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right now contra costa firefighters are preparing for a rescue after a worker rolled over in some type of vehicle in the hills of orinda. >> sky 7 is over the intersection. laura, what is beginning on right now? >> i'm at the staging area. there are several fire resc vehicles, fire department personnel along with helicopts. what happened is earlier this morning a moraga fire worker was doing mainnance on fire trails up in this area, a rather remote area in the east bay hills, my
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understanding is that it east bay mud property. he was in fire department pickup truck somehow the truck rolled and went 150 to 200 feet down a hill. they are in the process of trying to extrite the vehicle. there is no indicatio of how serious the injuries are. fire chief doest know. so the helicopters here are waiting the rescue and arrival of thisictim. i'm told that it rolled about 200 feet down side the hill. >> which fire deparent did you say? >> moraga-orinda fire and this was routine maintenance. for some reas it was the fire trails, high above orinda. west is san pablo dam reservoir. >> before you get away, we see what appears to be fog moving in
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there. could that complicate with what the helicopter are trying to do? >> i don't know. you are correct. there is some fog moving in and out of the area. there is also a fair amount of blue sky. it doesn't apar to me there is a concern about th helicopter beinable to take off once the victim arrives. but i' told they are awaiting the arrival of the victim. my understanding is that one pers this in this vehicle that rolled down the embankment, once this person arrives here i'm told helicopter will take him to a hospital in walnut creek. >> all right. thank you so much. we'll ha the latest at www.abc7.com. bay area police agencies are meeting to review to the rampage after the mehserle verdict. >> they acknledge communication gaps.
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>> oakland police prepared for the mehserle verdic for three weeks. they enlisted the help of 15 policegencies. one oakland deputy police chief the officers did a damn good job they still acknowledge that violence and looting happened within feet where officers stood. why is the questions they will be aski this week. >> thi is j.c. jewelers being broken in and looted july 8. looters broke down an iron gate and grabbed what they could as store workers tried to fight them off and protect the store. >> there was $50,000, all the merchandise, all the glass and windows and gates. >> he is still trying to understand how looters and vandals could have caused this kind of damage with police a few feet away. >> poce part way in front of me, police when it happened there were no police.
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>> they are preparing a briefing to with 15 police agencies, vandals were able to cause $750,000 worth of property damage and looting. one issue they acknowledge is the communication glitch, officers from surrounding cities could not talk on the oakland police band which left alameda sheriffs and oakland police trying to bridge communications. that is according the emergency services. various 911 calls for help also went unanswered. >> you have three lines, cell phone, two business lines, we were on the cell phone. >> cooperate get anybody? >> couldn't get anybody. basically they didn't understand us and they hung up on us. >> for the mehserle sentencing in novembere is going to make sure his store is completely boarded up. >> the office of emergency servicesaid they didn't have a
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chance to field test the communicatio system. they are going to work on it now to make sure the glitch doesn't happen again. richmond police found clues will help them find a man that drove away with a five-year-old girl. he l the girl out unharmed. good samaritan waited with the child until police arrived drama begin about 20 minutes earliewhen the girl's father went tpay for gas at a 76 gas station at imperial avenue >> ner good idea to leaf kid in the car but not leaving the keys in the car eith. >> the car was fod abandoned. they are treating the case as a kidnapping even though they suspect the thief didn't realize the child was in the car when he stole it. pengon is trying to fure
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out how much damage has been done by the 92,000 war documents that have been leaked. the documents ar largely intelligence reports from soldiers in the field. there is a bay area link to his capture. >> 92,000 reports cover six years of classified communications by diplomats and soldiers in the field. they paint a harsh picture of the war in afghanistan. the found of wiki leaks believe they show evidce of war crimes. >> it shows the true nature of this war. >> taliban has attacked aircraft with heat seeking missis. also isi helped insurgents in afghanistan while accepting billions of sut ai >> it's the currently
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complicity isi with militant groups including the taliban >> the government of the pakistan and u.s. are coming the release of the reports. the white house says it can put the lives of americans at risk and threaten our national security. >> whenever you have the potential for names and for operations and for programs to be out theren the public domain, bedes being against the law has t potential of being very harmful. >> they believe they got it from this man, had he is now in jail in kuwait. a computer hacker in northern california admits he turned manning in out of fear that the reports could lead to american deaths. >> this could not result to both security and actual real life people. >> wiki leaks is the website
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we're talkin about. pakistani diplomats say they are outdated and don't reflect reality on the ground. >> afghanistan's president is condemning a rocket attack that killed 52 civilians. it happened last friday. hamid karzai says they determined the dead included women and children. nato spokesman says initial reports didn't coirm any civilian casualties. >> concord police are stepping up patrols around the park where three pipe bombs were found. most recent was found friday and detonated by a bomb squad at new hall community park. it was found by a jogger along a trail on turtle creek road. 25 police officers spent the weekend arching for more explosives using specia trained dogs. people are being warned not to pick up objects that don't belong to them.
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east bay commuters face another day of delays because more than a 150 a.c transit drivers called in sick as the labor dispute continues. district insists all 110 lines are operating as normally as possible. dispute started last week when a.c.'s management imposed new contract on drivers. they hope chang in work rules and employees pay more for health care help close a $56 million budt difficulty. two side will meet in court on friday. >> still ahead, a major announcement that wi mean a huge change at the top of the company responsible for the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexi. >> and unlocking new contract, governnt ruling that have millions of iphone users looking for new places.
