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a san jose man is that jail accused of causing the crash. >> beginning with chris wynn live in fremont with the latest on the investigation. chris. >> reporter: kristen, the chp says that they believe the person responsible for the crash may have been under the influence of -- may have been under the influence of marijuana. he is currently being held at the santa rita jail and expected to make his first court appearance tomorrow. this afternoon, minimal signs of a tragedy that occurred overnight. >> driving under the influence of marijuana just as bad as driving under the influence of alcohol. >> but this video shows the devastation after a five-vehicle crash shut down 880 north of fremont for several hours. chp investigators believe this man, 21-year-old dang tran of san jose was responsible >> based on the officers training and experience and investigation they determined that he was under the influence of marijuana. >> witnesses say tran was speeding and driving his toyota
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camry erratically before the collision which left three people dead. the alameda county earn coroner identified the victims as knowle johnson, 39, kristy, 14 and brook linas 9 all from antiqua. it doesn't appear they were wearing seatbelts. five others including four juveniles were injured and taken to the hospital. compared to last year, the chp expects dui marijuana arrests in the bay area will be up which 70% by the end of 2010. >> the decisions people make, the decision this person made to drive under the influence, change these people's lives forever. >> tran paces several charges, including gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated as well as counts for dui and causing bodily injury. his bill has been set at $195,000. in fremont, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> as chris mentioned the victims were from antiqua outside of stockton.
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the community is morning today. lyanne melendez continues the coverage live from sierra high school in the community where one victim was a freshman. lyanne. >> the school close to where we are kristen, this is still very much a developing story. so there are still things that we don't know, for example who was driving that suv and also were they related were the people inside that suv related? we still don't know. but what we do home. didilimas is a incident distant cousin she heard other family members that the driver of the car may have been under the influence of marijuana. >> i don't like drugs period. i don't care if marijuana is legal or whfr. but you know i'm not -- i'm in the into the -- into the drugs. >> the schools will have counselors on campus throughout the week for students and staff. in mantika lyanne melendez.
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>> this crash comes nearly five months after another deadly crash on interstate 880 where a driver was suspected of being under the influence of marijuana. police say 22-year-old mohammad ali was driving 120-mile-per-hour-mile-per-hour when he rear end the the patrol carve andrew camilleri in hayward. he is scheduled to enter a plea next months. new at 5:00 the head of the san francisco police officer association. stepped down. sources tell abc 7 that marty malran decide decided to act sooner than the faum. he has been the head of the association since 2013. the police union has been negotiating a new contract with the city for several months. after they failed to come to an agreement they went to arbitration and a new deal was reached two weeks ago. residents of a north bay retirement community affected by the wildfires filed a class action lawsuit tonight. they owned homes but rented the land. now they fear the landlord is
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trying to drive them in which. abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman on the story. >> into the golden years 47 of them together for dave and diana watson this 30-foot travel trailer hardly qualifies as the home sweet home they expected. >> the first week i thought it would be fun. >> now it's another of oh so many fire storm trouble tales. we heard a room filled with them. >> this is not the way i expected anything to be. >> the home owner tenants of the orchard in santa rosa, a burned down senior living community it's cleared and suspiciously devoid of construction they their lawyers smell a plot hence a class action lawsuit. >> the older citizens feel like they're being push out because they want to bring new people and new owners in. >> if you move what do they get. >> they get an empty lot and put their own home on it and they make big bucks. >> we did speak with the
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hometown president in chicago today he claimed to have no knowledge of the lawsuit. when we told him some of the charges, he described them as untrue. we asked him to elaborate. he said no comment. until he sees the paperwork. >> it's immoral. >> that's former home owner debra collins she and others are angry that hometown america intends to charge rent in september. >> we are leasing space here. and we deserve to know what's going on. >> we don't like it. we're paying for an empty lot. they won't even let us put this unit on that lot. >> if it sounds complicated it is. a post fire storm landlord tenant dispute on steroids. ? santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. a fairfield mom is facing nine new counts of felony child abuse as well as a previous misdemeanor. 39-year-old ina rogers appeared in court today, the mother ever ten was taken into custody by the court and booked into solano
