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and you were looking right now at a live picture of the breaking news that we're following. san francisco police on the scene of a shooting where at least six people are injured good evening, i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. it appears six people were shot, the shooting happened about an hour ago. possibly more people. this all happened in the city's tenderloin district. san francisco police say it appears to have been a drive by shooting. christien kafton is live on the scene with the very latest.
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what can you tell us christien. >> reporter: this gentleman just tried to enter the crime scene a moment ago and was stopped by the police. so clearly police taking the situation very, very seriously. let's give you a look at the intersection here of turk and taylor. this entire intersection shut downright now. a lot of the focus seems to be in front of the king market there. here again at the intersection of turk and taylor. what we are hearing at this point from san francisco police is we have six victims. we're hearing three victims have been transported to san francisco general hospital. they are expected to survive. we're hearing some indications this may have been a drive by style shooting. at this point there's no official description of the shooter or the vehicle that may have been involved in this shooting investigation. right now the intersection of turk and taylor as you can see
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completely shutdown for this investigation and shut down for one block in each direction. at this point officers confirming this was in fact, the shooting as many as six victims. we're hearing three transported to san francisco general hospital. at this point, no description of the shooter, we're hearing at this point there's no one in custody. so this obviously a very dynamic situation and still developing out here. if you take a look there in front of the king market. you can see a lot of the evidence markers. again that seems to be the focus of the investigation at this point. we will continue to stay on scene and bring you updates as we bring more information from there. we are live here in san francisco. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. christien, i know you just arrived on scene, is there any way of knowing if the victims were targeted, or they just happen to be random people on the sidewalk who got caught in some kind of cross fire? >> reporter: at that point it's unclear. police have said that there were six victims. we're hearing three of them transported to the hospital.
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we're hearing that no life threatening injuries. we haven't heard of any fatalities at this point but that's clearly one of the avenues that people are pursuing to make sure this wasn't a targeted shooting and who was the target of the shooting. >> we will continue to have updates throughout this newscast as we get more information, thank you, christien kafton. several firefighters raced to put out a fast moving fire in the commercial area of downtown vallejo. that four alarm fire broke out on california street and sonoma boulevard. debora villalon has learned this is the sixth like fire there. >> reporter: this fire really stretched the department thin. every rig, every firefighter who was on duty was called here for what turned out to be a vacant building. it was reported as a grass fire
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but even before they got here, crews saw the billowing black smoke and knew it was much more. in this abandoned auto shop, tires were burns and embers drifting to near by properties. a business owner was worried. >> people throw trash here, it's an empty lot. people throw garbage, everything. >> i live right here and i was in my living room watching tv and i saw the flames. >> reporter: the caretaker who called the fire in, knew right off what started it. homeless people who showed up recently with tarps and propane tanks and betted down on the fence line close to the building. >> there's seven of them. they had a tent. a week ago they started a little bar-be-que pit and i caught them. and i put it out. they ignored me. >> reporter: that fire started in that encampment, possibly
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the bar-be-que pit. a week ago a near by warehouse caught fire, possibly by homeless. this one across from mayer island merged with a second fire sending a few dozen inhabitants but back they came. >> they were trying to break down. they keep riding up on their bikes and coming over here with their shopping carts and trying to break back in. >> a lot of men, a lot of family members there. >> reporter: today one woman brought a memorial from when her family owned the place. >> me and my brothers and
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sisters all cooked there. >> reporter: many of them are full of toxic, so they're not easily torn down or developed. reporting live in vallejo, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. san lorenzo police are investigating a drive by shooting that injured two people today. it happened at 6:00 this evening at via carmen and via santa vista. it was not a random shooting. they have not released details about what kind of vehicle they were looking for. they do say the victim suffered injuries that are not life threatening. developing news in washington state. where the search continues for those swept away in that mile wide landslide. tonight the death toll there has climbed to eight with at least 18 others still missing. rescue efforts are continuing but the situation there is extremely dangerous with the mud the consistency of quick sand still moving.
