had patches of offshore developing. tomorrow showers developing in the north bay. light rain. and then the storm intensifies overnight to a level 2 on the storm impact scale. will be with us all day friday. and in the bay area hills and as a result of that rain there, is a flood watch in effect for the delta. and car keena strait. rock sliding, mud sliding is also possible.
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that watch extends through the sierra foot hills where 3-7 inches of rain may fall. again, this excessive rainfall may cause rock and mud slide. so on we go. showing the movement of the storm going into the sierra. this is going to be a warm storm producing rainfal in the sierra. the snow will be in the high elevations above 9,000 feet until late saturday night when cold air comes in. the accuweather seven-day forecast looks like this. the storm begins tomorrow light one. rar ranking one on the storm impact scale. and drying out sunday. all right. let's talk about sports baseball. >> early starts for the giant and they are experiencing an
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we have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. and for us the expert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg&e is responding to that call as well. and so when we show up to a fire and pg&e shows up with us it makes a tremendous team during a moment of crisis. i rely on them, the firefighters in this department rely on them, and so we have to practice safety everyday. utilizing pg&e's talent and expertise in that area trains our firefighters on the gas or electric aspect of a fire and when we have an emergency situation we are going to be much more skilled and prepared to mitigate that emergency for all concerned. the things we do every single day
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and today he goes 419 feet. garry sanchez. teeing off in the masters. family affair. chuck the ball right in the water and decides the green is a nice place for a nap. seventh hole, way off target here but hits the fringe and you know what is coming like a magnet is pulling that ball right into the hole. look at the celebration, throws his ankle and goes down. it is like a steph curry ankle there. and pops it back into place. >> ninth hole jack nickolson's grandson. gets the hole in won. he was caddying for jack.
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says this ranks the most special moment ever on the golf course. >> number one. what i did doesn't make a difference to me. watching your grandson doing something special. i got a few tears. he is up here to caddie for his grandfather and knock it into a hole in one, wow. >> wow is right. in the nba. has become an important player. they got to finalize that contract to make the transition. he scored in double digits in 11 straight games and will likely start for the warriors while steph heals.
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holding their draft today. here is the warriors war room. serious business. gaming squad, they picked six players selecting nguyen. they are going to practice their video game as a team and compete in the 16. >> not often you get to be on a foundational level like this. we think we have a great brand. >> this is in the first day in the way that it feels real. we are going start having real conversations with people. you know, kind of a great first day to hit the ground running. >> people think it is going to be very big esports. can you imagine getting played to play video games.
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millennial moment. join us tonight kofy tv. >> on abc7 news at at the smog shop. at 8:00, it is the goldbergs followed by alex, inq. modern family. >> that is it for this edition for abc7 news thanks for joining us. i am ama daetz. >> i am dan ashley, from all of us, thanks for joining us. see you tonight at 9:00 and 11:00.
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