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he was according to authorities david swanson came to the area. according to authorities when they asked why he was here he explained that he was here for personal reasons. many youtube employees who we spoke to today said the new threats reminded them of the shooting that took place here in 2018. state of utah documents obtained by abc 7 news confirms that the 5-year-old david swanson made several threatening comments against youtube employees in september, december and may. >> he admitted to hosting those comments. he had talked more about how there was a play on word and how he was referring to shooting and he was referring more to with a cell phone or a video camera. >> the fbi was involved in the investigation that led to swanson's arrest. he admitted to owning a handgun and driving to california earlier this month. >> do you know where in california he visited? >> he said the bay area, but as
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far as the exact location, again, we don't know. >> around the youtube campus security guards are seen almost every corner. employees are on the area say this type of security wasn't the norm a yearing a. >> i noticed him because they go, i walked to the plaza by the youtube building and i did -- they have security guards and they didn't have security guards before. >> in a statement youtube responded our number one priority is to protect the safety and welfare of everyone that works at youtube. our security team is aware of these threats and he's working closely with law enforcement to monitor the situation. >> swanson was released yesterday after posting $100,000 bail. in san bruno, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> thank goodness there was nothing to a report of a possible active shooting in a traro hills neighborhood this afternoon. our exclusive sky map technology
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shows you where this occurred. buses included a health clinic and culinary school at 53 rhode island street between 16th and 17th were evacuated. police say around 12:15 someone called to report a suspicious person with a weapon. 30 minutes later another 911 call was made to report a possible active shooter. officers swarmed the neighborhood. >> i was surprised and worried when it was outside when it happened so i saw the cops and i tried to connect with my co-workers in the office and make sure that everything is okay. >> we have to contact the people that called 911, do interviews, look more closely into what transpired today. >> police went door-to-door and found no threat. the sit seine app alerts users of reported incidents nearby. this is one of many personal apps of personal safety. we talked about how these apps worked and last week during the safety week.
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part of our better way to build a better bay area. >> a san mateo man previously charged with impersonating a police officer has been arrested again on the same charge. police say 27-year-old allen grabovetsy was seen showing people a gun at hillsdale shopping center yesterday afternoon and telling them he was an undercover police officer. officers responded to the area, but didn't fine the suspect. police posted a surveillance image on social media. can you see it here and say that tips came in that led them to identify the man. not long after police were called about a similar incident at the nearby laurel woods shopping center where they arrested him. >> we truly believe in the partnership that we have established with our community. without the cooperation, without the help from the community, we'd be lost. >> police say the gun
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grabavetsky had was a bb gun. >> we've had a break from the rain but not much longer. a look from across mt. tam. the north bay is going to get the raindrops when the storm arrives tonight. anchor spencer christian is tracking the timing for us. >> the clouds look a little threatening and let's move along and give a look at line doppler 7 and as the clouds increase a cold front is approaching that's the system that's going to bring us the rainfall. already range on the north coast, and we'll get some that have later tonight. this storm ranks one on the storm impact scale and tonight and tomorrow we can expect scattered showers meaning it will be wet for the morning commute. less than half an inch of rain is expected for most locations around the bay area. gusts could be up to 30 miles per hour at times and here's the forecast animation taking us into the evening hours. you don't expect the rain to arrive in the north bay until after 8:00 p.m. and then between 8:00 p.m. and midnight you'll see it become more widespread and a little bit steadier rain and starts to break up with scattered showers going into the
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early morning hours and i'll give you a closer look at that. and the good thing about this rain is it won't last for long. more coming up in the forecast later on. ama? >> thank you. more testimony in the ghostship trial fire. police and fire fighters were described visiting the warehouse. two witnesses cried while sharing the last texts from their loved ones who died that night. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the latest. >> they were the last words of her partner and recalling them brought alexa abrams to tears as she testified in the ghostship try. on december 22nd walrath attended a music fest at the warehouse and he texted he would head home soon and at 11:25 there were two more texts. i love you, fire. walrath was among 35 people who died that night.
