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enforcement operations. >> eric thomas is live on treasure island and has responses from bay area leaders tonight. eric? >> reporter: dan, immigration groups and attorneys are readying this weekend for what they fear might be a flood of calls about people being picked up by i.c.e. we've heard from police departments in the area who say they won't be helping out because they are sanctuary cities. but as always, this argument is very loud. >> at some time you have to enforce the law. >> reporter: that's what the vice chairman of san francisco's republican party says about his group's support of the trump administration's crackdown this weekend on undocumented families. and here's why. >> and he doesn't want people coming into the country not being able to make a living and being on the dole. >> reporter: but the head of the bay area chapter of the rapid response network says this is all part of president trump's plan to cause fear and anxiety in the immigrant community. he has this advice for those who fear the raids.
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>> there are emergency hot lines for community members to report i.c.e. activity. the goal is to ensure individuals who are picked up have access to attorneys and their families understand their legal options. >> reporter: i.c.e. plans to round up 2,000 undocumented immigrants who have received summons to answer charges of being in the country illegally but have ignored them. reports say san francisco is one of ten cities where i.c.e. agents will stage raids beginning sunday. on monday, president donald trump tweeted about plans to deport 1 million immigrants just two days before he announced a 2020 re-election bid. in a written statement today, san francisco mayor london breed had this reaction to word of this weekend's raids. quote, 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. san jose mayor sam liccardo said in san jose, we reject this administration's politics of fear and exclusion, which is tearing our families apart.
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oakland is not listed as one of the cities facing i.c.e. raids but mayor libby schaaf drew the administration's anger when she warned last year that raids were imminent. today she said this. >> every american should be outraged that an elected official would use the terror of families and children as campaign material. >> reporter: sanctuary city governments are pledged not to help the federal government in any of these roundups, so we are hearing from the alameda county sheriff's office, san francisco pd and lately lapd all saying the same thing. they will not be assisting i.c.e. in any way in these raids. from treasure island, eric thomas, abc seven news. >> eric, thanks very much. ahead of these raids, some immigration lawyers are reminding people of their basic rights no matter their immigration status. that includes the national immigration law center which included these rights. you have the right to remain
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silent. you have the right to a lawyer. you may refuse to speak to immigration officers. do not open your door unless an i.c.e. agent shows you a warrant signed by a judge. we have more on our website, abc7news.com. an outpouring of emotion today for a fallen police officer. tara o'sullivan was shot and killed after being ambushed responding to a domestic violence call. she graduated from high school in 2011. she graduated from the police academy just a few months ago. the funeral procession from the coroner's office to a funeral home was live streamed. fellow officers saluted and paid tribute on one of the overpasses. funeral plans have not been announced. the suspect was arrested after a standoff. for years tribal leaders have demanded the removal of a mission bell on the grounds of uc santa cruz. they say it's a racist symbol
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and oppressive symbol. today in a gesture of trust and collaboration that symbol was taken down. chris reyes has the story. >> explain to us the significance of the land that we're standing on and why this is so offensive. >> okay. the land we're standing on is the land of the indigenous tribe that lived in these territories. this is a symbol of destruction, oppression, domination. it's very offensive to us. >> reporter: tribal leader valentine lopez is referring to this mission bell, an ode to the king of spain and his missionaries who came to afternoon in the 1700 and 1800s. they line a 700-mile trail between san diego and sonoma. lopez says that history was anything but peaceful or honorable. >> that is a fictitious and cruel history and lie that is told. >> reporter: lopez, who is the president of the land trust and represents the tribal territory that uc santa cruz now owns
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started a petition a year ago to have the bells removed. friday morning he was joined by more than 100 students, professors and other tribal leaders. >> and so it was really powerful today to recognize that 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. >> reporter: the bell will now be either melted down and turned into something peaceful or put in a museum. side by side, the story of why it was taken down from a tribal perspective. >> we're starting a journey and we have traveled one mile. we're very happy for that one mile, but let's see what happens over the next 800 miles. >> reporter: in santa cruz, chris reyes for abc 7 news. oakland has opened its first safe parking site for rvs. >> it's a pilot program the city hopes will get people on the road to real housing and potentially help solve the city's homeless crisis. >> solutions to homelessness is
