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>> he answered me no. immigration sweeps will target thousands of people including i told me he wants to prove his those in the bay area. innocence and believes he was local officials are ramping up. >> oakland tackles the growing wrongfully accused. he says he plans to prove his homeless population with the first safe parking spot for rvs. innocence by getting a lawyer but asked me how to even get a there are restrictions. not everyone thinks it's a good lawyer. idea. >> governor newsom unveils a $20 doe dosouqi said i don't billion plan to tackle remember anything except waking wildfires. >> it's been a long road. up in the hospital. his left arm was heavily but after 11 years and $10 million, one peninsula city bandaged. he says an officer explained he finally has a new firehouse. >> also here, san francisco's suffered nerve dam damage in the district attorney just kicked crash before his arrest. off what some call the most on thursday he was booked on important da race in america. eight charges including two counts of murder. >> live where you live, this is in the jailhouse interview, he says the officer told him that he worked at a hotel but dosouqi abc7 news. >> if you're here illegally in says he doesn't remember if he violation of federal law, there does or not. he told me he was a shown a must be consequences. picture of his parents but >> that's the acting director of esons a ife s i.c.e. talking about the plan to arrest 2,000 family members in struggling to find words. deportation raids. he didn't seem to understand the thanks for joining us. i'm dan ashley. gravity of what's happen, that >> i'm dion lim. >> we aren't getting many specs he's being charged with two but at least ten cities will be
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counts of murder. in east palo alto where he targeted. >> from san francisco and los angeles on the west coast all the way to new york and worke of the employees who didn baltimore on the east coast. abc7 news anchor eric thomas is want to show her face on camera, live from treasure island tonight. he has responses from bay area says pekipaki was working to leaders about what's happening. eric? turn his life around. >> reporter: and dan, i.c.e.'s the company wanted to give him a acting director confirmed a second chance and hired him. couple thousand people would be he was making a difference. they believe the stabbing was targeted, not the 1 million people that president trump random. tweeted about earlier in the week. >> i've heard from friends from but a couple of thousand is other different companies. plenty. they were called, as well. for people here including local they just didn't have a truck officials to be outraged. available or a driver available. >> he says what he says in order but it just could you have been to get the result that he repor anyone. we don't think. >> random? >> totally, yes, totally. >> reporter: the employees who work at specialty tow say they get many calls in the rural area in san mateo county and an there were no red flags that night. as for nasher, his family thinks he may have known doe seo sue can i. in east palo alto, unser hasan,
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abc7 news. >> for moredosouqi go to abc new news.come. >> the sacramento community came together to pay respects to a young officer killed in the line of duty. >> dion lim shows the outpouring of support for everybody who knew tara o'sullivan. >> officer o'sullivan was the first officer killed in the line of duty in sacramento in 20 years. so you can imagine the outpouring of sadness and grief for her funeral procession today. sacramento police live stream add the procession from the coroner's office to a funeral home in elk grob. fellow law enforcement paid tribute from an overpass along highway 99. aerial video from bob shows the procession moving along before ending at the funeral home. o'sullivan who graduated from college park high school in pleasant hill in 2011 was killed in an ambush after responding to a domestic violence call on
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wednesday night. at 26 years old, she had just graduated from the police academy a few months earlier and just finishing up training. police identified the gunman as adel sambrano ramos who has a lengthy record including domestic violence dating back 20 years. officer o'sullivan was a recent graduate. sacramento state. a candlelight vigil will be held at the school on sunday night. back to you. >> thank you. an official page has been set up for the officer tara o'sullivan memorial fund.if you would like to donate, we have a link at abc7news.com. >> this sunday, u.s. immigration and custom enforcement will begin dee porting hundreds of undocumented immigrants in ten cities including san francisco. i.c.e. fishes say this weekend's operation will target about 2,000 people and will include some families with court ordered removal notices. immigration officials say they sent letters to the individuals back in february asking them to
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comply with the orders by march. in a statement san francisco mayor london breed said it is unconscionable that the federal administration is targeting innocent immigrant families with secret raids that are designed to inflict as much fear and pain as possible. here in san francisco, we will always demonstrate our values ofdy visorsity and inclues ibanez. we have more on your rights at abc7news.com. >> fires could be a concern weekend as our temperatures start to heat up. >> i want to show you live pictures on mount tam and east bay hills tower cameras. it's going to be hot this weekend. >> the warmup has begun already. the absence of marine layer, you can see it here live doppler radar image, here's a look at the temperature change. notice how inland areas warped up considerably since this time yesterday about, 4 to 8 degrees in most locations. we're looking at mid to upper 80s in some inland spots right now. mid-70s upper 70s in some spots around the bay shoreline.
