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decades in prison if convicted. >> both pleaded not guilty. chris nguyen was in federal court in san jose as this unfolded. >> reporter: once known as a rising star, eliz meabeth holme faced her downfall. as a 19-year-old stanford droupout, holmes founded theranos in 2003. this video shows her meeting with then vice president joe biden when he visited the newark lab. holmes a holmes -- reliability of some of their products.
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in a statement, u.s. attorney for the northern district of california says investors large and small from around the world are attracted to silicon valley. rules of law that require honesty, fair play and transparency. he became skeptical diuring a routine blood test. >> you can't lie. >> sharda claims that test inaccurately showed he had pre diabetes. ballani's attorney says his client is innocent. >> he believe.
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>> reporter: if convicted they each could face 20 years of prison and will return to court on august 15. >> holmes dropped out of stanford. >> the company was valued at $9 billion. her success was punctuated by being one of the featured speakers at a ted talk in san francisco >> the rate to protect the health and well-being of every person of those we love is a basic human right. >> vice president joe biden visited the lab in 2015, and a short time later things started to unravel.
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>> a wall street journal investigation in the fall questioned the testing devices. holmes was banned and the company had its license revoked. >> and that was a result of the wall street investigation. >> short time ago we spoke with the journalist. engaged in a scorch earth campaign to try to stop his report can. >> everyone was terrified of the company. the company was always threatening litigation. a fraud that defrauded investors but also put patients in harm's way because she went lie with her bogus technology in walgreen's stores. >> holmes personally appealed to murdoch to kill the story.
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murdoch held his ground and did not kill the story and he ended up losing $125 million investment. >> march she settled a lawsuit with second and exchange investigation. now she has been indicted in federal wire fraud charges and has stepped down from the company she started. sky 7 flew over the billion today, the company no longer uses the space and has put the building up for represent. used a manufacturing facility in newark. >> we sent out a push alert minutes after the indictment broke today. you can download the abc7 news app and customize to topics you are interested in. two young women in the south
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boy face criminal charges with having sex multiple times with minors. on one. >> reporter: investigators say the women would brag about their alleged sex crimes to one another. and in the meantime detectives have now identified three of the victims but think more could come forward. these are the so-called best friends who face multiple charges of unlawful sex with minors. 24-year-old talia sisco and status quo through-year-old tina pourani. >> using words deviants. >> reporter: getting tipped off about alleged inappropriate behavior. the women used social media to
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initiate contact with three boys between the ages of 15 and talia sisco was a student teacher. >> they were high school boys that were the victims that we have identified. because of the interaction with the schools we are cautious. >> reporter: sisco was removed as a student teacher. >> we believe there is a fourth victim but we haven't identified for that victim. but looking for additional people that may have been affiliated with these people. >> reporter: we went to the listed home address of the two suspects. no answer the the two women could face additional charges if more victims come forward.
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anyone with information is encouraged to contact the santa clara sheriff office. shattered glass litters streets after dozens of cars were vandalized. this happened in american canyon. eric thomas is live on the scene. >> reporter: take a look at this. this is a $300 repair job. this window is not down, it is gone. same thing goes for this toyota back here. this window is gone. now, you can understand the people who own these cars are angry about what happened. but the police aren't very happy either that somebody thought they could get away with this on their turf. no way to start a weekend. >> pretty upset. looking at that on a friday is not good. >> reporter: finding out from a
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neighborhood that your window is blown out. >> my window is broken and my neighbor's too. >> reporter: five cars? >> five cars. >> reporter: and a lot more around town. between 1:00 and four this morning. >> 30 vehicles that we have identified. >> reporter: the police aren't laughing. >> people work hard for their property and vehicles and i don't know why anybody would find something like this entertaining. >> reporter: police began noticing the damage to cars and most of the victims heard and saw nothing. the vandals hit cars if a about a two-square mile area. the targets were old and new. cars and trucks. it will cost about $300 to replace. >> no one got hurt so it is going to spend money to repair
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this. but according to the police report they did find prints, evidence, so i hope they can resolve this. >> reporter: officers are likely to be back out this weekend checking with neighbors surveillance camera. >> most likely in a vehicle shooting from inside a vehicle. >> reporter: in addition to surveillance video, police are asking anyone who may have heard or seen anything to give them a call. officers are treating this one continuous incident. a large felony crime. live in american canyon, eric thomas abc7 news. av iy to thep yard. retest soil samples.
