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still see opened -- have reopened, traffic is heavily impacted. let's give you a better idea of the impact on traffic. total gridlock from walnut street on 24, stretching all the way back you see all the red on the runway, we live in walnut creek. >> high there, it is going to be , take a bit of time to untangle all this. yet to think of rush-hour traffic blocked off for three hours on highway 24. the man that we were understanding was armed with a knife arrested on the freeway shortly after 5:30 tonight after a three-hour standoff. he was put on a gurney and wheeled into a waiting apple as
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-- and let's. -- ambulance. this is all on highway 24 where it joins, there are some big eleved ramps that go onto northbound 680 and to the ygnacio valley road exit. he was sitting on the freeway legs dangling over, again, jamming traffic up all the way back to rockbridge and beyond on highway 24 eastbound. even backing up portions of highway 680 northbound. the man appeared agitated, waving his hands -- his arms over his head. excruciating backup for drivers, it is all clear now. we do not know exactly what transpired. i am here at the and extraction
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-- the intersection of the 24 entrance and it was at this exact spot that the man was up on the freeway ramp. police had it blocked off for a while. it is reopened, sidestreets were reopening, it should only be a matter of the next half-hour, the next 15 minutes, although the roads reopening. that does not in any way get rid of the traffic backed up by this incident on the freeway. a man on the freeway jamming things up this afternoon on walnut creek. >> ua hearing from leslie there, as she she mentioned it will take time, even when the freeway is reopened for the backup to dissipate as cars start to get going again. it sounds like it will start to move again shortly. live look from sky 7, we will keep an i on backup so we will let you know when the traffic starts flowing again.
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we use the abc7news app to send out a push alert so you would know about the way getting shut down, download it now seek alerts about the news that affects your life, you can even customize the app to the places and topics you are interested in. >> as you just saw one of the big issues in the bay area is traffic. lights at the bridge turn on at dawn and last of six hours until noon, cervix streets -- surface streets turn into a crawl. we are talking about a small section, nine blocks on battery street nine blocks on sansom street, our reporter has been looking into this several days and and whether it would build into a better bay area, what did you find out? >> this is part of a eager plan to push san franciscans to take
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more public transit as well as give more space for cyclists in downtown san francisco, not everyone agrees. >> on a regular weekday this is what battery street looks like, three lanes with bumper-to-bumper traffic, many drivers are trying get the city. fm nda is planning to rearrange battery as well as sampson street, to create a two-way bike lane. pending on who you ask making changes here can be controversial. >> a better way to really know how bad traffic gets on battery and sansom then to speak to a worker. i am going again to his left. >> daniela hernandez as they left the driver -- counseling taking the streets. >> it's going to be horrible. >> as we walked down battery street we met susan brown, daughter of former san francisco
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mayor willie brown she lives in the east bay. >> has become more and could be to drive into the city? >> yes, the traffic is murderous. >> are you ok with changes that might make that worse? >> i am, because of the climate crisis. >> right now san francisco has 18.7 million square feet of vacant office space. that is nearly 14 salesforce towers. how is san francisco making it easier for workers to come back with changes like this that could increase traffic? we met up with the director jeffrey. >> so good to meet you. >> you would also agree that the reason some people are not going back to the office is because of covid. they do not want to be exposed to coworkers. it is also the reason some people are not taken public traffic -- transit. it is also the reason some people want to drive. >> or bike, which is even safer.