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with this increase in temperature comes increased fire risk. we have a red flag warning in effect till 6:00 p.m. tomorrow for lake port, clear lake and middletown and parts of solano andio low counties including vaccaville and davis. humidity dangerously low. 7 to 15%. temperatures rising under those conditions fires could spread rapidly. >> so many gray whales are dying along the west coast, scientists are looking for beaches just so that the carcasses can rot in peace. more than ten have washed up in the bay area since the beginning of this year. if you include oregon, washington and alaska, it's over 80. we've seen the whales became attractions. people taking pictures in some instances climbing on the bodies. officials now want privately owned beaches for the carcasses
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so they can dee compose naturally. so far 16 people have signed up to be hosts for those dead whales. >> i abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area and two of the major issues we're focusing on are the housing crunch and homelessness. abc was at the pacific summit in san francisco. governor newsom addressed both during his speech. acknowledging there are significant problems and the state ignored them for too long. he says it's time to get to work and fix them. >> i see it, get it and understand the stress each and every one us of feel around the rental and housing issues and anxiety about what the hell has happened to our state related to the issue of homelessness. >> the governor's most recent budget includes $1 billion to address homelessness. lawmakers still need to figure out how that money will be spent. >> transportation and housing experts met in san francisco today to discuss the intersection between the two and their impact on the bay area's future. >> as more housing gets built,
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more cars are being added to the roads. and there isn't an effort to try to reduce that impact on the transportation side. >> infrastructure was one of many concerns discussed at the mineta transportation rait orie projects or high density bob or adjacent to the transit centers as a solution to the housing crisis. >> you'll see an increase in marked patrol cars in oakland this weekend. part of the crackdown onside smoepz we've seen a number of these illegal car stunts. including this one. they're happening all the time. drivers can be arrests and have that i vehicles towed. sideshows can be extremely dangerous sometimes end in violence with spectators getting hurt. oakland police and chp officers will be out in force every weekend throughout the summer.
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>> a piece of painful history was removed from a uc campus today into it took a long time for us to get here. >> why it was so important tore some californians that a mission bell be removed from the u.s. santa cruz campus. >> cars on track could lead to a major track jam in the north bay this weekend. part of nascar weekend. details later in this hour. >> a live look at track over the richmond bridge. you can see it's moving nicely in both directions. this is the fellow toll plaza there. richard mon saf rafael bridge looking good on this friday and first day of summer.
