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good evening. >> the driver wants to remain anonymous but he shared video as he escaped before his truck was set on fire. >> what an ordeal. the story you'll see only on abc7 news. >> it's like spinning around. nobody can move. >> this truck driver was on a run from tracee deliver on april 14 when he got stuck in traffic like this. he says he waited 40 minutes and saw no police. >> people were shooting up with guns. so i tried to look like i can go through it. so when i turn on my truck and honked, they got mad. they started jumping on it.
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they stand in front of the truck. when i two down, they were destroying to show him. >> he said others lived up to it. >> i thought i wouldn't see my kids anymore. >> he said he use the distraction of the truck to back away and took videos of people spray paining his trucks. >> they just put fires on the truck. >> and you were watching all that. my heart was beating. >> i can't you can imagine, that driver is city shaken up. unable to work and worried about the welfare of his family.
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in the center val, abc7 news. they pulled a bill that would make engaging in a side show a crime. they want more time to fine tune the criminalization of side shows. the state lawmakers willkers wil work on tweaking it. luke walton, kelly ten ante accusing walton. she talked about going to the hotel three years ago to give walton a copy of her book for which she's written a forward. they were friends at the time. she explained why she waited to make her accusation public.
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>> i am no locker comfortable staying silent. this may come as a shock in the community, this is a reality i have been living in for years. i anticipated hanging out and catching up. he started to walk to the walk e i asked where we were going and he said to his room. he asked why and he said the players in his room were in the lobby and he could not be around them. he didn't want to be seen in the lobby with the players. so i was hesitant and he said don't worry about it. it's me. he got on top of me? pinned me down to the bed and held my body down. he kissed my neck and my face and my check. as i asked him to please stop and get off, he laughed at me.
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and he continued to laugh at all of my pleas to get off and to stop. i thought he was going to rape me. >> walton was an assistant coach with the warriors at the time of the meeting. that she just described. we talked with some of the warriors players and head coach steve kerr today. they talked about the alleged incident at today's practice session. din't have much to say but steph curry did react to the news. >> the warriors were in practice mode. getting ready for wednesday's game five against the clippers. walton has been accused of sexual assault by the former
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l.a. sports reporter kelly ten an. she is suing walton. she claims she went to the hotel room to discuss a book she was writing. he forcibly pitchinged her and groped her. he became head coach of the lakers in 2016. coach kerr had no comment about it. >> i asked steph curry his reaction. >> what do you think we can say? he had a comment on it. that's all we can siay right no. in terms of luke, i've known him a long time. hopefully everything works out. >> he was just named head coach of the sacramento kings. they told us we are aware of the report and are gathering
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additional information. we have to further comment. >> he said she is an opportunist. not a victim. we intend to prove it in court. abc7 news. >> it feels more like sumner some spots around here. >> we hit some record highs today and some places got into the 90s. >> it is so nice outside. let's talk about the records. 93 in santa rosa. 88, sfo. 91 in gilroy. these are all records for the day. it got to 91
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pretty mild to warm. for those of you waiting for some fog, i will till, the fog is not far away. >> i'll let you know when it will be back and when you might feel the cooler sea breeze coming into play. >> all right. thank you. happening now, the san francisco board commission is meeting and scheduled to vote on a homeless navigation center in a sbisa hi-- debate time and time again and it goes to the heart of how to build a better bay area. it is supposed to be built on the embarcadero and bryant street, about halfway between. luis pena is at the ferry
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building where commissions are lock to build again. >> that's right. there's standing almost there's standing room only. it's been an emotional three months for her after living on the streets of san francisco for 13 years. thanks to the help she received at a navigation center, she now has her own apartment. ? i don't like seeing my fellow people on the streets like this. i don't, i don't. the way people treat you out here. it is ugly. people don't know how hard it is to wake up every morning in the freezing cold. not knowing where your next meal is coming from. people don't know. they dome. she lived in a navigation center
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for a year and six months. sefs this for drug addiction. >> it's hard. at the end of the day, it became easier for me and i'm so grateful. >> today she advocates for the water front. it will have at least 100 beds. >> when the navigation picked me up off the streets, it was a blessing come true. i would have never imagined in my lifetime that a program like this would ever come and peck me up off the streets and put me in a facility that literally catered to just homeless people. >> they say they want to see more stories like hers. they don't want the from posed navigation center in their neighborhood. >> the old proposal. the orange proposal was for the four-year term.