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just one thing that we're focused on as part of our effort to build a better bay area. the safe parking spot is on san leandro street. >> laura anthony has more. >> we don't have to stay in the rv as much and worry about overheating. >> reporter: for the first time in a long time, she says she feels safe in her home. an rv being parked after a year on the streets. >> before i came here, i was parked wherever pretty much over in alameda for a while, just moving around. >> how was that? >> terrible. >> reporter: she is one of the first residents of the city of oakland's new safe rv parking lot on san leandro street. unlike the side streets, here there are hookups for power, fresh water, bathrooms and
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security. >> we do not find it acceptable for people to use our sidewalks as trash cans, to put their raw human waste into our storm drain systems. that is not acceptable or sustainable. however, we cannot afford to just push this problem somewhere else. >> reporter: but not everyone is onboard. we talked with a man who did not want his face shown at a neighboring business. >> i'm not saying all of these people are, but if you have a number of people, a certain percentage of them are going to be into drugs, they're going to be thieves, they're going to steal. >> reporter: this first sponsored rv parking lot is by invitation only. fliers distributed to those parked near 85th and eeds. this young family has been living here the past three months. they have a 3-year-old son. the city opened a safe rv parking lot on san leandro and 71st. why don't you go there? >> because i have my son and it's 18 and over. >> reporter: the mayor did say
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at some point they hope to open another lot like this one that can accommodate families with children. laura anthony, abc 7 news. today is the first day of summer and rightly so. it will be a warm weekend. >> here's weather anchor spencer christian. >> okay, we feel the warming that has begun already. here's live doppler 7. notice the absence of a marine layer. there is sun everywhere and most locations, especially inland, are quite a bit warmer right now than they were yesterday. 10 degrees warmer in concord and 5degrees warmer in novato and 6 degrees warmer in livermore. 64 in san francisco, 67 oakland, 75 san jose, 79 santa rosa, 57 half moon bay. we've got some real heat coming our way over the weekend, but a red flag warning for high fire danger is in effect in some spots. i'll give you a closer look at that later. on the peninsula firefighters in menlo park are getting ready to unveil their newest fire station to the public. >> fire station 6 took years to complete, but many say it is
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worth the wait. chris nguyen takes us inside. >> reporter: paying tribute to the past. >> these are a couple of our antique apparatus. >> reporter: abc 7 news got a sneak peek inside the soon-to-open fire station 6 in menlo park. what makes it even more unique is that new museum in the back honoring the legacy of the menlo park fire protection district. >> this is a facility that's almost like a fa sought in many ways for one of the most modern facilities you're going to finding that has technology that tells us there's a quake coming and for these guys to protect themselves. >> reporter: the original fire station 1 as well as a horse-drawn hose wagon were also moved onsite. neighbors are looking forward to the grand opening this weekend. >> we've been watching as they leveled the ground. they built it from start up, and we've been eagerly awaiting the finished product. >> reporter: from conception to completion, this $10.4 million project took 11 years to navigate due to the recession an
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zoning issues. a state-of-the-art facility that's well positioned for future growth. >> the congestion, the density, all of that will equate to more call volume. so to match that we have to have a facility big enough to support more units and more people. we've been able to do that here. >> reporter: the community coming together to celebrate these firefighters. >> the camaraderie and the history and the tradition of the fire service and all the excitement of the training and the physical and never knowing which call you're going to go on, you know, altogether it's just a great way to make a living. i'm proud to do it. >> reporter: fire station 6 is located on oak grove avenue here in menlo park. you can come out from 10:00 until 2:00 on saturday for the grand opening. we're in menlo park. i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. pg&e shareholders met today amid the utility's bankruptcy crisis. >> this as governor newsom outlined a plan to help the utility's finances if they agree to shell out on safety. several dogs at an owingland city shelter have come down with
