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the death of her 7-year-old son. we will break down what authorities say happened. could your covid-19 card be a threat to your privacy. how you can protect yourself. mandatory water restrictions could be around the corner. how residents and businesses could end up getting fined. gusty and unseasonably cool for june, i will let you know for how long, coming up. building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. there is abc 7 news. we are just glad we are able to get closure for liam and hold the person responsible for the crime. >> reporter: a nationwide search is on for a san jose woman accused of killing her 7-year-old son. >> the boy's body was found outside of vegas more than a week ago. we have more on the latest of the investigation.
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>> reporter: at last check rodriguez is still out there and has not been caught. so many here in san jose heartbroken when i told them what happened to liam. so many now hoping for justice. right now there is a nationwide search for this woman. 35-year-old samantha rodriguez from san jose. >> about an hour ago we obtained an arrest warrant, nationwide extradition for open murder for samantha marin a-a-a-a-a-a-a- marina rodriguez. >> officers say rodriguez and liam were last seen in san jose on may 24th, the morning of the 26th they were seen in victorville, california. his body was found two days later in a rural area of las vegas behind a bush at a trail head and just
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highway. rodriguez was seen last driving a dodge caliber 6wlh211 license plate. her car was packed full of items. >> i am devastated. i feel so bad. >> reporter: this man says he recognizes liam and his mother saying he believes he saw the two of them two weeks ago. it was liam lost or left in a hallway by himself. >> as i walk outside of my apartment in the hallway i saw this kid crying. little kid. and he was crying really bad. >> reporter: the authorities were contacted. two people who appeared to be his parents came to help and that was the end of it. he believes he should have done more. >> i gave him to them without even -- [crying] -- like without asking more
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questions. >> reporter: now, the search is on to find rodriguez who was last seen on may 31st at a denver, colorado hotel. the authorities not saying what may of gone down, only that they need the public's help in finding her. >> reporter: and this is video showing a memorial that was set up in the area where liam's body was found after that body was recovered. this is a very rural area, southwest of the main section of las vegas. those in vegas, so saddened to see what happened just like those here in the bay, looking for more answers in this case and hoping that someone comes forward with more information. reporting live in san jose, jr stone, abc 7 news. >> all right, jr, thank you. staying in the south bay, mandatory water restrictions are right around the corner for those living in santa clara county. abc 7 news reporter looks at what the county's largest water provider is asking of its residents. >> reporter: the santa
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clara water district is expected to declare a water shortage emergency. impacting two million residents, people and businesses will be asked to cutback and conserve or face fines. the recommendation, 15% reduction in water use across the county compared to 2019 levels. >> it is all wrapped up in a drought. it is a combination of very bad things happening at the same time. >> reporter: very bad things which according to valley water officials include draining the dam for a massive retroproject. the problem with buying water and the county not receiving the water allocation. in short, storage is down and prices are up in preparation for the summer and year to come. >> it will be dire next next with a capital "d" many are rethinking landscaping, anything to keep from watering. >> reporter: by day, phillip is known for his lush front yard filled with
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drought tolerant plants. 99% of california natives. >> the trend is going that way as water gets more and more expensive. the biggest thing is education. >> reporter: he watered the plants for a couple years when the roots were established and then stopped. >> most have big sprinkler systems watering their grasses, they are watering the parks, the roadways, there is a vast amount of waste. >> reporter: waste that customers can be fined for. valley water's board will ask county leaders to declare a local emergency since the district does not have a legal authority to order cities or water companies to impose mandatory water restrictions. in san jose, abc 7 news. small changes make a big difference when it comes to water conservation, we have practical tips on our website, abc7news.com/drought. millions of people across the country have gotten covid-19 vaccine cards. is your personal information safe? vaccine team member spoke to experts about
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the concern and one potential solution. >> reporter: 70% of adults in california are at least partially vaccinated that means more than 22 million covid-19 vaccination records are floating around on paper and in digital records. >> there is a privacy issue that is an ethical issue, a social issue with this information if not monitored and not organized. >> reporter: a cybersecurity professor at san jose university. he is concerned the information on the cards is not protected and tempts to bad actors who may want to hack into health care information. >> open credit cards, the dash web is a place where all of those information can be sold and sold for a certain prices, depends how clean and important is the data. the best data is the health care data. it is protected. >> reporter: not everyone thinks vaccine data is ripe with trouble. >> there is nothing new,
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nothing different, nothing about the system, one of the staples of public health. >> reporter: michelle is a stanford law and professor expert in public health law. >> should we be concerned in general that hackers can access electric health records, absolutely. it is critically important to keep that safe. do these vaccination cards elevate the risk we face every day? no, i don't think they do. >> reporter: the reasoning comes from most vaccine cards have a name, birth date and vaccination information which is basic to any vaccine record. what is different is that people are carrying around these covid-19 vaccine cards to have proof as the world reopens and, some of them do have medical record numbers. in which case she suggests placing a sticker over the number in the event you show it to someone other than a health care provider like at a business, workplace or event. back to you. >> if you have the vaccine or considering getting it this will be encouraging to you, tonight, new research shows just how effective covid-19 vaccines are in the real world.
