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. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. fighting flames in the south bay on a day of dry and windy weather and fire conditions will be worse tomorrow. good evening, i'm john sasaki in for ken wayne. >> hello again everyone i'm heather holmes. >> our weather is creating ideal conditions for the spread of fire and a red-flag warning is in effect for the north bay and east bay hills and in the south bay today, crews had their hands full for a time, battling a brush fire that burned perilously close to home. ktvu's debora villalon in san
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josi with how today's windows made that fire tricky. >> reporter: heather, it was here along highway 7, this is called light flashy fuel and it does burn in a flash. flames whipped up really fast. this video comes from a resident across the freeway, who started shooting even as engines arrived. startled by how big the flames grew. >> they were at least 20' at one point. and they actually got really close to the firemen themselves. >> crews had a hard time getting in front of it to stop the fire. >> reporter: a hard time because of 20 miles per hour wind gusts. the fire jumped a walking trailheading towards home homes at the top. even with more engines, 50 firefighters and water drops from a helicopter, final acres were blackened between the exit and capital expressway. >> at one time we had several homes in danger and we got fire crews in front of those homes and we were able to put the fire out. >> it has happened before, so
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we're not surprised. >> reporter: residents say the same hillside burned last summer. that time lit by a cigarette tossed from a car. this time, cause unknown. fire is enough of a hazard that the homeowners' association put in sprinklers to keep the hill from drying out, but they were capped today and of no help to firefighters either. the george family got stuck in traffic, backed up on 87 and saw the fire engines and realized it was happening again, right next to their home. >> the first time it was pretty scary, because it was a little more widespread than this. but now i think -- and we're hoping because of the road here it won't really come to the houses. >> reporter: no evacuations, but the nearest residents were warned to shelter in place with engines positioned for protection. the south bay has seen a busy start to fire season with this grass fire and another at the
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landfill in milpitas also today. we're live in san josi, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now on that red-flag warning with video shows very dry and brown grass on mount diablo. the national weather service expects that guidant high temperatures and low humidity is leading to a red-flag warning until 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> the fire was first reported around 7:30 offer boeing drive in hamilton field community. firefighters say the fire never threatened homes. firefighter in other western states have been battling their own fires. the high park fire was spotted in northern colorado. the fire has quickly burned burning an estimated 3,000 acres. fire crews had to trek through ruff terrain to reach flames and people living in dozens of homes have been told to
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evacuate. in new mexico's lincoln national forest, a wildfire as forced the evacuation of hundreds. so far at least 20 structures have been left, but it's unclear if they are homes or cabins or outbuildings. firefighters say a lightning strike on monday sparked that fire. in oakland power is now restored in an area where a car crash sparked a brush fire. it is a story we brought to you live throughout the day yesterday. utility crews had to replace two power lines knocked down when an elderly woman struck a power pole with her car yesterday afternoon. sections of interstate 580 were shut down from 11:00 p.m. to just after midnight. those downs power lines set offer a three-alarm, two-acre brush fire. news copter 2 was lie overhead as the flames moved uphill towards homes. police actually evacuated dozens of houses in a nearby development. about 100 firefighters were called to battle that blaze. no homes were damaged.
