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at that end of the pool it's 13 feet deep. i was able to talk with a parent whose son was actually in the class, the p.e. class when the young man's body was found at the bottom of the pool. he was unresponsive. let's look at with what it looks like from the ground here now. earlier today, again there were a number of investigators around this pool. what i learned from the parent whose student was in the class was that they were coming out for their fifth period freshman p.e. class after lunch. the kids were decide whag lanes to go into. at that point several students noticed that there was someone at the bottom of the pool. at that point i'm told several of the students jumped in. the teacher jumped into the pool. they brought the young man up to the surface. and then performed cpr. and he was taken to an area hospital. so at this point that's pretty much all we know here at san
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ramon valley high school. the students were kept inside their classrooms for a time. but i can tell you they were let out of class at the usual time just after 3:00 here. so lots of talk here on campus about what happened. but, again, at this point we don't have an update on the condition of that young man. live in danville, laura anthony abc 7 news. >> we'll follow up laura thank you very much. >> now to the other top story a controversial judge breaks silence after two years. judge aaron persky decided to speak out about the effort to recall him from the bench. >> he is under fire for sentencing brock turner to six months in prison for sexual assault. >> abc 7 news reporter david louie has a look at what the judge said today. >> in fewer weeks voters decide will judge aaron persky stays on the pench tp. it police a fire stormy of criticism for his sentence of brock turner for sexual assaults. this is turner released from
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jail after serving three months in september of 2016. persky remained silent the past two years. he can't talk specifics about the turner case because it's on appeal. but believes judicial independence is at stake. >> when public opinion influences a juror's decision or a judge's decision it corrupts the rule of law. this recall if successful will make it harder for judges to keep that promise. >> judge%cy says he understands why sad advocates for victims of sexual assault are passionate about tough sentences. he thinks that energy is being mischannelled. >> let's use that passion not for judicial recall. let's use it for construtive, productive purpose >> persky who has been on the bench 4 years acknowledged he thinks about the victim in the turner case but must focus on the law. >> i do. i think about it all the time. >> however, recall organizers say judges also need to be accountable. >> judge persky is elected.
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he is accountable to the people he serves. and on june 5th we are confident the voters will vote against him to recall him. >> judge%cy case the recall has been difficult for his family. he has sons ages 7 and 9 whom he tried to keep ins latd. it's tougher on his wife who is never sure whether neighbors and friends are for or against the recall. in palo alto, david louie, abc 7 news. moving on now president trump did as expectsed announce that he is pulling the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal. mr. trump signed a presidential memorandum withdrawing from the 2015 agreement, brokered by the obama administration and six other nations. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. >> president trump also announced plans to reinstall sanctions and warned other countries not to help the
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iranian government. iran's president says he will negotiate with the five remaining countries to keep the deal in place but says if negotiations fail iran will enrich uranium more than before. president obama has weighed in as well calling the decision a serious mistake. coming up at 4:30 we'll have reaction to the decision from local iranian experts. new developments now in the golden state killer case. the detective who spent a decade trying to crack the case now says suspect joseph deangelo may have had an accomplice. an retired county o detective paul hols says he believes a second person may have helped with the earlier crimes. he believes if he had an complic it would have been just the incidents involving sault assault not homicide but the sacramento county sheriff says that's not pb and he remains the sole suspect. 49ers linebacker reuben foster pleaded guilty to felony
