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>>ign n selling. but this oakland housing development faces a new hurdle. rebuilding what fire destroyed overnight. that fire may not have been an accident. tonight, 7 on your side digs into what will happen to the people who already put money down here. you're looking at a shark attack survivor heading into stanford hospital. find out what this diver was doing by the islands in the first place. i don't play it often. but it's too big not to play. right? >> definitely too big not to play. hear why that's so true in the bay area. just two hours before we find out if there's a winner in the world's biggest lottery jackpot. people need t it's sad how they burn places down. >> that's the sentiment in oakland following the sixth major fire in six years at new housing under construction. good evening, i'm dan
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ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. we're investing more time into looking at issues that affect our quality of life. we all know that one big issue is housing. the east bay took a hit in that department. >> in west oakland, a development caught fire overnight. it was to be the site of a number of new town homes. half of the project burned down. they plan to rebuild what was destroyed and keep going with the unaffected part of the site. >> it's not about the buildings. it's about people. >> and daylight drone view 7 shows us what's left. not a lot there. oakland mayor libby schaaf had strong words at a news conference this morning. arsonists have been trying to burn down housing developments in the city. >> an attack on new housing in oakland is an attack on keeping families housed in oakland. we are in a housing crisis, we need to build housing as quickly and effectively as possible.
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>> the cause of today's fire is under investigation by the atf. anyone with information can call in tips anonymously. the number is 510-238-4031. as you see it there on the screen. today's fire on west grand avenue is the sixth major construction site in oakland to burn in six years. in july of 2017, the seven-story apartment building on valdez street burned down. the cause of the fire wasn't determined but arson was not ruled out. >> twice in ten months this development on the oakland em y emeryville border burned in july 2016. then in may of 2017, the atf ruled both cases arson. >> about two years ago on halloween a five-alarm fire woke people up near lake b.a.r.t. station burne this cas well, arson. >> more than 8600 housing units are currently under construction
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in oakland. >> and some say this will help solve the housing crisis. others say it only makes things worse. >> wayne freedman joins us live with a look at the debate over development. wayne? >> reporter: ama, it's a smoldering issue, both figuratively and literally. developers and the mayor say this new construction can go a long way to solve the housing crisis. others say it's a case of the rich getting richer and pushing out the poor. in oakland today, contrast as embers cooled in what used to be a residential project under constructi construction. tempers flared beginning with mayor libby schaaf. >> an attack on new homes in oakland is an attack on keeping families housed in oakland. >> reporter: the fire was the sixth at a residential project under construction in oakland and the eighth in the region since 2012. today there were two fires, the first flared a suspected arsonist used gasoline to light
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up a unit on peralta street. >> the cameras wans juan plugged. >> all remain unsolved. police have this video of a suspected arsonist before a similar blaze in june of 2017. greg mcconnell represents a group of developers who have offered a $300,000 reward. >> they're saying help us catch this urban terrorist. that's what it is. no other way to describe it. >> the word terrorism implies political aims. oakland has them, especially torn between gentrification and invasion of the homeless. their advocates rallied outside city hall this morning. >> always been a class war. it's more obvious in oakland, i's a city of haves and have nots. the have nots and sort of haves are getting pusheou >> not that anyone cone doend the blaze but it set a stage. >> if they think they're
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contributing to somebody's betterment preventing displacement and gentrification, they're doing the opposite. >> they need to do a better job in a way that's equitable for everyone. >> reporter: developers tell us all these fires bring hidden costs to their projects. there's insurance, there is security, especially that building on peralta, the owner of that place told us today he was spending $50,000 a month for security. it still fell victim to a suspected arsonist. in oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. wayne, thank you. we welcome your thoughts on this topic. use the #better bay area on twitter, facebook or other social media site about housing in the bay area. more than 50 familie have already bought a town house at that site that burned. those homes had a started price of $600,000. >> michael finney joins us with what happens to them and the money they've paid? >> the news may be bad all around for buyershe