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>> you cannot buy from the east bay, he hesitate public transportation. when -- from the east bay you would have to take public transportation. >> this is a win-win solution we are providing the same number of traffic lanes as are now. we are not taking way driving space. what we are doing is providing a good alternative, particularly for san franciscans. >> the plan goes like this. they are planning to keep three lanes from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., getting rid of a lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. all of this is part of a bigger plan. we spoke to the executive director of sf bike coalition. >> why touch them if they are not part of the high internetwork? >> i think is about commuting. traveling around the downtown area not in the car. that is what the city wants to
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encourage. reporter: the truth is it could've have been worse for drivers. two years ago they were plan to implement congestion pricing to deter people from driving downtown. we asked about that. >> are you still considering to charge people driving downtown san francisco? >> there is a steady that the sister agency has been leading around downtown congestion pricing. that study is currently in pause. >> charging people to driving downtown san francisco is off the table for now. sfmta is also working to control traffic likes to make traffic better. >> thank you. today for the first time governor newsom weighed in publicly on the possibility of robust is -- roe v. wade being overturned. >> if guys like me were being -- getting pregnant every day, this
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is comical this is about controlling women. we know it, it has never happened in our lifetime, taking away rights that have been affirmed over and over again. they are taking them away. >> governor newsom says democrats need to launch what they call a counter offensive. he vowed to get a constitutional amendment on california this november of to guarantee women the right to choose an abortion. we asked, do you support a abortion rights amendment. the overwhelming majority of 92% voted yes. >> money is at the heart of issues are san francisco teachers, they are not getting paid. the payroll system was supposed be fixed by now. is not. a small number of teachers are still having issues. today some of the march 2 district headquarters to get answers. -- we have more on their efforts to find a resolution. >> pay is now.
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pay us now. >> paying employees for their work is an obligation. getting the new payroll processing system is where san francisco unified has failed. >> they also used the wrong dollar value per hour to pay me so i came up short. >> is started a few month ago some teachers were mis-paid or underpaid. the frustration was such that some camped out a district headquarters, the apologies came in drawers -- droves. >> we apologize to anyone who's had a delay in their check. there is no way that should happen. >> in some cases, teachers mistakenly saw a bump in pay. >> sometimes we get a pay bump in a different of the year, and we got a january bay pump. >> another problem that came up for teachers, in some cases, their tax withholdings were wrong. many were left owing money to uncle sam. >> i owed $2500 to the federal
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and state government. you can imagine, i am a newer teacher, i had to put that on my credit card. >> i have close family member's that work in technology. when i tell them these are the things regular with their mind is blown. this would never happen at their work. >> in january they started using a new payroll system called infosys with headquarters in india. the district admitted that the transition happened while the omicron variant was spreading. there was a lack of staff and communications between those working at home and headquarters. today the school district responded, many team ever the sfusd are tirelessly working to stabilize the employee could pay issues as quickly as possible. every staff member in our district will be paid the money i -- they are owed. >>p-a-y. >> the group say that those
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promises were made back in march. >> as temperatures rise so does our fire danger. tonight a look at how to get prepared we are telling you now so you have time to get ready. >> i am meteorologist andy patel, say goodbye to the summer heat. >> a father sued facebook over a broken oculus headset. now the judge's ruling is in.
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but when chesa boudin took office, he dissolved the unit and stopped me from collaborating with the police on my cases. now home and car break-ins are on the rise because repeat offenders know they can get away with it. chesa boudin is failing to do his job. there's a better way to keep san francisco safe. recall chesa boudin now. >> a breaking news update eastbound lanes of highway 24 opened about tenements ago following police activity that caused a major traffic jam in the area. it began just after 2:00 this
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afternoon and will not greek at the 680 internet chain -- in walnut creek at the 680 interchange. we are taking a live look at sky 7 now. it is expected to take several hours to fully clear, there will be residual back up, all the cars are just are into barely in sight way forward. just a half-hour ago sky 7 captured officers taking a man who was on the overpass into an ambulance. early we saw him on the edge of the overpass, officers not releasing details just yet. will be able to bring them to you on abc7news and abc7news.com. >> we are enjoying good weather lately. while it is good to enjoy the outdoors it is a reminder that much of our region is vulnerable to wildfires. david tells us how fire agencies are gearing up for what could be another destructive our season. >> the size are all around us, what -- grasses tinder dry, fire
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season is here. the fire served as a wake-up call that no area is considered safe, best practices from that buyer are now being deployed in san mateo county. including an early alert system called zone haven. >> everyone has a zone, in the event of a fire, zone haven would be enacted. residents can logon, get an alert on their phone or computer and know what it is time for them to evacuate. >> in places like woodside and for tula valley thereof them into the evacuation routes. heating alerts will enhance safety. >> a lot of roadways are inadequate. they cannot handle the capacity, if people want to get out they should be leaving early so they do not clog up the roads. >> residents are also encouraged to have go boxes ready for evacuation. for his son, a bobblehead, for his daughter a bobblehead --