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canine flu. what you need to know to make sure your dog is safe. plus nascar starts this weekend at the sonoma raceway. we get a preview at the final preparatio
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a new board ceo -- a new ceo and a promise to regain the public's trust, pg&e held its annual shareholders meeting to discuss what the utility describes as the most difficult an challenging year it's ever had. >> lee ayanne melendez has what presented to shareholders. >> reporter: 85 pairs of shoes, one for each person who died in the 2018 camp fire were neatly placed outside pg&e headquarters
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in san francisco. investigators blamed pg&e for causing that blaze in the town of paradise in butte county. >> pg&e, you're found guilty. >> reporter: inside the shareholders meeting there was a moment of silence for the victims as the utility company once again vowed to improve its safety record. the new chair of the board asking the public to judge us by our actions moving forward. 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 shareholders outside how they felt about the new additions. >> really i think that the board
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doesn't inspire much confidence in me as having really willing to make good changes. >> reporter: this week pg&e reached a $1 billion settlement with 14 cities and counties impacted by the fires. johnson said he and the board want pg&e to emerge from bankruptcy as fast as possible so victims from the fires can get compensated. pg&e has asked to dish out compensation payments based on performances for certain executives. that didn't sit well with this shareholder. >> like i had at the meeting, they're still alive, they still have their homes. it just doesn't seem fair. >> reporter: and worth noting that any type of compensation will have to be approved by the bankruptcy court. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. governor newso mch is proposing to help electric companies dealing with the results of disastrous wildfires. those companies must first agree to concessions like tying executive pay to safety and spending a combined $3 billion
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on safety measures over the next three years. the companies would be allowed to decide on the type of assistance fund. pg&e would not get a say as it goes through bankruptcy proceedings. legislators still have to approve this plan. oakland animal services is asking for the public's help as it deals with an outbreak of dog flu. so far 55 dogs have gotten sick. 7 have tested positive. symptoms are coughing, sneezing, fatigue and fever. about 80% of unvaccinated dogs get infected, although some dogs don't show any signs. the flu lasts 24 days so they are not taking any strays or owner surrenders for three weeks. >> as a public shelter, i'm not sure we can pull that off so we're looking for other options but we are encouraging people if they can to not bring in strays or surrenders during this period. >> the shelter says the key to prevention is vaccination.
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it requires two shots. immunity can take four to six weeks to kick in. nascar fans attending this weekend's big racing event in sonoma county are being warned expect a lot of traffic. there is also a lot of excitement on the track this weekend. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman has a look at the cars and the crews. >> reporter: at sonoma raceway, it is summer now, and you know what that means. >> the speed, the sound. >> reporter: with nascar here, pack up the kids and make a weekend of it. >> it keeps them cool and occupied. >> reporter: this is what it's like from the outside looking in anyway. >> i love it. >> first time ever being in the pits, i couldn't think of anywhere else i'd rather me. >> reporter: so how about inside the hot zone and one of these team trailers. >> that's where the backup car lives. >> reporter: that's matt mccall, the crew chief for kurt busch's number 1 car. it's his office on the road 38 weeks a year. they agreed for show us around briefly as long as we didn't ask
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too many questions. >> so you put a different suspension on the car? >> yes. >> how different? >> quite different. >> but you're not going tell us what? >> no, 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 is completely different from anywhere else. >> strains are different, shocks are different, camber settings. >> reporter: the people who work with these cars have engineering degrees and just plain old instinct. >> with a simple adjustment of a camshaft and cylinder design, manifold design, we can move the power to a lower rpm rate. >> reporter: they are secretive about tire pressures and brakes. they worry about spies. the unwritten rule for us, no pictures underneath the cars of wheel mounts without tires and especially of engines. >> it's just a little bit proprietary because there are some things we do with routing of wires and stuff that other teams would probably like to see