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not th were ed to moveinto may have little consumer protections, too. >> the hazy skies provided a grim backdrop for what's a gloomy situation for 52 buyers of condominiums at ice house in west oakland. 40 of them expected to be this their homes by christmas. now instead of putting the finishing touches on their new homes, city ventures will have to destroy the burned condos and rebuild from scratch. ceo phil kirk vowed his company will continue the rebuilding process and work with the city to provide valuable housing units. as for the buyers, they have to wait and see. >> all their lives have been affected. we'll be working very closely with each of those homeowners >> we trieeciciobo how o t is f wl the es office of
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ice house, which is located on the site of two other city ventures projects. station house and station house south. however, the sales manager said the situation was still too raw for the company to comment any further. ceo phil kirk did not return our texts or phone messages. >> it's a terrible place to be if you're one of the buyers of these units. >> that's joe, of consumer action who told me these types of contracts are often written to protect the developer, not the buyers. they often contain a clause that allows a refund of your deposit if you're not moved in by a certain date. however, there can be exceptions. >> these accounts have something that's a clause that say if there's fires, floods, earthquakes, terrorists or strikes, they can stretch the outside date beyond what the original estimate was and you don't necessarily have any recour recourse. >> i will continue to follow-up on this. if you're one of the buyers
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impacted by the buyer, i want to hear from you at my 7 on your side hotline is open tomorrow and every weekday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the telephone number is 415-954-8151. and reach me on my facebook page. >> what a stressful time. >> terrible. if you have the abc 7 news app, we are getting alerts like this one all morning long and passing them along to you with updates about the fire and the danger it posed to the neighborhood as it raged. you can customize the app for specifically the places and the topics you're most interested in. drone view 7 shows a high-rise after fire burned through several floors. we're learning more about how san francisco firefighters were able to knock the flames down quickly, even though the building doesn't have a sprinkler system. the building was constructed before sprinklers were required by law. however, the fire chief says crews tapped into a system known
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as stand pipes built into the high-rise. >> in order to suppress the fire, there are what we call house lines, hose lines on each floor. however, in order to put out a fire of the magnitude we saw last night, we utilized, we pumped in our water supply into the stand pipe, it's basically a dry pipe that we bring the water up to each floor and so those are located in the exterior of the building at the ground level. >> the chief says crews routinely drill in downtown buildings in off hours developing emergency response flans f plans. there were no injuries last night. but it displaced the residents of more than 2 dozen units. tonight the eye team's dan noyes will be us with us for a special report. >> he'll share new names and photos of clergy members accused of child sexual abuse. i'm meteorologist drew tuma, gorgeous sunset behind me setting o n a cool afternoon earlier today. tomorrow, warmer air moves in of
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new at 6:00, another crack in the sinking millennium tower. this is a picture of a cracked glass panel between the ninth and tenth floors. according to the department of building inspection, a window washing firm reported it to the architectural engineering firm hired two years ago. this comes after i window on the
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36th floor cracked last month. a report found the crack was caused by some kind of exterior impact, not the sinking of the building. there was a statement issued today saying it's ordering hoa to reinstall scaffolding on fremont street by friday to provide safety for pedestrians and the building's residents. that's until the glass has been replaced and the architectural engineering firm has performed additional analysis. today marks four weeks since the sales force transit center shut down. we continue to keep track of how long this $2.2 billion project has been out of the commission. it was only open for about six weeks following years of construction. now the agency that built it has had funding suspended. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is at the transit center with more. >> reporter: behind me, you're looking at one of the reasons for the unanimous vote to suspend the funding today.