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the cdc found the pfizer and moderna vaccines cut the risk by 91% two weeks after the second dose. and 81% two weeks after the first dose. and for the few vaccinated people who got covid-19 their illness was shorter, milder, less likely to go to others. it comes as the white house ramps up to reach the president's goal. pres dr. fauci was optimist optimistic. >> 13 states hit it including california. as it drops to under one million a day, five states have not reached half of the adults with one shot. cases in alabama rising 90% in the last two weeks. >> our numbers increased back to 400 or 500 cases a day. and i am sitting a little bit on pins and needles right now.
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if we see the cases increasing to 1,000 or higher that means we failed the memorial day stress test. >> reporter: one more note, united airlines says they will require all new hires to prove they have been fully vaccinated against covid-19. it follows a similar decision by delta last month. tonight, we are a little more than seven-days from the state's reopening. there are already signs of life moving forward in san francisco where city hall reopened today. we were there as people lined up to get married. [music] >> reporter: it seemed so fitting for a day with multiple layers of significance, that is a pride flag flying over city hall on june 7th, 2021. history will record how, after a pandemic, this grand iconic building reopened with what felt like more than a year of business waiting outside the city clerk's office. why? >> to get my birth certificate. >> i lost it during the pandemic, man, you know, everything is opening up
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and we are trying to take trips. >> reporter: call it normal, births, deaths, marriages, oh, yes. >> we have been waiting a year and a half for this moment. it is special. >> we had our first wedding scheduled october of 2020. >> reporter: weddings in san francisco city hall are not new but after all of these months of closures due to covid-19 they are novel again. then the historical significance of this place. >> this is about ending discrimination. >> back to the pride theme. in this building in 2004 that san francisco set an example by opening up for same sex marriage. >> with this ring, i the wed. >> reporter: they led off the marriages with the mayor tying that knot and no shortage of witnesses. >> we never thought we would be able to get married. >> i was filling city hall with love, how about that? >> reporter: all together the mayor married four couples. hannah happens to work for the
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city. >> come a little closer. >> reporter: yes, we can say that now and it is getting better every day. >> we are excited. happy, a long time for us. >> reporter: a long time for everybody. and hopefully a long time gone. >> you may kiss your bride. >> reporter: at san francisco city hall, abc 7 news. congratulations to the newlyweds. still to come, millions in currency recovered from the pipeline ransomware hackers, the important roleplayed by bay area fbi agents. called a breakthrough treatment for all-timers and critics are calling it false hope. prince harry and duchess meghan welcome a new baby girl. reaction from the palace. breezy and below average for this time of the year. i will let you know how long the pattern persists coming up. first a look at what is
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much of the credit for this goes to a team of bay area based fbi cybersleuths who tracked down the digital wallet belonging to the criminals, abc news reporter explains how the government closed in. >> reporter: the justice department with the major sting. seizing millions in ransom money paid to dark side. the suspected russian hackers that shutdown and crippled the colonial pipeline. >> today we turned the tables on dark side. >> the shutdown slowing pipeline for nearly a week. causing gas shortages and panic buying, the company paying the $4.3 million demand. >> if you don't want to pay these criminals but our job and our duty seto the american public. it was the right decision to make for the country. >> reporter: the yesterday department linking the payment activity to the cybercriminals cryptocurrency wallet. taking back coins valued
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$3.4 million. >> today we deprives a cyberenterprise. their financial proceeds and funding. cutting off access to revenue is one of the most impactful consequences we can impose. >> reporter: these threats on the rise, the nation's largest meat supplier still recovering from a massive ransomware attack. crooks coming after martha's vineyard, earlier this year china breaching computer systems of new york's mass transit agency, the largest in the nation. the biden administration saying no company is safe. >> pay attention now. invest resources now. failure to do so could be the difference between being secure now or a o victim later. >> reporter: back to you. there is possible new hope tonight for
