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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7news. >> how can you take two innocent lives? >> new details about the driver who hit and killed two women. neighbors are sharing their outrage and what they saw with abc 7. i am dan ashley. >> i am ama daetz. the crash happened not far from a school. abc7news reporter amanda del castillo has been covering this issue for years, has tonight's story. amanda: this surveillance footage shared with abc 7 shows the suspected driver involved in
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thursday's deadly hit and run moments after the collision. he is seen turning onto east san jose. >> he tried driving into my street in order to amanda: flee faster. amanda:amanda: seconds later, cameras captured the driver speeding off and out of the cul-de-sac away from the scene where he is believed to have hit two wom how can you take innocet lives and flee? it is very inconsiderate. it is ultimately a tragedy. amanda: just before 6:30, two women were walking on this painted crossword along oakton court when the red truck hit them and took off. as of friday evening, the driver remained at large. >> that could've been any of our family members. amanda: neighbors say the victims were related, a neighbor
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and her adult daughter. paul let lives across the street from the women and is familiar with their evening strolls. >> the fact that yesterday, their daily activity ended up with them deceased is insane. amanda: neighbors shared outrage, feeling the safety of east san jose residence is not being prioritized. >> i am infuriated at the fact that this is not the first time it has happened, and as long as there is not any safety infrastructure for pedestrians, this will keep continuing. amanda: but the city said there is a safety improvements project in the works that would bring flashing beacons and more to this crossing. they are measures expected to be completed by fall of 2023. >> it seems we cannot build our
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safety improvements fast enough. amanda: the san jose department of transportation says between 2016 and 2020 there were three crashes at this intersection resulting in two minor injuries. he says across the city, there have never been this many traffic a talladega at this point in the year. -- fatalities at this point in the year. thursday marked san jose's 24th fatal traffic accident this year. i am amanda del castillo, abc7news. dan: here's one more look at the truck san jose police are looking for. they released these photos. call the number on your screen if you have any information. a cash reward is being offered. ama: this weekend could get windy.
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it is already windy and potentially dangerous in the bay area. let's get to sandhya patel. sandhya: it is a red flag warning that runs through sunday evening. winds will be gusting up to 50 miles per hour. this down sloping wind is prompting an advisory. parts of lake and mendocino counties, 60 miles per hour. it may cause power outages. as you take a look at the winds gusting to 30 miles per hour at sfo, the wind helped to take the temperatures down. 17 degrees cooler in san francisco. our warmest spots, upper 90's inland, but around the bay, big-time relief. i have rain in the forecast. i will be back with a complete look coming up. dan: in the east bay, oakland
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police are putting officers on the streets this weekend after a series of shootings. the first happened during a robbery on lakeshore avenue. there were two more shootings thursday night, one on mandela parkway and the other on east 12th street. we know it was a 33-year-old man shot on wednesday night. dion lin spoke with those who knew him. >> i found out yesterday morning at about 7:00. i lost him. sorry. it's okay. i lost him. i fell to the floor. dion: it will take time before what happened to her cousin at lake merritt will make any sense. >> it still doesn't feel real. dion: devon was a father and had a love of music, fashion and the
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great outdoors. he and his partner meredith were taking a walk when he was shot and killed in a robbery attempt for what meredith told me was a louis vuitton bag. >> i was just so devastated by the news, and i didn't know how to process it. dion: melanie says devon fell in love with the bay area on a road trip across the country, but never let the distance get in the way of their tightknit relationship or taking care of others. >> he was incredibly generous, loving, caring. he would give me the shirt off his back. sorry. dion: his passing marks the third deadly shooting in the area since november and the city us 31st of 2022. oaklands police chief held a press conference, promising more officers, a sentiment echoed the
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city council president. what are you asking for after his passing? >> the truth is that there needs to be some sort of harsher punishment for gun violence. dion: as devon's family raises money for funeral expenses and his daughter's education, they remind anyone watching, while the story will come and go, there needs to be lasting change. >> the rest of my life i have to spend without someone i care about, these people didn't just take a life. they took a part of all of our hearts. dion: dion, abc7news. ama: a former richmond teacher is facing more than two dozen counts of child molestation. she is accused of sex acts with minors, inappropriate touching and sharing graphic photos. she was a biology teacher.