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domestic violence charges stemming from an incident in february. foster's attorney entered the pleas and asked for preliminary hearing thursday. all this comes after the alleged victim his former girlfriend recanted her story through her attorney. they say her injuries happened during a fight with another woman. and turned over video to the district attorney's office they say proves that. legal analyst stephen clark says the prosecutors have a lot of work to do here. they want to make sure they are doing the right thing, that the video is authentic and the story that's coming forward from the complaining party at this point is accurate and not as a result of any pressure. >> next thursday's preliminary hearing will determine if there is enough evidence to move forward to a trial, which could take place by mid-to late july. pg&e unveiled it's state of the ort art wildfire safety operation center today. >> it's a hub that coordinates responses to fast moving fires like the north bay fires, even though the utility says the
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destructive fires had nothing specifically to do with the creation of the new operation center. >> vic lee is in the newsroom with the story. vic. >> ama, dan, the giant utility says that creating the op center opened in march because there is a new norm for wildfires. and that new norm caused by years of drought and other climate changes. >> welcome to pngen e new wildfire safety operations center. >> the risk during wildfire season is so great that we felt we needed to stand up a specialized function that specifically is looking at wildfires. >> this is a utilities hub for all of its wildfire prevention measures in northern and central california, where they will coordinate efforts with first responders and deploy their own fire fighting teams headed which the partnering cap stone fire and safety management. >> we're going to be out there in the service areas, making sure that we can pick up any fires when they start small. >> critical to the op center is
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a weather station kicking back real time weather reports from high risk fire stones and tracks the areas. >> this is where pg&e will make the controversial decision whether to is the shut off power to communities. >> the risk of fire starting and the risk of spreading is so severe that as a last resort shutting down the power makes sense. >> the op center comes on the heels of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in the state's history. the north bay fires where more than 6,000 homes were zrid, 40 people killed. the santa rosa fire department says at least two fires were caused when pg&e power lines arced setting trier to dry vegetation. the utility has been slapped with more than 100 lawsuits, including one by sonoma county. but pg&e says the north bay fires were not the reason for the new op center zpl really is recognizing that conditions have changed, continue to change, and
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it's really focusing on the conditions that are changing. >> and the lawsuits were they a factor. >> not a factor at all. >> not a factor at all. >> well, both the state p.u.c. north bay fires to find out what caused them. most of the lawsuits claim that the utility failed to maintain and repair the power lines and that pg&e crews had done a poor job of clearing vegetation from lines. vic lee, abc 7 news. now the accuweather forecast with spencer chris zploon we are winding down another cool breezy pleasant day across the bay area. it was warm in spots. let's look at live doppler 7. you can see fog touches the coastline but sunny over the bay and inland. at 24-hour temperature changes shows a cool down in the bay area locations 2 to 4 degrees cooler than yesterday. san francisco one degree warmer. 59 in the city np 63 in oakland. 81 in santa rosa. 79 at danville.
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74 at san jose. and the forecast for fog shows that it's going to be quite dense during the overnight hours at the start of the day tomorrow. start of the morning commute. there will be widespread dense fog long the coastline across the bay, inland, visibility is going to be reduced. i'll show what you the rest of the day looks like in a few minutes ama. >> thank you so much spencer. the santa clara valley water district is throwing support behind governor brunn's plan to build two massive tumbles from defort wert from the sacramento river to export to central and southern california. the district board supported the $17 billion project and commit $650 million to pay for it. governor brown issued a statement saying this kourjous decision will help 2 million santa klayens have a reliable water supply. >> robo calls are not knew process. but a new scams has the district attorney issuing a warning today. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the details. >> ama and dan we are used to
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robo calls but laflt many people in the u.s. and canada are getting calls in mandarin relating to a new scam. take a listen at a message in abc 7 news producer [ speaking foreign language ] >> document that affects your immigration status. all of them ask you to press a number if you do you get connected to someone who tells you you are linked to a financial crime in china and need to send money to resolve it or face arrest. san francisco district attorney george gachken sent out a warning today saying it's essentially the same scam in any language. and the response should be the same. don't engage, don't send money.