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that we keep to ourselves. >> reporter: after if we know what we're looking at. but when a 10th of a second may mean a margin of victory, can you blame them? wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> oh, the need for speed. >> yeah, it should be a fun weekend and a warm one too. >> spencer christian is here with a look at the forecast for days of thunder up there all around the bay area. >> it's going to be quite warm this weekend. we have a red flag warning until 6:00 tomorrow evening for portions of lake county, including clear lake and portions of solano county including vacaville and davis. humidity is dangerously low, wind will be gusty and temperatures rising. under those conditions fires can start and spread rapidly. we've got sunny skies everywhere in the bay area right now. this is the view looking westward from emeryville. current temperature readings here in san francisco, 64
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degrees, oakland 67. low to mid-70s at mountain view, san jose and morgan hill. 59 at half moon bay. we've got blue skies over the golden gate. it's 79 at santa rosa, napa only 70. 80 in petaluma, fairfield 84, concord 82. the view at santa cruz beach where you might want to go the next few days as it's going to be quite warm. these are our forecast features. we'll have sizzling summer warmth this weekend. cooling begins early next week and it will be breezy and much cooler by the middle of next week. we've got two days of a nice warmup coming our way. here's the forecast animation taking us through the overnight and early morning hours and into about 8:00 a.m. we'll see just a little patch of fog along some portions of the coastline. it will quickly burn away giving us sunny skies just about everywhere tomorrow. during the overnight hours look for mainly clear skies away from the coast. overnight lows will be generally in the mid to upper 50s. a little cooler at the coast. tomorrow's highs 73 san francisco, 80 oakland, mid-90s
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over much of the inland east bay. 91 santa rosa, 89 napa, south bay highs 88. san jose, 89 at morgan hill. it will be warmner in some spot on sunday. minor cooling or gradual cooling begins on monday and then it will get a lot cooler on tuesday. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. once again, mid-90s inland saturday, sunday and some spots inland even on monday, although cooling will begin monday along the coast and around the bay. there will be further cooling on tuesday. it looks like the coolest day of the forecast period will be wednesday. by midweek we're expecting quite breezy conditions, tuesday, wednesday and thursday with a sharp cooldown on wednesday. only about 80 in the warmest inland areas and 60 along the coast. temperatures will gradually rise in the end of next week but it looks like a beautiful weekend. basically a beautiful seven days ahead. even with the big warmup and little spike in heat and the
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increased fire risk, it's g aoi. thanks, spencer. today was take your dog to work day but really that's every day at one san francisco hospital. >> the special dog that bri
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today is national take your dog to work today and a local
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hospital took the opportunity to introduce their chief therapy dog. >> barker posey is a canine companion and independent service dog. he works at california pacific medical center in san francisco where she spends her days showering young patients with love and affection. >> what a sweetie. >> her visits have been shown to reduce anxiety and fear associated with hospital visits. >> that's good work. coming up, an abc 7 news exclusive. we spoke to the pacifica man accused in two homicides in san mateo county. what he's saying about the nights in question. right now police are searching for the hit-and-run driver who killed a holocaust survivor. the message from his family. that's next. two bay area counties are getting new area codes this weekend. some residents say it won't just change how they dial, but their identity
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. only on abc 7, we've talked with a man accused of murdering two people earlier this week along the same road in san mateo he says he will prove he's been
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falsely accused. >> this morning the suspect agreed to a jailhouse interview with abc 7 news reporter unser hasan. >> i was given about five minutes to talk to the suspect. no cameras, no recording devices. i asked him did you kill the two? he answered with an adamant no. he told me, quote, i want to prove my innocence and he believes that he was wrongfully accused. the 26-year-old pacifica resident says he plans to prove his innocence by getting a lawyer, but then asked me about how to even get a lawyer. he at times appeared dazed confused appe ed and also said remember anything except waking up in the hospital. he says an officer explained that he suffered nerve damage in the crash before his arrest. on thursday, he was booked into san mateo county jail on eight charges, including two counts of murder. in the jailhouse interview, he says the officer told him that