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in firefighters spent the night on the scene, watching for hotspots that could trigger a flare-up. coming up a little bit later at 10:40, cuisinart meteorologist mark tamayo has more on the red-flag warning and how hot it may reach tomorrow. >> a small graduate party in antioch left a man dead. police say gunfire erupted this morning as a small group was leaving. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live in antioch with the selfless act his friends say was doing just before he was shot. >> reporter: at the scene of antioch's most recent shooting there are now balloons, pictures and messages for the man friends call tino. the 21-year-old was shot. >> we were trying to get a response from him and trying to get him to breathe. >> reporter: these women, who did not want to be identified say a small
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celebration for recent high school graduates was breaking up outside of their house when two men tried to rob those leaving. that is when they say their friend valentino stepped in. >> he said just put your gun away and we saw the gun and we turned around and ran back to the house and we heart gunpoints. >> reporter: friends say valentino died at the scene. >> i felt his heart slowing down. >> reporter: a second person was shot, but not seriously injured:while police are not ready to discuss other details of the case, these friends of the victims believe someone will come forward with information to track down the people responsible for taking a young man's life. >>you just killed an innocent person, someone everyone loves, i believe in karma, period. >> reporter: eric tells us tonight neighbors say the area has become a hotspot for shootings and gangs. however, the victim's friend insist he was not inpy probable
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of his own. tonight three union city teenagers are behind bars involved in a fate shooting out of a karaoke bar. a man was gunned down early yesterday. today police revealed they arrested three men, two 18 years old and a 19-year-old, driving away from the scene. officers say the killing appears to be gang-related. it is san josi's 18th homicide of the year. a tense standoff led to the evacuation of a san rafael motel. police say they received a call from a woman who said her 21- year-old daughter claimed her 23-year-old boyfriend had a gun and would not let her leave their motel room. three dozen officers responded to the villa inn on lincoln avenue. they use a flash-bang device to get inside the room. no one was hurt and so far no arrests a pilot of a small plane landed feet from the golf
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course. the contra costa sheriff's office said the pilot appeared to overshoot the run waand glide in on a past of the grass adjacent to the runway. no one was injured. witnesses say that the plane came to rest at the putting green, which was packed with golfers ready to tee off. the national transportation safety board will investigate theincident. witnesses say a plane rolled and turned right before descending into a sharp novdive. another report with the cause of crash is due out. a 29-year-old soldier from the south bay is spending his first night had a very long time at home in his own bed. ktvu's cara liu was at mineta san josi airport as dozens gathered to welcome the army sergeant home. >> welcome home! >> reporter: with one son in his arms and
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other by his side, army sergeant sanchez received a hero's welcome. >> the feeling is really undescribable. my sons are my world and seeing them is just the best feeling in the world. >>. >> reporter: sanchez just completed a tour in afghanistan and also served in iraq. now is he back in the states for good. >> being away is pretty difficult, it's tough. you know? but for afghanistan, i was actuallily squad leader, so it's not about me, but about my soldiers and the mission and taking care of them. it's a feeling like no other. i'm glad to be home and finally be with my family. >> reporter: the patriot guard riders escorted him home to celebrate. >> thank you for your service. >> reporter: and then the present adtoken of appreciation. >> no more cleaning sand out of your teeth everyday. >> iraq was terrible and afghanistan was worse, but it doesn't matter because i'm
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home. >> must son is my hero. he has been that way, and now that he is home safe's awesome. >> it's really undescribable besides the relief i'm saying. what they say about the families, they go with it with the soldiers. he served his country and proudly and i'm proud of him. >> reporter: tonight surrounded by family and friends, a soldier gets to enjoy the comforts of home. in san josi, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. meanwhile hundreds gathered in oakland to discuss the future of an old army base. coming up in just 19 minutes, they are concerned, but not necessarily about the development plans, but who will build the project? the panda is back and after today's game, pablo sandoval was asked about the sexual assault allegations against him. running free, at lete
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must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] get a wireless receiver in time for the olympic games. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. rethink possible.
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. san francisco giant's slugger pablo sandoval was back in the line up. after the game the 25-year-old was asked by allegations we first reported to you one week ago that sandoval sexually assaulted a woman. he says his focus now is on
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baseball. another search today in the south bay for missing 15-year- old sierra lamar. volunteers gathered this morning in morgan hill. the teen vanished on her way to school on march 16th. 21-year-old antolin garcia- torres has been arrested and charged with her murder. despite the charges the family is holding out hope she will be found alive. police in san francisco are investigator' shooting that left a man critically wounded. authorities say the gunfire erupted last night. the victim was taken to san francisco general hospital in critical condition. police have not released his name and have not made any arrests. in oakland, police say a young man riding a motorcycle was shot and killed this afternoon. it happened at about 4:30 near 63rd and albion street. police say the victim is an 18-
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year-old man. investigators say alcohol does not appear timber a football in to be a factor in a fatal crash. highway patrol says the driver was heading south when veered off the highway and crashed into a tree. it took firefighters about 20 minutes to reach him using the jaws of life. the man's name has not been released. authorities in fresno county say a former indian army officer wanted in a 1996 killing in his native country opened fire on his family before killing himself. the fresno sheriff's office says 47-year-old avatar singh called them this morning to say he had killed four people. when they arrived at the his home, they found singh, his wife and two children, aged 3 and 15 all dead. singh's 17-year-old son is still clinging to life tonight. officials say singh fled to the
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u.s. after being accused of killing a human rights lawyer in the disputed kashmir region. at rancho laguna park in mortgageo, the signs were removed yesterday. temporary signs were put in police saying that the ordinance was suspended after citizens turned in a petition against it. dogs are required to be onleash between 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. >> i haven't observed anyy problems with dogs interfering with the park. so i think it's unfair. president obama today repeated his calls for congress to take action on his jobs bill. >> well, there are plenty of steps we can take right now to strengthen our economy, putting teachers back in our kids'
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classrooms is one of those steps. there is no excuse for inaction. the president said the $30 billion bill would help rehire laid-off teachers. mr. obama said districts nationwide have lost more than 250,000 teachers over the past three years. presumptive republican nominee mitt romney spent time with a senate veteran. mitt romney traveled to utah to campaign for orrin hatch. utah is the last state to hold the presidential primary. that happens june 26th. some conservative power brokers have made their choice clear for mitt romney's running massachusetts. marco rubio took 36% and new jersey governor chris christie with 14%.