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firefighters who surveyed that area today said there are no signs of life. as many as 30 homes were reduced to fragments in seconds yesterday. and the rural town of oso that's 60 miles north of seattle in sonomish county. >> i was in awe, it reminded me of the photographs that you would see and the video that we saw when mount st. helens erupted. >> reporter: ground saturation caused the slide leaving feet of mud, trees trees stumps and debris covered. officials said they heard screaming coming from one house but conditions were too bad for
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rescuers. >> they were not able to get through the mud. it was thick and deep. they could not hear any signs of life when they got closer to the structure that they thought it was. the decision due to safety was to get back out. >> reporter: authorities are warning everyone in the area that evacuation orders could be reissued any time. shelters are being offered for those who cannot return to their home. scott thompson. ktvu channel 2 news. and our coverage continues online at ktvu.com, just click on the images tab right there on our home page for more unbelievable pictures of that landslide. warm weather here had people in san francisco enjoying a sunny day. this is what we saw at the park. the morning fog burned off and left blue skies and mild temperatures. parts of the cities got into the 60s with warmer weather farther inland. >> certainly was a very nice
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day. plenty of sunshine but that is about to change. >> ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo is here with winter like weather. >> the weather pattern will be changing. we're wrapping up this weekend with beautiful conditions out there. this was the sun set at 7:25 the time lapse of mostly clear sky. patchy fog has been redeveloping coast side over the past hour or two. once again late tonight into early tomorrow morning. you can see the change i'm talking about offshore. with that big circulation this will be the source of rainfall. some sierra snowfall and possibly some thunderstorms here in the bay area. not for tomorrow, but that will be changing by sometime later tuesday into wednesday. here's our forecast model showing you this. monday 10:00 tomorrow night, this time still mostly clear skies with high clouds approaching northwest tip of the state. we rapidly work our way to the area. with round one of the rainfall
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begins in the sierra snowfall, we have an update coming up. and our new ktvu weather app is available right now for apple and android smart phones. stanford fans are still stunned at that big upset that the cardinals pulled off during today's march madness play offs. >> as soon as i take off. >> reporter: that's right stanford headed to the sweet 16. they haven't been in the ncaa tournament since 1998. they had to continue the tradition. stanford was the tenth seed over kansas. >> it's just mind blowing that
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we beat kansas. >> touched in to win was the headline i liked from kansas. >> people say that. kansas did not have their big center. but this is a team that has been flying under the radar. the roster is loaded by seniors. six of those were freshman. junior anthony brown forces a turn over. he's off to the races. brown will miss here. but senior dwight powell is there for the put back. stanford five starters score 10 or more points. second season kansas. freshman conner francam way off. six to 75 with 57 is your final. experience wins today. >> i couldn't be prouder of my guys. they played for 45 minutes.
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it's probably as good as i've seen it all season long. i'm really proud of how our guys made runs. was able to maintain throughout the game. >> deep in this tournament or you're fired, i think he's going to get a new contract. >> thanks, fred. fun to see that. and for more on the stanford men's march madness run you can go to ktvu.com and click on the sports tab. new clues to tell you about in the search for missing malaysian air light flight 270. the information that surfaced today that has more planes helping in the operation. concerns that even the most sweet produce may leave a sour taste. what farmers are saying about the drought that could affect shoppers. and they are off. people of all ages take to the
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francisco pd that seven people have been shot. earlier it was six, now we hear seven people shot. police say early indications are that this was a drive by shooting but no suspect description has been released on the people or the vehicle involved. police remain on the scene and there are many technicians there in the area. we will have more updates throughout the rest of this newscast. new developments to tell you about tonight in the search for malaysian flight 270. today transsaid -- france said that some of its satellite shows potential debris. it's roughly the same distance where those satellite images of potential objects were reported from china and australia last
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week. the french data showed up 700 miles north of that area. >> we went out in the area, we assessed the conditions, unfortunately they have deteriorated since our last outing. >> 10 planes are now set to scour that massive search area that is now about 28,000 square miles. that area is called the roaring 40s. known for its ferocious winds and fast currents and waves that can grow to 30 feet. a horrific crash in san leandro resulted in one death. the head on crash last night on east 14th street near davis killed a 32-year-old man and injured his passenger. their identities have not yet been released. police say 19-year-old jesus
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godines from vallejo was speeding and driving drunk. he's in the hospital. police say they will take him to jail when he is released from the hospital. police in santa rosa are looking at whoever shot a man who was sleeping in his car outside of the police station. police say the 21-year-old victim was wounded in the leg and is expected to recover. police say the victim told them two people in another car fired at him then took off. investigators say they found that vehicle several blocks away but it was empty. there's no word tonight on a motive. a 16-year-old marysville boy is being remembered as a hero for sacrificing his life to save the life of his girlfriend. dozens of people gathered to remember mateas moore. moore was walking on the track with mikaela france when the train kaepl up behind them. the engineer blew the horn but