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tribal leaders are calling it a symbol of oppression and racism. it's been sitting on the campus of uc santa cruz for several years. >> this is morning, the mission bell was finally taken down. it was not far from the hahn student services building. chris reyes has more on what this meant to the native communities, students and staff. chris? >> reporter: good afternoon, larry. i'm standing on tribal land right now. that is something that uc santa cruz acknowledges and respects. today's event was a significant gesture of collaboration and trust between tribal leaders and the university. tribal leader valentine lopez has been waiting for the day when the bell that used to hanging from this metal staff would be remove. this mission bell is just one of hundreds that line the 700-mile el camino real from san diego to snow may to mark the trail used
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by spanish missionaries. the bells have been around since the early 1900s. >> this is a symbol of destruction, oppression, domination and it's very offensive to us. >> lopez who is the president of the land trust and represents the tribal territory that uc santa cruz now owns started a petition a year ago to have them remove. he was joined by students, professors and other tribal leaders. >> it was really powerful today to recognize we have heard them. we have listened to them and that we want to take this bell down again, this bell that symbolizes death and destruction. >> most of the students i don't think they even knew that the bell was there or didn't really understand what the symbol was. >> this is like sharing the pain and beginning to move on. >> just this week at an event in concentrate with tribal leaders governor newsome issued an apology for what he calls california's systemic slaughter
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of indians. for the loh tribes lopez represents, the apology is.steps away from being accepted. >> we started a journey and traveled one mile. let's see quhaps over the next 800 miles. >> reporter: many of the students and professors at the university have done research on what the california missions did to the native population. in their words, it's a cruel history filled with inaccuracies. they hope through this event, more people will learn about their side of the story. alma, larry. >> the bell was finally taken down. what happens to it now? >> reporter: well, they're looking at two options. one is to melt down account bell and turn it into something peaceful and productive, the other to but the it into a museum, explain why it was taken down. chris reyes for abc7 news. >> thank you. a new board, a new ceo and a poms to regain the public's
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trust. paeg held its shareholders meeting today to discuss what the utility describes as the most difficult and challenging year in its history. >> lyanne melendez in the newsroom with what was presented to shareholders. >> did you guys know that a shareholder doesn't have to be rich to attend the meetings? you only need to own one share to attend. it's short, lasting one hour. during that type, the words safety and transparency came up so many times, i stopped counting. yet, despite these promises when we asked for an interview with a pg&e spokesperson, our request was denied. outside pg&e headquarters protesters placed 85 pairs after shoes, one for each person who died in the 2018 camp fire. pg&e's equipment was found responsible for causing that blaze in the town of paradise in bea beauty county. >> pg&e you're found guilty. >> reporter: inside the meeting,
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pg&e presented itself as the new and improved utility company. the new chair of the board asking the public to judge us by our actions moving forward. the deadly fires in both 017 and 2018 have been linked to pg&e. facing a slew of lawsuits, the company sought bankruptcy protection. now a new ceo william johnson has been hired and ten of the 13 board members are new. johnson told shareholders the new members had experience managing corporate safety programs saying there is no other board in the country like it. our cameras were not allowed inside the meeting so we asked a shareholders outside how they felt about the new editions. >> i think that the board doesn't inspire much confidence as having willing to make good an changes. >> this week pg&e reached a $14 billion settlement with cities
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impacted by the fires. johnson said he wants pg&e to emerge from bankruptcy as fast as upon so victims of the fires can get compensated. he add the the utility will focus more on prevention to avoid more catastrophic events. pg&e announced it will permanently shut down the high voltage transmission line that caused the paradise camp fire. pg&e has also asked to dish out compensation payments based on performances for certain executives. that didn't sit well with this shareholder. >> like i said at the meeting, they're still alive, still have their homes. it doesn't seem fair. >> and worth noting that any type of compensationing will have to be approved by the bankruptcy court. in the newsroom, lyanne melen z melendez, abc news. >> while we're talking about compensation and bonuses, typically those are tied to performance. yet, performance clearly has not been outstanding but the previous ceo left with a hefty
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severance package right after the fire. is that ever going to change. >> you're not the only one asking that question. a shareholder suggested during that meeting that all board members including the ceoldn't question. now, this is one of those types that i could honestly say larry, that the more things change, the more they will seem to stay the same. >> all right, thank you. perhaps not exactly as transpatient as bied in that meeting. >> yes. let's focus on our weather because today is the first day of summer. does it feel like summer. >> it feels slick summer and more going into the weekend. it's going to warm up significantly. mainly sunny skies. just a little patch of fog we're showing there along a portion of the coastline. this is the view from mount tam looking southward. you can see it's pretty clear along ocean beach. a couple thin puffy clouds. oakland 70. 76 san jose 78.
