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hundreds of people perform a human protective bike line to protest the death of a cyclist this morning. it's going to be quite an ipo tidal wave. san francisco prepares for a surge in millionaires and home prices are several tech start-ups are about to go public. we are revving up innovation at the silicon valley tech show where the students are building the rides. now from abc 7, live breaking news. good evening, everyone. we are getting reports of an earthquake, this is between oakland and piedmont. it was a very small earthquake that hit about 10:41 tonight. 2.8 in magnitude and it was about two miles away from piedmont. i'm getting reports on social media, some people claim that it was a sharp jolt. one person is saying it was a quick one and it felt like another one that was ge stronger. >> tonight we're learning new details about the death of a
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cyclist struck and killed in san francisco. hundreds turned out on howard street to form a human barrier between the bike line and cars to protest. >> reporter: this accident took place around 8:30 a.m. we're here on howard street and i want you to take a look over here. this is not a protected bike lane, something many say could have prevented this death. the details of this accident are still unclear. the coroner's office confirmed the victim is test test test te when the driver of a parked vehicle opened the door. she apparently swerved to avoid the door, placing her in the path of the truck that ran her over. >> it is unacceptable and we are calling on the city to take action, and to make the changes that are necessary to fill in the gaps. >> reporter: test rothstein was a design researcher in san francisco who according to one
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of her social profiles enjoyed cycling. her death has hit close to many in the cycling community. >> i bike this route every day, and a cyclist that died this morning could have been me. so we need protected lanes. >> reporter: john along with hundreds of cyclists stood next to each other, forming a human protective bike lane to protest the cyclist's death. >> next block after where she died has a protected bike lane. she was killed in the last unsafe block of the street before reaching the protected bike line. >> reporter: sfmta's spokesperson confirmed that howard is one of the most dangerous streets for cyclists in san francisco are and looking into making changes. >> the mayor issued a directive on wednesday saying that the mta should move forward with quick near-term projects to increase safety around the city on our high injury network. we're certainly doing that. this is an area we're ebbs moring options to get
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improvements in by this year. >> reporter: five people have been killed this year in traffic-related incidents. we also spoke to district six supervisor, and he told them that they would be working on this change for april. >> is in the south bay, friends and family march for justice for an unsolved murder case from last year. 28-year-old father of two, francisco santos was fatally stabbed outside his home on raymond avenue on the morning of september 2nd. mothers against murder and the santa clara sheriff's office are now offering a $30,000 reward for information that would help in the investigation. the suspects were last seen driving a black full size gmc or chevy pickup truck. new at 11:00, oakland unified school district is planning to lay off more than 100 employees. this follows a decision to cut millions from the budget. to fulfill a new contract agreement to pay teachers the d
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says this will mean some layoffs. the move comes after a week-long strike by teachers. meanwhile, the san ramon valley unified school district and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on a contract. the two sides have been holding marathon negotiations. the tentative deal includes a 4% salary increase, a small increase to the retirement plan and caps on class sizes. the deal is set to be presented to teachers monday and teachers will vote on the contract next tuesday through thursday. the san francisco district attorney's office is reviewing the case involving giants' ceo and his wife. video obtained last week by tmz shows him reaching across his wife pam trying to grab a cell phone from her. she fell to the ground and he has now taken a leave of absence from the giants. i'm fully confident that the da.'s review will result in the decision that there is no case here. new developments, "empire" actor jussie smollett is facing more than a dozen felony charges
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related to allegations that he lied to police about being the victim of a violent hate crime. in january he told police two men attacked him in chicago, shouting racist and homophobic slurs and placing a noose around his neck, but a couple of weeks later, police received new evidence that led them to believe smollett knew his attackers and allegedly paid them to stage the whole assault. the actor insists that he is innocent. san francisco is about to get a new influx of millionaires again. several high-tech start-ups are expected to go public this year. >> that includes airbnb, uber, slack and pinterest. this move could leave employees of those companies flush with a lot of cash. >> yeah, that could drive housing prices up even higher in san francisco. so we're looking into the issue as part of our commitment to building a better bay area. >> that's right. leslie brinkley has been tracking down what all ome. rple cetinhe bay. it's expensive now. very expensive. but buckle up for a ride up on
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the backs of these ipos. in the next year, these major tech companies like airbnb, uber, lyft and others are expected to go public, with a total market capitalization of around $200 billion and many of those employees have an equity stake in those companies. >> if all the planned or rumored ipos happen, we will see in the order of thousands of new millionaires. >> reporter: dennis specializes in data analytics and he crunched the numbers on what might happen when these new millionaires start buying single-family homes. >> we probably expect a 50% to 100% increase in prices over the next five to ten years, specifically for single-family homes. >> in san francisco? >> in san francisco. >> that's, i mean, a hard number to even wrap our head around that prices could go up 50%. >> yeah, unfortunately. unfortunately. >> allegedly we're going to have a bunch of thousands of
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newly-minted millionaires from the five to six ipos. it remains to be seen, but no one can tell me that won't affect the housing market. it certainly will. >> reporter: some sellers are even pulling their homes off the market now, intending to wait for the ipos to materialize and prices to go up with lots of buyers putting all cash on the table. >> there are so many of them happening. >> reporter: jay books a-list performers for parties and he said the ipos will bring lavish multimillion dollar parties, helping san francisco's musicians and restaurants in the process. >> there are nights you drive around san francisco and you see every restaurant or bar is packed out with some kind of party. >> reporter: it's it's going to be quite an ipo tidal wave. the real estate experts i consulted with said the average home buyer isn't likely to directly compete, at least right now with those ipo buyers, because they're going to be targeting luxury homes and city condos. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news.