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the teens did not move out of the way. she told her mother that moore pushed her out of the way. >> i am so fortunate that she is here. but my heart is so heavy, because he is not with me. everything that i want my daughter to have as a boyfriend. to take care of her. to protect her. and wood side on phillip road near portolo road. it's best to avoid jogging when mountain lions are most active. that is around dawn, dusk and at night. some ran, some hobbled and most smiled. this was the fifth year of
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oakland's increasingly popular running festival. katie yuccas was there for the run and at the start line. >> reporter: 1,800 people ran in the streets of oak land. sean cockrin says it's the locals who brought him back for the sixth year. >> it's the crowd that come out here. the people of oakland. they carry you through the 26 miles. it's an amazing feeling, unlike any other marathon i've run. >> reporter: the women's 5k and marathon was won by jennifer. >> i've ran this race many times and it's fun to finally win. >> they'll regroup and refresh with some 300 slot volunteers
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who help make this festival happen every year. olympic gold medalist pine wished the event was around when he laced up. >> i'm sure they would have enhanced me more to be a better person and maybe win three gold medals instead of two. >> reporter: but he says that this event is heading in the right direction. >> sure, this is oakland. no problem. >> reporter: perhaps you saw him out there, ken wayne taking part of the marathon. how was it? >> that's why my feet are in the bucket right there. resting. >> he did pretty good. and an early morning theft of items takes and why they will cost so much to replace. it buildings itself as a come as you are church. the lure of never having to
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crews are making progress on an oil spill along the texas coast. they have removed the remaining oil from that barge that was leaking oil in galveston bay. it was damaged in a collision with a ship yesterday. crews are trying to keep the oil from spreading with booms as they work to clean it up. the shipping channel has been closed for the clean up. two people were overcome by fumes during the initial incident. there have also been scattered reports of wildlife injuries. tomorrow is the 26th anniversary of the valdise oil
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spill. one of the worse oil spill disasters in history. fined $5 million in punitive damages the company now calls exxonmobil spent about a billion in fines and 2 billion in clean up costs. prolific character actor jeff redhorn has died. red horn most recently appeared on homeland where he played the father of carrie's character. he also starred on meet the parents, and homeland. he was 65 years old. michelle obama made a visit to the great wall of china. they walked ahead of security
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along path ways that date back to the ming dynasty. mrs.oe what is encouraging -- mrs. obama is encouraging deeper ties between united states and china. services at a church and no one leaving their car. the church is situated on what used to be a drive in movie theater in daytona beach. and now dogs and children, and those who do not feel comfortable in regular setting
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learned about this shooting, christien. >> reporter: just in the last two minutes or so we spoke to the police captain. and he's given us more of an update. there's an investigation going on at turk and taylor. the focus of the investigation appears to be on king market. that seems to be a congregation a large crowd of people there in front of that liquor store either coming in or out or congregating in or out. they now update that number of victims to be seven. in other words seven victims now transported to area hospitals. we're hearing that there have been no fatalities. no one killed in this shooting. even though this may have been a drive by shooting. nobody issuing a description of the shooting or any vehicle that may have been involved. the intersection of turk and taylor shut down now for an hour and a half or so while police conduct this investigation. it's also closed down for at
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least a block in each direction. now, since i spoke to you about a half hour ago, i had a chance to speak to an apartment manager near by and i'm told that their surveillance cameras are aimed toward the area where this shooting happened. san francisco police now inside that apartment complex trying to review that video and see if there is actual video evidence of this shooting. hoping that can lead them to a suspect. at this point no suspect in custody. what we know at this point now, the updated number from san francisco police, seven people shot and transported to area hospitals following the shooting that happened seven minutes before 9:00. we're expecting another update from san francisco police in about six or seven minutes or so. for now we're live here in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. now to our drought coverage. farmers say as water becomes more scarce, pay goes up. if they don't pass that cost up
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to the customers they will go out of business. cuevas says the drought is starting to have a real effect. one of the major canals that feeds his farm is already bone dry and that means options for water are limited. >> if he's going to charge more for the water, all we can get our own well but it'll be more expensive to build a well. >> no one knows exactly how much cost can go up. vendors say shoppers can expect higher prices on water intensive crops including tomatoes, melons and peaches. feed costs can also go up which will increase costs for beef. a woman told ktvu that a
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man offered to do tree trimming for her. but made repeated sexual suggestions and even came back to take pictures through her windows. he left his business card with the woman and police were able to set up a sting operation. police are looking for other potential victims in this case. the theft of an atm will cost a small east bay market thousands of dollars. someone broke into the farm bureau market in concord just before 5:00 this morning and yanked out an atm right off the wall. the machine wasn't flushed of cash but the costs to repair will be $900. >> for 500 or $600 you're going to do that much damage? >> reporter: this is second atm stolen from the area.