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he worked at a hotel, but he says he doesn't remember if he does or not. he went on to tell me that he was shoep a piwn a picture of h parents but he didn't recognize who the people were in the picture. throughout the interview he would pause as if struggling to find words. he didn't seem to understand the gravity of what's happening, that he's being charged with two counts of murder.murder.murder.. employees say they're mourning the loss of a great man and father. one of the employees says pekipaki was working to turn his life around. the company wanted to give him a second chance so they hired him and he was really making a difference. they also believe that the stabbing was random. >> i've heard from friends from other different tow companies, they were called as well. they just didn't have a truck available, a driver available, but it just could have been anyone. we don't think --
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>> so you think this is random. >> totally, yes, totally. >> reporter: the employees who work here say they get many calls for service up in skyline boulevard, so there were no red flags send pekipaki out there that night. as for the the other victim, his family thinks he may have known the man. tonight president trump admits that he authorized strikes on iran but called them off with minutes to spare. the attack would have been in retaliation for iran shooting down an unmanned u.s. drone. the president says he changed his mind on the strike when told how many people could be killed. abc news reporter james longman has the latest. >> reporter: it was from the skies above me here that that drone was brought down. this is the stretch of water that leads into the strait of hormuz. that vital oil passageway over which tension has been dramatically ramping up. the u.s. aviation authority and other world airlines are banning
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flights from this area. this whole region is now bracing itself for the action that didn't come last night but many expect will come in some form. a quarter of the world's oil supply comes through here and it's where the two oil tankers were the u.s. says attacked by iran. if the u.s. does strike iran, one fear is iran would activate their many proxies in places like iraq, the palestinian territories and yemen to retaliate against u.s. interests in this region. james longman, abc news in the uae. >> abc 7 news spoke with appe se anxiety v -- an activist. >> they don't see eye to eye with this administration and the fear mongering going on. we know a better way. the better way is to basically talk to iran, open up negotiations, come back into the jcpoa, the iran nuclear deal. if this administration is really serious about diplomacy.
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>> the iran nuclear deal was brokered by the obama administration in 2015. president trump announced withdrawal from that agreement last year. the search is on for the driver who killed a holocaust survivor in a hit-and-run in los angeles. it was captured on surveillance video. you can see the 91-year-old in the crosswalk with his dog when a white truck barrels into him and just keeps going. neighbors say accidents happen at the intersection frequently. in fact the man had survived a collision in the same spot 15 years ago. his family wants the driver to do the right thing, come forward. >> come out. be a good human. try. because you proved yourself that you weren't. you have a chance to make it up. >> the los angeles police department is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest. fourth of july is right around the corner and police are cracking down on illegal fireworks. redwood city police seized a
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thousand pounds of fireworks from a house on the 3500 block of hoover street yesterday. you can see what they hauled in. the san mateo county sheriff's bomb squad was called to safely remove and dispose of the fireworks. police arrested three suspects and booked them into jail. a new area code starts tomorrow in two counties. the new dialing process and maybe the redefinition of an identity. if you've ever bagged a parking meter to show it's broken, the days of doing that are long gone. 7 on your side's michael finney expl
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sleep number. proven, quality sleep. if your air 82 code is 510, you'll have to dial a 1 when making local calls starting tomorrow because of the new 341 area code being added. if you don't dial 1 first, you'll get a message telling you to hang up and dial again. major cell phone companies automatically incorporate the 1 into dialing so you shouldn't have to update all your contacts. that's the good news. beginning june 22nd, people requesting a new phone number will be assigned either a 510 or 341 number. >> and there's a lot of significance to the 510 area
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code. >> as abc 7 news reporter liz explains, it's so much more. >> reporter: so the east bay is getting a new area code. 341. some might be thinking so what, it's just three numbers. but is it? >> you know we've got our 415, 510, 418 and all of these carry a certain identity. >> i'm a 510 all day. it's identification. >> it's on all of my stuff, my business card, my social media account. >> it's about community, it's about our environment and it's about this beauty around us. >> reporter: in fact there's people online who sell numbers with popular area codes. we talked to one guy who was selling a 415 number on craigslist. >> did having a 415 number, is that part of the reason you thought, oh, i could sell this?