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>> now we want to hear your ideas about buildings a better bay area. what issues do you see where you live and what would make them better? use the hashtag better bay area on social media. today is international women's day. chose disrupting san francisco as the theme as they celebrated with speakers and roundtable discussions. the filipino women emphasize leadership and see themselves as disrupters in their professional and personal lives. novato police honored the women in their department saying, quote, we are inspired by each and every one of you -- east bay congresswoman barbara lee tweeted happy international women's day to all my sisters. living proof that a woman's place is in the house of representatives. the giants celebrated the only female pa announcers in baseball. check out my ride. san jose state students are building cars just like this one from the ground up.
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we will take you inside the silicon valley car show up next. and traveling to europe won't be as easy in the next few years. what you'll be required to do before you take off. and pulled from the water, see what two kayakers rescued while out crabbing. i'm meteorologist sandy patel. i hope you enjoyed today's break in the sunshine because live dopplar 7 is tracking your weekend storm. back with the timeline coming up. we've got a fine show for you tonight. >> i've had my arms wrap add round tony bennett for three years touring the world. when you're singing love songs, that's what you want people to feel. >> are you
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in the south bay, the silicon valley car show shifts into high gear this week. hundreds of cars, trucks and suvs are on display and that includes some local talent. a group of san jose state students are showing off the vehicles they built from scratch and abc 7 reporter got a chance to jump in the driver's seat. >> reporter: slick new whips, classic cars and san jose state students are revving up innovation at the silicon valley car show. >> the product idea or intention is to build a vehicle that will
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serve in neighborhoods or small communities. >> reporter: this is an autonomous vehicle built by students named kiki after a viral dance challenge. so might as well try it out on the 3-d monitor. >> that is you dancing. >> reporter: we got a tour of other features, too. >> a lot of the housings are 3-d printed in-house and designed by students. >> reporter: successfully crews add cross campus and keeps the simple things. >> another thing we have is front headlights. >> nice. >> reporter: there is more. >> this is very similar to the motors tesla is using. >> sometimes i get a little surprised that we can build this from the ground r: allegra i few wn the program >> if you're interested in something, it doesn't matter if you've ever been told that you can do it before or not, but you just have to pursue those dreams. >> reporter: it's only fitting that on international women's day she got to share that va. >> is the edge in like the back part? >> reporter: lay va hopes to build cars one day too. >> our students are capable of
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building something from a concept. >> reporter: and they're already showing the next generation how. abc 7 news. if you're planning to travel to europe starting in 2021, you're going to need more than a passport. americans will have to have a visa. the eu announced the policy today as an effort to boost security and deal with terrorism and illegal migration. the visa is good for three years and works for multiple entries. the new policy does not apply to travel to the united kingdom. for more information on the new european travel visa head to our website. a pair of crab fishermen had kind of an odd catch. take a look at this. the kayakers came across an injured red tailed hawk earlier this week. fisherman matt wells said the hawk was practically submerged in the water before he lifted it on to his kayak with a palled. wildfire resc wildlife rescue picked > let's chen your weather
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because the weekend is finally here. >> it is. i almost forget. >> meteorologist sandy patel is here. >> not only was the weekend here, but we had some sunshine to end the work week. i want to show you a lovely sunset from your kgo roof camera. this is courtesy of rick in transmission, who is winding down a 30-year career. he never fails to bring us the best of the bay. thank you very much for that. look at the colors. 6:09, the sun went down as we head towards the weekend. you know what's happening, the time is changing, and so you'll be able to enjoy an extra hour of sunlight. so get ready for daylight saving's time. here is a look at what you need to know. turn your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed saturday night. sunday's sunset, 7:12. so definitely will be seeing as you take a leave picture from our emeryville camera.