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now new york city police say since december dozens of victims have lost $3 million to the scam. if you or someone you know has been targeted, please report it. we have resources on the website, abc7news.com. dan and ama. >> kristen, thank you. all right well back on the picket lines today across california. >> the big boost for protesters today. >> and later when life gives you lemons, you make trees. the north bay woman making a big batch of lemon aide after the forth bay wildfires. >> larry beil live at oracle arena as we count you down to warriors and pelicans. what's the biggest challenge for the dubs tonight? it has nothing to do with
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been major. >> what do you want. >> university of california registered nurses walked alongside hospital workers who went on strike on monday. >> we work with them. nurses can't do our job without them. we all work together. so, you know, we're best in the west process. you have to treat it that way. >> hospital employees with the american federation of state be, county and municipal employees will be back to work after the three-day strike. they are the custodians drivers cooks and to uses of employees who deal with the patient's care. ucsf told reporters not every registered nurse went out today. in addition they hired enough replacement nurses to fill in the gap. >> we were able to move nurses around and give additional -- a ratio of coverage because we had additional staff. >> the uc system says it can't afford the salary increases the union is dpaning. in addition to higher wages they
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want less outsourcing of jobs. > they understand the inequality we're battling with the strike, the outsources we're battling, affect them all. eroding one piece of the time is like cutting off an arm. >> the average salary of an union employee is $40,000. a recent report by hud, found that a family of four in san francisco marin and san mateo counties earning $105,000 or less a year is considered low-income. uc's six medical centers have been impacted clueing student health center and campus facilities. today they held several rallies at uc berkeley. and tomorrow we expect more of the same. all of the unions will be back on the picket line. meanwhile there is no indication that both sides -- excuse me -- that both sides are ready to go back to the bargaining table. i'm live at ucsf, lyanne
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melendez, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much, lyanne. we are just hours away from game 5 of the warriors playoff series against new orleans. >> and the warriors could wrap it up tonight at home. abc 7 sports director larry beil is live at oracle arena with a preview. hey, harry. >> hi, dan, ama, we know that eventually the wars will play the rock ets in the western conference finals. that's a given. the pels are a speed bump. what we assume. the western conference finals begins. that's the biggest problem for golden state tonight. because you can't just assume you're going to beat the pelicans this evening, right? you have to go out and win the game. looking ahead to the next series, that can be a dangerous thing. the warriors are up on new orleans three games to one. but you have to get the final victory. assuming a win is something golden state cannot do because the pels, oh, the pels would love to send this series back to
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new orleans. >> it's the hardest game. i mean there is a lot on the line. we don't want to make the flight back. . they don't want their season to end. so you can't believe the hype. everyone is already talking about warriors rockets. but both teams have a job to do. and we're not going to sleep on the pelicans just because the chart kplater is about the western finals. >> coach steve kerr said his pregame speech tonight would be extremely simple. show of hands, how many of you want to go back to new orleans? and how many of you would rather have the day off tomorrow right here in the bay area? it doesn't get any simpler than that. live at oracle arena, larry beal. >> that's a clear choice. >> yeah, day off. >> we vote that. thanks larry. are you set for mother's day? if you haven't bought mom anything yet maybe all you you
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need a phone cull. a phone call to mom is the top gift. 35% of americans rank it as the top gift. that's 14% more than flowers. only 25% of moms say they want a gift. they prefer time with the family. 90% of the moms say no chocolate. >> i'll take the chocolate. >> absolutely. >> dan will always take the chocolate sflo send it to me if mom doesn't want it i'll dispose of it properly. >> i'll take a cabernet. >> ton the forecast for the weekend. >> winds kicking up already. >> they are. it's cooling down tomorrow. remain windy into the we could. but the weekend is looking good. moms will be smiling. i'll smiling right now because we have mild conditions across the bay area ziet the presence of a little fog near the coast and the breezy conditions. check out the current surface wind, 8 miles an hour in san francisco. 16 in napa. 20-mile-per-hour over in fairfield. it's breezy around the bay at
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ama pointed out. and fog coming in as i pointed out. you can see from mount 59 in san francisco. 63 across the bay in oklahoma. 80 in gillry. 5 a at half moon bay. a view from emwhichririville. you can see the clouds and fog in the zns a mid-level clouds as well pl but otherwise sky are blue. 8 in santa rosa. 77 novato. fairfield 79. 80 at concord and 78 at livermore. one final view from the sutro tower camera over san francisco. these are the forecast features low clouds and fog no surprise there. expanding tonight. breezy and cooler tomorrow but warmer pattern develops around the end of the woke. 80s feeling like summer by then. but right now it's not summer-like. overnight look for widespread fog across the bay, inland through the strait and delta. possibly even a patch or two
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spot or two of coastal drizzle. overnight lows mainly in the low 50s. up in the atmosphere, cooler aaron the way being generated in our direction by the circulation around this low pressure system dropping down out of the gulf of alaska. we get a big cooldown tomorrow and nonthe ridge of high pressure moves in thursday. bringing a warming trend by the end of the week. and thip temperatures at summer like slfg. breezy conditions tomorrow. mid-to supper 60s around the bay and only 70s inland where we had 80s today. toward the end of the woke, this represents the cooldown tomorrow. this column shows the projected high temperatures, 74 in santa rosa. 75 concord. by friday a 10 or 11 degree increase. oklahoma 8 degrees warmer than tomorrow. san jose about 7 degrees warmer than tomorrow. a look at the ac wrkt seven-day forecast, breezy and cooler tomorrow beginning to wrm up thursday.