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>> oh, absolutely, definitely. i think, like i said, ju just t increasing rarity of 415 numbers, especially good ones, makes it so i think this is at least an investment opportunity. >> reporter: now, the 510 specifically has become a huge part of the fabric of the east bay. >> listen, 510 has always been east bay. we have, you know, 510 day that we celebrate on may 10th. we sometimes talk about nickel dime because 510 is a piece of currency. i think this is going to be one more thing that separates the ogs from the newcomers. >> reporter: yes, that is the oakland mayor and, yes, she did say og, but she's not alone. >> i'm dave tom, i'm the owner of 510 brands. we have it on shirts, hoodies, on hats, on tote bags, on prettm erakla or 510. >> reporter: so we're in oakland
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right now at this tattoo shop, five and dime tattoo. all the artists have 510 tattoos on them. >> do you remember a tattoo people were like 510, or 415. >> oh, yeah, they blast their whole stomach, their whole back. some people get their heads, their face, go crazy. >> reporter: let's just back up for a second. how did area codes even become a thing in the first place? well, it turns out that area codes were first created by at&t and the bell system in 1947. >> this is mother. >> simple, wasn't it? she just picked up her telephone and dialed her daughter in san francisco, california. >> reporter: in california, there were three original area codes. 916, 213 and in the bay area 415. it actually wasn't until 1991 that the east bay got 510. california now has 34 area
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codes. ten of them have been added just since 2016, which is why the director of the government agency in charge of assigning and making new area codes says that she doesn't think adding a new one is such a big deal. >> no, no. i think that's only on old seinfeld episodes. >> reporter: she also said that area codes across the country are going to be all used up by 2049. we'll let her deal with that. as for the east bay, will you still be able to get a 510 number? yes, but they'll be in limited supply. but hey, as the mayor points out. >> #bayareaproblems. how are we going to make a tattoo out of it? don't know. >> there's going to be a way to make a tattoo. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 -- >> so a parking meter doesn't take your change. can yo
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have you ever seen a broken parking meter with a brown paper bag placed over it? >> that used to be the way a driver informed the parking officer the meter was broken and they couldn't pay. >> michael finney is here with new information that the days of doing that are over, right? >> way gone.
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don't try it. don't try it. look, back in the day if the coin slot was jammed, you didn't have to pay. but now with smart meters, just what are the rules? san francisco's smart parking meters may be smart, but that doesn't mean they're easy to understand. >> i think they're only giving you four minutes for a quarter or something. >> look at all these directions, rules, even different colored meters. >> so this is only one hour, right? >> jack chan is parking near fisherman's wharf. these smart meters take coins, credit or debit cards, pay by phone or a san francisco municipal transportation parking card. i offer to pay using one of those cards. >> i just got this to try it. >> okay. >> so let's see if it works. >> okay. >> here we go. you're supposed to put it in. and then pull it out. >> nothing. nothing happens at all. >> let's try it again. >> okay.
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>> we try it a half dozen times, even turning it upside down. it did not work. so do we have to pay? oh, you betcha. paul rose is an mta spokesperson. now you're saying i have to have a card. >> if you want to park in san francisco, and you do have a car in san francisco and you want to use these meters, you should be prepared with a plan b and that plan b would include a parking card, a credit card or pay by phone. >> actually, a plan b, c and d. so is that fair? jack doesn't have a problem with it. >> it's okay, you know. it's no big deal. but most people carry credit card today this day, you know. so i'm okay with that. >> now, the city is forcing cashless stores to take cash, so i asked isn't this cashless? how is this any different? i was told it isn't cashless, since you can buy a parking card with cash. now, a spot check around the bay
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area finds the same policy in city after city. i'll have all that information posted on our website along with this report. just go to abc7news.com. >> that had to be frustrating. running out of time, you've got to get in and you're messing with the meter. >> thanks, michael. let's go back and talk about the weekend weather forecast. >> spencer christian is here with that. >> the warmup has bow gegun. sunny skies across the region. tomorrow we can expect -- here's the 24-hour temperature change. i need to show you that again. we have current readings that are anywhere from 6 to about 10 degrees warmer than they were this hour yesterday. you can see that near the coast it's not so much changed but a lot of big change in the inland areas. temperatures right now 64 in san francisco, 82 concord, 85 cloverdale. what you do have to keep in mind, a red flag warning for high fire danger is in effect until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow for portions of lake county and parts of solano..
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fires can spread quickly with low humidity, high temperatures and strong, gusty wind. >> on to sports. >> larry is here with the latest. >> i've got trouble. >> uh-oh. >> the a's just lost their best
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good evening. frankie montez has been the a's best pitcher this season.