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a beautiful view. we don't have any rain. tomorrow mortgage, that will be changing. temperatures right now in the 30s, 40s. it is chilly outside. this afternoon was a good 6 to 9 degrees below average. tomorrow we're going to do it all over again. tomorrow morning, make sure you have your umbrellas and a heavy coat or jacket. damp rain comes in. snow over the higher terrain in lake county. here is a live look from our san jose camera. you can see some clouds gathering and a look at the forecast. chilly tonight. rain arrives in the morning. scattered showers tomorrow. on our exclusive abc 7 news storm impact scale. less than an inch of rain. we are looking at breezy conditions at times. let's time it out for you. overnight night while you're vep.ping, a few showers w 00 a.m., you see the rain across the region. the briefly heavy rain is tweechb 11:00 a.m. and about 12:00. by 3:00 p.m. it becomes
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scattered in nature once again and those showers will continue well on into the evening hours with some higher elevation snow mixing in with the rain over places like mt. hamilton and the higher t t our north. now, 7:00 a.m. sunday, you will notice still some pockets of moderate rain developing. 9:00 a.m., it's just going to move through as the system goes into southern california. on sunday i think you'll see a little bit more sunshine as well. rainfall totals will look like this, anywhere from 3/4 to an inch for parts of the north bay to anywhere from 0.10 of an inch in fremont to 0.20 in -- afternoon hours, it's going to be touch and go, but i think they may be able to play. sunday is a better bet for the afternoon as you will notice, the little league for sunday, rain to start off the morning. it's going to be chilly. later in the day the showers become a little more spotty in nature. first thing tomorrow morning, cold and tomorrow afternoon it
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is going to be cool, breezy with showers, so make sure you hang on to the umbrellas. temperatures will be in the 50s. here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. rain giving way to showers. another one for sunday. remember, you want to change your clocks. move them forward one hour because that's when you will gain an extra hour of sunlight, but i'm not looking forward to losing that hour of sleep. i'm sure others can relate. dry on monday. one more system tuesday. it's a light level one, and then skies just brighten up wednesday through friday. milder pattern. you can always download accuweather app and download it and track live dopplar 7 and those temperatures. but i've got to tell you, i think that sunny streak wednesday through friday is a long time coming. people are really wanting to see more sun. >> desperately. >> thank you very much. say good-bye to at&t.
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begun its name changing transformation. e stadium.displaying the transformation wil contie through nd of thmonth,ehe tpay >> and larry is walking down the halls of oracle park. >> it's hard to change. >> well, when i hear oracle, i think arena. >> of course, yeah, we all do. >> and so -- i'm going to mess it up a million times. klay thompson missed a couple of games with a knee injury. came back with a vengeance. anger, joy, all the
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toghyed u nic riysotory c shoes she helped design. warriors came out flying. we taped a podcast with boogie cousins today. i think it inspire authority"t will be on soundcloud this denver comes all the way back to take the lead. have no fear, klay is here. have after missing two games with a sore knee. w's up 17. catch and shoot, quick. klay finished with 39 with 9 of 11 from deep. py the man. denver gets within ten. durant showing up and showing up angry. is it joy? is it anger? it's a mix of everything. 26 for kd. and steph launching from way out and he goes splash. 17 for steph. warriors beat denver. jeff van gundy with klay after the game.
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>> any long-term worries? >> not a all. terrible question, jay. >> that was not a bad question. >> we spent so much time together, more than we do with our families, so some days you might butt heads but at the end of the day we've all got our eyes set on that threepeat and nothing will deter us from that. >> to vegas, baby, for the baby races. pac-12 women's tournament -- i bet on the blonde kid. i'm feeling good about myself. cal and stanford. kristine anigwe, 32 straight double-doubles. stanford's senior shannon coffey with a mask on and everything, the only shot she made, made it a six-point key y kianna williams -- she hit the final three. division one girls championship. bishop against rosemary. o'dowd's senior captain jada hollins, nice finish. led by avingers's 23 points.
