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today they believe could open new doors to finding or even identifying loved ones. abc 7 reporter cornell bernard live with this one. >> reporter: there are hundred of unsolved missing persons reports in this county alone. today it gave families a chance to get some answers and some closure. at first glance it looks like a job fair, but look again. you'll find vital resources for families of missing loved one. >> just disappeared. left everything in his room. >> reporter: monica bliss has been looking for her brother jerome since he vanished january 3, 1963 in san francisco. she brought jerome's picture to missing person day helping friends and family from across the bay area file police reports and get information. >> this is safe opportunity for them to come if they feel
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intimidated by going to a law enforcement agency, they certainly can come here to the coan's office. >> i did a dna swab, which i've never done and i thought that would be fantastic zb. >> reporter: a dna swab is sent for matches. >> the important part is it brings closure to the family and gets that individual identified. >> reporter: there are 400 missing persons cases in san mateo alone. >> i really would like to have some kind of closure because i carry a lot of sadness. >> reporter: monica bliss now waits to learn if her dna can reveal the truth about what happened to her brother. the process could take months. in san mateo county, cornell bernard, abc 7 news.
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>> police are looking for a gunman who shot three people, killing one. that victim identified only as a 20-year-old man from san francisco. while the other victims men between the ages of 19 and 31 are expected to recover. police say it's not clear if the people were intentionally targeted. tonight a man aboard the southwest plane that suffered an engine explosion mid-flight is talking about the terrifying experience. >> there wasn't a lot of panic. i mean there was the one woman who saw the very gruesome sight, but other than that and all the way through the people, you know, there were crying. there was some, you know, there was definite fear. but i think the passengers did really well, the flight crew did really well and of course the pilot was amazing. >> eric said his 89-year-old mother was sitting behind the woman sucked out of the plane.
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southwest offered them and other survivors $5,000 and a thousand dollar flight voucher. he talked to a lawyer and decided to accept the money. they've sense ordered all? gens similar to one that exploded to be inspected. turmoil continues at the white house as the president takes the time to blast on twitter, all of this while praising his long time attorney and fixer michael cohen. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions has threatened to resign if president trump fires his deputy rod rosenstein. this on the heels of president trump's personal lawyer mike cohen. >> it's attack on our >> reporter: the raid which seized documents which reportedly included details of
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the $130,000 payment paid to stormy daniels. in a series of tweets he accused "the new york times" of quote, going out of their way to destroy michael cohen and his relationship with me in hopes that he will flip. saying, sorry don't see michael doing that. r the president alleging former fbi director james comey illegally leaked classified documents which led to the appointment of the special counsel. >> the president is trying to undermine any credibility that anything that comes out of the special counsel whenever bob mueller releases his report, that they're going to be able to attack it as lacking credibility. >> reporter: this afternoon the president tweeting that comey made up many of things he said, i said and he is already a proven leaker. and president trump already blasting the democratic committee for filing a lawsuit
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alleging his campaign conspired with russians and wikileaks to hack damaging dnc e-mails. tweeting that the republicans will counter sue. the dnc filing doesn't name the president, but it does include his top campaign officials. >> u.s. representative eric swalwell hosted his first town hall meeting of the year today to talk about what's happening in washington. abc 7 news was in san lorenzo at oroyal high school where he met with his constituents. he talked about mr. strike on syria and the upcoming meeting with kim jong-un. >> i'm rooting for success. >> swalwell said kim's announcement yesterday north korea's shutting down its nuclear test site because its finished its mission must be
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verified because the country has a history of misleading the wurmd. former first lady barbara bush has been laid to rest. reporter kitsch hutchinson has more about the service today. >> reporter: family and friends gathered saturday to remember barbara bush, celebrating the life and legacy of the former first lady. >> she was candid and comforting, steadfast and straightforward, honest and loving. barbara bush was the first l of the greatest generation. >> reporter: her husband of 73 years, former president george h.w. bush was in the front row. the couple's five children including former president george w. bush sat nearby. some of the most prominent names in american politics crossed party lines to pay their respects. first lady melania trump sat alongside former presidents and former first ladies.