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>> it's a concentration on pain and paiteios. why does the prosecution want to do that? because they want ultimately the jury to deliver an emotionally based verdict. >> then compose ship survivor adam kenon told the jury various officials had been inside the warehouse in the months before the fire, including child protective services and oakland police officers. he also said he saw two off-duty firefighters attend a party there. >> he was very moved by the tragedy for everyone. >> defendant max harris' uncle attended the trial for the first time after visiting with his nephew over the weekend. >>y had's an inspiring young man. he's got a lot of spiritual strength and just a very positive energy. >> an engineer for oakland's
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building testified about the records that the city had on the ghost ship including applications to changes for the structure. original permit taken out in 1948. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> some of the biggest names in democratic politics paid tribute today to former east bay congresswoman ellen tauscher. hillary clinton and senator dianne feinstein were among the seakers at the memorial service in washington, d.c. feinstein hailed tauscher ears trailblazing career in the private sector and in public service including her 12 years in congress and four years at the state department. she also called tauscher a special one of a kind person. >> ellen was brilliant. she was warm. she was loyal to her country, her family and her friends, and she had a wonderful sense of humor. >> tauscher passed away on april 29th due to complications from pneumonia. another memorial service will take place in walnut creek on
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june 6th at the center for the arts. abc 7 news is goek yusd on building a better bay area digging deeper into issues that affect our quality of life. homeless necessary is becoming an increasingly visible issue in many bay area counties. contra costa reported that the number of homeless went up 43% in the last two years. that's the same increase in neighboring alameda county. santa clara and san francisco reported higher numbers of homeless since the last census. marin county reported a decrease, but some people who live there say they are dealing with more problems, and they are not just on city streets. what's going on? abc 7 news more. >> reporter: there's 200 anchored boats here in richardson bay ames homess peop those illegal boats. now according to neighbors that live miles away they say it's those homeless people who are
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wreaking havoc in their community. >> i've lived here for about 42, 43 years. >> the view outside connie stricker's door is why she and her husband choose to live on the water in belvidere, but for years and especially lately it's a different story. >> we never thought that we would be in a frightening place. >> reporter: for years anchor outs, unmoored, edge remember sterd boats often occupied by the homeless get loose in storms, travel across richard sond bay and crash into her and her neighbor's docks. >> we've had numerous boats, over ten boats hit our house, and we've had over $20,000 worth of damage. >> reporter: these anchor outs are having a consequence on the environment. a new study shows they are damaging up to 41% of the sea floor. >> the dumping of hazardous materials and human waste is a huge concern. we've seen a big change in the wildlife here over the
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rorr:hat is most concerning, the homeless, according to connie and pam, are now invading their privacy. >> they would just come right up and come over to the deck and bang on our doors. they would say, well, do you have any water? do you have any? i could use a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. >> reporter: beth pollard says she's unfamiliar with the homeless knocking on residents' doors but promises steps are being taken to help. >> we hired a marine ecologist to look at the marine ecology of the bay and also conditions, wind and weather and the water in the bay to advise us on what is the safest and healthiest way to moore vesselsn bay? >> back at connie's where she shows us the amount of debris her husband has collect over the past few months from the anchor outs. >> this is like a small recycling center, it is. >> she hopes her concerns haven't deaf ears again. >> reporter: back out here live,
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neighbors tell me these incidents happen so often they don't even bother telling police anymore. the results of that study, by the way, should be complete by this summer. those residents day they are not hopeful it will change anything. in sausalito tonight, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> homeless necessary is climbing around the bay area and dion's story is one example of places where they seek shelter. >> the airport is another place. only abc 7 news spent hours late at night at sfo talking with those who sometimes call this place home. >> what's next when it comes to legalizing drugs? take a look. we're giving you a hint. the full story is just three minutes away.