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county jail. her attorney says she could afraid $50,000 bail but the judge agreed with district attorney and went with $495,000. her husband jonathon allen is also behind bars accused of torturing his children. a former santa clara city countsman facing sexual harassment allegations could still win the race to be the county supervisor. dominic caserta resigned yesterday and suspended his campaign for supervisor. but more than 100,000 ballot was his name on them have already been mailed out to voters. abc 7 news reporter david louie looks into the ballots already cast. >> reporter: the political landscape of santa clara change overnight. his run as a three-term council member ended when he resigned and his campaign for county supervisor has been suspended. however, he remains a candidate. there are caserta campaign signs around town. in fact the resident at this house says he plans on voting
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for caserta. however he was not aware that the campaign has been suspended. still, caserta's name is on the ballot. he is still listed third down a list of 7 candidates on the official ballot. and for some it's too late to consider the allegations of sexual harassment that have been leveled at him. about 130,000 ballots have gone out for district four and we have seen approximately 2,900 come back. >> that means there remains a possibility he could be elected if he win as majority june 5th. he could win a run off bid. long-term resident virginia oly nack isn't concerned about the votes already cast. >> i don't think he can get elected on 2,000 votes. >> those voting already can't change the ballot. >> if they've already returned the votes that vote has been cast they can't request a second ballot. >> caserta could not be found. he wasn't at home and his cell phone was disconnected. caserta denied all charges. schools where he works where
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students allege sexual harassment did not respond to questions from abc 7 news. foothill college issued this statement. quote the kwolg is in the process of gathering more facts regarding the mother. the college hasn't reached conclusions. a campaign website is still up. in santa clara, david louie, abc 7 news. california's attorney general plans to appeal a ruling that overturns the state's right to die law. a judge in riverside ruled tuesday that the enof life option act sign into law in 2015 was passed illegally. the measure was approved during a special session dealing with health care. it allows adults to obtain life-ending drugs if a doctor determines they have six months or less to live. the attorney general says he will seek an expedited review in an appeals court. attorney general xavier becerra is filing extorgs and money laundering charges against the owners of must go shots.com it publishes must go shots and
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charges a fee to remove them. >> but let's be clear. what mug shots.com is simple and sheer exploitation. no other which to put it plain and simple. cyberexploitation. >> the website pulse photos and identifying information about criminal suspects about from law enforcement departments around the country. four people are charged with 58 counts including extortion and identity theft. there is a proposal of $5 billion to address homeless crisis. 2 billion toward the construction ever affordable homes. the rest on social services programs for youth and victims of domestic violence. the plan would be a four-year commitment to tackle the issue head on. >> our own decisions as a state led us to this point. where we made it impossible to build enough housing at any income level where we give people every tool in the book to
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oppose new housing. >> funding would come from senate bill two reviews or revenues and the general fund. the plan must win approval from governor brown who has sought to station away $9 billion into the state's rainy day fund. >> all right stay with us a lot more to come. more trouble for the data firm cambridge analysta. >> the former employee who blue the whift on the misuse of facebook daft are data testified before congress. why he says social media platforms were are in desperate need of oversight >> apple planning a new campus but not in silicon valley, the late clues where tim cook could zhoos choose to pilled meteorologist sandhya pat. . active weather right now i'll let you know what's coming once the system passes for the bay area straight ahead. and so much for retiring in your 60s. the new study revealing that more americans plan to work
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♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ he's been called a rockstar lwinning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich. after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative. with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold.