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rosemary wins it. 133 points total, most in d-1 title game history. logan could not stop it. malcolm stedman. nice drive and finish. trying to keep them in it. 26, fouled out late. he can shoot. chino hills, their second straight d-1 title, 69-63. it is exactly 11:30 p.m. pacific time. traffic and weather. the steelers hoped to trade antonio brown today. it did not happen. the raiders may be the front-runner for mr. big chest, or mr. big checks, or whatever he's calling himself on he is unpredictable off the field, to put it mildly. do the raiders really want ches
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>> this little cub is lost. rescue workers will try to reunite it with mom. >> how exactly are they going to track down mom? >> it's all up to plastic tub and mom's curiosity. see mom to the rescue. >> he jumped off his scooter, picked up a big rock and -- see the road rage reason this guy goes crazy. >> he needs to get his life together. trying to help strangersng be friends. >> having great success. >> then he meets this guy. >> are they going to go make music together or something like that? >> seeha
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>> and the snow is cold. >> look how cold he is. >> and he's not alone. the snow stroke is going viral all across the country. >> wisconsin. >> this nine week old needs a little help. it was found in a sugar cane field in india. it this has happened frequently before because this is the 52nd type of rescue for wildlife s.o.s. you see, so cute, but needs to be with mama. so we have a vet. >> that vet is taking his sweet time. >> just one more. >> i need to pet. >> how exactly is he going to track down mom? >> they want her to go old school and just use her insinkt, using sniffing power they have. they're going to get out of the way while she finds the baby. >> she gave them time to do that
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because they left the baby in a crib with a rock on it. the rock is not that heavy. when ee female leopardest shows up, she's able to dislodge it. who are you, do i know you? mom gets close. she topples it. the baby is okay, but the cub is looking around. it doesn't start making any noise and she's like, should i get closer? should i get closer? >> that was a weird way to get them reunited by putting them in a box. i realize what do cats do? they literally just push everything, cat instinct. >> she sniffs, gets close. >> i don't know if i want to take it home. is this my baby? >> yeah, she goes back in, i can't leave it. and the baby is like, mom. mom. >> mom. >> she grabs it by the head and the neck like mama cats do. and, okay, time to go. she vacates the premises and goes down into the sugar cane field. >> i've seen a lot of crazy nd,
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takes the cake. gets off the bike, picks up a huge chunk of rock and, bam, knocks it straight through the window of the pickup truck. hitting the person inside. this has the attention of this fellow in front. no, no, you stay way back. this guy is super angry. >> what the heck is going on? is this road rage? >> this is road rage. this all takes off because apparently the pickup truck honked at that bike rider. >> he needs to go somewhere and get his life together. >> he gets back towards his bike, climbs on top and he rides away. no, he doesn't. he rides right into a face full of karma. >> ooh! >> these two guys absolutely lay into him. of the guy whose pickup truck got smashed and the older fellow. >> that guy is old school. he is not here for this mess. >> a lot of other people have seen what's going on.
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they push him up against the concrete barrier and eventually it all seems like it's calming down. there's another one. i don't know what that guy said to him, but gramps is annoying. >> they do end up restraining him. the police did turn up and arrest him. >> in india, this guy holding onto the front of this white car and is weaving left and right. plus there's vehicles everywhere. whoever has the camera blocks the white car. this is where other people get involved as well. the story behind this, the guy in blue, the taxi driver this guy rear-ended his taxi. as it was driving away he ended up stopping and held on and ended up being drichbl a mile before getting stopped right here. >> do crazy stuff like that. >> the police officer actually saw the initial incident. followed along on his bike and was able to take them both into custody. once they were taken to the
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police station the taxi driver filed charges against the driver in the white car. the investigation continues. ♪ ♪ >> it is 6:00 in the morning. >> elena is with her six-month old daughter. can you imagine why? >> somebody is coming home. >> yep, her man is coming home. he has been deployed for nine months. did you hear how old their daughter is? >> they he never even got a chance to lay his eyes on her? >> no, he has never met her daughter. so they head out to the air field to watch the plane that has her dad but also a bunch of other service members that finally get to come home. even if it's just for a little bit. >> can you imagine the anticipation for him to meet his daughter? >> they o and the service members in perfect formation march right inside. they finally get a clearance to go say hello to their family,
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and that is the moment these elena finds her manmooc a immiately goesve t daughterma. >> i was i've never seen in my life. >> there's so much going on, though. she's like, whoa, overwhelmed. >> yeah. it's a really sweet reunion. >> now she's happy in the arms of her dad who is obviously going to be a huge part of her life. thank you for your service. >> here we are, guys. >> it's snowing. who says you can't go swimming? >> nobody. >> this cabin in arizona. >> arizona people know. >> he's getting ready. got his goggles on. >> oh, awesome. >> oh, yes. [ laughter ]
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>> he goes through it, then he back strokes the opposite way. >> straight into a hot shower. >> this is awesome. can you imagine if they have a jacuzzi, a hot tub? ooh. >> look how cold he is. >> that was pretty cool. >> what they used to say young men become old men, they do the same thing. here we are in wisconsin. john and dusty have a few beers. >> this is awesome. >> why not? woo-hoo! >> oh, they just come diving out of the door into the snow. one turns around. the other is, nope! >> it looks fun. actually, i would like to do that. >> i would watch and record it for you.
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