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attorneys for first- responders who became ill after the september 11th attacks are applauding a decision to expand their health care coverage. decision manes cancers covered. the expanded coverage of 14 broad categories of cancer covering 50 specific types comes after years of lobbies and lawsuits by first- responders. while they are indeed happy about the change, there is certain that past expenses will not be covered. >> i spoke with a client this morning that has had in the past $800,000 in medical care. it's essentially drained his savings, and put him in a terrible , terrible position and at this point in time we don't see a mechanism for that to be recovered. >> congress has capped funding for the compensation and treatment for all claims at $4.3 billion. attorney general eric holder has appointed two u.s. attorneys to investigate recent
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leaks of classified government information. holder assigned ronald machen, the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia and ross rosenstein the u.s. attorney for the district of maryland. this moves comes after several recent news articles contained classified and sensitive government information. a celebration in san francisco this afternoon marks the tenth anniversary of the city's lgbt center. there were plenty of socializing and treats at event. the center is committed to connecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. >> it's really about people coming together and really recognizing that together we're stronger and really how to make sure that every member of our community has the resources to be strong and healthy and that we have a vibrant and thriving community. >> the center also sponsors cultural and art programs and events. seeking financial stability just how much money spain could
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get to rescue its banking system? the u.s.s. iowa arrives at its final destination and when and where you can see
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. firefighters in los angeles county say they are making good progress in putting out a grass fire along interstate 5. that fire broke out yesterday following a motorcycle accident and forced the closure of a portion of the northbound interstate for several hours. now currently only one northbound lane is closed. firefighters say that fire is now 95% contained. so far though about 500 acres have burned. us treasury secretary tim geithner expressed optimism
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after spain accepted a bailout package worth $125 billion. but as nina dos santos reports. >> reporter: what the other countries have said they are willing to put aside $125 billion to solve the problem. the spanish economy minister was key to stress not a bailout for the country, but it's a bailout for the banks. the spanish banks could need up to almost $50 billion in recapitalization, and the street on madrid have differing points of view. >> i think if the government thinks that it's needed, i they it's good. >> we have been mismanaging things for three decades without controls. we spent more than we have and because of this we have a bad
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situation. >> reporter: what will really matter will be the word on wall street and the world's stock markets because when they open for trade on monday, they will look for unanswered questions here, namely how much will the bailout eventually be? when will spain ask for it and what will the terms awarded to it? nina dos santos in madrid. >> explain will become the four euro zone country to require a bailout. in other news of the world tonight in damascus, rebels battled syrian troops in the heaviest fighting. un observers say rebels fired a rocket propelled grenade, setting fire to several buses and said president bashar assad troops
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used shells in heavy neighborhood areas. meanwhile activists say had 2 civilians were killed in violence around the country, among them, nine women and children. in afghanistan, president hamid karzai said today that the u.s. has put a security pact between the two countries if jeopardy arch an american airstrike earlier this week killed 18 civilians including nine young children. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says the strike happened wednesday. when a group of taliban fighters took sheltner a house where people were celebrating a wedding. >> we didn't see them, the civilians. as the force approached the building they were taken under fire. we called for the people who were shooting to come out and then the situation became more grave. >> yesterday general john allen traveled to the area where the attack happened to apologize to local leaders for those deaths. the battleship u.s.s. iowa arrived at its now port.