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"the new york times" is reporting both the fbi and justice department are investigating cambridge analytica. news of the investigations comes on the same day the man credited for blowing the whistle on the company's indiscretions testified on capitol hill. christopher wiley told lawmakers that cambridge analytica used facebook to find and target americans to trigger paranoia and racial biases. >> cambridge analytic aire specialized in disinformation spreading rumors be kompromat and propaganda. the cambridge analytic aire scandal exposed social platform are no longer safe for users. the the platform are a critical part of american sosh cyberspace and in desperate need of protection and oversight. >> wiley worked for cam braj analytica in the 2013 and 2014. his testimony comes two months after refrlgss surfaced that the
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british firm harnessessed the date are data from 50 million facebook user without percentages. >> in another development mark zuckerberg agreed to before the european parliament on this issue. zuckerberg is expected to be in brussels next week to meet with parliamentary leaders in a closed door meeting. zuckerberg testified before congress last month. his appearance comes as an aggressive new data protection law takes giving facebook useners europe more control over what companies can do with online habits. >> we get an idea of where the apple new campus to house 20,000 employees might go. the options 57 to be narrowed down to north carolina and virginia. apple ceo tim cook reportedly met with the governor of north carolina last week. there is speculation the campus could be located near duke university where cook and other top executives went to school. meanwhile officials in northern virginia have also pitched several locations to apple. we shall say.
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we shall. there is another another perk of being a amazon prime member involving shopping at whole foods. >> "7 on your side" michael finney here with that story. >> quite the perk. here gou. prime members can get an additional 10% off sale items at the grocery is to store as well as weekly deep discounts on select best selling items. the savings are in and out available in florida stores and will expand nationwide, including into the bay area this summer to get the discount members have to sign into the whole foods app, using their amazon prime account. now you may remember amazon bought whole foods last year. the new study finds more americans plan to work up until the age of 70 or later. according to northwestern mutual study, 22% of workers plan to continue working until they reach the ages of 70 to 74. now an additional 16% say, any will work until age 75 or older.
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more than half of the respondents say it's out of necessity not choice. the study found many employees feel they don't have enough savings built up for retirement or are concerned social security won't cover all their needs. the transportation department wants to know what you think about animals flying on airplanes. the d.o.t. nouns announced it will take public comment as it decides whether to change regulations around flying with service animals. now its goal is to make sure rules are not discriminating against anyone with disabilities while at the same time cutting down on those abusing the system. the public forum for comments will be open for 45 days. we get a lot of complaints about it on both sides coming into the "7 on your side." >> thanks michael. on to the weather. now the accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> hi, everyone. our weather has been interesting. an isolated thunderstorm rolled through the east bay and north bay.
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you may have seen lightning. i'll show you what that's in association with. right now we have clouds peeks of sun on life doppler 7. let's widen the picture. the reason you saw that activity is this area of low pressure just spinning to our east. it is triggering the thunderstorms that you are looking at not only in the sierra but also in northern california. and check this out. it has been snowing in the tahoe area at the highest elevations in the sierra. you can see the showers. i know it's may. i want to show you the live picture. they are seeing rain and snow? the mountains if you are heading up tomorrow expect the possibility of snow around 8,500 to 9,500 speedy trial. more snow and thunderstorms in the forecast. i have seen snow in tahoe in may tp although it doesn't happen all the time it does happen. i want to show you what hasn't been happening much which is warming. but it's coming. if you think it's too cool. the average high is 75 tomorrow
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just below it. but then average on friday and just above on saturday before the temperatures km down again. we are in for an uptick in the temperatures. look at right now a live picture from the east bay hills camera. you can see a mix of clouds and sun there. pretty picture. low 60s in san francisco to oklahoma. 68 in san jose. 57 in half moon bay. from the south beach camera you see half and half blue sky and cloud cover. 62 in santa rosa right now. 68 in fairfield. napa livermore in the mid-60s. and from the kgo roof camera, the typical sea breeze in the afternoon is going on. but certainly seeing brighter conditions and you'll be seeing more of that in the days ahead. mostly cloudy in the morning. warmer the next few days. cool conditions at the coast and mild inland. if you are making the week plans hour by hour tonight at 7:00 you see the clouds around. we head into tomorrow morning's commute and notice the cloud cover is heavy around the region between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. spotty drizzle during the commute maybe. and then for the afternoon
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clouds will thin out a little bit. you will see some sunshine certainly temperatures will respond by coming up a few degrees. tomorrow morning they're going down. upper 40s to the mid-50s. make sure you dress in layers. it's starting out cool. and then for the afternoon it is a warmer day. low to mid-70s inland. upper 50s along the coastline. 60s right around the bay with the mix of sun and clouds. a look at accuweather seven-day forecast you notice the temperatures are coming up mid-70s for thursday, friday, saturday. upper 50s along the coast. you see more sun on friday going into saturday. second half of your weekend includes minor cooling and then increasing clouds on monday. and look what may be showing up on tuesday. one model hints at a slight possibility of a few showers. now it's pretty far out but we are alerting you to it. warmer wednesday. just when you think you can get rid of the umbrellas. >> not yet. >> notice dan and kristen you have to hang on to those
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year-round. weather can be interesting. >> thanks unchts easter but a videotape pen apparently killed him. >> charging the phone and more. "7 on your side" looks at the power behind the next generation of battery chargers. of battery chargers. that s only one candidate for governor brought business and labor together to expand career training and apprenticeships, invested in transportation and helped create over 200,000 living wage jobs. antonio villaraigosa for governor.