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13,000 union employees were set to walk off the job tomorrow at 5uc hospitals including ucsf. a bargaining session produced a contract proposal. the union says in new contract includes fair wage increases, secure benefits, rank in file members are set to vote on this deal next week. covered california's open enrollment deadline is march 31st. as ktvu's noelle walker tells us the insurance exchange is doing outreach in one last final push to try to get people to sign up. >> with just a week left to enroll in covered california. >> i don't have insurance. >> reporter: sheila stafford has been looking at her
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options. >> just some where i can see. >> reporter: the 53-year-old grandmother is one of thousands who came out to a covered california outreach. >> we understand people may feel a little frustration online, that's why we urge people to go out to an outreach. >> you can go four or five different places just to sign up for insurance, that's stressful. >> reporter: sheila's job doesn't offer coverage, she's been uninsured for two years. >> i've been paying out of pocket but insurance is too high. my check is not big enough to pay rent and pay my insurance. >> reporter: under health care reform there's a penalty for not having insurance, $95 a
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person or 1% of your income whichever is higher on a $50,000 income that's a $500 fine. critics have cautioned some will opt for the fine. >> we never would recommend that because we want you to be covered to make this successful not just for one person but everyone we need everyone to sign up. >> reporter: covered california is expecting a surge to sign up in the final week. >> grandma has insurance. >> reporter: sheila came to sign up for covered california and found out under new health care reform she's eligible for medi-cal free. >> god is good. >> reporter: in san francisco, noelle walker, ktvu news. forget the spring weather we've been having,
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a lot of the sunshine out there earlier today. right now still relatively clear skies and patchy fog regrouping coast side. we have a lot to talk about tomorrow but also beyond tomorrow with chances of increase. right now patchy fog regroups just offshore pushing locally back into the bay. for tonight, mostly clear skies a little bit of a breeze. but winds have been backing off for the last couple of hours. tomorrow it will be a little bit warmer and then tuesday, wednesday more clouds and rain will make a come back in the bay area forecast. overnight lows to start off your monday morning will be in the 40s across most of the
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reason. santa rosa 72. hayward 48 and san jose 68 degrees. patchy fog coast side. pressure in full control of the weather. after some patchy morning fog, here's the big change. the weather system moves in from the north and west. the cold front that will be initial source of rainfall tuesday morning. scattered showers into wednesday with the possibility of thunderstorms as well. weather changes on the way. rainfall expectations about a .25 of an inch. and the possibility of some thunderstorms. sierra will take up snow and already a winter storm watch being prepped for the mountains. this beginning tuesday afternoon right into thursday morning. snowfall will be in the order of one to 2 feet especially for the higher terrain up above 7,000 feet. here's your forecast model for your monday, tuesday there's the initial band of rainfall for your tuesday morning
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commute. scattered showers in the afternoon hours and up and down rain chances. with the possibility of some thunderstorms. forecast highs for tomorrow, the warmest day of the week we're thinking it's a mid- to upper 70s out there. out toward livermore and pleasanton. san jose forecast 73 in san francisco. will go to 65 degrees. here is a look ahead your five day forecast. we need the rain we're going to add rain to the upper reservoirs tuesday into wednesday. lingering clouds thursday. a change in the five day forecast to friday. next weekend we're tracking more rain chances and some of the forecast models hinting at significant rainfall about a week from now. so a very active weather channel. >> surprise, surprise. >> thanks, mark. the ncaa tournament is down to its
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good evening everyone, thanks for joining our sunday night edition of sports wrap. yesterday a couple of kansas basketball players, acted like little girls and did not even answer when media asked them about the game. freshman camp hits the three. kansas leads at the break. now it's tied in the second half. here comes the man that the jaw
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hawks don't know. now it's anthony brown. the lose ball, the long run. brown scores, gets fouled. sanford leads by four. a couple of minutes to go, falcon says you're saving my job kid. and night moved by paul. mark decides you know what i'm going to try that again. there for the quick foot up. with just under three minutes left. and this jay hawks know this is the end or is it? francamp again. 16 seconds to go. see that. no more tears. there's hope. but stanford maybes a free throw. francam needs another three. not even close, stanford wins they're going to the sweet 16 for the second time in a year. and many a tear drop have fallen but it's all in the game. yes i do have that friday
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fender elbow. stanford plays dayton in memphis. jay hawk higgins probably headed to the nba. he's one of the guys who didn't know or respect jason randall. >> we would definitely saw that video. he told me not to talk about it, but i definitely, definitely took it as a challenge. certainly not our teammate. it wasn't a stab to me but it was a stab to our team. it was extra motivation to today's game. >> and four seasons ucla on the run against stephen f. austin. and norman powell that's a norman rockwall performance. and stephen f. austin's 29 game
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win streak 77-60. while stanford used the experience to advance to the sweet 16. kentucky today started five freshman to knock off a number one seed. now glen marshal and his wichita state shockers came in top seed. today shockers led by 16 at halftime. clean anthony early, that's his name. how did he not hurt himself? uk now leads by two. wichita state has one more play. kentucky hands the shockers their first loss of the season. and face louisville in the sweet 16. the five freshman beat louisville back in december. tennessee beats mercer by 20. gonzaga were all bark and no bite today. and the high wire act.