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warmer on friday and saturday. mailed to warm inland highs in the mid-to upper 80s. mother's day, mainly sunny, maybe a few high clouds passing by. high temperatures in the low 80s inland, mid-seventies around the bay. low 60s on the coast. beautiful mother's day. merchandise monday and tuesday next week cooldown but still pleasant. >> again i'm opening dan's home for wayward chocolates. >> you have to wrestle it occupy of my hands. >> a water main break affects traffic near the kohl yum 66th avenue and san leandro streets. when rafrg and leaving the coliseum for the a's game. fans using this intersection should seek an alternate route. want to give you a heads up. it's not just about made in the usa. this weeks it's about made in san francisco,s push to buy local. and you've seen the popular renovation shows that always
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seem to be taking down walls. why that actually might
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♪ people hanging out today at oakland city center got a surprise of an operatic nature. chor us of 50 broke into song. they are from the jami tolan vocal arts which develops and promote singer careers. organizers say the impromptu choerl event took months to plan and from the looks of this pleased crowd it was all very well worth it. good fun. nice day too. jtva sponsorsers a vocal competition at valley center for the performing arts at holley names university in oakland giving money to some of the upcoming singers petition. we put a link on the website, abc7news.com when you have a moek to collect it out. san francisco celebrated
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some of the creativitity of the home grown michelle obama businesses. abc 7 news was inside city hall. the pop up shop feerpted local artist makers and merchants showing what they create in san francisco. mar farrell checked it out. >> what we are doing in san francisco i want to do everything as we can to support small businesses, to support frist products that we have such a growing industry here in our own city is awesome. often times people aren't aware. so events like this inside the awareness. >> mayor farrell said he did some mother's day shopping while praising local businesses for kbeeg thousands of people in san francisco. and if you haven't made it to san francisco's museum of ice cream yet you are in luck, the exhibit was so successful it's extending the run another four months. the pop-up president museum celebrating all things ice cream now lun runs through the end of september. tickets for the extended run go on sale tomorrow.
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live, this is abc 7 news. and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. 49ers loo linebacker reuben foster pleaded not guilty to felony domestic violence charges. his girlfriend claims she suffered during the incident in february she then recan'ted. hearing next week determines if there is enough evidence to move forward. laura anthony is on scene at the swimming pool at san ramon valley high school where a student was at the bottom of the pool. the boy was taken to the hospital. we will v update on abc 7 news at 5:00. we are hearing for the first time from the superior court judge aaron persky who says he shouldn't be recalled following the controversial sentencing in the brock turner case. today marks the beginning of the end of the u.s. involvement in the iran nuclear deal. today president trump announced the u.s. is withdrawing from the 2015 accord. abc 7 news reporter carolyn
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tyler has new details. >> ama president trump cited israeli intelligence reports saying iran was secretly developing nuclear weapon when they werd the agreement. today he announced a dramatic exit. president trump put a pen to his promise signing a presidential memorandum withdrawing from the iran nuclear agreement. >> this was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made. >> the 2015 accord had lifted some economic penalties and sanctions in return for iran backing off its nuclear ambitions. president trump says the highest level of sanction also now be imposed. some bay area iranian americans who have been pushing for a regime change in the homeland believe today's announcement is a step in the right direction. >> what is really important for both people of united states and people of iran is that the international, political and economic pressure is maintained
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on the iranian regime so that the national security of the u.s. is protected and also people of iran do get the international support that they need. >> but professor abass director at of iranen studies at stanford calls the withdrawal a bad police decision. he believes it will strengthen hard liners in iran who will make this argument. >> i told you so. i told you you can't trust the united states. i told you they are walking away from this deal. so iran gets bragging rights, the conservatives get brag rights. >> president trump warned the other nations that are part of the accord, including france and germany, that they too could be punished if they help iran. the iranian's government's response. >> what trump did was psychological warfare and economic pressure. >> now, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tried to
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derail the 2015 deal and praised what he called president trump's bold decision. in the newsroom, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> thank you. chinese state run media says north korean leader kim jong un is committed to denuclearization. the reports comes after two days of meeting between kim and chinese president xi jinping. chinese state media is quoting kim saying his country has no need to possess nuclear weapons if, a quote relevant party drops the hostile party and security threats against it. that's a reference to the united states of course. it was kim's second visit to china in the last two months. new this afternoon, we're learning that former california governor died this afternoon. he serve as the chief executive from 1983 until 1991. the two-term republican governor was 89 years old. he spent four years as