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authorities say there are seven to m's, boys between 15 and 17 years old. >> police did get involved and took statements from not only the victims, but also from witnesses. through good police work, they were able to build a case and charge miss gower. ama:ama: the ceo of the academy released a statement saying, we've reached out to parents, students and faculty to offer support. dan: new developments with the coronavirus. new surges in washington, d.c. and new york city. washington has seen its cases double in the last few weeks. beleaguered restaurants could be getting help. the house passed a bill with $42 billion in aid. shanghai is experiencing a food shortage. 25 million people have been told to stay home because of an outbreak. ama: baseball is back.
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the giants win on a walk-off in extra innings. >> go, giants! ama: so much excitement. a sold out crowd filled oracle this afternoon. fans were excited to be back. >> i have this annual tradition of never missing opening day. we caught a home run ball against the marlins three years ago. >> it's nice to have that sense of normalcy and be out with people and cheer for your home team. ama: abc7news sports director larry beil will have the highlights later in sports. dan: coming up, we heard from the soon-to-be newest member of the supreme court. her reflections on making history. ama: a bay area woman is on the front lines of a humanitarian crisis in mexico, ukrainians there hoping
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large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written a ballot proposal to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless, but read the fine print. 90% of the profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. hi, i'm mike holmes. i'm here with ivan from agm renovations america's kitchen and bathroom renovators i'm excited to introduce agm's 3d creator. it allows you to create your new kitchen or bathroom online, and get an exact quote in minutes. [ivan] that's right mike! design your kitchen or bathroom in 3d, choose your fixtures and finishes, without leaving your home or inviting strangers in. visit agmrenovations.com and create your new kitchen or bathroom today! ♪ agmrenovations.com ♪ [announcer] call now and get $3,000 off!
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ama: at least 50 people are dead and close to 100 others are injured after a russian missile attack on a crowded train station in ukraine. thousands of people were trying to escape. this is the deadliest attack on civilians since the war started. nate moved works for world central kitchen. he was trying to help people escape. >> there were individuals who burned alive in these cars. these were innocent women and children and grandmothers trying to evacuate, and they were the target. ama: ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said russia
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should face charges in a war crimes tribunal. dan: thousands of ukrainians are fleeing to mexico in the hope they will be able to find refuge in the united states. an unlikely group of volunteers is working tirelessly to help provide food, shelter and transportation to the hundreds of evacuees arriving in tijuana. tara campbell got an inside look at those efforts from a bay area woman on the front lines. tara: this is the scene at the airport in tijuana mexico, creating a list of those hoping to enter the u.s. medically vulnerable people here.
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we have a 10 day old baby. volunteers are working around-the-clock, lucky to get a few hours of sleep. >> chasing our tail trying to make sure that these people have a place to sleep that is decently safe and have food. tara: on their own, there are no nonprofits, just people wanting to help. >> a lot of people have put our jobs on hold. tara: in a couple of weeks, they've managed to come up the system not only for a number of people, but providing food, shelter and transportation. >> the alternative is thousands of people sitting at the border and unsanitary conditions for many days. tara: with the -- working with the government in tijuana, they secured this recreational
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facility, providing some sense of security amid the ongoing uncertainty. >> i'm hoping the government steps up. tara: the u.s. is processing roughly 500 refugees per day, say volunteers, allowing them in temporarily. as for how long this band of volunteers can keep it up, julia is not so sure. tara: tara campbell, abc7news. ama: new developments with a deadly mass shooting in sacramento. police have doubled the number of officers tonight and tomorrow night. they've increased the number of gang enforcement officers. rival gangs were involved in the shootout last weekend that left six people dead and 12 injured. two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting. police say there were at least five gunmen involved.