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first came the movement to legalize marijuana. now activists have used that momentum to advocate for psychedelic drugs. in oakland a resolution to decriminalize these drugs is becoming closer to a reality, and if passed it would be the first of its kind in the country. abc 7 news hass hass hass hass s >> reporter: carlos says psychedelic drugs changed his life. >> it was after a mushroom journey that i was able to get past the locked in patternsch now i don't get frustrated or angry. >> reporter: he's fighting to help others see the light. >> it's kind of like maybe jumping out of an airplane and into a somewhere momentarily. >> reporter: carlos is the
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co-founder of decriminalized nature, a group pushing for a resolution in oakland that would decrimin decriminalize things like this. >> the mushrooms and calcote. >> reporter: advocates like carlos are part of a greig movement to destigmatize mushrooms. >> a war veteran is a good example of someone who can benefit and also people who come from childhoods of trauma is not resolution would only include decriminalizing the natural plants with psychoactive compounds. it would not include decriminalizing things like molly, lsd and heroin. the difference is those drugs are manufactured in a lab. so far there's little organized opposition to this, although people we spoke to in oakland said they have some reservations. >> i don't know if i'll be 100% behind that. >> some of them can actually cause harmful effects, you know,
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brain-wise and, you know, overall body-wise, so, you know, some things need to be criminalized. >> the oakland city council's public safety commission will host the resolution this week and if passed it will go for a final vote in june. >> happening tonight, an effort to toughen the sale of tobacco products in san rafael. in about an hour, the city council will consider an ordinance that prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products if retailers allow anyone under age 21 on the premises. it bans the sale through pharmacies and vending machines. if approved the ordinance could go into effect in six months. in the east bay teachers with the new haven school district and union city and heyward went on strike for the first time in the district's history. they are opening for the same success that oakland educators had in their negotiations re as over the next two years which they say would help offset the price of health insurance which comes out of their pocket and
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the district isn't close to that number. >> if the revenue comes in higher, that we'll give an additional half a percent or 1% ongoing raise. >> we really didn't hope it would come to this. it's very sad and difficult to know that this is happening this morning. >> reporter: the new haven teachers rejected the district's offer. the distrit said the universityion did not provide a counteroffer. >> president trump has more than 60 million twitter followers but a bay area group wants him off that platform. women's march san francisco dropped off a petition with 33,000 signatures accusing trump of spreading hate and inciting violence in violation of twitter policy. petitioners claim they want his account suspended. >> if what you are posting is creating an environment where someone is getting death threats every day and it's creating hate in this world, first amendment
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cannot protect hate and violence. >> twitter has rejected calls to president trump in the past. it has said removing a world leader would hide important information that people should be able to see and debate. >> all right. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian has been keeping a close watch on when the rain is coming back. >> because it is coming back. >> it sure is. getting close as we speak, as a matter of fact. however, we have a string of sunny days after that. live doppler 7. at the moment things are calm but clouds are increase, and we've had quite a change in our temperature the last 24 hours. it warmed up in most locations. you can see it's three degrees warmer in oakland and concord and hayward than at this time yesterday. seven degrees cooler in palo alto than this time yesterday. we have the micro climates and wide variations from location to location. view from sutro tower. clouds over san francisco and cloud shadows over san francisco as well. 58 degrees in the city and 61 in
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oakland and mid-60s in money stanview san jose and check out this view from emoryville. clouds darker and lower and more threatening looking. low to mid-60s at napa and fairfield, vacaville and concord at liverful and from atop mt. tam dark clouds are pushing in. showers will develop later on tonight. it will be breezy tomorrow with scattered showers and a dry and milder pattern will develop mid-week. overnight though as the showers move in, we'll see low temperatures dropping into the upper 40s to low 50s. the storm ranks one on the storm impact scale so for tonight and tomorrow we can expect scattered showers and less than half an inch of rain in many locations. many locations under a quarter of an inch. here's the forecast animation taking us to the late night hours. 11:00 or so. we'll see some steadier rain beginning to push into the north bay and hit other parts of the bay area as well and during the overnight hours that will break up into mainly scattered showers which still means wet spots for the morning commute so it could slow you down if you're a morning commuter and we'll see