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the closed sales force transit center. aaron peskin says ruled by the tjpa isn't working i the sales force transit center reputation was undeniable today as they took aim as the joint powers authority. the body that designed and built the transit center. >> a crumbling park at the top, a cracked beam at the bottom. this is just not the right agency. we have to rebuild public confidence. >> reporter: to that end, supervisors voted to -- they cut the power over phase 2 of the transit center project. the downtown extension. >> we need somebody who knows what they're doing to build a railroad underground into the heart downtown. >> reporter: aaron peskin says a catalyst for -month hold on figuring out which agency will oversee phase 2. >> does it feel like a punishment because of these
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cracked beams? >> obviously, the board of supervisors is disappointed about the development. i accept that and understand that. my hope is that we will regain the credibility in the program and move forward. >> reporter: the board of supervisors' disappointment was palpable. >> cameras are here for a reason. we have a problem. we have a problem because there's shady details. >> one of the supervisors chastising the executive director for not being able to answer questions about the operation costs. >> had i known these questions had come up, i definitely brio owe. >> i think it's a [ bleep ] answer. >> both the supervisors and tjpa are committed to keeping the schedule and momentum of the extension. >> i don't want to be here in 2030 looking at a project that was supposed to cost $6 billion and cost $10 billion. >> it will not impact the repairs of the transit center. depending what caused the
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cracked breeeams. >> there are people on site right now ready to take those samples, to make that determination. so long as a peer review will approve the sampling procedure. that should take five to seven days, then two weeks for the test and three weeks for them to come back. we may not know until mid-november what caused the cracked beams. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. a what i spectacle this has been. >> happening tonight, you could win the largest lottery jackpot in world history. tonight, mega millions is estimated at $1.6 billion. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen spoke with some hopeful players and is live in the evergreen neighborhood with more. chris, i assume you have your ticket. >> reporter: yes, dan. i bought my tickets all right. even though earlier i was like, i'm not going win. they made a believer out of me. lottery fever is sweeping the nation. the bay area is no exception. you look behind me, you can see we're in front of ernie's
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liquors. there's a banner in the distance that says millionaire made here. it's absolutely true. that's why this place has been busy throughout the day. a lot of people dream of winning the lotto and many who i spoke to said they're feeling lucky despite the odds. >> we're less than two hours away from tonight's mega millions drawing. >> three, four people working at the same time. we still cannot break the line. >> employees at ernie's liquors in san jose, it's been a crazy couple of days. >> unimaginable. if somebody wins tonight. >> over the summer, a group of wells fargo employees bought their winning ticket at this location, splitting a $543 million prize. >> $110 for mega. i decide to buy because i feel winner. here. yahoo. >> it only takes one ticket to win. you never know who. whether you buy $100 worth or $2 worth. it's lucky.
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>> the chances of winning the jackpot are one in 303 million. but santa clara university thomas plant says it's understandable why people are willing to take their chances. >> everybody wants to be part of the story. they would talk about it at work. or they talked about it at home. they talked about at the street. it's part of a thing. it's a phenomenon. >> in santa clar bottle shop was another popular shop with a steady flow of players this afternoon. >> i did a search on lucky store in the south bay. this came on the top ten. it was very close to where i worked. that's why we're here. >> taking a chance in hopes of striking it rich. >> they could be a waste of money. you cannot pass up the opportunity. if you have to do it. you have to come out and do it. >> the drawing is at 8:00 tonight. so you have until 7:45 to purchase a ticket. if no one of wins, the jackpot could go up to $2 billion.
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we're live in the south bay tonight, i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. i just can't believe i'm an hour and 40 minutes away from being a billionaire. >> me too. we'll send out an alert with the winning mega millions numbers after the drawing tonight. you can get the alerts through the updated abc 7 news app. our office pool. >> we're all hoping. >> but in case we need to work tomorrow -- for the sake of argument. meteorologist drew tuma has the forecast. >> you have to go back to real life tomorrow. the weather will be warmer over the next couple of days than what we had today. live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you partly to mostly clear skies. few high clouds moving in from time to time associated with a cold front currently sweeping across california. to the north we go. live doppler 7 along with satellite. a few rain showers around redding. unfortunately, we're not getting any moisture out of this. we have a gorgeous shot.