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morgan hill at 78. 59 at half moon bay. here's a view of clear skies over the golden gate. 78 degrees right now at santa rosa. napa 73. 81 petaluma. 82 at livermore. and the view from the east bay hills camera looking at lots of blue skywest ward. we'll see sizzling summer warmth this weekend especially in the inland areas. cooling begins early next week and much cooler weather by the middle of next week. let's enjoy the warmup over the next couple days. through the evening and overnight hours shows a little bit of fog will form along the coastline. we'll see mainly sunny skies about everywhere except along portions of the coastline. by midday, sunny skies everywhere tomorrow. overnight before we get to the warmup, low temperatures drop mainly into the mid 50s, milder in the inland east bay where
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lows drop into the upper 50s to low 60s. tomorrow's highs 69. 73 san francisco, 80jose 93 at clover dale warmer in some spots on sunday. 95 at firefield. 96 antioch. lots of mid-90s there. clover dale 95 on sunday. slightly cooler weather on monday inland areas will drop down to low to mid-90s for the most part. further cooling on tuesday as the cooling trend that starts on monday copies through the week. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. had tuesday only mid 80s inland. wednesday we'll see temperatures dropping below average. breezy and quite cool for early summer on wednesday. temperatures will start to moderate again late next week. the focus right now is on the
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weekend. tomorrow and sunday, bright sunny skies. highs in the mid to upper 90s inland. 70 or higher many coastal locations. i would call that will beach weather. >> definitely. definitely. >> nice. thank you. >> as we're saying summer i here. that means salomon season. according to some bay area fishermen, it's a doozy. >> you want to check out the seinfeld set? a full size replica of jerry's a full size replica of jerry's apartment is here in oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events
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about once-weekly ozempic®. if you're firing up the grill this weekend, fishermen want you to think about throwing some salomon on there. >> spencer's body is mostly salomon. they say this season is the best salomon season they've seen in years. news reporter amy hollyfield
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watched as loads came into fishermen's wharf today. >> reporter: russell miller was pleased with the load of salomon he brought in this morning. he had heard this season was looking better than several years. today he saw the proof i like catching fish. a lot of years we'll average 50 fish where there's some around and just feel really fortunate if we can catch over 100 or so. >> how many did you get on this trip? >> 220. >> it's not just quantity. fishermen are impressed with the quality, too. miller proudly showed us his biggest which weighed in at 25 pounds. >> it's big as far as i'm concerned. that's the biggest fish i've caught for a couple years? he came from ureka when he heard what people were catch. look at the line of boats waiting to unload. it looks like the word has spread. the guys on the docks are unloading nonstop. >> we're catching fish like we haven't caught new at least ten
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years. >> no way. >> these beats are coming in with a couple hundred fish. the ocean is loaded with fish. >> reporter: the teams on these boats have been out for the past three days. as soon as they unload, they plan to go out again. the years of drought meant lean times for them. they're working hard while there is work to do. oh, and if you ask, they also are tips how to prepare it. >> i like it barbecue. a lot of times i'll put it in the oven with onions and a little bit of butter. >> reporter: you know what a good supply means for the buyer. this is in your favor. i just checked in with whole foods on california street. they're selling king salmon for 22.99 a pound. it's the best price he's seen in an awhile. abc7 news. >> and the effort to build a better salomon may soon wind up on dinner plates. an indiana company called aqua bounty has engineered a fish that will grow faster and reach about ten pounds in size.