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coin collection. >> when you go room by room and ask yourself what you want to save in the event of a fire, it focuses on -- use of -- on the meaningful things in life. >> fire agencies always encourage residents to clear brush and if -- create a defensible zone around their homes, embers cause 82% to 9% up probably losses. -- 90% of property losses. a step more must consider as bonfires pollute desk livery. >> -- cliff rate -- proliferate. >> we are not exempt from wildfires here. >> we have that wind and it is warming up. >> we are taking a look at the outlook for 2022, what are you forecasting? >> is not a good thing from accuweather, the wild land fire
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risk out west as we head towards late spring and summer will be higher to extreme for california. the reason it is lower back east is because they have rain consistently. we take a look at when the fire threat begins in the bay area, july, august, much of the northern and central portion of the state. one of the reason we are expecting above normal is because of the ongoing drought years in the making, climate change, drier months in the summer time are why we are concerned. keep that in mind as we head towards the summer months. high temperatures felt like summer, upper -- upper 80's in the summer. 80 in santa rosa, got up to 73 in oakland, 64 san francisco. fog held the temperature down, 59 degrees.
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else have a beach hazard statement going up tomorrow. the first in a series of systems will kick up the swells. that will bring in the risk of recurrence, dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. numbers right now it is chili along the coastline, with the sea breeze blowing. still pretty nice inland in the 80's, the fog is rolling in over san francisco, much cooler near the bay and inland. we are looking at the possibility of drizzle friday, windy for the weekend. the first system comes in and we see extra high clouds. a bigger push of those clouds tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon mendocino county ac a few showers -- may see a few showers. we may have a few sprinkles friday morning with the next system coming through. even that does not look like it will be much. the biggest thing you will notice is more cloud cover in cooler weather away from the
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coast. morning tempest be in the 40's and 50's. watch over the fog -- temperatures will be in the 40's and 50's, watch out for the fog. it will be a dramatic shift from what you experienced today. accuweather day forecaster stink at the meyer -- single dimaio is cooler and breezier. mother's day being quite gusty and cool for may standards. you might want to take those plans inside. slight chance for a few showers on monday. >> predictions of the ocean heat wave have researchers focusing attention on the shoreline. and parts of the bay area they're getting help from volunteers. abc news weather anchor expense with a search for. -- explains what they search for. >> for dr. rebecca johnson, these tide pools near polar --
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pillar point act as a early warning system. they are photographing a variety of organisms to monitor what is thriving in the coastal pool and what is not. >> the work that we're doing at the academy is taking those individual observations and building what is called an early warning and forecasting system for biodiversity change along the coast. >> the data could be important this year with scientists predicting a marine he wave. a net -- heatwave. and number of warming events have formed in the last decade is sometimes taking a damaging toll on the local habitat. >> is not beautiful? >> this c star was one of similar sit -- species that fell victim to a wasting disease. >> it basically knocked out or illuminated all the starfish here on this reef and also
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throughout the west coast of north america. that was also the warm water, it was a contracting factor. >> she says the affects cascaded across the crew change -- chain. a colorful pinkett sea slug also start showing up in the area in large numbers. >> we saw hundreds and hundreds. you would not be able to count. >> volunteers participate in the biodiversity -- diversity survey. a smart phone based survey allows them to upload their sample visit -- images. >> you can do observations and see things for yourself. people get jazzed about it and excited and want to see more. >> with aiden -- an ocean warming system predicted, this could give an early warning system. >> next month volunteers in the
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news of the federal reserve highest rate hike in 22 years has sent stock soaring. interest rates going up half a percent, the nasdaq added for a one, the s&p was up. they had their best days in 2020. >> the first met a retail store is set to open we got a sneak peek inside, the store will add -- offer several interactive virtual reality demos. david louis got to test out a few of the high tech toys including ray band stories i lasses that play music and take photos that you can download to your phone. >> hit this green font -- button and it will import into your phone. give it a second. their ego -- there you go. >> you can also try out vr and found the stores wall-to-wall vr's -- led screen. it allows them to explore all
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the available assessors and content on monday. >> a judge issues a ruling between an east bay dad and a -- and the mighty facebook, it is over a broken vr oculus. who one? >> game three of the grizzlies and warriors will be this saturday, you can watch it right here in abc 7, coverage s
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>> now from abc 7 like breaking news. >> a look from sky 7 east -- has reopened after police activity shut down for more than three hours. look at this traffic. still a mess there. slowly starting to move, it was closed for so long it would take a long time for this traffic to recover. the backup stretching for miles. around 5:30 this evening we saw officers take a man who is on the overpass into an evidence. earlier he was on the edge of the overpass, several on ramps and rose into the area were also closed.