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hundreds were on board the ship when it was toed into the port today. it will open july 7th as an interactive museum and living memorial. with the 58th anniversary of d' day behind us one southern california woman is talking about her firsthand experience on that historic day. bea cohen is 102-years-old and believed to be the oldest living veteran in california. she joined the army and was stationed in england. on june 6, 1944 private cohen was startled to see and hear thousands of planes in the sky. >> it was top-secret. nobody knew, even on boards ship nobody knew where or when or what and there were the planes, the skies were filled with planes and the normandy invasion we knew. that was the beginning of the end of world war ii. >> cohen still lives on her own and gives hand sewn
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blankets to fellow veterans. a wallaby was getting exercise when appears that somebody deliberately removed a section of fence and irwin hopped away. neighbors spotted him and helped to corral the 3-year-old until his owner could come and get him. what will become of the old oakland army base? ♪
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oakland today at an old army base. ktvu's lorraine blanco was there and tells us what the group was lobbying for. >> reporter: special packed friendship christian center. instead of relishing the sunny saturday, almost 200 lobbied for sustainable local jobs at the old oakland army base. >>i can guarantee that when the jobs come out, there will be a decline of violence. >> reporter: they are demanding that the city and developers -- close to $400 million many state, city and federal money will go to redeveloping the terminal at the port of oakland. community members and the city negotiated with developers for 50% local hire rate, but the. >> the sticking point is what it triggers for a company to hire locally. do they have to have 50 employees or have 20 employees before they have to hire locally?
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>> first of all - . >> halses wesson and others want a permanent community representative involved in the project even after it opens years from now. >> i want someone to be at that table, so when they are getting ready to make decisions they are not just making it just based on the bottom line. a city committee will vote on a plan that has to be approved by the county council before the end of the month to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in state pound ifing. community organizers passed out these fliers, urging people to show up for the committee vote on tuesday. they want to make sure that the city and developers know they are still very serious players in the future redevelopment of this land. oakland, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. flee berkeley massage parlors are under ainvestigation for alleged acts of prostitution. the san francisco chronicle blog says critical massage has 20 days to shut down. two other passage parlours,
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acupressure health center and berkeley alouette have already closed. the city council plans to revoke those permits by the end of next month. today two ceremonies were held. 51 seniors were banned from the school's official graduation ceremony this morning because of a senior prank that we told you about. the contra costa times say some parents hosted an alternative graduation at a private home. the students were punished for validalizing heritage high school last week and tieing a lamb to a post. people phenomenally got their hands on the latest designer sneakers from nike, but many say they will never wear them. about 40 people were outside of this sheikh store on martin street in san francisco when the doors opened at the 9:00, they were all waiting for the nike yeezy shoes by kanye west.