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the fish have been a could appe on restaurant menus late next year. >> if you're need of a laugh, head to san francisco for cluster fest. abc7 news was at the civic center set up for the festival wrapped up this morning featuring a variety of comedians, unique opportunities for visitors, as well. dunder mifflin paper company is here. you can check out the set from the popular show "the office." in honor of the 30th anniversary of seinfeld, there's a full size replica of jerry's apartment. organizers with comedy central say there's something for everybody. >> it's about walking around and seeing stuff that i didn't expect to see. when you put this much talent together, there's always going to be opportunities for them to do stuff together. and that's really fun. >> cluster fest starts today. runs through sunday. among the headliners amy poehler and patton oswalt. >> a new investigation has bee
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t into case oa native jussie s. what a judge said today. >> the frightening
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now news to build a better bay fraer abc7. >> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30, police and firefighters is saluted
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slain sacramento police officer tara o'sullivan today. there was a funeral procession from sacramento to elk grove. the east bay native was killed wednesday while responding to a domestic violence call. >> in an exclusive jailhouse interview, the man suspected of killing two people in san mateo county says he's been wrongfully accused. malik dosouqi told unser husbanden he plans to prove his innocence. protesters placed 85 pairs of shoes outside of pg&e's san francisco headquarters one for each life lost in the camp fire. shareholders were meeting and said the utility is doing everything it can to prevent another catastrophe like the camp fire from happening again. >> president trump says he called off an attack on iran at at last minute. he said it wasn't a proportionate after iran shut down an unmanned american drone. trevor all the has the latest in washington. >> reporter: the president said
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everything was in place to exacute this attack. the military was ready to strike. they just needed his authorization. he said it was when he learned how many people could be killed in these attacks that he decided to call them off. >> today president trump explaining his 11th hour decision to call off strikes against iran telling abc news the military had told him they were ready to go and needed a decision. >> they shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it. and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half hour after i said go ahead. and i didn't like it. i didn't think it was -- i didn't think it was proportionate. >> the >> reporter: that decision coming hours after top members of congress were summoned to the situation room for a briefing on the ongoing conflict with iran. both chuck schumer and speaker nancy pelosi said they weren't informed that a possible u.s. strike was imminent.
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>> house and senate democrats were very clear that congress must act, must have the authority of congress before we initiate a military hostilities. >> pelosi adding she's glad the president halted the attack saying it would have been provocative. other democrats saying the president shouldn't be criticized for stopping the strike. >> i don't think people should be jumping down the president's throat for wanting to think this through and make sure that neither side miscalculates and we don't inadvertently end up in a war with iran. >> reporter: as the u.s. and iran stick to their stories whether the surveillance drone was over of international or territorial waters, a diplomat confirms to abc news that the u.s. has called for closed consultations with security council monday 0 discuss the situation in the middle east. now, the president also tweeted this morning that there were three iranian sites that would have been targeted in these attacks. we now know they have been
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spared but the president is saying he is in no hurry to retaliate. trevor all the, abc7 news. >> trevor, we've heard reports there was a passenger plane not far from the missile that iran fired to shoot down that drone. what have you learned about that? >> that's right. so this was a commercial flight that was also flying over the gulf of oman at the same time that this missile had been fired. a qatar airlines flight on the move to bangkok. the move is being called irresponsible by many military analysts because if the missile in the air changed its lock to the mechelle flight, hundreds of lives would have been lost. >> interesting. trevor all the live in washington, thank you. >> abc7 news spoke with immigration attorney amid pana who disagrees with the president's policy. >> our community doesn't see eye to eye with the administration
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and the fear mongering going on. we know a better way. to basically talk to iran, open up negotiations, come back into thej cpoa, the iran nuclear deal. if this administrationdiomac >>he in20 president trump announced withdrawal from that agreement last year. a fire at a philadelphia refinery sparked three explosions that could be felt for miles. >> i can't believe this. oh, my gosh. >> it just had a big boom sound to it. it was just boom and everything lit up orange. it was crazy. >> fire officials say it started when a vat of butane caught fire around 4:00 a.m. the refinery burned for more than six hours. look at that. it forced those nearby to shelter in place. four employees suffered minor injuries. it's the seconds fire at the philadelphia energy solutions refinery just this month. >> today a judge in chicago
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appointed a special prosecutor to review the handling of the jussie smollett case. that means it the santa rosa born actor could find himself back in court should that special prosecutor choose to reopen the case. news reporter elizabeth hur with the details. >> reporter: the legal drama for jussie smollett in chicago not over yet. >> it's a today good day for justice. >> the retired judge sheila o'brien feeling victorious after an illinois granted her request for a special prosecutor to look into the handling of the actor's case. >> look at the truth, the whole truth under oath. and that's what this was about. >> reporter: the actor to the show "empire" was accused of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack on himself back in january. he has always maintained he was a victim. >> i've been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one. >> reporter: but prosecutors charged smollett with 16 felony counts but those charges were dropped weeks later.