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traffic is still slow all the way on highway 24 to walnut creek, and traffic should sue -- soon hopefully begin better. >> a judge has made her ruling in an unusual battle between an east bay father and facebook, over a defective virtual-reality facebook -- headset. >> they ordered the social media powerhouse to pay his court costs. >> what made an ordinary dad go up against one of the world's biggest companies. >> it was pure frustration. at first he father thought it would be simple to get a new device because it was still under warranty. months later oculus cannot fix it and would not refund his money. finally the dad hauled the big time comfy before small claims court. >> for some reason just shut off randomly. >> began last summer when
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bobby's oculus vr headset broke down. >> it went completely blank, would not boot up at all. >> it ended with bobby and his father mark squared off against the money for -- facebook and small claims court. >> the judge was not impressed at all to what they did to me. >> they told us they were out of stock, after three months went by, i said i woman money back. they said no we will not do that. we will give you some extra credit. >> he complained to the better responded.us n months later he filed the suit. >> is not the money, it is the principle, it is ridiculous how these large companies treat the consumer. >> he spent hundreds of dollars trying to find where to serve corp. -- court papers. high power attorneys work to fight his claim. dave drafted a 26 page rebuttal
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with six exhibits saying that any reasonable consumer would know to sue facebook in the oculus. the case had no merit, negotiation went on for weeks all over a broken toy. >> there is no telling how much money facebook spent offending themselves over a couple of hundred dollars they should realize you should not be able to push a little guy around with a huge law firm. >> he shows a binder of 377 documents, all it took to try to get oculus to honor the warranty. >> our emails. >> the judge asked if facebook's reps and if was that acceptable. >> is it reasonable for people to go through what mr. redmond described to get his product serviced or repaired or replaced? >> i will agree it took too long to make him whole with a new refurbished, whatever you want to call a device.
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there were a couple of mitigating factors. there were a shortage. it was covid. >> the judge ordered facebook to reimbursed mark $765 for his court cost and one dollar for his damages. they also gave him a new oculus headset in court. >> it was a good day in court, bobby said he was proud of me and i made every bit of the time or the. >> i think -- worth it. >> i think we are all proud of him, he is now on a mission to help other parents who have post complaints online. he has created a youtube video on how to file a small claims case. i posted a link on a website. send me your stories about buying a home, car, paying off a loan, anything to do with your money, i would hear about woulr triumphs and frustrations. go to abc7news.com/seveno
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>> one of san francisco's
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richest families will auction hundreds of paintings from their private collection. pieces that rival some of those owned by the british royal family. spencer christian visit the home of oil heir gordon getty to talk about what prompted this extraordinary sale. a story you only see you in abc7news. reporter: going inside the home of gordon getty is a tree unlike any other. the 1913 mention of pacific heights has particular -- spectacular views of the palace of fine arts. many of these items date back to 18th century england. while gordon mentioned -- manage the family fortune, his wife traveled the world to acquire line art and furniture to decorate california homes. she passed away two years ago and gordon, who is 88 years old, wants others to enjoy the spectacular beauty of these timeless pieces. >> there is no reason, be having
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all that stuff. is seems like they belong museums. the others will this go to those that prize them and know what they are. they understand. >> acquiring remarkable are is not new to the getty's, j paul getty created a museum with his artwork. proceeds from the auction will go to the foundation for the arts which will provide grants to groups in the arts, education, and sciences. reporter: is everything going to be sold? >> about everything sellable will be sold. i do not think i reserved a darn thing for sentimental reasons. reporter: she had not just a collectors i, she had a vision. this photo showed the intricate decorations. >> totally original, probably the most important interior in the 20th century in america.