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the hunters point neighborhood has been under going testing. the state's department of public health will run the test starting next month. it was an exciting morning for eighth graders at their graduation from a san francisco private school. their guest speaker none other than hillary clinton and abc7 news captured video. >> reporter: hillary clinton's appearance was kept hush hush. but response who heard her could hear down the street. treated to a very special guest speaker. >> it was surreal. never thought i would see her in person. >> reporter: the school kept it private. and clear judging by blocked
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roads, and secret service. at about a quarter to 10:00, clinton and her entourage was wi whisked inside. these images were taken by residents at a neighboring condo complex. hoping to sneak a peak. >> she had those hardships of bullying, i have gone through some of bullying as well. and that connection really touched my heart. >> reporter: when her speech ended -- >> congratulations i can't wait to see the mark you make on the world. >> reporter: clinton was escorted off stage. in san francisco dion lim abc7 news. a federal judge today revoked bail and sent paul
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manafort to jail. father's day weekend is coming up and there may be spotty drizzle. i will show you when and where in just a moment. in just a moment. crystal geyser alpine spring water starts here, in just a moment. passes through here, and is bottled right here. at the mountain source. naturally. crystal geyser is the only major u.s spring water bottled at the mountain source. naturally.
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that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. and help make more tomorrows possible. entresto, for heart failure. how far does crystal geyser alpine spring water travel from its source to the bottle? less than a mile and a half. crystal geyser. always bottled at the mountain source. naturally.
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you. happening now, the alameda county fair is open. runs until july 8. people enjoyed the midway rides. cowboys and cowgirls drove about 150 cattle along main street. it honors pleasanton history as a ranching town. there is a big party going on in alameda right now. following a preview round of a new golf course of the people, by the people and for the people. wayne freedman is live from the golf complex. >> reporter: you quickly realize this is not an elitist game. despite what the public thinks.
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there was a preview round here today and from what they saw, they loved it. games of golfs usually begins with balls on tees not dignitary, ribbons and scissors. >> he beat me i think when he was 12 the first time and i don't think i beat him since. >> reporter: in this case, the miracle would be the venue. municipal course that seemed beyond redemption. what used to be here is a run down facility. as players complained back then. >> kind of destroying the goose that laid the golden egg. >> reporter: today they described the partnership as far better. the company signed a four to
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eight year lease with the city. former councilman played a part in the negotiations. >> it is open space and once you start losing these things to housing and whatever else, it is lost forever. >> reporter: oh, dear. that's not going to work. actually, they say it does with new courses, a remade driving range, a new take on public golf for regular people at a time when the game needs it. >> this is the blue-collar, beer can golf course. >> reporter: you wouldn't know that from looking. >> if you would told me six years ago, that we were going to get this course, i wouldn't have believed you. >> reporter: the oakland raiders contributed artificial turf that is underneath the sand. and the course has a new fan,
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steph curry played here on monday, he shot 71. if you are not a golfer, you know that is very, very good. >> new at six, state public health officials, the first human form due to west mosquitos collected by health officials have tested positive for west nile. as a result vector spraying. little bit cooler today. very nice. but not as hot. >> what is to come for father's
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day weekend. >> weather permitting may be key. let's take a look at what we have right now. mainly sunny skies. beginning to push just a little bit out over the sky land of san francisco right now. current temperature reading are 58 here in san francisco, 61 in oakland. mountain view 72. 69 in san jose. here is the view looking at the surging low clouds. 71 santa rosa. 63 napa, 68 novato. life view from our south beach camera. finding blue sky. these are our forecast features, breezy with temperatures below average this weekend. sprinkles are possible early on father's day and warmer pattern next week.