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live look at the sutro tower. the sun about to go down in two. mainly clear skies and a gorgeous night on the way. temperaturewise, 59 right now. in san francisco, 64 in san jose. about 62 in oakland. fairfield at 66 degrees. so overnight tonight, it will be beautiful. a full moon. we'll have moonlit skies. less clouds tonight than last night. mainly clear skies across the region. a little bit of patchy fog. that's about it. the bigger picture, this cold front on live doppler 7 along with satellite currently moving across. brought us the cooler air today. the rain in the pacific northwest. behind it, high pressure quickly moves in. this high pressure will bring in much warmer weather to round out the week. tomorrow, though, you'll notice the mild conditions in the afternoon. your 12-hour day planner on our lots ofsunshine.ed cover early . 60s and 70s by afternoon. comfortable tomorrow.
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72 on your wednesday for high. 64 in san francisco. in oaklan. 71 in santa rosa. the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow, warmer with a mix of sun and high clouds. even warmer air moves in here on thursday and especially into friday to finish out the week. the weekend, kind of a tale of two systems. it starts out warm and finishes cooler and feels more like fall early next week. >> thanks, drew. today is just day one of three. >> next, a look at what drove university of california
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the market recovered from a steep plunge earlier in the day. but not enough to get out of the red. the dow lost 126 points ending the day at 25,191. the nasdaq dropped 31 points and the s&p lost 15. california's first amazon go store opened today in san francisco's financial district. abc 7 news was there. it's a whole new concept in shopping with no cashiers. >> felt weird. felt like i was stealing from amazon. >> you have to go download the amazon go app and log on to amou. iid t akyo want, you just walk out. amazon charges you through the
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app and sends you a receipt. >> just don't think you're in an amazon store when you're not. >> good point. thousands of health care workers walked off their jobs today to start a three-day strike against university of california medical center statewide. abc 7 news was at ucsf campus when striking workers walked picket lines. union leaders say a major sticking point is the hiring of lower paid contractors to work inside uc hospitals. >> outsourcing. one in six of the people doing the work that we do is actually not an employee. they work for another company. >> patients are safe, we are trying to keep business as normal. >> ucsf refuse today answer questions about the income inequality between the staff employees and the outside workers it hires. they rescheduled about 4,000 patient appointments because of the strike. coming up here next, names and faces. that's what the abc 7 news iteam
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reveals in an investigation into the local ties of the catholic church sex abuse scandal. a shooting ruled a case of self-defense. we'll
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that very grave danger is that there is a culture of secrecy. >> the problem is worse than we knew. that's the message of a new report out today naming 263 catholic priests from the bay area accused of child sexual abuse. >> iteam reporter dan noyes has been covering this issue since the mid-1990s. he's here with the developments today. >> dan, ama. they accused them of a coverup and demanding action. >> it names names and gives details of the sexual abuse that children allegedly suffered at the hands of catholic priests. minnesota attorney jeff anderson worked thisss for 35 years, represented thousands of survivors and today he set his sights on three decease in the
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bay area. >> how many files do they have, they ny offenders keeping secret. >> he represents g all california catholic bishops for conspiracy to conceal a public nuisance. he says he was abused for two years starting at age 10 by a priest at an anaheim church. >> until everything is uncovered, we'll never get to the truth. >> anderson's research and news reports to show archdiocese of san francisco with 135 accused predator priests. diocese of oakland with 95 and diocese of san jose, 33. a total of 263 priest offenders. the findings are a major step. the three diocese previously admitted only 90 priest offenders. >> they have also made a conscious choice to not only protect the offenders, but they've made a conscious choice to protect themselves.
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>> just last friday, san jose bishop patrick mcgraw released 15 names of accused predator priests. the only bay area diocese to do so. yes. it's a long road ahead. but this will be, i hope, the beginning of that long journey. >> oakland bishop, michael barbour will release his list in two weeks saying we have nothing to hide. it's the right thing to do. a spokesman for salvatore cord leone is considering releasing names but won't announce a decision until next month. >> i received a statement saying this will allow us to begin the process to restore the trust. it's reviewing the names and will have a statement tomorrow. i'm posting a link to this 126-page study coming up at abc7news.com. it's there right now. a gone on. so much still needs to be reviewed. >> there's still at lot more to find out. people can heal.