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that pattern continue through most of the day before it starts to wind down tomorrow night. rainfall totals we project will generally be under a quarter of an inch for most locations, but we could see under half an inch in places like calistoga and ben lohman. most locations won't get a lot of rain out of there. snow in the sierra and however, a winter weather advisory in effect from midnight tonight to 8:00 tomorrow night. we'll see 6 to 12 inches of snow generally above 5,500 feet. some locations in the peaks could see up to 15 inches. back to the bay area tomorrow as the showers begin to wind down. breezy at the coast and relatively cool. cooler than today for sure with highs reaching only into the mid-50s in the coast and upper 50s to low 60s around the bay and inland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast and look at that string of dry days coming our way beginning wednesday. we'll see mostly sunny skies wednesday into next monday. with a little bit of a cooldown on saturday and still dry. high temperatures in the upper 70s inland towards the end of the week and low 70s around the
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bay, and as memorial day approaches next monday, starts to warm up again so lovely weather ahead. the main thing is it's going to be dry. >> finally. >> thanks. >> okay. >> coming up next, dreams come true. >> meet one of the students who just had the student loans eliminated thanks to the generosity of a
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not the best start to the week for starts. the united states crackdown on chinese telecom company huawei was a major driving factor, especially in the tech sector. the dow fell by 84. the nasdaq dropped by 113 and the s&p 500 was off by 19. >> here's an impressive number. >> yeah. >> $40 million. that's how much morehouse college commencement speaker and billionaire robert f. smith pledged to erates student loan debt comfort entire graduating class at the historic college. >> abc 7 news reporter talked to him today. >> 22-year-old jonathan epps is one of two valedictorians from the class of 2019, a 2020 fullbright scholar and set to go to law school. >> plus. >> a native of pleasanton,
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california. >> the fulfillment of possibilities that our ancestors, slaves and freedom fighters could only have dreamed of. >> he gave an impressive speech at morehouse sunday by the political science major was upstaged. epps was sitting in the sea of gaps and gowns and hanging on tots words of the commencement speak f-robert fnchingts smith when something incredible happened. >> we're going to put a little fuel in your bus. >> where is he going with us. >> this is my class, 20 is the. >> okay. we're following. my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> oh, snap. >> we were just kind of looking around going did this man really just say that? epps tells us he has somewhere between $30,000 and $35,000 of student loan debt. his parents were going to help him pay it off but thanks to smith they won't have to worry about that. >> that's just a tremendous investment that he made in us. >> reporter: myth is the rich et black man in america. a philanthropist and runs a
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private equity firm based in san francisco. he promised to pay off the student loan debt for morehouse's class of 2019. that's nearly 400 students. >> just overwhelming gratitude for what he did. and i feel like we'll all continue to feel that as the years go on. >> reporter: smith's only catch is thatthese orehousemen pay it forward. >> no doubt they will. so inspired after what he did. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area dedicated to digging deep into the issues that affect all of our lives. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee spent hours late at night at sfo talking to the homeless who call the terminals home and he talke
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with it some serious problems. abc 7 news reporter vic lee with the story you'll see only on abc 7. >> reporter: sfo, san francisco international airport. there are restaurants, museums, retail stores. traffic gridlock and lots and lots of people. >> we're essentially a city with a population of about 150,000 passengers and about 30,000 employees on any given day. >> reporter: it has more people than many cities here in the bay area. just like any other town or city this airport faces similar issues, issues like crime and homelessness. police say shoplifting at the airport's many retail stores is an ongoing approximate and so are luggage thefts where passengers claim their belongings. airport police are looking for this man who is seen in the security video grabbing a suitcase from a carousel. you see him ripping off the white claim tag before leaving with his stolen luggage.
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another camera records him getting into an elevator and then he's seen walking out towards the airport b.a.r.t. station. this year depp think chief mikhail ali says police are gaining a foodhold. >> we're seeing a 17% decrease in retail luggage theft year to date. i think a hunk reason is our presence at the b.a.r.t. platform. >> reporter: the chief points to the man who grabbed the suitcase from the carousel as an example of what he's talking about. >> he exited the airport by way of catching b.a.r.t. so you can presume that he caught b.a.r.t. to get here. >> airport police working with b.a.r.t. officers have increased their presence at the platforms. >> we have a number of officers who are at the b.a.r.t. platform, checking for people who areeomo the airport to engage in conduct that's not lawful, it's not likely that you paid for your b.a.r.t. >> while we were staking out b.a.r.t. station we saw this father jumper.