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bp announced that it ceo will accept down the take a job with a joint venture in russia. he was the face of april response to the oi well explosion an the largest environmtal disaster in american history. they expect to name bob dudley to take over for hayward. he took over the cleanup operation in june. he woulde the first ameran to leave the lead the the british firm >> we wanted to make sure we, hearing things and respond and
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put al the resources of bp at the command center. >> drih efforts to permanently plug the leak resumed today after bonnie forced crews to evacuate last week. >> government announc this morning an unusl exemption that allows ipho owners to unbreak the lock. you can download applications that apple hasn't approved. federal law bans people getting around access controls. other exceptions owners can break access controls to switch wireless carriers and also correct security flaws on video games. >> take a look at this. there are lots of clouds hanging over the bay ar. it will be too late, temperures well below average and for the next couple of days.
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i'll tell yowhen the warmer weather arrives. >> and a stunning case of mistak identity. arizona familyhat was planning a funeral. >> who wants to be in the movies. a from free moment in your schedu could have you standing next to brad pitt at the oakland coliseum.
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next ti you buy the ten dollar hotdog at sports arena better make su it doesn't come from a side of salmonella poisong. they found bay area venues cleaner than the most. at&t park did the best. 4% had violations. at candlestick park, 13% had violations and 20% at hp pavilion but 34% of vendors in oakland coliseum including handwashing equipment. is the% oracle arena have been cite >> hollywood is coming to the coliseum. filming for monday any ball begins today. trailers are set up. the ney is based on a book
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that followed billy bean in the 2002 season. star-studded was includes brad pitt. filminguns through august 6th. to register to be an extra on the movie go to our website at www.abc7.com click on see it on tv. >> that is where a jell joel is. >> let taka look outside here. unfortunately we can't bring in much sunshine but we get a little about it, here is a look from roof cam heading toward south beach. you can see the clouds start to break but not before they brout flight arrival dels, up to an hour and a half. here is a look from mount tamalpais this morning, you see up to 2600 feet. still a few clouds lingering. let's take a look from the top down.
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you see definitely the north bay solideck of clouds over your neighborhood and still arou the monterey bay. we'll see how it's affecting temperatur. look at this. we're seeing sunshine in the 60s redwood city, mountain view and los gatos. already 70 in antioch. francisco and alg the coast. 57, 58 degrees. even 59 in oakland. clouds around the monterey bay toward salinas keeping you around 58. temperatures, they'll be cool by average standards day and tomorrow. this is also at night, we saw a record low yesterday morning, in concord and oakland we could a couple of those. cloudy at the coast and sunny inland and warm weather will begin on thursday. will it make it to the coast? probab not. for today, hayward, san francisco, 6 degrees below average. santa rosa, 9. check out san jose and concord, double-digits, 10-12 degrees
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cooler. 72 in milpitas. you see the clouds hanging around millbrae and san mateo keeping you in the mid to upper 60s, low 70s for the sunnier sectionsf the peninsula. along the coast, mid to upper 50s today. downtown san francisco, a few breaks in the cloud low to mid-70s in north bay valleys. richmond and berkeley that will keep you in the low to mid-60s. upper 60s to low 70s for the east bay shore. we'll have mid on 70s in san ramon valley. mid-50s and upper 60s around the monterey bay today. red flag warning continue south of tahoe. rest of the state pretty warm around chi and 103 at palm springs but only 75 in l.a. they
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are dealing with the cool weatr. one last graphic, marlins taking on our giants, 63 down to 58 first pitch. we're looking at contions pretty mh steady throug tuesday and wednesday. look for warmer weather thursday and iday. two to five degrees wmer and warmth will lippinger around the inland valleys but only 60 at the coast. more news. an arizona woman is fighting for her life following a traffic accident that led to a tragic case of mistaken identity. family was told she had died and another person in the car survived. turned o authorities were wrong on both counts. >> balloons floated in marlena's home. they had been praying for her. she was on the way back from disneyland when the suv blew a
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tire and rolled. they reported that abby, college sophomore had died at the scen cantu was believed was transported to the hospital and clinging to life. >> we were thiing it was her. >> what no one knew the young woman was abby and was marlena that died. family and friends held a carwash sunday that was supposed to pay for the funeral. money had will now be used for her medical expenses. >> we could have been by her side and telling her to. >> it's happened before. four years ago in indiana, two girls in a car on the way back were hi by a truck. laura died. whitney was in critical condition. but because of a mix-up it was
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the wrong family that held a funeral a when doctors removed the bandages, bot families were told it's a mistake. >> it's the same feeling in phoenix as this family mourns and another fami holds on to hope. >> we're stil in shock. this is something we never expected. >> so how could something like this happen? we hope to get answers from the medical examiner at a news conference scheduled for today in arizona. >> state of california is alerting consumers about a recall of product. they are voluntarily recallg several products under a brand name because of bacterial contamination. pre-packag salad wrapped in sandwiches, products have an expirati date of sepmber 23
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or earlier. consumers should throw the product away or return them t the store. for a list of the specific recall ite, go to www.abc7.com under see it on tv. under see it on tv. >> we'll be right back.
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specialist and sacramen computer hacker. those coming up 5:00. definitely silver lining with all those clouds out there. >> we want to see you runng today. >> all right. >> "who wants to be a
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