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explodesed into his head. the coroner report confirm his head was hit by shrapnel from his vape pen. he was using a pen made in the philippines which came out safety features or regulations. it was caused by a defective battery. the u.s. does not have regulations for batteries of e cigarettes. but there is heightened security at a construction projects tonight in berkeley. >> following a suspicious string of fires in the east bay the last two years. workers spaying a fire inhibitor on exposed wood framing. the owners say they are concerned because the fires in oakland and emeryville and concord erupted while the builds were unfinished. >> they say the treatment offers added protection while the tirk build is particularly vul merable to arson. >> even with insurance the cost to the contractor and developers it the millions of dollars.
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>> if there was a fire or somebody lit the building on fire, the chemistry comes out to break the chemical reaction in the fire to stall it's ability to advance. >> when finished, the building on telegraph avenue will provide 250 beds for student housing at the university of california. >> okay it's that time of year when the elite bicyclists make their way across california. >> the engine tour made the bay area stop today. where the cyclists are headed next. stay with us. >> announcer: superior accuracy in the palm of your hand. the accuweather app from abc 7 news minute by minute forecast plus realtime radar and alert keeping you i thought after sandy hook,
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where 20 six and seven year olds were slain, this would never happen again. it has happened more than 200 times in 5 years. dianne feinstein and a new generation are leading the fight to pass a new assault weapons ban. say no to the nra and yes to common-sense gun laws. california values senator dianne feinstein
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i'm ama daetz coming op on abc 7 news asset 6:00 battling back from a bout of e. coli poisoning. it was just painful. feel like i was about to die. >> tonight only on 7, a local family talks about the meal that made them viemly ill. and. putting a price on jeffrey the graf. and the huge influence pets have on the love lives of bay area residents. how many have stayed in a relationship because of their partner's dog. all that plus more coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. kristen, dan. >> see you thn. kylie jenner is bringing her makeup pop up shop to san
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francisco. opening on grant street next to the museum of ice cream. the reality tv star and beauty mogul says there will be special things exclusive to the san francisco store. no one is camped outside yet. but it's likely there will be a long line come friday morning. the engine tour of california made the only bay area stop today. >> sky7 was overhead as the cyclists competed in the men's individual time trial. the 21 mile race started and ended in morgan hill and made its way through san jose and silicon value zblool eagan holds the lead and the next stage from stockton to elk grove ending in sacramento on saturday. >> the women's raise starts tomorrow in elk grove. always fun this time of yooer. >> world news with david muir up next. i'm kristen sze. >> dan ashley. for all of us here we appreciate tonight, breaking news.ciate the president and the payment. president trump now confirming
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he paid his lawyer michael cohen more than $100,000, after he denied knowing anything about the hush money paid to stormy daniels. what his new financial disclosure now reveals. also tonight, north korea. will the summit happen after all? kim jong-un furious with comments coming from the white house. president trump had said, it is simple, they get rid of their nukes. but tonight, the first standoff before the summit. the white house now responding. the school shooting today. seniors gathering, rehearsing for graduation, when a fellow senior begins shooting in the school. the deadly package and the explosion inside this building. the woman killed. >> i need to have the building evacuated, all crews pull back from the incident. >> the children running for cover. and what authorities revealed
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