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>> well, i'm selling them. i have two kids. any buyers, $5,000 and up. >> at last check sellers were asking up to $10,000 for the air yeezy shoes. nike released between 3,000 and 5,000 pairs nationwide. a southern california megachurch was reindiana today by its new owners the chamber of commerce. the huge glass paned church is now called christ cathedral. the formerly named crystal cathedral was founded by robert schuller. the catholic diocese bought the cathedral. cyclists finished the aids liver cycle ride in los angeles. ride started in san francisco last week and this is the 19th year of the 545-mile fundraising ride. this year bikers are expected
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to raise more than $11 million for hiv/aids-related services at the l.a. gay and lesbian center as well as san francisco aids foundation. doctors are calling an approval of a new drug an important advance in treating breaking and entering cancer. the food and drug administration has approved pertinenta. perjeta with herceptin. the boy scouts of america -- as george howl reports word of the proposed change is welcome news to a den leader who was recently asked to leave the scouts because had he is a lesbian. >> the boy scout's ban became a national conversation after people came together to support this ousted den leader. >> my biggest concern is that
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the children will think i abandoned them, because they don't understand. >> reporter: jennifer tyrrell was dismissed because she is openly gay. she says shstarted when she filled in as treasurer and started to notice financial inconsistencies within the local chapter. tyrell says she started to ask questions, but shortly thereafter she was told by the leadership she had to resign due to the policy on gay and lesbians. >> the mission of the boy scouts of america is to develop character and leadership skills, and the youth of today to become the leaders of tomorrow. and anything that distracts from that mission distracts from what our program is. >> it was the kids to say it's okay because it's not. >> reporter: since losing her leadership role in mid-april it sparked creation of a new group, scouts for equality. comb founders zach wahls had has same-sex parents traveled to the boy scouts national
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convention in orlando to meet with members and deliver the petitions, but recently the group indicated it would consider a resolution. filed by one of its members in april, asking that local units be allowed to determine their own standards. >> they are making a huge stride. let's not take them away from them, along with president obama her evolving and hopefully they will get there. >> finding homes for man's best friend. f how you can get your hands on one of these cute little guys this wee
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. well, as advertised the bay area has warmed up today and
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that trend continues into sunday. biggest concern with those gusty winds developing right now and also the low humidity, fire danger. as a result a i want to remind you the red-flag barning posted until 11:00 tomorrow morning. take a look at the maps right now. we can show you some of the current numbers. look at those. we're in the 60s and 70s. fairfield right now 75 degrees. that is evidence of that northerly breeze developing, mountain view currently checking in 66 degrees. satellite and radar, all the cloud cover heading it to our north and we have mostly clear skies up and down the california coastline with increasing northerly breeze. that wind will continue to be on the increase tonight into tomorrow morning and we'll have winds gusting to right around 40-45 miles per hour for the higher terrain overnight into
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early sunday morning. tomorrow is sunday. yes, it is. you can see temperatures tomorrow ranging from the upper 60s. those are the 90s showing up across the bay area. look at san francisco, we're going to go 10 degrees warmer for tomorrow 79 degrees, morgan hill, 91 degrees. here is a look ahead as we look at on or before five-day forecast coming up and we do have that for you. look at what happens monday the warming continues. that means temperatures inland approaching the 90s. if you are getting tired of the heat, there is some relief in sight. tuesday we cool off coastside and holds off wednesday into thursday. heather and john, we warmed up today and you will notice that change once again for tomorrow. and fire danger still a concern. >> thank you, mark. some rescue animals in
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oakland found new owners today the oakland animal shelter was one of several holding a maddi match-a-thon. >> people get a chance to get a chance to visit shelters from all over the counties and get a free animal for adoption, no fees involved and the shelter that they adopt from gets $500 to $2,000 for every animal they get. for adoption locations log onto our website ktvu.com and click on web link. times for us to do a little bit of boosting of the we're absolutely thrilled to share that the station was honored tote with an ely for our reporting on the occupy protest in oakland. . and ktvu was honored again for general assignment reporting and. congratulations
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to all of them. for their great work. >> absolutely, coming up, the a's take on the diamondbacks in must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end.
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back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob.
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who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] get a wireless receiver in time for the olympic games. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. rethink possible. . good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sportswrap. there is a certain way the giants have to play in order to win game and right now, most times they are doing that. ryan vogelsong was the pitcher
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who today shutdown the texas rangers. happy to welcome pablo sandoval among the ranks hard to quantify how important plays are like that for the outcome of the play game. the bottom of the 3rd, nice bit the baserunning by gregor blanco and ian kinsler had to throw wildly and couldn't tag him. terrero dumps a hit into right, 2-0 giants. one inning later, 3-0. nate schierholtz sends it to the deep west part. schierholtz going to 3 with a triple and picked up a pair of hitsment then in the 7th the giants with two more. sandoval picks up his first hit since coming back from the
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disabled list. 5-0 lead. they go on to win 5-2 as four relievers followed vogelsong after he pitched 7 and two- thirds. sandoval who has been the subject of a great deal of talk about his weight, he says the message he reportedly got from his manager was heard loud and clear. >> yeah, he told me things, to make the decision and what i need to do, i need to work hard to get in shape. >> we played a great game today overall. like i said, the defense was great. we got some big hits. and i really like where we're at right now. >> the dodgers trying to bounce back from that 6-man cam bow no hitter in seattle. they jumped on the mariners jason strategyos in the first. hairston deep with two runners on. kershaw on the mound, that is
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money in the bank. the reigning cy young winner and l.a. stays four games front of the second place giants. the a's see lots of arizona in the spring, but haven't like what they saw in two two games at chase field. you come to the game and you oftentimes see more than baseball. the diamondbacks will forever hold a place their hearts. two pitchers traded for each other, suzuki against his old teammate trevor cahill. parker had given up a run in the 1st, so the game was all over. still a 2-1 game. that ball way out to straight away center make it's a 5-run inning. bob melvin wasn't tried with mcclellan's strike zone.