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california's attorney general before elected governor. state historians credit him for economic policies that led to california creating 2.8 million jobs during his time as governor. he leaves behind his wife of more than 60 years and their three children. the manhattan district attorney's office is opening a criminal investigation into accusations of physical abuse by eric schneiderman, new york's now former attorney general. schneiderman officially resigned today following the accusations paed by four women in a "new yorker" article. two of the women we went on the record saying he repeatedly hit them after drinking and without consent. schneiderman says he engaged in role playing and other consensual sexual activity but didn't assault anyone. new york governor andrew cuomo called the allegations disturbing and credited the women for coming forward. >> i have tremendous accolades for the women who came forward. that is the essence of this me
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too movement. and this me too moment. >> neither of the women who spoke on the record filed any police complaints. but both say they sought out medical attention and confided if people close to them about the abuse. >> a sixth straight day of eruptions from the kilauea volcano in hawaii, the lava reaching 2,000 degrees is covering communities. marshalsy gonzalez is on the big island with the latest. >> reporter: new cracks opening in the ground. >> wow! >> spewing lava into this neighborhood. >> look at it erupting. i was stunned. >> reporter: some of the nearly 2,000 evacuated residents returning long enough to pack up and leave again, knowing time is running out. >> it's so close that probably tomorrow night it might be inundated or covered up. >> reporter: 35 building most
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homes, all destroyed by the volcanic eruptions. the line of 12 fissures extending 2 miles erupting in places up to 330 feet in the air higher than the statue of liberty torch. concerns about toxic fumes and earthquakes and now safety at this geothermal plant about a mile from the fissures where the 60,000 gallons of a highly flammable substance is stored. >> the amount of fuel stored, obviously when you have this combustible would cause some kind of explosion. >> officials saying it's being moved but it could take several days. >> about two hundred people are staying in shelters with no idea when the eruptions could stop. marcy gonzalez, abc news, kilauea, hawaii. >> why a popular home renovation trend may not be the best choice. >> now this appliance here could
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risk. >> abc news reporter southeasterna marshal looks at the potential dangers and how to make sure your home is actually safe. >> tearing down walls. to make the closed off spaces open. >> and then all this stuff would be wide open. >> it's the trend seen on shows like fixer-upper and property brothers. and wanted by home owners across the country. >> they love it, because it opens up the space from the kitchen to the family room. no one in the home is isolated. >> she has been selling homes in the d.c. area for 20 years. and the northern virginia home, the wall once separating the kitchen and living room, gone. it's not the only one that potential buyers no longer want. >> people have asked about opening up this wall. >> knocking down the walls means opens up the home to fire threats. >> now this appliance here could not only affect the kitchen but rapidly spread in the living and dining area. >> on average there is a house
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fire every 90 seconds in america and those fires are responsible for 80% of all civilian fire deaths. >> when a home owner or someone buying this homes and you see this wall and you hear they want to knock it down. >> with this wall and this door closed it could keep a fire from moving from this kitchen area into this dining area for ten, 15 minutes or no. >> without the wall you'd have as little as two minutes to safely escape. so if you really must have the walls gone. >> they have to give consideration to the fire safety aspect as they do it. >> sprinklers are the best protector. >> in this demo, the side with sprinklers barely burned while the side without was destroyed in under three minutes. if you don't have those keep the fire extinguishers nearby and make sure you have smoke alarms. southeasterna marshal, abc news. now the accuweather forecast with spencer chris zbloon starting with live doppler 7 you can see the sunny skies over the bay and inland. a little bit of fog at the
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contest. a lot more during the overnight hours and into tomorrow. before i get to that let's look at pollen count and uv index. tree pollen is high right now, moderate grass pollen and the uv index is high. bear in mind if you have extended exposure to the sun. overnight lots of fog spreads across the bay and inland. overnight lows in the 50s, mild overnight and maybe spotty drizzle near the coast. tomorrow sunny skies everywhere except the coast. highs range from 50s to the mid-60s around the bay and 70s inland. cooler tomorrow than today. but a warmer pattern by friday and saturday high temperatures and summer-like levels. upper 80s inland by saturday. mother's day sunday great. low 80s inland mid-70s bay and cooling at the finishing of the week. relievly we can ahead spotty drizzle overnight. >> thanks spencer. an army national guardsman is with his newborn daughter after having to watch his wife