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o'brien claimed it appeared that smollett had received special treatment from state's attorney kim foxx had had recused herself from the case only to appoint somewhere r someone else in her office to take over. in his ruling the june explaining he had no problem with foxx she had no authority that's right naming her own special prosecutor. gloria schmidt is the attorney for the two brothers who allegedly helped him stanlt attack. >> his ruling today makes perfect sense. you can't just create an office and that's effectively what state's attorney foxx did. >> in response foxx said she respect flit disagrees with the court's conclusion. she could appeal. the chicago pd responded saying in a statement they stand firmly behind the work of their detectives. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> the supreme court has thrown out the most recent conviction and death sentence of a mississippi man tried six times for murder.
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curtis flowers who is black was charged for a quadruple murder in 1996. the supreme court says in the most recent trial, the prosecutor violated flowers' rights by removing black prospective jurors. so far each trial resulted in either a hung jury or the verdict overturned on appeal. flowers could still be prosecuted again. his case was the subject of the award-winning podcast in the dark. >> new details today about that rare seay lion attack near santa barbara. a 13-year-old recovering after she was bitten. >> abc news reporter adrienne bankert has the details and a warning. >> reporter: after the girl was bitten, they're asking beachg r beachgoers to be more cautious around wildlife. meghan was bit by that sea loin. it turns out the animal tested positive for a toxin that likely was the result of feeding on algae and overproduction of algae that was ached. now we know this the california
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department of public health regularly monitors the california coastline as well as commercial harvest teres of smell fish which include mussels, collapse, scallops and lobsters to test them for the same toxin present in the sea lion. it can cause death bug erratic behavior is quite common as a symptom. once an animal is exposed to this particular toxin leading it to it biting somebody or something. we do know this, that again these citizens are very rare but in 2017, there was a girl dragged into the water by a sea lion. experts again urge to use caution around any wildlife of any kind and the good news is that if you do enjoy shellfish on a regular basis, that food is monitored quite closely but again, it's something to think about over the summer months. adrienne bankert, abc news, los angeles. the battle against illegal weed vendors leads to your
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phone. >> plus, heading to one of the most beautiful views in california. the wonders of waterfalls. just ahead. >> i'm spencer christian. a rather wonderful weekend coming our way. here's a look at a bright blue western sky. i'll have the accuweather forecast in a moment have fast internet a littland now the besthat you mobile network too? yeah and get them together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. wow, that's great. oh, and this looks great. are these words for sale?
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>> if you happen to be looking for a summer escape, look at that. how about checking out some of
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california's beautiful water falls. stephenson falls is in fresno county, one of the biggest in california. steven hicks with our sister station in fresno has a closer look. >> reporter: if you're looking to escape the noise of the city, and get back to nature sounds, you don't have to go far with stephenson falls. the 11th tallest water in the state of california, it's by far the biggest in fresno county. to get there, head north from auberry on jose basin road just north of mono casino. take your time on this narrow one-lane road. a left at the fork followed italian ball road. after about an hour and 45 minutes of driving from fresno, you'll come to this gate managed by southern california edison, this service road was built in 1922 for the big creek hydroelectric project. it's said to have cost $1 million per mile to build.