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in the south bay today, the santa clara county district attorney released police body cam video in the fatal shooting of an armed trespasser. no charges will be filed against the officers who shot the mentally ill suspect in january. abc 7 news anchor kristen sze shows us the footage. >> we've edited the video so you don't see the shoot. the three-minute encounter happened on january 9th. the san jose police officers, two of them, can heard telling thompson nguyen to stop or drop his weapon more than two dozen times. you see nguyen, ignoring the orders, continuing to approach with a hatchet in one hand and a metal staff in the other saying repeatedly shoot me. >> hey, san jose police. drop it. drop the ax. >> drop the weapon. >> hey, stop. >> stop! >> stop, drop it. [ bleep ] drop it.
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drop it. drop it. >> and at that point each officer fired four shots. afterward, police recovered an arsenal of weapons. prosecutor david boyd issued this statement today. any reasonable officer would conclude that nguyen, whether as a result of a mental issue or not had decided he was going to die that day and that, if he had to attack an officer with a wep ton make it happen, he was going to do so. if you wish to see the unedited videos we've posted them on our website, abc7news.com. kristen sze, abc 7 news. in the east bay, a violent series of events ended with pittsburgh police shooting and killing a man during a sanoff on west 10th street. it started with a family dispute last night. a man shot a relative. he then forced his estranged wife and their baby into a car at gunpoint.la ted him on a chase. the woman and child ran toward the police when the chase ended. officers returned fire when the man fired at them.
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the contra costa district attorney is looking to see if police were justified in using deadly force. meantime, b.a.r.t. officer who fatally shot a man in january at the station will not be charged. alameda district attorney's office cites self-defense. the man's family is disappointed but not surprised. reporter vic lee. >> got shots fired. >> january 3rd, 4:41 p.m. officer joseph's body cam video captured it all. he runs out of b.a.r.t. station responding to shots fired. he sees two men in a scuffle. tindall on his knees, his back to the officer. he fires three shots. tindall rolls over-ois back, his bnrunning, looking for s was murdered january 3rd,
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2018. >> today, tindall's mother, yolanda reed banks got her answers. it was not what she wanted to hear. the alameda d.a.'s office said the officer would not be criminally charged. it was ruled self-defense. >> their findings said mr. tindall was holding the pistol at the time the officer fired. the still frames highlight the gun next to tindall's body. a shooting had already taken place. it was not unreasonable for him, the officer to believe further shooting could be imminent. >> qualified immunity had been given to officers to get away with murder. >> attorney john burris filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family. it shows he couldn't tell which of the two men had the gun. >> he decided to shoot the one down on the ground closest to him. he shot him in the back. the evidence -- looking at the video, it looks like he was
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trying to comply. >> b.a.r.t. declined a request for an interview. they said quote, the report is very detailed and complete. vic lee, abc 7 news. back here in walnut creek, headed to the nation's capitol for an honor. he tells us what it means for him decades after his service. what we've learned about a diver who survived a shark attack
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a 97-year-old ace fighter pilot who certificate informed three wars is going to washington, d.c. to receive a prestigious award. >> he is. dean diz laird lives in walnut creek and shared his stories of glory with abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley. >> you got a special flight jacket here. >> born in 1921, diz laird got in on the action early as a fighter pilot. >> when did you join the military? >> a week or so after pearl harbor. >> you signed up? >> i drove down to the ferry building in san francisco and signed up. i happened to become an ace because i shot down enough
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airplanes to qualify. >> he says he's one of 31 left. he shot down both german and japanese aircraft. >> how old are you? >> i celebrated the 58th anniversary of my 39th birthday. >> so you're working on 98 now. >> and he has stories to tell. >> the first japanese airplane i shot down gave a short burst. i saw my tracers cross in front of him. had to drop the sight back a little bit and squeeze it again and he burst into flames. we passed each other like this. only he was a big ball of fire. airmen gunnery -- i had 20/10 vision r i could spot airplanes way sooner than anybody else could. >> your memory is so sharp, so accurate about the
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moment. >> some rg. >> commander diz laird went on to fly in the korean war in vietnam in 1969. hollywood came calling. he was asked to fly fighter planes in the movie tore a, tore a, tore a. he revisited japan later. >> i met this one japanese pilot and he told me he was a kamikaze pilot. and he looked amazingly well for a kamikaze pilot. >> he's wearing the below tie that that japanese pilot gave him. highly decorated with a slew of medals and honors. he's head today washington, d.c. where on saturday this week, he'll get the audi murphy award. he salutes those serving this country today. >> i'm sure they deserving every medal they got. >> in walnut creek, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news.