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give birth on his phone in a texas airport. a passenger captured this photo of soldier sitting on the floor at dallas/ft. worth he he messed the moment because the connecting flight back home to mississippi was delayed. can you believe it? another passenger posted the video of lindsey. it's been viewed more than 200,000 times. can you see the look on his face. what am i doing here? i want to be with my wife and new child. >> yeah. but he made it it's okay. well uber is going to new heights, the effort to launch flying cars. i'm "7 on your side's" michael finney. you can turn goingle ai into your new assist. making phone calls for you. we'll show it to you coming up next. larry beil life at oracle, counting down to the warriors and pelicans, this is steph curry as fourth game back as we look at damian jones behind me. how is
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is there live ton. larry. >> dan confidence is high. my confidence is high. i think they'll get it done. but what does it mean? what do i think? anyway, how about steph curry? what does he think? it was a week ago tonight that he came back from the knee injury after a five and a half week absence. since then he played in three games. averaging 23 points in 29 minutes per contest. the real question regarding the knee, is he 100% yet? we have seen the curry flurries but not the consistent domination we have come to expect from the two-time mvp. and even steph is admitting he is trying to get his king back. >> any time you are injured you can't -- it's hard to simulate live action, playoffs intensity action. every time you get out there you get a little bit of the cobwebs off and build up the endurance. i think my three games back has been that way. hopefully tonight another step
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in the right direction. >> so the warrior really want to close it out in game 5 tonight. if they do so steph will get a lot of time to rest and work on his king because the western conference finals would not begin for probably a week. the earliest would be next monday. that's assuming they and the rock et cetera both win tonight. but still got to play the games and we'll see. game time tonight, 7:30. but i said, confidence is high. it's high. larry beil, abc 7 sports. >> we're with you. uber is discussing its plan to make flying taxis -- yes i said flying taxis, a reality by 2020. the company met with federal transportation officials in los angeles to yult the plan for aerial tests in several cities, including l.a. and dallas and dubai. the flying taxis use helicopter style rotors for take off and landing but fixed wing over longer service. they say it's cheaper and faster
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and addresses traffic issues. >> avoid the bridges might be nice. google sbruss a new personal assist. "7 on your side" has the details. >> we were talking about the flying cars. jettisons. now continuing with this conversation. google assist will be able to make telephone calls for you. google announced a technology called google duplex. at the annual developer conference today. that will use artificial intelligence, ai, to call businesses for appointments and to do other tasks. google demonstrated two calls, one setting up a hair appointment and another confirming a restaurant reservation. the human sounding automated face even used conversation fillers like pauses, ums and sounding natural. potential bad news for bay area drivers for the first time in three and a half years. u.s. oil prices now top $70 a
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barrel. analyst say prices are rising calimibets on production. there are also concerns that ail export from iran may fall since the announcement of the u.s. pulling out of the iranian nuclear deal. higher oil priss will costs for the summer driving, vacation season, gas buddy.com says the current average for a palin of gasoline in the state of california is $3.63, compared to gallon. a possible $1,200 pay out for some receiving mechanicing calls from dish network. a judge ruled that dish violated the telephone consumer protection act by making more than 51,000 unwanted calls to people on the do not call list in 2010 and 2011. 18,000 of those received call and are owed the money to find out if you are one of them there is a website you enter the phone
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and it says right then yes or though you get the money. check it out. abc 7 news.com i have the link posted there. now i want to hear from you. my "7 on your side" hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. you can reach me on my facebook page and threw abc 7 news.com. i like the fake phone answering systems where they have the fake ee voice like there is somebody doing that. >> thank you, michael. >> well the next time you head out to buy a cup of coffee you may see a sign warning you it could be linked to cancer. if follows a state judge's ruling that sidewood a non-profit that sued about 90 companies demanding they put up warning signing process retailers like starbucks and pete's joined to fight the suit. they argued that warnings could be misleading to consumers. the judge dis"the guardian"ed when he finalizes the ruling