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we followed him outside. >> i noticed you jump the fare here. >> i didn't have any money. >> the man was incoherent. appeared to be inctoxicated and said he was homeless. if you need help, there's an information booth over there. >> instead of help he went outside to smoke a significant set. the airport is the a way station for travelers. air travel can be stressful. >> we're looking to make it more enjoyable and a being confronted by homeless necessary is really not what we want to offer our passengers. >> reporter: but the airport has become a refuge for homeless people. it's a warm, safe shelter far away from the tough realities of the streets. many nooks and crannies where they which sleep for the night. michael is 32 years old and he's homeless. how did you get here? >> the b.a.r.t. >> reporter: michael rides b.a.r.t. a lot, and he likes to end up here at sfo.
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he tells us he likes the view and the atmosphere. what's more, is it easy to find a place to sleep here at the airport? >> it's not too bad. it's not too bad. >> reporter: both police and the airport say they try to help homeless people they encounter. they refer them to a program called life moves. >> essentially they are a homeless advocacy group, and they would work with individuals who are primarily based in san mateo county to attempt to align these individuals with the proper resources. >> reporter: with four trains running here from morning to night, stopping the homeless migration will be difficult. >> do you have any place to go to? >> no, not now. >> michael sums up the problem in a few words. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> the last b.a.r.t. train to sfo comes in at 1:20. vic rode that train one night along with the homeless to find
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out firsthand what happens when they arrive at the airport. we'll have that story tomorrow. homelessness is one of the many champ earnings we mace in building a better bay area. new at 6:00, the santa clara county assessor is suing over a huge tax break given to the 49ers. the team had its tax bill cut in half from $12 million to $6 million and the appeals board also gave them a refund of about $36 million. the assessor larry stone wants that decision reversed saying the board overlooked the value of the 49ers' rights in the stadium. stone says the tax break hurts local schools and governments taking away millions of dollars. the stadium is owned by the city of sclargia, but it's run and operate by the 49ers. coming up next, something that's called a cream job. working and living on a private island in the bay area. >> we'll introduce you to the lucky couple who got that gig.
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can become a reality. >> that's right. abc 7 news anchor dion lim shows off one example in the bay area. >> reporter: how would you like to get paid six figures to live and work on a private island in the bay area? that's the shop description for an innkeeper position that captured international attention this past spring. i took a visit to the east brother light station off the coast of richmond to meet the lucky couple who now have their dream job. ♪ in story telling they say you shouldn't give away your best video right away, but at the east brother light station beauty is everywhere you turn. straddling the line between san francisco and san pablo 145-ye- station is on a tiny island with big history. >> the buildings themselves were
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occupied up until around the '60s and then they went into a state of desry pair. the island was later desig nathenated, a a national landmark. >> in the '7 as we worked hard to rebuild island and bring it back to its former glory. >> reporter: in it's nearly 40-year round has there ever been that much potential with who the openers really were. >> we actually got september the long and thought thousands of people around the world applied north so-called dream job and let's not f cooking and cleaninging and making the
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the couple stood out from an applicant pool. >> worked in the bay on boats for the last ten years or so and i have a really deep love for the bay. >> there's also a mission to uphold, preserving the island's natural beauty. >> the more people who come stay, the more we have to work with to take care of the island. >> reporter: while ghosts stay on the island thursday through sunday only, it's a 24-hou seven day a week lifestyle, one the past two years. >> in all honesty it's not what we were expecting. we thought we'd have like a lot of dunn time. >> reporter: think recommendation is tyler and tiffany embark on their new adventure on just under an acre of unobstructed splendor. >> take the moments you can to really appreciate it and make the most of it because it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: something tyler and
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tiffany are ready to embrace with open arms. >> for us to be able to share the history and share special unique applause this is. >> i want to go check this out. >> i know. >> rain is approaching and we're almost done with the series of storms. >> yes. they have swept through the bay area over the last you know when you're at ross and you find.hmmm. ...at a price that has you, like... okay. that's yes for less. say yes to the latest spring trends at 20 to 60 percent off department store prices every day. at ross. yes for less. tto harrison, the wine tcollection.. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you,