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a man who spent much of his life diving in the shark infested waters is recovering tonight from his first shark attack ever. >> it happened to filmmaker ron elliott near islands 30 miles off the san francisco coast. this is new video just in from the coast guard of their helicopter pulling the man off a moving boat and rushing him to stanford medical center. that's where abc 7 news reporter david louie picks up the story. >> ron elliott considered himself a lucky man. he's been diving off the fair lawns swimming among the sharks for over 30 years always without the protection of a cage. his lock changed today. sky 7 was here at stanford medical center when the diver arrived for medical treatment at 12:436789 he was bitten by a white shark on the right hand. he was airlifted by the coast guard after the shark encounter happened at 11:00 this morning. you see his hand damaged and
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elevated to reduce bleed. he was able to walk on his own with someone at his side. he had strength to get medical care without using a gurney. he is well-known for diving for sea urchin and doing documentary work. they tell abc 7 news this is prime for sharks with the population estimated at 100. elliott is featured in a home called near miss in which he talked about his love of diving with the sharks and never being attacked. he was bitten on the wrist and the forearm while he filmed underwater. he was able to control the bleeding and was picked up by a boat. the coast guard transferred him to stran ford medical center. it took an hour and 43 minutes. marine biologists do a lot of research at the fair lawns. i'm told they tend to stay above boats and don't dive into the ocean as ron elliott routinely did. elliott has been treated at stanford medical center.
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he's been released and declined to do any interviews. >> at sanford, david louie, abc 7 news. mn, isn't it? >> that's a gorgeous shot behind you guys. we're going to talk about hurricane willa that made landfall. category 3 storm. winds of 120 miles per hour and the national hurricane center said it made landfall 40 minutes ago. that storm was going to rapidly weaken over a couple of hours as it goes over land. here's a beautiful shot along the embarcadero. you can see the beautiful lights of the bay bridge. the full moon rising in the night skies tonight. it will be a gorgeous night. here's the -- that full moon. moonlit skies amidst the stars and clouds. not nearly as cloudy tonight as we were last night. mid 40s to low 50s in the overnight hours.
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you need the jacket when you sep out the door first thing. tomorrow afternoon, we'll see warmer air move in. mostly sunny out there. 64 in san francisco. about 75 for concord. 72 in san jose. 71 in santa rosa and oakland close to 70 degrees in the afternoon. the accuweather seven-day forecast. plan the next seven days for you. mix of sun and high clouds. a warmer day thursday and especially into friday. the weekend on saturday will feel warm. but we'll finish on a cooler note. the fall feel comes back by monday and continues into tuesday. a gorgeous shot behind us. >> talk raiders football. >> we have to? >> can't we talk about the moon a little more. or what our share of 1.6 billion would be? >> the quarterback felt the need to defend himself on twitter.son
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good evening. when jon gruden arrived back in oakland, the hope was to lead the raiders to the super bowl before the team leaves for vegas. remember the scene at ricky's. this franchi iloding on his watch. i'm not sure if mark dave us knew this is what his investment was buying. this is a little like hiring a contractor for a kitchen remodel and watching him bulldoze your entire house. here's abc 7 news mindi bach on quarterback derek carr trying to defend himself on twitter.