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yesterday. bing watching on indemnity flex might kill the mood for can you tell me couples and result in less sex and new data on peak internet usage supports a argument by a am cambridge theym are less interested in sex because they watch more on demand videoings. the lancaster university team discovered that change from 8 to 10. >> well there you go. all right stay with us. you have probably heard the saying we life gives you lemons make lemdenned. >> up next in the wake of the north bay wildfires she is taking that a step fire. working to make a lifetime of lemon aid. >> and kristen with news at 5:00. we told you yesterday about the 74-year-old who died in an ambulance crash. new at 5:00, we hear for the first time from her husband who shares heart breaking details. and watch your step. we told you about the warning of
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rattlesnakes in the bay area. and we have another one today. details on a close encounter for a driver. plus the donations pour in after the mother of the oakland a's players dies from als find out who the big gives are. those stories and more when i join dan for abc 7 news at 5:00. you have to stake a first step to take a stand. >> it's the job of everyone here at abc 7 to share your story. >> to tell the truth. >> help you understand the truth. >> empower you. >> empower your family. >> whether worried about your daughter at work. >> or son at school. >> we are here to connect you with local experts and resources whenever you need them. >> because anyone can cover local news. >> but it takes a trusted ally to do your story justice. >> find your ally at abc
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i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein
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coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 it's roseanne followed by the middle. at nine catch backlashic. then splitting up at 9:30. and followed by the people at 10:00 and abc 7 news at 11:00. in the north bay people find ways to give in the aftermath of fire storm. from abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman, the story of a different kind of gift, not money, instead a gift of life and hope. >> reporter: it's a big fashion garden for a small backyard but when penny philips goes to work here the green thumb takes over for good reason. >> the facts that most of the
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plants came from coffee park they're my mom's. >> the stuff of memories and photos left behind after the fire storm and in her bedroom another projects, 40 lemon sables. >> they don't want to swim they want to be wet. >> where did you learn that. >> on the internet. >> her fascination with lemons tas has taken horse beyond lemon aand lemon mere awning pie. they she began to grow trees from seeds in the gas station she washings part time. >> people are like yeah you're doing good with the lemons. then we caught on fire sfla turns out there were a lot of lemon trees in coffey park and through the burn zone and people began to miss them. then they found out about penny. it's symbolic. >> when life gives you lemon, you know, you mang trees. >> that's tanya williams after she picked up her sapling this morning back in coffey park her husband mike showed us the remains of the favorite lemon
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tree. >> it's there. that's all that is left. >> that's it. >> i think it is one of the sweetest things that penny could do to give back. >> now the word is out penny is trying to keep up zproo i'm just a person i'm not a nursery. >> and they're just federal judge i'll saplings years from planting but in a region suffering so much her lemon tree gesture matters. >> giving people back a little something that's alive. everything was gone. >> not gone anymore because the lemon trees are making a comeback. in santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> that's wonderful. you know the trees will event produce lemons. penny told us they're the sweatest like her project. and you can always gets the news any time with the news app with the enhanced live video features, more customization and personalized push alerts to get more of the news you delivered to you in realtime. thank you for joining us for abc
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7 news at 4:00 i'm ama daetz. news at 5:00 starts now. we were spending an hour and a half there waiting and couldn't find out wapd. >> his wife left in an ambulance but never made it to the hospital. dieing in this crash yesterday. tonight, he shares the heart breaking story. >> the judge behind a controversial sentence finally breaks his silence. what he has to say about the efforts to kick him off the bench. >> a traffic alert tonight at the coliseum complex for warriors or a's fans why you should give yourself extra time. >> plus google puts on a show with artificial intelligence, the new technology out of silicon valley. >> announcer: live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. developing news in the east bay where a student is rushed to the hospital after being found in a high school pool. thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm and a ashley. laura anthony has been following this story. >> she joins us live from san
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ramon valley high school in danville what she has learned about the incident. >> reporter: hello, dan and kristen. vrgs from the danville police are on scene examining the area of the pool behind me where the boy was found. he was discovered just after lunch in the deep end of the pool, just as a freshman p.e. class bass to begin. >> medical emergency at san ramon valley high school. this is for a student in the bottom of the pool. local county is on scene with cpr in progress. >> the 911 call came in just before 2:00 p.m. at san ramon valley high school. a male student was found at the bottom of the pool unresponsive. while police investigated a deficienter apparently used to try to revive the young man was sitting near the deep end. it was learned that the student was discovered at the start of a class as students lined up to jump into the p

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