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it is for 130 beds. >> there is one goal in mind. >> delay the vote so there is an opportunity to engage with the city. >> the port is responsible for this. we'll bring you guys the latest. live here in san francisco, abc7 news. a man and woman were arrested after deputies say two small children in their kcare were arrested. there was a search warn on the home sunday. they found two children in separate modified cribs, stacked on top of each other and secured to the wall like dog crates.
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the children are now with child protective services. deputies say they found drugs, meth, and evidence of a honey oil lab. the faa has given the green light to a drone delivery company owned by google's parent company. we know was granted the first air carrier certification in the united states. the company plans to launch a delivery trial. they can't fly by. they. they've flown 70,000 test flights and more than 3,000 delive deliveries. apple has been sued for $1 billion. why a man claimed the tech giant is responsible for his arrest. what if you want to get your television from an antenna?
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weird circumstances with this serial bank robbery suspect. >> reporter: the fbi entered this house on straw bridge drive early this morning. the suspect lives in this house. he was taken into custody in another location on an arrest warrant from contra costa county. one of those charges is robbery. as you said, one of our sources test us that the suspect, and i quotas described, is a serial
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bank robber. the early morning search of the home startled residents. after all, this is a well to do neighborhood. >> i'm always surprised when something bad happens up here, to be honest. the fbi, the chp and sheriff's deputies. duane lives here in his parents' home with his wife and 4-year-old daughter. neighbors tell us he had moved back a year ago. his reputation preceded him. >> i've heard that he is very volatile. that he is aggressive. >> neighbors gave him a wide berth when they passed by him. >> he was often in the driveway and he is kind of menacing so we could keep our eye on him. >> they arrested him at the hospital before he searched the house. neighbors say his wife had just
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given birth to their second child. they were surprised because he h had. >> yelling at his wife, the wife screaming for us to call the cops in the middle of the night. >> i do hear he was a scary teenager. the neighbors are relieved that he's gone. >> his father did not respond to questions outside his home this morning. >> reporter: a bomb sniffing dog was sent because they found a suspicious device. the bomb sniffing dog found out that it was what authorities call a hoax device, something made to look like a bomb. it wa.
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a new york man that the apple stores falsely connected him to a series of thefts. that the thief used the stolen drivers permit which doesn't have a photo when he was asked for i.d. he said apple programmed his security's system to recognize the suspect's face as its own. apple says it doesn't use facial recognition technology in its stores. how can you get the highest quality and the most channels? >> here with the story. >> more and more. i was at an electronics store and the thing sold out was antennas. unbelievable. only a few box. with more and more people cutting the cord, antennas are making a come back. why a little antenna upkeep will
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keep you from losing any of your favorite channel. depending on where you live, that's what it can give you. you have to perform some easy maintenance with your remote control. it is called rescanning. >> rescanning is simply having your tv tuner do an update to see if there are more channels available. >> it is something you should do about once a month. why? if it was a cloudy or rainyainyy you may not be able to get all the channels available to you. so exactly how do you rescan? ? >> every tv has a way tied. should you look for channel
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scanning or skimming. >> if you can that find anything else, try hitting the source or the enthat you, they suggest sug auto scan. >> auto scan will automatically look for all the channels available in your area. >> although scanning has been a good idea, it even more important now. >> a couple years ago, the fcc held a spectrum option. they freed up the frequencies to make room. >> the transition won't be complete until next summer so make sure you rescan every once in a while. remember, you don't have to worry about losing your favorite chann channel. >> so the channel is the same. >> yes, yes. >> all this other stuff is going