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dan: a celebration in our nations capital for a history making judge. president biden: the next associate justice of the supreme court, the honorable ketanji brown jackson. [applause] dan: justice ketanji brown jackson will be the first black woman in history to serve on the u.s. supreme court. >> it has taken 232 years and one hundred 15 prior appointments for a black woman to be selected to serve on the supreme court of the united states. but we've made it. elevated until justice until her mentor stephen breyer officially retires from court this summer. her confirmation means the court will have four women on the bench, and for the first time, white men will be in the
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minority. ama: will smith has been banned from the academy for 10 years. smith resigned his academy membership last week. this comes after the actions at the oscars when he slapped chris rock on stage after rock made a joke about jada pinkett smith. smith apologized to rock and said "violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive." dan: the weekend is upon us. let's turn our attention to the weather. ama: it is already gusty. sandhya: the winds are going to get stronger, which will raise the danger as we go into the weekend. winds and fire danger is what you need to watch out for. unseasonably drive fuels. as you take a look at low pressure moving through the pacific northwest. we will notice those winds
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coming out of the north, northeast. as we go into 5:00 a.m. sunday, we get into that extreme category, so something to be concerned about as the humidity values will be just fine. down in the single digits. fairfield, 9% by the afternoon. it's just not good news. winds, already windy along the coast, and that is going to continue tomorrow. the winds start to pick up over the north and eastern end of the viewing area, 25-35 miles per hour. that is what is concerning, remain aware of your surroundings. a lovely view as we look back across the bay. gusty winds at the coast and over the hills.
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rain and she'll arrive on monday. temperatures in the 50's and 60's as we head into tomorrow. breezy for some of our hilltops early in the morning, but turning windy later in the day. afternoon highs will continue to trend lower. 59 and half moon bay. 75 around napa. 80 in fairfield. here's monday. we've got the rain coming through early in the morning, the sierra starting to pick up snow. the mountains continue to pick up snow. third of an inch of rain. this seems hard to believe, but look at the snowfall amounts. windy and cooler tomorrow
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dan: an idaho father of seven set a world record last month. ama: chad completed the half marathon while pushing his four-year-old quintuplets in a stroller. david muir has the story. david: the campbell family on a mission, dad chad training for a marathon while pushing his quintuplets. >> on your way to a world record, lincoln, noel, grayson, gabriella, preston. david: the quintuplets were 2.5 pounds each. 73 days in the nicu, chad and mom amy would send video messages. eventually, the babies would go home together, and chad would decide to train for marathons with his five seater stroller. for three years, running with
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his children and setting guinness world records. tonight, chad and his family have now competed in a half marathon, two hours, 50 nine minutes, 15 seconds, a new world record. >> i did this, and they can, too. >> anything is possible. dan: isn't that something? david muir reporting. ama: the giants go extras in the season opener. dan: larry beil is here with sports. larry: what a day at the park for the giants. huge crowd for
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large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written a ballot proposal to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless, but read the fine print. 90% of the profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. i'm 53, but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the way i was made to.
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>> abc 7 sports, presented by river rock casino. larry: this wasn't the way the giant scripted opening day, but they will take it. the day started with navy skydivers parachuting into oracle park. it ended with the giants feeling skyhigh. brandon belt wins the award for best entrance, the self-proclaimed captain riving on a boat, and then he home over -- homer to. joey bart, first career homerun. the marlins scored a three in the ninth. chad chisholm, 2-0, and suddenly, the giants down 2-0. thairo estrada, leadoff balm. takes anthony bender d. the crowd is going nuts. austin slater rips one to left. 250 pounds. he's huffing, puffing. he scores. >> it was exciting.
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opening day is a special day in baseball, and it becomes even more special when you have excitement from the fans. >> all the work you put income all the game planning we do, being able to dial it up and say, let's do this for a while together. larry: a's opening on the rude -- the road. the phillies phanatic also parachuting in. da's fought back. top seven, seth brown. that is what brown can do for you. the phillies added on to win 9-5. windy for round two of the masters. tiger woods bogeyed four of his last five holes. he finished at one over par and
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glover. have a good weekend. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- donald glover, and machine gun kelly, with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hello. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for joining us here in hollywood, california, where heads have finally stopped spinning from what happened at the oscars on sunday night. [ laughter ] not that we've stopped talking about it. it's all we talk about. i feel like if they discovered a live chicken on

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