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the freshman eric gordon scores 18 points. this was just an old fashion beat down 86-61. they move on to the sweet 16. arizona makes the sweet 16. baylor beats out crayton by 20 points. and iowa state beats the tar hills by two. st.mary's sees a team to a sudden stop in chilly minneapolis. and this is a third appearance in the nit. coach randy bennett saw his gails score 14 points. home court 21 points in his final game at st. mary's. then minnesota rips off a 12-0 run. austin for three. and minnesota wins 53-55, gails finish the season 24-12.
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well here's another indication of just how much different the a's do things. they announced that sonny gray will become the third straight pitcher to become the opening day starter. now jesse chavez also beginning the season in the starting rotation. jesse strikes up six comings in phoenix. comings began the day with a four-point era for the spring. this is a split squad for oakland. they score twice off of hammel.
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they score six runs but guess what, that wasn't enough. because junior lake, junior lake pounded three of chicago's five home runs. this one is off chavez who was charging five home runs. the cubs win this one 10-6. another split squad. donaldson, cespedes homer. pablo sandoval has lost weight but he has not lost any hunger for money. he rejected a deal. his agents said his client may opt for free agency if the deal isn't in place by the all star break. pablo went 0-3 against kansas city. and turned into a batting practice. serves up three home runs including this monster shot that lands in the grassy knoll.
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the giants score a run. it stays in place. two runs score, blanco gets credit for the triple. and here comes blanco. the giants win. 24 hours of lemanns is a well known well respected race. the 24 hours of lemons well that's something different all together. >> i'll do anything it takes to sell you one of my cars, me and my dog spot will shave our heads and everything. >> reporter: it's a deal that would have been tough even for leverson to close. how about a pinto. if this looks like racing insanity it's right. it's the 24 hours of lemons series. yes that's right lemons. as in cars you wouldn't want to own let alone race. >> we are thinking, car races
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are really expensive and you have to have talent. we should have a series that is not expensive and you don't have to have talent. that means when you're out there you can go really fast and if you crash it, who cares it doesn't matter. >> reporter: you would assume a race like this does not have rules. that is not the case. >> if you miss a flag, you bump into another car, you have to go there and they punish you. they make you dress up in silly outfits. they make you sing songs. they make you eat a can of sardines. you can either do an embarrassing penalty or make a donation to speedway children's charities. >> reporter: more about the lemon. with the exception of sporting equipment they're not supposed to be worth more than $500. there are three classes of
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race cars. those that have a prayer of winning, a prayer of finishing, and no prayer of finishing. >> it's actually still running which is shocking to us. pretty fun car to drive. >> a lot of passing not on our side. >> you have to just do it as an appreciate of what it is and what it's doing to a vehicle that really is not suitable for road racing. >> that car has a complete leather interior still in it. so rather than cut weight, it still has full leather. >> the toronado was not only a challenge to race it became a challenge to repair. after sheering three of the five lug bolts on the left front tire the crew got it back on the track in time to finish the race. it's all about fun but the 24 hours of lemons now hold -- holds a 22 event season.
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the current indy 500 winner has everyone participated. so what if it gets away from its every man roots. >> we have a very important rule and that rule is no whiners. a guy comes in here and says, that was a bad call. you just kick him out. >> this was an endurance race. >> that's the sporting life for tonight. i think i saw one of my former cars. and we want to get back to the breaking news in san francisco where seven people have been shot. >> christien kafton has just received new information from police and join us live. >> i had a chance to talk to san francisco police. we have new information. the investigation focused here at the intersection of turk and taylor.
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largely in front of the kingmart. we're hearing that there were seven victims all expected to survive their injuries. no fatalities. the information that we have now from san francisco police is this may have actually started as a fight in front of king market. >> i characterize it as a fight. and shots were fired after the fight or during the fight. >> reporter: again the intersection of turk and taylor shut down at this time. no word on when this intersection will be reopen. we will continue to follow this and bring you the latest details tomorrow. for now reporting live, christien kafton, ktvu news. >> thank you, and thank you for joining us. >> and join us at 4:30 a.m. for updates on that shooting
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