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enforcement. >> they will enforce drug crimes and human trafficking. i am dan ashley. >> and i am >> erin popovich has passed away. sources tell espn she has been ill. >> in a statement released in the past 30 minutes. spurs general manager said quote we mourn the loss of erin. she was a strong, wonderful, kind, intelligent woman who provided love, support and humor to us all. >> the warriors in learning about the news.
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> now it is not clear of of of o popovich will coach the game. >> and we are learning new details tonight about the southwest airplane blast. federal regulators announced it will order inspection on blades. the inspection will focus on the specific type of engine involved in yesterday's engine. a crack in the engine. federal investigators are trying to figure out how a window came out of the plane after t engine exploded. >> a texas rancher and texas
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firefighter pulled riordan back into the play. >> 737 jets will not jets will t grounded. latest findings. >> reporter: investigators say it was caused by metal fatigue. discovered a crack which then caused another crack to form. >> it was on the interior part of the fan blade. so not more than likely, well certainly not detectible from looking at it from the outside. >> reporter: that means the crack probably was not visible during a physical inspection. abc news is reporting that cfm recommended last year that airlines do an ultrasound test
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to look for test but it was not mandated by the faa. telling us by skype that no metal is perfect. >> once that crack starts, the crack grows and grows and reaches a critical point where the remaining metal that is connected can no longer support the load and you have cat catastrophic failure. >> sections of the engine are expected to be tested in a lab. a scanning electron microscope can magnify the service of a factor of five to seven times. >> gas forces that occur within the turbine blade during operations. those forces determine the fatigue life of the material.
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>> reporter: david louie abc7 years. 112 years san francisco was hit by massive earthquake. >> and this morning at 5:11, the time the quake started an alarm was sounded at >> one great leader doing the job of making sure this fountain ultimately worked and that was ed lee. >> he got the water running again. a group of people painted a hydra hydrant gold. it was credited by saving the mission district. scientists issued new predictions for the hayward fault and the destruction and
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earthquake along the fault that might bring. eric thomas is live with that story. >> reporter: no coincidence that using the anniversary to run this scenario. the hayward fault as you mentioned a section is what they are concerned with. last year earth scientists did their job with data on the earthquake, and today released a scenario from engineers. >> fault rupture zone runs here. >> reporter: last year the u.s. geological survey and state counterpart released a report on how wide spread damage a huge earthquake could be. today releasing a scenario released by engineers and local governments. >> getting a clear look at the damages of it.
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>> reporter: the quake could cause 800 deaths. 18,000 injuries. 2500 people would be trapped in collapsed homes and businesses and 22,000 would be trapped installin stalled elevators. >> add another $30 billion for fires following the quake. the news is not all bad. many buildings have been retrofitted. >> it is really a sort of a seismic wonder. >> reporter: at home, you won't need anything like $200 million, but you will need an earthquake quit and a plan. >> what i would like people to take away is there is something to reduce the impact of the earth quake which is inevitable.
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>> reporter: in berkeley, eric thomas abc7 news. >> always important to be prepared for an earthquake, go to abc7news.com and look for the prepared norcal on our home page. sky 7 was over the scene today. abc7 news dan noyes reports lawyers were going through debris at the warehouse. the two men charged in the fire are due in court friday for a hearing to reduce their bail. >> sidewalk vendors in california will be protected from harassment, arrest and deportation.
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you may recommemember this vide. the state senator who wrote the legislation wants to end that kind of enforcement. >> we want to make sure that we are decriminalizing sidewalk vending and allowing local government to provide a permitting process so that people can continue not only enjoy the food but allow them to make a living. >> that vendor received a check for over $87,000 from a gofundme account. police say 46-year-old michael kitly broke into two vehicles last month and sold a set of golf clubs and a long gun. police checked surveillance video.
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and it led them to kitly's home. $10 million will go towards road improvement projects in sonoma county. approving half of the money spent on pavement and maintenance. and 5 million goes to resurface 15 miles of roads. improve trip for 20,000 daily drivers. san jose is getting a stash of cash in gas funding. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has a look at some of the worst roads and there are bad ones out there. >> reporter: you are driving minding your own business and you hit a pothole. and praying that your tire didn't blow out. san jose is about to embark on a blitz of road repairs.