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>> she used objects she acquired to tell stories and create patterns. one of the centerpieces was 18th-century painting, a similar is part of the world collection windsor castle. >> the way in which things talk to each other. the sheer joy of the objects sitting next to each other, having all chats. -- little chats. >> those marvelously decorated rooms are now left bear, christie's will auction about 1200 pieces that adorn the home. including the colorful painting of a chinese base, one of her favorite works. >> at the top of the staircase, they would go past it two or three times ago on their way upstairs to the bedroom and the way downstairs in the morning. >> they photographed the home in detail for the auction the images will be viewable online. >> i cannot promise a complete reproduction of the house that would be impossible.
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i can offer a good semblance of what it was like to be there and to have really appreciated the genius of the eye of and getty -- anne getty. >> the money will go to several organizations including the university of san francisco, the san francisco symphony, the san francisco opera, the san francisco conservatory of music. >> i cannot remember when i was not composing. reporter: his heart was always in music, despite the richest person in estates in the 1980's is always pursued his lifelong passion for music. he earned a degree from the san francisco conservatory for music, written several operas and composed many works. >> my wife had a gift for the visual arts and me an interest, not a get -- a gift in the air arts. i would still be a composer.
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amount of demand for summer travel right now. people coming out of the pandemic want to make up for these lost experiences over the last couple of years. >> look at all the work they put in. alaska offered priority boarding to anyone wearing star wars gear. >> the bear area has -- bay area has deep roots with a star wars galaxy with -- dustin dorsey explains how today's celebration of star wars day is especially -- extra special after the pandemic change things. >> do not let your eyes deceive you, every year on the fourth of may a force awakens in this town. a tradition lives on in danville. >> the force is strong in danville. >> seven years ago in the galaxy in the east bay an idea was born to bring. the community together. . star wars bridges generations, they host events of the entire
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family can enjoy. >> to have an epic event like this, for the whole community to be involved is one of those things where you look back upon these past seven years and all the fun the kids have had, the committee involvement, the businesses it has been an amazing time. >> jedi training and a star wars themed scavenger hunt. >> we love star wars. this is our first year in danville, one to show the boys around and for them to have a fun star wars day. reporter: a chance to build community and support small businesses. the hunt takes guests into shops throughout downtown looking for hidden characters. store owners earn a victory as well. >> is a boost for spirit and a reminder to the community that we can still forge for fun and carve out a new way to experience local support in the community. reporter: he says is his -- it
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is just as important to businesses as this family after a drive-thru event last year due to covid. he tradition will continue. >> the families and kids throughout the last couple years have not had something like this to look forward to. to be able to give them this opportunity to come out, be together again, celebrate, may the fourth be with you, we are bringing back fund to the community. reporter: i think everyone wants to bring -- enjoy fun again. may the fourth be with you all in danville. >> may the fourth also prompted a special prompts -- celebration. the starlight children foundation and a group called lining up.net arranged for star wars characters to visit the kids. the characters hung out with the kids who are suffering with serious health issues and handed out swag including star wars hospital gowns. >> the kids get excited that
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they're putting on an r2d2 down. -- gown. it becomes a talking point takes about that moment before they go into. treatment. >>. it provides life-affirming treatment for children with illnesses that are chronic and nine be cured. -- cannot be cured. >> right now things are changing, we did have some good weather the fog is coming into the golden gate it will be a bigger player as it advances across the bay tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon it will be much cooler around the bay, 60's and 70's around the coast. upper 50's, more clouds around, friday will kick up the breeze, 50's to 70's. saturday a limit windier as we head into sunday. this is when the temperatures