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>> we learn to strive to be genuine and authentic by the best role model in the world. her authentic plastic pearls, her not coloring her hair, by the way she was beautiful until the die she died. her hugging of an hiv aids paigs as a time when her mother wouldn't do it. at the time barbara pierce bush was real and that's why people loved her and admired her so. >> reporter: barbara bush was buried at a presidential library in texas. a cult movie figure dies. and now this actress could face years in prison after an arrest reveals shocking details. and a bigger crowd revealed bigger problems at 420 this
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investigators arrested allison mack today, the reporter -- the hollywood reporter says mack recruited women as part of a suspected cult. she claimed it was amentership program and then exploited the women forcing them to have sex with the group's leader who has also been arrested. one of the stars of the movie austin power has died. in recent years he dealt with health issues. most recently he was admitted to the hospital earlier this month with alcohol poisoning. his family said he fought batals ev over the years but this time it was too much. the team says danny farquoris now in critical but stable condition and now being treated by specialists. crews did an incredible job cleaning up after yesterday's 420 celebration. about 5,000 more than last year
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showed up. there were some issues. at least 12 people were taken to the hospital with symptoms police say were possible fentanyl over bart tweeted ridership was almost 420,000 saying that's high for a friday. as we take a live look outside, how hot is the going to get, meteorologist drew tuma up next with it accuweather forecast. we know who the warriors
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if you celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the bay area's very own field of dreams he will come. abc 7 news was in oakland at rickey henderson field where the baseball hall of famer and oakland tech grad signed autographs and thanked the community for keeping his diamond dream alive. the high school's baseball field built in 2008 was named in the former oakland a's honor the following year. >> just come in and share their heart into this field, and i'm
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so proud, you know, they've been able to keep it just like it seemed like when it was brand new. >> yeah, still looks great. the event recognized community efforts to keep the field working with $350,000 in donations and countless hours of volunteer work over the last decade. today cal opened its doors to people beyond its campus community for the annual event cal day. there are tours, demonstrations, exhibits and much, much more. everyone is welcome to the open house. about 40,000 people are expected to take part in the campus this year. well, it's back into the earth day for hundreds of volunteers helping with the city of archeology lab remove sand during a long-term public excavation the day before earth day. abc 7 news was in san francisco in front of the officers club where archeologists have been digging at the original spanish colonial site the last four years. >> the people here today are just dropping volunteers, people
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who have interest in archeology, people that want to have a bit of fun. and so they are helping us remove that sand that covers our old discoveries. >> the excorrasion is heading into its fifth year in hopes to uncover more remains of the 1906 earthquake and the many layers of history before it. volunteers at the beach in albany to clean the shoreline. organizers say our recent storms brought in lots of trash to mclaughlin each state shore park. the citizens the east state shore park center sponsored the event. and accuweather no matter where you live tomorrow will be a great day to be out and about. even warmer weather moves in for the second half of the weekend. tons of sunshine out there right now. not a cloud to be seen, so no issues with precipitation tonight. a live look from south bay, san jose. we are soaked in sunshine. beautiful afternoon.