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many say the repairs can't come soon enough. when you are on the roads there are something that all drivers can relate to. >> big potholes and my cars go, and i make noises. >> reporter: easy to find a street that is anything but smooth. >> they need to resurface on a regular basis. >> reporter: relief can be on the way. leading an extensive effort to seal a dozen of roads. >> it is much better for the city to be paying for it for taxpayers daughter than each of our motors be paying for it out of their wallets. >> reporter: next week they will move over to this stretch on rogers road in san jose. later this summer, sections of
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san antonio street downtown will also get a make over. as long as the funds keep coming in. the city will try to patch up potholes within two business days of getting a call. >> the less cushion you have, and it bangs harder. >> reporter: the city council has also approved a list. $25 million allocated for repairs. in san jose, chris nguyen. opponents say it is a bad fit for a neighborhood in the peninsula. >> none of the neighbors are happy for it. >> what critics say is their big issue with the plan. >> effort to save a patch of
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land in martinez. what make this is spot so important. >> i am spencer christian, looking at an area of moisture developing offshore and a
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♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet. a group of south san francisco residents say not in my backyard. a mixed use development project that is said to be built on a six-acre site behind the kaiser medical
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molo >> reporter: it can gather more feedback from residents. >> if the residents in south san francisco wanted to live in san francisco we would have. we chose south san francisco because it is a small community and that is what we wanted to keep. >> reporter: initial proposal would have included a 15 story building that got dropped down to 12 stories. >> i suspect 12 is off the table. >> i am not happy with any of this. >> reporter: you have heard of not in my backyard, well organizing for ynmby, yes in my backyard. >> housing effects everybody. >> reporter: he says he is looking out for younger people who need an affordable place to live. >> the region is changing. you are in the bay area and this is the center for growth.
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>> reporter: growth that may not be welcomed in south san francisco, a developer will be picked with no knowing how many stories the development will be. a tool will be much easier to find out if you live or work in a california fault zone. kristen sze is here to show us. >> this tool is sbrchlt you enter an address to get you started. green means this parcel is in a li liquid faction zone. >> it has it in the bay area one
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of the significant hazard. the most significant is shaking. >> all right, now we are looking at uc berkeley. huge portion is in pink. and that includes california memorial stadium. and that is the most dangerous trifecta. this information is not meant to cause panic. what it is is to encourage preparedness. let's say you are planning on buying a home or renovating your home or developer putting up a new building, it is definitely important to know what the hazards are there. we have a link at abc7news.com. >> thanks a lot. at first glance it may seem like a part of one of bay a of y rolling hills.
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nature enthusiasts are excited about that. and now a land preservation is trying to to to to to to to leslie brinkley has more now from martinez. >> reporter: atop mt. wanda, you can look across a landscape. the general manager of the east bay general park district. we came to a locked gate. almond ranch. and they want to buy it for $4 million. >> it is a remarkable 281-acre property. >> reporter: the parcel borders three key areas of open
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acquiring almond ranch would be a critical missing link to a long envisioned 550-mile bay area ridge trail. >> we get kind of a triple whammy. it is the ridge trail connection, connects to a national park and a wonderful scenic wild like corridor. >> reporter: the land trust has negotiated an option to buy it if they can raise the money 2019. >> this is our opportunity. we can't let it go by. it would otherwised be developed and this is not the right outcome s outcome for this property. preserving it and protecting it forever. so beautiful out there.
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>> so what is the weather going to be like? >> maybe for a hike or walk? >> anything you want to do outside, it has been lovely. we do have clouds encoaching you might say, proapproaching from t offshore. moisture out there but unlikely the bay area will receive any measurable rain. check out this view. these are our current temperature readings, 60 apiece at mountain view and san jose. 55 at gilroy and 54 half moon bay. another lovely view from our emeryville camera. 59 santa rosa, napa and novato. blue skies and here are our forecast features. a chance of isolated showers in the south bay late tonight. mostly sunny and breezy tomorrow
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and much warmer beginning on friday continuing through the weekend. notice in the area, moisture offshore. looks stormy there. as it approaches the coastline look at how it weakens. may see light rain. at midnight or so may see light rain but then it fizzles. and moves out. lac no weather reasons for traffic problems. maybe other reasons and we will start the day with mostly sunny skies and warming trend begins on friday. rainfall estimates if we get any at all show near zero over most of the bay area. we may see up to a quarter of an inch if that light rain materializes. low temperatures ranging from
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upp upper 30s. to mid-40s around the bay shoreline. tomorrow, we will see highs reaching upper 50s. inland upper 60s to 70 degrees. going to get warminger after that. the high temperature trend for the seven-days ahead is indicated here by antioch trend. the average high temperature is about 72 degrees. tomorrows high 70. and mid 80s saturday, sunday and monday. which is a pattern most of our inland locations will see. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. bright sunny skies through the weekend into early next week. sunday is earth day and going to be a nice, lovely warm day. and tuesday and wednesday a few