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>> right here. look at the pain on his face. he's help getting up. >> okay. times headlafrom sources, dere carr's teammates are losing confidence in the quarterback and this play didn't help. marcus thompson wrote, when film showed what looked like him crying after being sacked and injuring his arm, it's hard to see how carr can lead this team again. his older brother darren struck back tweeting about the six sacks and ten hits the quarterback took in the loss to seattle as well as all of the injuries he's sustained. >> derek carr responded telling his older brother not to waste his time. he wrote quote, not one tear, not one time. the quarterback continued to support the silver and black. it's not a popular thing to be a raider right now, derek wrote, but i am and i love it. i love the struggle of trying to fight back for our city. >> it hurts my heart to lose. it hurts my heart for our fans
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for the ones that travelled all this way. in a human sense, a lot of people traveled all that way and we got beat like that. that hurts me. >> the quarterback struggles on the field are real. >> we have to do the best we can to find five men that can collectively pass protect much better. derek was on the run a lot. and he got hit too much. we can't allow that to happen. we can't do it. >> mindi bach, abc 7 sports. suspensions for the may lee between the rockets and -- rajon rondo suspended three games continued to deny spitting on chris paul despite video to the contrary. while telling espn that everyone in this mo of his forced time . >> it's tough. what's tomorrow, wednesday? my daughter has tennis on wednesday. finally i get a chance to go to
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one of her tennis practices against. somebody spit on you, play this long and that has never happened. but it is what it is. got to get ready for utah tomorrow. i get ready for the clippers on friday. the sharks are facing a predators team that started at top speed winning seven of the first eight. teams a little slower out of the gate. doesn't this look familiar? skating out of a large head. the predators, they stall the sharks -- terrible. power play in the first. donskoy, shoots and scores. 1-0 sharks. that's a bad turnover there. break away for viktor arvidsson. tied utur thas tas lg ro2-2. the preds scored the next two goals. it's 4-2 nashville in the third.
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giants fans and really the entire baseball world lost a beloved figure with the passing of hank greenwald. the long time giants announcer passed away yesterday at the age of 83. >> maldonado with a lead from third. thompson from first and the pitch. clark, hits it up the middle. center field. base hit! he scores, here comes butler on his way to third is thompson. the giants lead 3-1! and superman has done it again. >> i remember that. hank greenwald had two stints with the giants, 1979-'86 then '89-96. he was known for his sense of humor especially in the lean years. he was suffering from heart and kidney issues before passing away yesterday. great, great broadcaster. true professional. game one of the world series tonight. the red soxod larry. join us tonight at 9:00 on
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on -- it may be the ultimate bay to zip pas 9:00. then at 11:00, not just creating a traffic headaches. construction on a busy street could be forcing businesses to close. all that and more coming up later tonight. that is this edition of abc 7 news. look for breaking news on the abc 7 news app. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. i'm ama daetz. for all of us here have a great evening.
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♪ this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants-- a social studies teacher from bronxville, new york... a pharmacist from pembroke pines, florida... and our returning champion, a puzzle maker from gaithersburg, maryland... whose 2-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- u, ladieand gentmeome t.
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erik, good to have you back-- with us. let's go to work. jeopardy! round is the first round of play. easier material, we hope, in these categories... followed by... next... ...in which each clue will be delivered by some of the on-air personalities at our affiliates coast to coast. followed by... and then we'll go into... h-e-a-r-t coming up in each correct response. erik, do it. let's go to the "heart" of country, $200. patrick. - what is texas? - no. traci. - what is the heart of texas? - heart of texas. yes. "heart" must come up in each correct response. traci, do it again. en français, $200.

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