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made it into the lower 80s there. but it's this time of year everything is starting to bloom. allergies, you'll probably sniffing and sneezing. tree pollen at high levels. weed nonexistent at this time, but grass and mold are on the rise at moderate levels both. tree pollen the main offenders right now, oak, sickmer and mulberry. unprotected skin can burn in less than 15 minutes. 9 degrees warmer in nevada right now than this time yesterday, 11 degrees warmer in livermore, 7 degrees warmer in san jose, and this trend continues. the microclimate in full effect. half moon bay at 55, but you look inland and we're still sitting in the 80s. around oakland checking in with
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a current temperature of 65 degrees. over the next 12 hours we'll keep the clear skies. a really nice night on the way. satellite and radar combined show you the story we have overhead right now. it's clear skies. some clouds in the south and socal. the storm track well north of our region. high pressure well in control over northern california, and that will stay there as bell. so we are sun soaked from sunrise to sunset. sun up here about 6:24 in the morning. by noon a lot of spots away from the coast we are in the 70s, and by 4:00 it is warm afternoon. well above average this time of year. in the 70s and 80s we go. warmth inland, 85 the high for concord and antioch. a nice mild high of 73 in oakland, 80 for santa rosa and napa. we have that breeze that will be
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light but constant pulling in that cooler air off the ocean. nice in san francisco and an afternoon high of 69 degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast for earth day tomorrow looking spectacular, tons of sunshine. temperatures well above average this time of year. monday the warmest day all week. we're well into the 70s and 80s. some morning fog, afternoon sunshine on your tuesday. we are still mild to warm midweek around here. but thursday much cooler air arrives. you're really going to feel the difference for the second half of the weekend. by friday cooler and cloud ier. and next weekend temperatures back into the 50s and 60s. more than likely will face the warriors in the next round, but -- state needs to
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game first. >> reporter: kevin durant will play tomorrow, shawn livingston is probable. the warriors are 19 and hoping to make it 20 tomorrow of the sweep of the spurs. gregg popovich won't be there for the game and nor will steph curry. >> seeing him out there in practice and getting back into the normal routine, you know, i'm happy to see him out there. i know he's excited to get back out there. the next step obviously is to play in the full game. >> reporter: closing out a team at home even if they're down 0-3 is a tough duty with the spurs with nothing to lose. >> they're playing free and with a free spirit as well, so we got to counteract that by playing extremely hard, good basketball, good possession, moving the ball, good defense. we'll be fine.
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>> the closeout games are always the most difficult just because you're playing a great team, every team in the playoffs is, you know, talented and they don't want to see their season end. and especially on the road trying to close a team out is very difficult. >> reporter: if the warriors can pull off the sweep tomorrow that extra time off to rest and heal will be key for round two. >> i guess it gives guys more time to relax and get treatment, work on their games and i don't know just give us more time to be in a gym and fine tune each other and fine tuning our games. >> reporter: well, a team with nothing to lose is dangerous team. and of course you can see this game on abc 7 at 12:30 tip off. >> all right, thanks so much, mike. and right after the buzzer you can join host larry beal and kerry keyton. they'll have the break down after the game. and speaking of the pelicans this is what their first round
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sweep looked like. a gorgeous alley-oop, and then former warrior, get a look at this, drew holiday he had 41 points in this game. anthony davis, 33 of his 47 points came in the second 121-123. and he is going to finish it strong. harden had 11 at the half. second quarter derek rose, and instead of driving he's going to find jamal crawford in an open corner. right now they lead by nine in the third quarter. james johnson did not like that. he jumped in the fray.
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both cuvington and johnson got teed up, and look at johnson. one minute remaining, ben simmons untouched. the first rookie sense magic johnson to post a triple-double. and pablo sandoval will dh with buster posy due to stiffness in his back. so hopefully a little warming and he'll be back on the diamond. >> just ahead it is a vinyl
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tonight on abc 7 news at 9:00 over an kofy tv 20 apple is getting a hand, a robotic one to help the company be more environmentally friendly. a 9-year-old boy who lost his home and prized baseball memorabilia collection gets the honor at tonight's a's game. today happens to be the day music fans wait for twice a year. abc was at abc strictly vinyl records for records stores day.
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strictly vinyl takes part in a celebration two times a year. today people shop for new releases from artists that are no longer alive. now, in case you missed it today records stores day happens once again on black friday. all right. still have a record player? >> i do not. >> no, but i remember the first record i ever bought. nob 33 shawn cassidy. >> hey,
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>> okay, leeza. we're ready for you on set. >> thanks, guys. >> i'm walking to set with our ladies. >> we're gonna do a last, final mike check. >> of course. all right. have a good show, everybody. >> female announcer: the following is a paid presentation for dr. denese skinscience featuring emmy award winner leeza gibbons, tv host lisa robertson, and daytime emmy award winner and "general hospital" star finola hughes. >> male announcer: and now the exclusive premiere of "winning the wrinkle war," examining how powerful age-renewing and youth-building ingredients can actually deliver incredible results like these in just 14 days. >> female announcer: and transform your skin like this in only 60 days. >> male announcer: but first, let's join reporter and emmy award winner leeza gibbons. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi, ladies. thank you. thank you so much, and welcome. i'm excited about our program today because we're talking about winning the wrinkle war. i'm 57 years old, and if you're like me, you're on the front li
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