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by living off the grid. completely. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. with energy upgrade california. live where you live. this is abc7 news. >> it's one of the hottest issues going in san francisco and being put to a vote. >> a new chapter in a debate whether officers should be allowed to carry tasers. >> i'm dion lim. >> san francisco will be voting on dual plans against one
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another. >> abc 7 news joins us now and found out the issue was divisive. le lisa. >> that is right. i talked to off-duty police officers and it has to do with proposition-h taser policy. it is an issue debated for more than a decade. people feel passionate and i got a chance to meet with some officers. here is a video from earlier this morning. off-duty officers and members of the police canvas, handing flyers at businesses and people on the street. drumming up support for proposition-h equipping police with tasers. and the police commission voted for tasers late last year and adopted its own policy in march and the mayor dropped his support after the vote. i spoke with an officer saying
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that tazers will keep them safe. i talked to a member who is concerned that they will use it on minorities, and the homeless and people with mental illness. >> we want tasers to help protect the citizens of the city. we are the only department that doesn't have tasers. >> the research on tasers show that police escalate rapidly from the use of taser and the gun. and they sometimes mistak it. >> police officers are equipped with batons, pepper spray and their guns. we did reach out but did not hear back at this time. abc7 news. >> thank you very much. the founder of burning man died following a stroke and a statement posted on the culture
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events website saying larry passed, away this morning at the age of 70. suffered a struck and the festival held in the nevada desert sorted in 1986 in baker beach and now tens of thousands of people will pay $1,200 to attend the gathering in the desert. when the burning man is set on fire. >> drivers face delays and detours after hitting a pole in berkeley. abc7 news at ashby avenue while pg&e crews worked on replacing them. berkeley police closed the eastbound road. that lane expected to reopen at 8:00 tonight. a sonoma county inmate back in jail after a brief escape at the detention facility in santa
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rosa. climbed a fence and jumped a wooden fence. deputies searched the area and found him in a creek covered in blood. treated for injuries and booked a the a more secure facility. serving his second day of a four-day sentence. >> we have details on a chp officer doctoring officer dragged yesterday. >> 33-year-old nicole christine wade in pittsburg. held at the jail for multiple charges. the chp confirmed the unite of the officer involved. this is a picture of officer spears from last year. he was treated for his injuries and released. >> the arrest of the suspected golden state killer through a dna website, raises questions about privacy. used by authorities to track
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down joseph deangelo and faces numerous charges for murders and rapes. looking at privacy, they don't have legal restrictions like others. both ancestry dna require a court order before pulling information. a young woman brought her information to honor korean war veterans to the bay today. ♪ abc7 news at the san francisco when hannah kim helped lay a reef at the memorial. traveling to all korean war memorials in all 50 states this spring to honor veterans what many call the forgotten war. >> some come back with trauma and some never come home. it doesn't cost us -- it costs them an arm and leg to secure our freedom, but it doesn't cost
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us anything but just to say thank you. >> kim also told us that her family is free today thanks to the service and sacrifice of korean war vets in the early 1950 1950s. >> it is a busy week for the president. his nominee for veterans affair secretary withdrew. >> abc7 news reporter ja nay nor man brings us up-to-date. >> struck between the north and south korean leaders, working toward an end to the decade-long conflict. >> i think i have responsibility. >> setting the stage. tweeting this morning he spoke with south korea's president moon. >> things are going well. time and location of meeting with north korea being set and it is a busy week for foreign policy. taking to twitter after using
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his nominee ronny jackson withdrew -- writing the secret service unable to confirm, they dedeny the charges which have devastated the wonderful jackson family. and the judge in the stormy daniel lawsuit delayed that case ruling there is a large potential for factual overlap teen this case and the proceedings related to the nondiscloe sure agreement she signed days before. holding a campaign rally in michigan a state that has major business expansions and jobs pouring in. >> happening tonight, former secretary of state speaking at dominican you have the in san rafael. in palo alto last night
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addressing the silicone valley. the first woman to serve as secretary of state holding the office from 1997 to 2001 in the clinton white house. the current state of relations with north korea and the challenge any discussion will pose for the u.s. >> imtroubled that the state department has been gutted. if you are going to do diplomacy, you need diplomat, if donald trump has a meeting, it will be the beginning and a lot of work. >> saying she is worried about north korea's nuclear capability and thinks the issue can be resolved. her peaspeech beginning at 8:00 p.m. >> gathering in a national sub issue to remember 21-year-old ebony groves. one killed.