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arizona has scored 33 runs in a four-game-winning streak. well they will have to win one more series to finally silence their retractors, but lebron james and company came up big when they had to in game 7 of the nba's eastern conference series. dwyane wade and lebron putting on a distinctive game face. the celtics had the upper hand in the first half. brandon bass with the steal and strong move to the hoop. celtics up by 9, but the heat narrowed the gap before the half. james takes it away and miami down 7 at halftime. second half, boston down 2 in the 4th until ray allen hits the 3. the celtics in front, 82- 81, but miami's big three scored all of their 28 points in the 3rd quarter. james powers down the lane for two of his 31 and now to chris bosh, who came off the bench and went for 19.
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and now it will be wade getting the shot, plus the foul and a friendly roll. wade had 23 and heat outscore the celtics, 28-15 in the 4th quarter. 101-88 final and the heat move into the nba finals against oklahoma city. the series gets underway tuesday night. the kings with their first crack at wrapping up the stanley cup series in franchise history. jonathan quick found himself behind in new jersey midway through the 1st quarter. bad decision by quick to come out the net. zach parise beats quick to the corner of the net. parise hadn't scored in five game, but it was 1-0. devils. salvador tees off and a puck
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gets a piece of the player. new jersey staves off elimination for the second straight game. game 6 back in l.a. on monday. only the 1942 toronto maple leafs have come back from that deficit. yesterday i'll have a another was scratched from the belmont and would not get' chance to complete the triple crown. the kentucky derby and preakness stakes winner did parade in the paddock and was then retired. eleven horses broke cleanly from the gate with paynter jumping into the lead. then came a charge by union rags, ridden by john valezquez. >> paynter, union rags, fighting from the rails. paynter, union rags has got him. union rags in the belmont stakes! >> for the third straight race
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a bob baffert-trained horse is run down at the finish. union rags paid $7.50 for a $2 bet. still to come on this saturday night edition of sportswrap, manny pacquiao back in the ring and [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan
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. when it comes to women's tennis she has put her name among the all-time greats, maria sharpo joined the likes of chris evert, martina
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navratilova and billy jean king. sharpov sharapova, taking on sara errani. she won the fierce set 6-3. sharapova at match point, and will have all day to wait for errani's shot to come down, when errani hit into the net, she takes the second set, 6-2. plenty of emotion for the women who fell as low as 126th in the rankings recovering from shoulder surgery. sharapova is now no. 1 in the world and just the tenth women in history to win all four general motors. >> a boxing stunner, boxing champion manny pacquiaoo lost a split decision to timothy bradley. the decision was loudly baghdad in las vegas by the fans in attention. it's the first loss for pacquiao in seven years.
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the big story in golf is the u.s. open at olympic club and a logjam of players are tied at the st. jude's in memphis. holmes fem two strokes back. one of three players tied for the lead is john merrick, merrick saves par and shot a 69. he is tied atop the with nick o'hern and davis love. 30 players are within five strokes of the lead. a major on the women's tour the lpga championship in new york. the leader is gee, four under par and one shot in front of webb.
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after getting blown out by florida state, the stanford baseball team had a bayday to long about it. game 2 of the super regional in tallahassee was rained out. oh, the color and pageantry that is soccer's european championship, germany against portugal in group b playing in ukraine. one goal was the difference in this game germany held on for the 1-0 win. also in group, but the trademark orange of the netherlands. the dutch are upset 1-0. the ball right through the legs ever goalkeeper, and that will do it for this saturday night edition of sportswrap. we'll see you again tomorrow at 5:00. >> thank you, joe. want to give you another quick emmy update.
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