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people with alzheimer's. the fda approved today, announced the approval of a drug, the first new drug fofofo alzheimer's in years. it is designed to slow the progression. >> it is the first only approved fda medication that really looks to address the under lying pathology of the disease. >> and last year an fda advisory committee concluded there is not enough evidence to support the drug still they gave approval stating the benefits out way the risks. a brush fire shutdown all eastbound lanes of highway 12 in fairfield earlier tonight. it broke out not far from the jelly belly candy company. you can see the fire creep close to homes, crews were able to keep the flames to a couple of acres and got under control
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quickly. nice to hear. of course, in this kind of wind that is exactly what we are worried about. >> yeah. absolutely. i am hoping the winds calm down. let's find out the latest. >> reporter: yes, those winds are beginning to ease at the lower elevations and tkpufty at the higher elevations, of course, it is not just the winds it is so dry outside with the exceptional and extreme drought here in the bay area. concerning. i will show you a time lapse from the camera. you will notice it was shaking the camera tonight. it was just a short time ago as you look here. it is an area of low pressure with cool onshore winds coming off of the ocean waters and that is what is creating the cooler conditions today. also creating the strong gusty winds. i want to show you the temperaturessa the temperatures temperatures at this hour. the cooling will continue. right now, wind gusts up to 26
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at sfo, 20 miles an hour. still, 47 mile-an-hour winds out of the northwest. 37 mount deablo. notice what happens tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. breezy, nothing windy and then the winds pick up tomorrow afternoon. 25-35 miles an hour. not expecting it to be a rerun of today but still in that gusty pattern going into the evening. along the embarcadero it is breezy outside. big rock, the wind gusts so far up in the north bay hills, 66 miles hour. the airport, 66 mile-an-hour winds, coming down, a good thing. the cameras showing you a lovely view of san jose, winds ease overnight tonight. below average temperatures are going to continue for the rest of the workweek. if you like this weather you are in luck. i want to show you the hour by
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hour forecast. because of the winds fog will not be widespread. patchy at best. tomorrow morning, gone by the noon time hour. regardless watch out for that fog in places where it is around tomorrow morning, middle 40s to the lower 50s for your temperatures. once again, breezy. i would bundle up before you get going. tomorrow afternoon, keeping it on the breezy side. temperatures from the upper 50s to the middle 70s. so even cooler for some parts of our inland valleys, look at what happens on wednesday. this is when they bottom out. low 70s for many of our warmest inland valleys, 50s coast side. a look at the seven-day forecast. middle to lower 70s inland the next couple of days keeping it on the gusty side. below average. coast side, rebound begins on thursday. it is going to be a warmer weekend. not expecting i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment,
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congratulations pouring in for prince harry and duchess meghan. they named their second child lilibet diana. lilibet is queen elizabeth's nickname. all offered congratulations releasing a statement saying they were delighted with the news. >> and our congrats as well. i know they are paying attention to our congrats. >> it made their night. >> all right, larry is here with sports. a scare for a beloved giants broadcaster. plus, a feel good story from the warriors as they pull off quite (man) i've made progress with my mental health.
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good evenings player kphr-s and go and broadcasters stay. today's news is really a concern. kiper, seen here on the left, announced he is undergoing chemotherapy treatment and may miss broadcasts. the 70-year-old has been doing giants game for more than three decades, he did not reveal the condition he is battling but staying positive. giants fans hoping for the same. college baseball tonight, stanford, uc irvine. winner-takes-all loser leaves town. a huge 1st inning. tim tower, tower of power right there. two runs, standing out in the
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lead. bases loaded with a 4-run lead. eddie park, base hit, two more scores, avalanche, 6-0, still in the 1st. you know who comes again? toyer. the cardinal win and play texas tech in the super regional. collins is atphoupbsed he is leaving the warriors as an assistant. his goal is to be a head coach in nba or college. warriors teaming up with a challenged athletes to present a 14-year- old with a new customized basketball wheelchair. >> my favorite player in nba history. favorite player. just have him random ly pop up have a picture signed by him and curry. i am still energetic and still doing what i love.
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>> awesome. game 2, bucks, nets, all nets all of the time. durant three of his 32. brooklyn was up by a million and the bucks looked just scared. nets rolled 125 up two games to one. game one, west semisuns, nuggets, look out below. it is deandrea. phoenix blows it open. booker, the foul, 12 some days, you just don't have it. not my uncle, though. he's taking trulicity for his type 2 diabetes and now, he's really on his game.
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