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overnight clear skies inland. moving locally out of the bay. and overnight lows mainly in the mid-50s. highs will be 67 in half moon bay. oakland 68. 80 santa rosa. 79 livermore. here is our forecast animation taking you through our overnight hours in to tomorrow. clouds lingering. it will be mainly sunny over the bay and inland. tomorrow night we will see the emergence of moisture here right along the coast that could produce drizzle in the wee hours. across the bay, berkeley. fa father's day, spotty sprinkles, near the coast. by midday, just see lingering
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clouds. let's break down father's day, increment by increment. we will see lingering clouds and maybe drizzle. by noon, mostly sunny skies but a few scattering lingering clouds. so it will be cooler than average, but still should be a pleasant and mainly drive day. after we get past this cooler than average weather over the weekend, look for the warming trend on monday. and it will begin in full force tuesday. kick into high gear, wednesday, thursday, friday, inland highs in the low to mid-90s. low 80s on the bay. and we will take it. >> definitely. oprah
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ramos has the story. >> reporter: he stood on the stage with donald trump. and now he is behind bars. his bail was revoked after prosecutors accused him and two associates after contacting two witnesses. one witness making the explosive claim manafort was trying to quote suborn perjury. manafort faces several felony charges. he has pled not guilty. his lawyer isn't talking. >> any comment at all? >> reporter: on twitter president trump seemed to defend
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his former campaign didn't know manafort was the head of the mob. what about comey, and crooked hillary and many others. very unfair. the president appearing to distance himself from manafort. >> he worked for me, what, 49 days? a short period of time. >> reporter: manafort has not been sentenced yet. his first trial is set for september. stephanie ramos. president trump raised eyebrows again today with a series of comments during an interview. started with an interview on the fox news program. >> what did you mean by now when you said you wish americans would sit up at attention.
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>> i'm i hkidding. >> the report yesterday maybe more importantly than anything totally exonerates me. there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. >> however the inspector general report had nothing to do with the russia meddling. it was focused on hillary clinton e-mails. 25% tariff on $34 billion goods. the tariffs will focus on areas of aerospace, robotics and machinery. china has promised it will retaliate with its own tariffs which could hurt california companies. >> tariffs are going to impact our economy, our jobs, the price
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of goods. and this is not good for anyone >> a month ago, after president trump increased tariffs on steels. the wine and agriculture industries are beginning to feel the impact. stocks dropped today following the tariffs announcement. the dow lost 84 points. the nasdaq went down 14 and s&p dropped three. the proposal counters a rent judge says that coffee should carry a warning. the issue started with a lawsuit claiming the roasting process produces a chemical that can lead to cancer. unveiling a new policy that
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could help prevent sexual harassment. part of the plan makes it easier for employers to complain. >> what we are doing is updating our processes internally in keeping with current theory in terms of best practice. >> we are trying to get people to come to us and ask us to intervene on much more sort of minor violations of our internal policy of respect. >> eventually lawmakers want to have an independent panel, and hear complaints. women are not just kicking off their heels, appear to be giving them up entirely. speculating the me too movement might be the decline
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schools. evidence that a lot of women are switching out of high heel shoes. a spike of a number of customers selling their high heels. >> we have seen a 30% increase. >> thread up is seeing a 50% increase in sneaker sales. retail sales of high heels were down 12%. and sneakers sales were up 307%. kids, will be kids right? >> next, just how much money is costing his parents after taking down a piece of artwork. down a piece of artwork. a crystal geyser alpine spring water starts here, down a piece of artwork. a passes through here, and is bottled right here.
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at the mountain source. naturally. crystal geyser is the only major u.s spring water bottled at the mountain source. naturally. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪
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how far does crystal geyser alpine spring water travel from its source to the bottle? less than a mile and a half. crystal geyser. always bottled at the mountain source. naturally. i like mom's new job. >> can two be better than one? "incredibles 2" opens today.
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that record is currently held by finding dory. a san francisco theater student is on his way to the bright lights after winning a prestigious award. a student at the school of the arts. he recently won best actor at the rita moreno schoolo schoolos >> basically, the purpose of the song is to distract the townspeople from the monster, because the monster is >> the award gets coal a trip to new york and a chance to meet broadway. two kansas parents are stuck with a $132,000 bill.