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on. >> your channels are there. but it just one keep it tuned to channel 7. talk about the numbers. let me show you the view from our camera. as we look toward the coast, we are noticing no fog there. a little bit of a breeze. it has been a land breeze which has been the fog will get here and it will begin the cooling process very soon. so hang in there if you don't like the warm to hot weather we have. it is 59 at the half moon bay airport. these are the summer micro climates that we expect to see
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but it is spring 82 in phoenix. we're looking at the shark tank and it is sun and wispy clouds. we'll be looking at a cooling trend right through the weekend. temperatures first thing in the morning. we'll start out in the 50s, 60s. a few patches of fog possible along the coast. and i do want to show you something with the wind. tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., the winds are pretty light. it is the reversal of the wind as we head toward tomorrow afternoon and evening. more of an onshore breeze. the sea breeze will start the cooling process at the coast. for those of hue don't have a/c, and there are many in the bay area who don't have it, it is
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tough for you. 78 in santa cruz on the peninsula. 83, palo alto. san mateo, 63 in pacifica. 61, half moon bay. a nice breeze will cool you off. . not quite as warm as today. 84, vallejo. 59 in berkeley. oakland, hayward, 84, in the freemont area. you will still need sun screen and plenty of water. 90 in concord, 87 in pleasanton. 88 in livermore. a good place to get away from the heat is the beach. stronger sea breeze. ocean beach, 66, 71 in
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bay friday we'll be upper 50s to mid 80s. the weekend will be closer to average. temperatures will level off and then we head into early next week. and it will be cool to mild around the bay area. you can always download the app and track the temperatures. right now, find an a/c or find a friend who has a fan or air conditioning to stay cool. >> or find your way to pacifica. >> there you go. head to the coast. >> check out the beautiful green
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there. in the 20s and 30s. my name is allen fisher. i am the curator in the archives of the we shall railway museum. what is special is that it is an electr electric, they use to go between cities all over the united states. the this is a seasonal trip for the month of april when the wild flowers are out along our right-of-way. what you see are the farms. we have the new wind farms on all sides. there are seven of 75urbans apiece. there is a magnificent view of mt. diablo. the fields along the way are just brilliant with color and
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coming up at 6:00, it hasn't happened in years. home vs have actually dropped in one part of the bay area. what is behind the dip and how long it may also over. >> contra costa county, alameda county, you're as vulnerable as butte county. >> he is sending a message. the massive fire prevention project about to begin in the
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east bay. and big money hiding in plain sight. michael finney with important tips on how to finds unclaimed cash that may belong to you. all that plus much more coming up in half an hour. >> all right. thank you. we'll see you then. thousands of women gathered in san francisco today to learn torsion grow and to network. >> the professional business women of california held its annual conference. abc7 is a founding sponsor of this magnificent event. >> we are very proud of that. the theme is unstoppable which speaks to the challenges women have faced. this year show cases the most diverse congress ever with two native-american and two muslim women. >> california has the first partner. >> the notion of partners, gender expanse sgrif gender inclusive. we'll have a female governor someday. an lgbt governor. and i want to signal what's
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possible. >> jackie speier first led the way with a conference in 1989. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the controversial body cam just released tonight. after days of protests, the officers who demanded a driver get out of his car. he appears to get out and put his hands up in the air, and then officers open fire. what authorities are now saying tonight. also breaking tonight, amid the exploding opioid crisis in this country, a first tonight. the former ceo of a major drug distribution company arrested. tonight, criminally charged. the urgent manhunt under way tonight. after the horrific terror attack, americans among the dead. and now, the new fear. were more bombs planted? and the new surveillance right here. authorities looking at the men wearing backpacks in this elevator. james longman is on the scene. for the first time tonight, the 911 call revealed in the case of the 5-year-old missing
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