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last night he tossed eight innings, struck out nine. he's not going to be striking anybody out for a while. he has been suspended for 80 days, 80 games. it gets worse. he's not going to be eligible to play in the postseason if the a's should make it. tested positive for a substance known as osteri nervous systn. he claims he unknowinly ingested it from a supplement. you can buy it online in seconds under 50 bucks. he has a 9-2 record averaging more than one strikeout per inning. that is a big jump from last year, big improvement. here's the manager. >> it was a shock to everybody today. we met as a team. frankie spoke and was very remorseful and is going to accept what he has to deal with. he feels bad about it. so, you know, as a team we went through some adversity last year. this is a little bit different as far as that goes, but i don't think it takes away from the fact that we still expect to go out there and win and somebody
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else will get an opportunity. >> he was very disappointed in himself. he was apologetic. he feels like he let his teammates and the organization down, and i appreciated that sentiment. at that point there wasn't much w could do. i think he just wanted to express his remorse. after he talked to me, he met with bob in private and talked to him. then as you know he met with his teammates as well. >> a's and raise tonight. giants in arizona. bruce bochy is still fuming after last night's game in l.a. nobody out in the ninth, an out called at third base, really close. take a look at the row play review here. it looks like he got to third before the ball hit the back of the glove. after talking with new york, the call on the field stood, out, and the giants ended up losing 9-8. >> i'd like to know what they're looking at in new york, because i saw it and i don't get it. i don't get it. i wish they could show me what they saw, because, you know,
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from what we saw when i saw -- looked at it right after the game, he was safe at third. >> he was steamed, but it was really, really close. the warriors are trying to refresh and reload, hoping three players they drafted last night are going to help going forward. jordan poole was their pick in round one. the michigan guard can score. most projected him as a second-rounder. eric taskel. the big project is alan smiligic. he played on the warriors g-league team last season. gm bob meyers on expectations. >> if one of them gives us good minutes, great. two, great. who knows who that guy will be but we like these three well enough. if they can help us next year, that will be great. if they can't, hopefully they'll help us the year after. we still have some roster spots. we have a lot of free agents. the idea behind the draft is
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to -- it's pretty good value. the league and the system is set up if you can capitalize on the draft, it's probably the best way to build a team. it's the most cost effective. if you do it well, you can really benefit. >> for sure. nascar returns to sonoma this sunday. it won't be the same course racing fans have seen for years. they opened it up, adding more turns hoping to increase passing. back in 2016 denny hamlin just had to complete turn 11 to get the checkered flag. he was bumped by tony stewart and he captured his final win in nascar. he was pretty excited. hamlin not so much. still remembers that day. >> it was nice of me to give tony his last win. you know, i knew that he was going into his final season. he hadn't been that close to winning in a while and i knew that i was -- all he saw was a hunk of metal in front of him and a checkered flag. he didn't care about who was in it. >> as they say, rubin's
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trading some painting. >> and a lot of that this weekend. >> thank you, larry. join us tonight at 9:00 and right here at 11:00. we'll have continuing coverage of the immigration raids set for sunday. what the governor is telling undocumented immigrants to do if agents knock at their doors. and vta is blasted in a scathing new grand jury report. what this means for the transit agency as it faces a looming driver strike. and coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, it's marvel's agents of shield followed by a two-hour 20/20 and then do not miss abc 7 news at 11:00. finally tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. in memoriam. her name is tara o'connor. she was one of ours, local, growing up in the east bay. those who knew her describe a bright, eager and kind person who always wanted to be a cop as long as anyone can remember.
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she didn't get to live that dream for long, graduating from the police academy only a few months ago. tara was responding to a domestic violence call wednesday when she was ambushed and killed by a gunman inside the home. he then kept firing, keeping officers at bay while tara lay wounded in the yard for 45 minutes. by the time they could get her to the hospital, it was too late. her family and friends lost a great person by all accounts, and so did all of us. a woman excited to use her life to serve and protect lost it far too soon. tara was just 26. my youngest son is 26. too young. what really matters tonight, tara o'sullivan and all of those who wear the badge with honor and distinction. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter appeared facebook at dan ashley abc 7. that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news. always look for breaking news any time on the abc 7 news app.
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i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us here, we appreciate your time. we'll give you a live look now, oh, the weekend is here. the beach at santa cruz. >> and summer is here. >> that's right. >> we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. bye for now.
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