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bottom out below average. mid-60's to -- it 50's to upper 60's, a possibility of snow showers in the sierra is a go through sunday or early next week. in the bay area we have a slight chance of maybe something, it does not look promising. for cinco de mayo, cooler and breezier. it will be gusty and cool for may standards on mother's day. a slight chance for may showers. not looking very promising. >> now is talk about some sports. >> we have the latest with the warriors. >> the guard had an mri on the elbow. it is bad. there is a little bit of hope, baby, maybe he is not out -- he baby, maybe he is not out -- he is not out for the rest of the what are you recommending for muscle pain? based on clinical data, i recommend salonpas. agreed... my patients like these patches because they work for up to 12 hours,
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>> sports are are sponsored by the united way area. >> the mri and gary paden shows ligament damage and a broken elbow, a hairline frag is there. there is a -- hairline fraction there. the nba has to hand out suspension on brooks, probably a game or two, he should get a lot more on a blatantly dirty play. three minutes into the game, he whacks him the head, no play on the ball of all, totally reckless on a defenses player.
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if you did that in a pickup game on the park there would be april. grain also took -- a brawl. green also took a hit. steph curry also got knocked down on a screen. the warriors bounceback, almost pulled it out, -- >> it was dirty, playoff basketball is supposed to be physical. everybody is going to compete, fight for everything, there is a code in this league. a code that players follow. you never put a guy's season/career in jeopardy. taking somebody out in midair and clumping them across the head. ultimately fracturing his elbow. he broke the code, dylan cook broke the code.
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>> it was a bs call. >> i feel bad, it was his time to shine and a play like that knox amount -- knocks amount. >> game three of the series brass knuckles -- optional. >> the a's and raise, i love you man, corey strikes out stephen with a run on the third and then gets him swinging to end them in the second. six scoreless innings, chad robs brandon, over the shoulder basket catch. no runs until the eighth, he flared one off of lou. the raise end up sweeping the series 3-0. the a's have lost three narrow.
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-- in a row. >> he was doing the routine checks, the umpire never even looked at his hand. he was staring at him, the pitcher unleashed some profanity. he gets tossed, he is so enraged, teammates had to hold him back. actually ended up winning despite that first inning injection. this may -- ejection. this may restore your faith in humanity, giving the all to a young yankees fan who broke down in tears. he was so touched by seeing all this taking invited them down to the dugout for introductions. nice things happen, sometimes. when people are not being bludgeoned in the head. sports on abc 7 sponsored by the united way bay area. hopefully will know more about
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gary's situation, three weeks may be on the optimistic end. if it was five to six weeks you are talking about the finals and the likelihood of him coming back is minuscule. there is a chance. >> thanks, larry. >> coming up tonight, starting at 8 p.m. is the goldbergs, under years, the connors, home economics. abc7news at 11:00, thank you for joining us. for the entire abc7news team good night.
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♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants-- a fair and responsible banking manager from madison, mississippi... a high school english teacher from exeter, new hampshire... and our returning champion-- a tutor from toronto, ontario, canada... ...whose 21-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now hosting "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [ applause ]
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thank you, johnny. welcome to "jeopardy!", everyone. in a runaway game, mattea roach crossed the half million dollar mark yesterday and surpassed one of her idols, julia collins, to take over fifth place for most consecutive "jeopardy!" games won all time. she is having a remarkable run. but in honor of star wars day, i would like to say to kelly and jaime may the 4th be with you. [audience laughs] it's time to play "jeopardy!" here are the categories we have in the first round. we begin... then... and finally... a sample response here would be something like omnivore and omnibus. same prefix. mattea. keepin' up with nasa, $200. - mattea. - what is oxygen? - no. - oh.
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- jaime. - what is water? - no. kelly. - what is nitrogen?

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