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the name million dollar mile road stuck and this paved ground will be your path to the falls. about halfway there, you'll find a cave off to your right. it's an add it used to drain excess water and should you hear sirens, the water is about to be released. it's about three and a half miles from the gate to the falls. depending on the time of year, a variety of wild flowers and succulents will be in bloom. after an elevation gain of about 700 feet, you'll finally come to the falls. in nondrought years so-cal edison releases water from shaver laking into stephenson creek. the result is a roaring cascade that makes the bridge impassable. a sign at the entrance said as much. either view the falls from afar or on a hot day, and venture out a few feet for a quick cool down. >> i feel like i just jumped into a switching pool. if you come, bring a towel and a change of clothes.
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>> reporter: the falls drop 1200 feet in four sections before feeding into the san joaquin river. with the water covering the bridge, the only way to see the upper section of the falls is from above. a hidden adventure you can see without going to a national park that puts you face-to-face with one of the biggest water falls in california. >> wow. >> that was spectacular. >> very nice. >> i wasn't writing down all of his directions though. too late. >> we'll go to the internet for that. >> the interwebs. spencer, what do you have? >> a warm weekend coming our way. hot in some spots. let's start with overnight conditions tonight. mainly clear skies. a little bit of fog near some portions of the coastline. lows in the mid to upper 50s for the most part. tomorrow high temperatures climbing into the low to mid-90s in many inland communities. 93 concord, livermore. 91 at santa rosa. 8 at san jose. lots of 80s around the bay shoreline and maybe some 70s on
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the coast. it's going to be just as warm on sunday if not warmer. mid-90s maybe a couple of upper 90s inland. upper 70s to low to mid 80s around the bay shoreline. things cool down a little bit on monday. further cooling as we get later into the week. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. after a summer-like sizzling weekend, cooling begins monday. continues tuesday. temperatures bottom out on wednesday. that will be the coolest day of the week. quite breezy middle of the week next week as we get the cool down. we warp up again around the end of the week. looks like a great seven days ahead. >> thank you. >> a disturbing discovery inside a poor little puppy. he's okay. this was bizarre. we'll explain. >> i'm 7 on your side's michael fipy. as we get closer to
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california is taking its fight against illegal marijuana sales to cell phones and social media. the state is launching an ad campaign called get #weed wise to discourage consumers from shopping in unlicensed stores. the ads will urge shoppers to
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verify if the shop is licensed on a state website. >> a local non-profit health organization warning consumers about bolted water that is tested for high levels of arsenic. >> michael finny has that and more. >> i first told you about this earlier this month. "consumer reports" did its study then. now a second is confirming those findings. the oakland bay center for environmental health sent legal notices to manufacturers and retailers warning of starkey brand water pina feel is he owned by dr. pepper and walmart. starkey distributed by whole foods. the testing found double the federal limit of arsenic in the water. the fda has not recalled either brand. google issued a response to a recent wall street journal report that found millions of fake businesses listings on google maps. the report stipulated there are
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about 181 million fake listings active on the platform. google took down more than 3 million fake profiles just last year. 90% of those were removed before users could see them. 85% of fake listings were detected by their systems. 250,000 were reported by users. nearly a quarter of consumers suspect they've been a victim you have credit card skim package a survey by living tree found the number of consumers who think they've been skimmed rose to 23%. that's 10% higher than just the year before. the report says gas stations are easy targets because chip card readers aren't common and there's a place to hide a reader inside the pump. if you think something looks spushs pay inside or move to another pump. you can't tell some of the time. if they look squirrely, move away. >> thank you. the milk pail market has
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long been a stap in mountain view. after 45 years, they'll close their doors for the last time at the end of the month. journalist dustin dorsey has a look at the history. >> we've developed a business that has unbelievably unusual products, ethic products indicatoring to people from eastern europe, from asia, from wisconsin. chee cheese curds from wisconsin. we created this funky business but indicatoring to a huge group of people. a few months ago when we expected this was going to be happening, i was full of anguish because i was mostly thinking about how it was going to devastate customers of ours who have been shopping with us for 45 years, 40 years, 30 years, 20 years. >> i'm very disappointed because there's no where like it in this area. >> this place has been open 45