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arrangements. >> reporter: in fact, betty doesn't even carry cell phone. >> what is an app? >> i don't know. >> reporter: whenever betty needs to go somewhere, her son orders her an uber and follows her progress on the app. >> i can see her pick up and i can see the driver initiate the ride and deliver her to the appointed area. >> reporter: her son paid for the app, but bet says after her first ride the driver asked her for $20 and she gave it to him, along with a $5 tip. >> she was confused. >> the first raid i had with him, you know, i didn't. i thought it was like any other cab company. >> things went smoother the next couple of times until one saturday when another driver demand money from her. >> and then he said to me sign your name. sign your name and i said, what? he said kind your yam betty got
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out of the car uber and called her son john who lives from san francisco. >> i think these guys are looking to prey upon our most vulnerable citizens. >> we reached out to uber and we were told that uber is supposed to be -- the driver involved in a second incident has been removed from the a. the family says it's received a refund for the first trip. uber advises any passenger who asks for trip and end the trip immediately. the two incidents left a sour taste in betty's mouth. >> i was ticked somebody took me. >> i bet. we've found anecdotal evidence that this happens for everybody and statistics for this type of incident are not kept. now i want to hear from you. the 7 on your side hotline is open monday through friday 10:00
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to 2:00. 415-954-8151 and you can also reach me on my foob page. >> thanks, michael. >> time for one last check on our weather. >> spencer christian is here with more rain. >> i like the way you said that. here's live doppler 7 and clouds are getting thick as the storms aetch pro. showers tonight and periods of light rain, lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the approaching storm is a 1 on the low impact scale. light intensity, and will continue producing showers through much of the day. a fairly wet morning commute and rainfall totals are generally under half an inch and highs tomorrow afternoon as the showers begin to little bit will range up frommer 50s to low 60s across the whole region and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. mostly sunny skies coming to the whole region. beginning wednesday and through the weekend and continuing next monday through memorial day. looks like lovely, sunny, dry days coming our way.
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>> nice change. >> a welcome change. thanks, spencer. >> let's talk nba basketball, larry. >> yes, there's a saying in the nba, one, two, three, cancun. in fact, we also use it in the sports department. warriors trying to send the blazers on vacation tonight. can they do it without a day iguodala? he was scratched from tonight's game. sports is next. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashion week. ♪ ♪ he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. (meow) whoa. you've groomed her, too. (cell phone vibrating)
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good evening. the warriors are trying to close out the blazers tonight in game four of the western conference finals, and they are doing it without andre iguodala who suffered a calf injury in game three. blazers hoping to keep dancing. while w nation, they have the brooms out ready to go. alfonso mckinney with authority. getting aggressive. steph curry, the hesitation, a little flip off the glass and falls down. but he's okay. look at the casual flip and has the spin right. defense optional or nonexistent early. steph with a wide-open three. 12 points after one quarter. damian little idea, the pride of oakland, a little shake and bake on jordan bell. all the way to the help. no helpefen points. bell making it as he dunks everything with two hans as he missed a one-hand jam the other night. right now draymond, don't get ae second quarter. frank voegele was formally
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introduced as the new head coach and coincidentally lakers legend magic johnson happened to appear on espn explaining why he quit as the president. he left abruptly in the season and didn't even tell anybody that he was calling a news conference to quit but said the gm rob pelinka was backstabbing him inside and outside the organization claimed that magic was not working hard enough or spending enough time in the office and magic said he felt like he didn't have the power to make changes. >> i wasn't having fun coming to work anymore, especially when i've got to work beside you knowing you want my position and i'm okay with that. i told him in year two, i'm only going to be here three years, so my job is, rob, to get you ready for this position. up know how many agents called me and said you've got to watch out for him and i said i've got get the guy a fair charges you know, i can't listen to people. >> it's saidning and disheartening to think he believes things that are a misperception. i think all of us in life