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extra clouds moving in and a slight cool down. but the weather is going to remain dry. >> thank you. encountering bears is not unusual in this part of colorado. but this particular predicament had a police in
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an unusual show and tell of equipment first responders use to tackle emergencies. people had a chance to see the wide variety of mobile command and communication units from around california. a spokesperson said the event demonstrated the variety of capabilities of mutual aid. bear in colorado got itself if into a bit of a pickle. a woman in boulder county called 911 because she heard her car horn honking. sheriff deputies arrived and they found a bear locked inside the car. >> the bear was able to open the passenger door and climbed in and got trapped and subsequently destroyed the car. >> the deputies were able to
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open the car door. could be the biggest pot party san francisco has ever seen. >> now that recreational marijuana is legal, we will have a look at how the city is gearing up for a huge 420 celebration friday. the secret mission to north korea today. and it is a moment that left seasoned emergency
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well the party is still days away. but preparations are still well underway. >> putting a lot of effort into this >> now just two days away. >> san francisco has the world's largest and oldest celebration. and this year, maybe even
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bigger. >> reporter: friday at 4:20 p.m. thousands will converge to light up and celebrate. the city neither condones nor sanctions the pot holiday but -- >> love it or hate it. the historic 420 fest valival it going away. >> i just feel like it is going to be a great time. >> reporter: last year 15,000 came to hippie hill. >> i think it is going to be a bigger crowd this year because of the legality of it. >> reporter: cannabis dispensary expects record sales. >> we are offering discounts of 40%. >> reporter: in the past, there
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was crime, traffic gridlock and so much trash, took days to clean up the park venue. but last year -- >> no arrests, the park was clean. >> reporter: he got fell low merchants to partner to help with vendors, security and clean up. merchants raising $200,000 for more porta potties, trash cans, security and vendors. for 420, the city is taking the high ground because it is what it is. vic lee abc7 news. >> we will cover it on friday. president trump confirmed today that his cia chief secretly met with kim jong-un over the weekend. president trump says today that quote a good relationship was formed.
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pompeo and unspo spoke about th summit. pompeo has been nominated by the president to the secretary of state post to replace rex tillerson. >> he just left north korea and had a great meeting with kim jong-un. >> the president today says he is willing to cancel the meeting or even walk out if he feels the summit will not be quote fruitful. developing news, an island wide blackout hit puerto rico today. the u.s. territory is still struggling to recover from the hurricane. the lights brieflily wey wy wy y during a ceremony. the blackout happened when an
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excavator accidentally downed a power line. you have got to see this. >> a car crashed into a home and hit a gas line and exploded right as officers arrived on the scene. you can see particularly the one on the left. three people in the home and the police officer was hurt. the driver lost control and his brakes were not working. the 92-year-old died yesterday at her home in houston. members of the public can pay their respects. her son, former president george w. bush spoke at an event at his presidential library and thanked the crowd. >> my mother believes in an
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after life and was joyously looking forward to that after life. >> flags have been lowered to half staff. we are learning more ton the about the southwest airline captain who safely landed her plane that led to an explosive decompression. praising tamfy jo shults. when the plane rolled to the left and landing the plane safely. 56-year-old shults was one of the first women fighter pilots in the navy. her passengers say she heroically landed that jet. >> veteran of the navy and 32 years in. and she was very good.
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>> she it is a bold new effort to solve a big problem. how miles of plastic pipes can help collect garbage floating in the pacific. ahead. what a waste. researchers
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we can now use a blood sample toh care, target lung cancer more precisely. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you.
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call it the world's b b b garbage dump plastic debris in the middle of the pacific ocean. >> jonathan bloom has a tour of the massive under taking called the ocean clean up. >> when i was 16-years old, i was scuba diving in greece and i thought why can't we clean this up. >> reporter: now ocean clean up. swirling plastic debris trapped
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by the ocean current. >> we are going to try to remove plastic from the high seas. >> they will fuse this pipe together and hang a nylon screen from the bottom to keep the fish out and garbage in. >> funnel shape to concentrate. >> reporter: giant floating dust pan that doesn't need a broom. when the first system put into the water, 400 feet long. but when the final system is floated out, there will be 60 of these giant curves, each one a mile in length. >> the hardware is getting very, very real. but we still have to prove that it works. >> reporter: that could happen as soon as july when they tow
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the first system out to sea. a brought will empty it out and bring the content home to recycle. >> it is our responsibility to help solve it. >> reporter: in alameda, jonathan bloom abc7. researchers found that healthier diets led to higher levels of food waste. people in the u.s. wasted nearly 150,000 tons of food per day. >> new growing trend when it comes to nail salons in san francisco. making changes to help the environment. tweet thg photo today of the polish nail salon. one of 50 across the city that are in the healthy nail program. the program started nearly five years ago and the city says it
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is the first of its kind in the nation. you don't even have to log on for facebook to keep track of you. learning how that site keeps up with its user even when you are not on the site and what you can do to