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years. i was one of his first customers. >> this has been here a long time. people come from all over the world. i ask where do you shop. many of them say the milk pail. >> having been part of this family legacy i guess for 45 years, it's a significant part of the community and i've seen that firsthand thu my own small amount of time higher. so just knowing we belt up such a devout following of customers and there's such a culture around the store, i think leaving that behind or choosing to walk away is sad, but also timely for my family. >> thank you, everyone, who has supported us in the community for 45 years. our family, our staff, our vendors appreciate everything that has been done for us. thank you. >> and we're still open till june 30th. we hope to see everyone stop by the store and pick up their
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final frozen croix sans and cheeses while we're still open. michael finney was just saying he used to go there all the time as a kid. now it's gone. a boston pape's bulldog feeling better after vets removed 19 pacifiers? >> from his stomach. the family took 3-year-old morty mer to the vet because he wasn't eating. they couldn't figure it out. now you can see why. an x-ray revealed 19 pacifiers in his belly. vets think the dog has been taking them from the family's two kids for a couple months. where is that fas pacifier. >> just disappearing. > didn't think to look there. thankfully, we were removed without surgery. so morty mer, stop that. >> goodness. >> get ready for ugliness in the north bay today. world's ugliest dog contest happens tonight in petaluma. this is video from
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19 d tongues, perpetually confused looks and otherit winner gets $1500 and a trophy the size of a rottweiler. >> so ugly they're cute. >> you got to love them. >> his tongue is crazy long. >> watch out. >> yeah, get ready for heavy track in the north bay this weekend. >> nascar excitement picking up speed in sonoma county. we'll take you to the pits just ahead. >> dan has what's coming up at 5:00. >> am maxillary, new at 5:00, a body blow for the a's. one of their top pitchers is suspended right in the middle of au breakout season. we'll explain. a new area code starts tomorrow in two quantity counties. the new dialing process and maybe the redefinition of identity. and there is a word that toys "r" us is coming back in
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time for the holiday season. we'll have the latest on those stories an a lot more
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nascar fans attending this weekend's big racing fbt? sonoma county are being warned leave yesterday. >> yes. >> going to be a lot of traffic. >> there's a lot of excitement on the track this weekend. reporter wayne freedman has a look at the cars and crews. >> reporter: at sonoma raceway it is summer now. you know what that means. the speed, the sound. >> with nascar here pack upheent
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occupied >>epter: ts wt is li from the outside looking in anyway. >> i love it. first time i've been in the pits. couldn't think of anywhere else to be right now. >> reporter: how about inside the hot zone and one of these team trailers. >> that's where the backup car lives. >> reporter: that's the crew chief for curt busch's number one car, his office on the road 38 weeks a year. they agreed to show us around briefly as long as we didn't ask too many questions. >> so you put a different suspension on the car? >> yes. >> reporter: lou different? >> quite different. >> reporter: but you're not going to tell us what. >> not really. >> reporter: if you follow racing you know when nascar comes to sonoma, they race on a road course, not an oval. the setup you see for these cars is completely different from anywhere else. >> different shocks, different cam ber settings. >> reporter: the people who work with the cars have gear headedness at egenius level and
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plain old instinct. >> with the simple adjustment of a cam shaft and cylinder or manfold fold design, we can move the power to a lower rpm range. >> reporter: they're secretive ab pssndras pictures uneh the cs o ne it'ust a little bit proprietary. there are some things we do with the routing of wires that other teams would probably like to see we try to keep to ourselves. >> reporter: as if we know what we're looking at. when a tenth of a second may mean a margin of victory, can you blame them? >> he wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> lots of excitement. a typical engine costs $50,000 to build. it might last two races. >> i had a chance to drive on the track a few years ago. no passing, larry. >> pleas bl. >> thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz.
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