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the hilton hotel. this out fitted sky crane called in for the most delicate jobs. twitter users posted about it and thought it was a rescue operation or a film shoot. it is air-conditioning. a judge ordering the entertainer to wear a gps monitor and not leave his house. cosby can go to the doctor and meet with the lawyers. must get permission. he was convicted of drugging and molesting a woman. could spend the rest of his life in prison? youtube cracking down on cannabis channels. some speculate it is because youtube doesn't make ad revenue from the content. users said they complied with advertising rules and had their
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channel shut down. they don't have an explanation why it was deleted and youtube has not commented. >> one of jerry brown's project getting support from the bay area. the governor pushing to build two huge tunnels to move water from southern california. it has been slowly moving forward with a steep price tag in the billions. may commit to up to -- our media partners at the mercury news report a vote scheduled for next wednesday. >> an end of an era in the bay area. >> the east bay bakery lining up for one sweet fix before the store closed for good. >> my temperatures today running cool in terms of april numbers. we'll look at how long
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bittersweet that's the feelings that sums up people after picking up their favorite sheet. shoppers packed virginia bakery they are retiring after cultivating a faithful following over the decades. >> it is an iconic bakery, coming here since about 1970 going to uc berkeley and my favorite is the cinnamon nut loaf and i got one. i'm happy. >> we have three generations of families coming here. we have our kids here. it is sad to see them go. >> regulars tell us it has been a steady stream for about several days in a row. >> we have some pretty moving
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dash cam video law enforcement run in with an angry cow. it comes from texas. the dep tuties on the road with their flat lights, investigating reports that a cow got hit. and the cow makes runs at the deputy. it didn't appear to be hurt. >> that is no bull. >> equally as bed. the cow wandered back into the woods. >> now your accuweather forecast withdrew tuna. >> we are tracking cool weather descending into the temperatures. live doppler 7 along with satellite dodging the cloud cover. the roof camera showing you the flags weaving the breeze and blowing around the pollen. so allergy suffers it's a rough
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ride and that will continue for the future. here is the accuweather highlights, partly to mostly cloudy skies and a chance to see drizzle. the bigger picture for sunday, it's a breezy and cool finish to the weekend and unfortunately, if you are sniffing and sneezing, it is because of tree pollen. it is running at high levels and will stay there for the next several days. take your medication. average in terms of april numbers. 50s and 60s, 59 in san francisco, oakland, 61, and 64? san jose and concord 64 degrees. you can see the spin in the at most sphere, a area of low pressure to the north. too far away from it to get meaningful rain, what it is doing is dragging in cooler air into the our region and there's a chance over night tonight we
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can have spotty drizzles. two in the morning on sunday and along the coast and into the south bay. could be drizzle on sunday and won't be anything meaningful and the chance dwindles once the sun gets up here and sunday itself, will be a dry day. 40s and 50s over the next 12 hours and future weather and pops of green on the screen in the south bay. the chance of drizzle as we sleep. the 12 hour day planner, similar sky to now. intermittent sunshine throughout the day and the biggest take away on sunday, the temperatures will be 50s to mid 60s. 61 the high in san francisco, 64 in oakland, 65 for san jose. 62 in cloverer dale. and 66 in concord. so here is the accuweather
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seven-day forecast clouds to some sun on sunday. cool afternoon on monday and sunnier skies on tuesday into wednesday and a warm up on thursday and friday. more like spring and rather warm. and neekt weekend mild to warm. tomorrow we'll feel chilliy. >> it is going to be a bright weekend. >> drew, thank you. >> sports. >> it has been a long day for the giants. >> yeah. >> and it is half way over. for a double header up to a slow start. the second round of the nba playoffs tips off at or call tonight. will he or won't
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now sports from abc7 news. >> stephen curry listed as questionable for tonight's game. we should get an update in 20 minutes and questionable means a 50/50 chance of playing in the first game. been out since march 23. curry completed he is first practice included a full court scrimmage with contact. the availability tonight depends on how his knee responds. >> his energy and everything. that is just the beauty of the struggle and journey.
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>> we game plan like if he is playing great, if he is not, we adjust. >> after getting blown out in game one, the sharks had coach peter stating the obvious. san jose has a quote, laundry list of issues. the sharks without star forward who received a one-game suspension of the cross-check. the sharks never gave themselves a chance. martin jones pulls after allowing five goals on 14 shots. the goalie was not to blame. >> hen didn't have a chance on any of those. >> -- we night have some win 1-0 or 2-1 games but that's the expectations of myself and nothing changes that. >> game two just under way.
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those good feels from friday night after the giants beat the dodgers, they are gone. they barely lasted 12 hours after the saturday slump hit. i don't think this little guy is going to last very long. he's got some shark's highlights coming up. we hope to see some giant highlights, are we going to see those? we are going to move on. pitching the 9th of the giants. it was that kind of game. we will have the highlight at 6:00. michael jordan said never say never, limits like fears are illusions. shaquem griffin paid attention. came in the fifth round and the sea hawks selected the speedy line baker who is missing his left hand. had to be amputated as a child. he started in central florida
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and played as a prosthetic, he will join his twin brother. he was over come with emotion. >> i couldn't breathe and i didn't know what to say. i was trying to get the words out. it was tough. i did everything i was supposed to do. >> okay, remember at 6:00 we'll have the answers whether curry will play tonight. the sharks round two under way and we'll have the highlights of him pitching. it was fun. his teammates laughing in the dugout and look at this, the first one to beat them. >> a tease until 6:00. >> it
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new on abc7 news at 6:00 a day fishing on the delta turns into a rescue mission. >> and trying to escape an armed robber. >> that's it for abc7 news at 5:00. >> thank you for inviting us into your home. mindy is going to answer all of those questions for you at 6:00. will steph curry play tonight? >> that's a great question. >> we'll see you at 6:00.
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