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. the massive facebook data breach has many of us wonder how much does facebook know about it. >> "7 on your side" michael finney is here with that story. >> this consumer report study is pointing out that facebook collects more than the information you post on facebook itself. what you may not know, the social media network can track you all across >> the cambridge analytica breach put us on alert. >> if you have used or gone to a web page that has a like button on it, a facebook share, or if you use facebook log in, it is
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safe to say the facebook is tracking you. >> facebook tracks you on-site don't seem related to the social media site. it happens when you are logged into facebook browser. >> simply logging off facebook won't necessarily protect you. but other applications may block the tracking. >> there are ad blockers, anti tracking software that you can install on a computer that will limit the information they get. >> you can also protect your privacy by using different e-mail addresses and browsers for different services. limit the amount of personal information you post about
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yourself and your family. >> i posted a link with more on this study, you can find it on abc7news.com on "7 on your side." i want to hear from you. my hot line is up. the tell phone number is (415) 954-8151. and you can reach me through my facebook page and on abc7news.com. >> that is unnerving. >> facebook is adding privacy settings for users around the world as it complies with new european rules. making it easier for consumers to withdraw consent. eventually everyone on the social net work will be asked to decide whether they want to enable features like facial recognition and some types of targeted advertising. >> the multistate e. coli outbreak is affecting restaurants in san francisco. at a rubios in the embarcadero a
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note was 35 people across 11 states have become ill from the romaine. one more time to the forecast. a nice string of days. >> spencer christian is here with the latest. >> let's start with live doppler 7 showing moisture offshore that might produce light sprinkles down in the santa cruz mountains. we will be looking at conditions like this. mainly cool skies and cool conditions. tomorrow sunny, breezy, milder than today. mid-60s around the bay. and upper to mid-70s in the warm inland. we will see high temperatures in the mid-60s in the coast.
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and mid-70s around the bay shoreline. and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. over the weekend as i mentioned and into monday, mid-80s inland, mid-60s on the coast. sun da earth day. tuesday and wednesday slight cool down as skies become slightly cloudy. >> a lot going on in sports. >> we will update the situation in san antonio. >> very sad indeed. >> and going for the sweep tonight. sweep tonight. will they get ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever,
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entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. and help make more tomorrows possible. entresto, for heart failure.
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good evening. the sharks have only swept a playoff series once in 20-13 against vancouver. sharks up three games o none. the fourth win is going to be the most difficult to come by. die hard teal lovers will remember the sharks back in 2014. now sharks coming off an 8-1 victory and tonight they would like to >> this next game is the hardest
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to get and they are not going to give us anything. so we have to be ready. >> when you realize what you are and what you have to do to get success, you know, that other stuff isn't a factor. >> obviously if they are going to be giving it everything they have. everything is on the line. and our goal is to try to win at home. win the fourth game. the warriors flew to san antonio. they learned the wife of coach pop popovich passed away. she had been ill for some time. steve kerr, very close with the popovich family. he was too stunned to speak when he heard the news. ken dur scant also at a loss los
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words. >> i don't know what to say, man. damn. >> here is the moment. we just got this video in. and kerr had gotten the news. reporters asked him if he wanted to comment and he ended his media availability right there. >> on the court, mcgee questionable. providing a big spark. if mcgee can't go they would have to go
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chullia. 2-1 white sox. taking a 6-1 lead. bottom two, the mask man, staying hot he put it on because he was cold. garcia, base hit knocks in abreu. high deep and aloha. 11-10. closer. pinneders throw home. we got to extras. blow the bases matt olson. this is deep. good night. game over. drive home safely. and now it is time for a little bit of pie. a's walk it off, 12-11
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the socks. bruno san martino wrestling legend passed away, old. >> thank you, larry. joins us at nineninenineninenine cable 20. at 11:00, late breaking developments in the deadly southwest developments. what the latest fchl aa engine warnings could mean. >> that is all for now. look for breaking news on twitter. we appreciate your time. i am dan ashley. >> i am ama daetz, thanks for being here. >> you have to take a first step to take a stand.
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♪ this is the "jeopardy!" college championship! here is our third group of semi-finalists -- a sophomore at worcester polytechnic institute, from shrewsbury, massachusetts... a freshman at georgia tech, from memphis, tennessee... and a freshman at brown university, from gainesville, georgia... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we had a great game yesterday, and i don't know why, but i got teary-eyed at the end of the match. so, dhruv, rishab, and alli, don't do that to me today, please, all right?
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take pity on an old man. here we go into the jeopardy! round, and here are the categories you three are dealing with... followed by... mm. and finally, double letters in the exact middle of each correct response. dhruv, you start. kids', $800. alli. -what is "bridge to terabithia"? -you got it. kids' books, $600. alli. -who is the grinch? -right. kids' books, $1,000.

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