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the toddler knocked over a sculpture on display. the child is shown running around and hugging the sculpture. and then it comes saying the parent where i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. saying the parent where since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained
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and enjoyed by the community in the future. ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. and help make more tomorrows possible. entresto,
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tomorrow, four more muni routings will move to the sales forest transit center.r.r. in august 2 more routes along with ac transit, greyhound, and west cat will start service here. the deadline to add a credit freeze to equifax has been extended. >> credit freeze keeps any
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potential creditor from looking at your credit report. there is a cost involved. >> i am out in front of the federal reserve bank of san francisco asking a simple question. do you know what a credit freeze is? >> yes. >> have you ever put one on? >> absolutely. >> really? why? >> because a little data breach. >> you probably remember, the 2017 equifax data breach when exposed the personal information of 140 million accounts. >> it was a really high profile mistake. that affected nearly half of america. >> reporter: that is emily rush from the california public interest free. she says credit freeze is a great consumer tool but comes with a price tag. >> a $10 fee by each each each h
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agency. another $10 if you want to lift or remove the credit freeze. >> reporter: that can add up but not for much longer. back in may congress passed and president trump signed the economic growth regulatory relief consumer protection act. it included a consumer perk not many know about. free credit freezes. there was one thing in there that said credit freezes shall now be free. can no longer charge you to place or lift a freeze on your account. >> reporter: the down side, there are loopholes in these freezes. >> it only applies to new credit accounts. it doesn't apply to insurance or employment checks. >> so credit card companies
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can't see your credit report but employers and insurance companies can. they have until september 24 to offer the freezes. equifax told me today that it will continue offering >> i want to hear from you. my hot line is open week days. the telephone number is (415) 954-8151. >> interesting. thanks. okay. the weekend is upon us. >> and there is something happening on sunday? >> what is it? what is it? >> probably the most important day of the year. >> foggy day? no. father's day. sunny over the bay and inland. overnight we will see more fog
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developing. overnight lows will be mainly in the low to mid-50s. tomorrow mainly sunny days again. it will be relatively cool day. cooler than average. inland highs. upper 60s to low 70s around the bay. and now let's talk about dad's day. starting in the early morning hours in sunday, lingering clouds and maybe spotty drizzle. it will be a bit cool. most temperatures in the 50s. skies brighter by noon. high temperatures in the upper 70s. upper 60s around the bay. and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. once we get past the potential for drizzle. warmer weather for most of the week. back in the inland areas. big things in sports.
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antonio. but he also may just want to go to l.a and maybe join forces with lebron james. stay tuned soon that. liangelo ball, 6'5" >> i get questions about my dad. he is going to say ha he wants and i'm going to do what i do. >> when the a's selected kyler murray, one of the best
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athletes. the 20-year-old sports star calmed the nerves by agreeing with a deal with the a's. the assumption is he will hang up the cleats and join the a's full time. >> the organization let me do that and be able to come back and play baseball was a big deal. >> he is really fun to watch on a football field and he is going to be fun to watch on a baseball field. it is neat, that you know, he gets to do both and the country gets to do both. and we are going to get the best years. >> giants visiting the dodgers.
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hoping longoria will not need surgery. madison bumgarner broke the same pinky. on to golf, u.s. open round two. we had to speed this puttt only player in the field who is under par. scoring conditions really tough. brutal finish for jordan spieth. taps it in for bogey, and is in disbelief. he needs to par 18 to make the cut and he misses that. projected cut plus eight. he is plus nine and not alone because tiger, bubba and will also be watching. renaldo will be making history
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today. 33 today. and a shot that the spain keeper, supposed to be very good, somehow muffed. trailing off the free kick. look at this curl around the heads of the defenders and in. 3-3 tie. the draws thanks to the works of renaldo who is amazing. abc7 sports brought to you by mazda. >> join us at nine clock on kofy-tv 20 channel 13. coming up, the clarinet player who took his ex-girlfriend to court, how the judge ruled at 9:00. this man was thrown in jail by the u.s. government. why a local school has decided to name itself after him.
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finally, thoughts of what really matters. as we have reported extensively tonight, the founder of a blood testing company is facing prison on fraud charges. elizabeth holmes was a rising star. stanford dropout turned billionaire inov vaeter. driven by a talented entrepreneur. i sat next to elizabeth holmes at a major event i she was the real deal.
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but what really matters is that it all began to unravel when a reporter from t"the wall street journal" started asking questions. that is it for this edition of abc7 news. i am ama daetz. >> and i am dan ashley for
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♪ this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants -- a bartender from los angeles, california... an attorney and editor from seattle, washington... and our returning champion, a legal records assistant from malden, massachusetts... whose 2-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we started the week on monday with a category called monday is fun, but friday can be fun as well,
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as jon, deirdre, and diana are about to discover. good luck. here we go. let's take a look at the categories, shall we? hmm. we deal with one of my favorite subjects... then... uh-oh... [ laughter ] and because father's day is this coming sunday, a whole category about... diana. let's go with geography for $200. here's jimmy to start us off. a small stream in peru's andes flows into the apurímac, becoming a source of this river that some 4,000 miles later flows into the atlantic. diana. -what is the amazon? -that's it. geography for $400.

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