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probably have been through things where maybe there's third-party whispers or he said she said things that aren't true, so these things are surprising to hear and disheartening. >> nfl news, tough break for former 49ers linebacker reuben forther who suffered a torn acl at camp in washington today. the injury should shrine him for the entire 2019 season. these are otas, just organized practices. 49ers released him last season following an altercation at a hotel in which he was arrested and not charged. he had a lot of off-the-field issues. the redskins decided to roll dice and picked him up and already he's hurt. baseball, new york mets outfielder, talking injuries. yoenis cespedes broke his right ankle at his ranch in florida. reports are he may have stepped in a hole in the ground. it's kind of unclear, but the former a's slugger was already out for half the surgery. had surgery to remove
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calcification in both of his heels so this puts the rest of his career in jeopardy at this point. in the past two seasons, cespedes only played in 119 games. he's under contract for $22 million this season and 29 million next year. we'll see if he ever comes back in a mets uniform. a's play tonight in cleveland against the indians. second inning. here it comes. there it goes. profar went down low to get that one and yanks it down the line. that's gone. his six fifth year made it 1-0 a's. to the third, matt olsen, good to see him back in the lineup. man, does he have power. 417 feet to right. his fourth. 2-0 athletics. a's led 4-3 in the eighth and bullpen gets into trouble. bases loaded, two outs and they get carlos gonzalez to ground out to second. how about some insurance, matt chappy, that's out of here, two-run homer this. game just went final a few moments ago. the a's win 6-4, and the giants
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are hosting the braves atracle park. funny lineup for the warriors tonight because of all the injuries that they have. jordan bell in there. alfonzo mckinnie who went like a couple of months without playing and jacob evans, the rookie who played little more than i did for the warriors this past somebody, and he's out there in the western conference finals. i can only imagine his heart has got to be racing. he won't dare put up a shot, i don't think. just give it to steph, but this is -- >> such a nice cushion so they can afford to do that. >> they can close it out and nobody is playing any defense, the blaze verse no defense, but the involved if you're up 3-0 in a playoff series 1, 35-0. no team has ever come back in the nba. you'll remember when the red sox did it against the yankees. >> against the yankees. >> happened in other sports but not in the knob. 135-0. >> maybe here we go again. >> they will be in the finals almost certainly, and they will have nine days off, by the way,
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if -- if they win tonight, nine days off, which andre needs and k.d. needs. >> that's a real bonus. >> and demarcus cousins. >> shame about cespedes. >> oh, my goodness. >> awful. >> that's crazy. >> that's too bad. >> thanks, larry. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofctv 20. police say there's a guy out there trying to pass counterfite $100 bills. how one sharp-eyed clerk was able to spot those fakes. that's at 9:00. >> and at 11:00 from the kitchen to the courtroom, home chefs say they have been sold famous tomatoes that aren't the real deal. now they are take legal action. and coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, it's "the bachelorette" followed by "fix" and then stay us with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> look for breaking newss app. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us here, we appreciate your time and hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.
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♪ this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants-- an associate professor of political science from marietta, georgia... a handywoman and gardener from charlottesville, virginia... and our returning champion, a professional sports gambler from las vegas, nevada... whose 22-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- thank you, johnny gilbert. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome back to our regular series
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of competitive games on "jeopardy!" as impressive as the teachers were for the past two weeks, let me tell you that our current champion, james, is even more impressive. he holds the one-day record of $131,000, the most money won in a single episode of "jeopardy!" as a matter of fact, he holds the top 12 spots in the most money won in a single episode of "jeopardy!" he's good. jenny and adam, our challengers, they know that. but let's see what happens today. good luck, here we go. ♪ let's do it. here are the categories for the first round of play, starting off with... followed by.. hey, it's... and finally... james, off you go. sports thing, $1,000.
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