tv ABC 7 News KOFY August 22, 2010 6:00pm-6:30pm PST
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>> dan: u. park police say they know who stabbed thisog several times but they have yet to make an arrest. the dog's owner watched as her pet was viciously attack at a popular dog-walking area in fort funston. >> reporter:an, there is a sense of relief among dogowners tonight out in that the suspect has been positively identified and an arrest is imminent. u.s. park police distributed nears that showed photos of the dog that resemble's the suspecs pitbull. they asked anyone who knew of the owner to come forward, and two people did. those tips led the people to a suspect who is a 33-year-old local man. that man stabbed an american
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bull dog multiple times on thursday atpot fort funston, after the dog's owner asked if the pi bull was neutered, which he wasn't. >> he lost his spleen and other orns damaged. but he is strong and well-cared for dog who gets lots of exercise so he has good chance of full recovery. >> reporter: the u.s. park police s the u.s. attorney's office is trying to figure out what charges are appropriate in this case. they say the suspect has an attorney, d an arrest could come as early as tomorr. live in san francisco, abc-7 news. >> dan: after a summer of cool temperatur, we'll trade fog formog tomorrow. the bay area air quality management district is predicting up healthy air and
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calling for the first "spare the air" of the season. they're encouraging everyone to drive less and encourage less energy use. b.a.r.t. will not offer free rides tomorrow. >> leigh: l summer long we have had the onshore winds. tomorrow, high pressure is going to start to willed -- build in, and all the pollutts trapped in the higher atmosphere will be pushed down close to the su -- surface and that's going to cause unhealthy ground level oze particulate. so this will be with us tomorrow andven more so on tuesday as those offshore winds will heat things up. what's trapped close to the surface tomorrow will intensify on tuesday. how hot tomorrow? well taka look at the
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temperatures coming up. >> dan: a three-alarm fire ripp through a townhouse complex in san jose this morning, damaging five units and displaci 20 people. fire investigators spent all day at the scene searching for clues how the fire may have start. here's cecelia vega. >> reporter: the flames shot high above the townhouses in south san jose, an image recorded bay resident who watcd his own hom burn. theirefighters say the cause is under investigation. neighbors have their own ideas. >> basically what i saw from my perspectiv that there was a propane from the barbecue. >> he says he saw the fire burning near the barbec, the remains of propane tanks and the charred excel tan -- skeleton of th grill. >> it spread t the inside of the first unit, got into the common attic space and extended
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to the second unit >> neighbors sayhe owners of the barbecue recently moved in they're nowut of town, and neighbs say no one has been able to contact them to tell them about the fire that in all dispced 20 people. her parents are alsout of town and will com home to find their townhousthey called home for eight years destroyed. >> i heard the next door neighbor's dog crying, so i woke up, and i looked toward mist rtains, and i saw the shadow of flames. >> this is all she saaged. >> my room and my dad's room is gone and the garage is gone. >> reporter: residents had bn warned about the dangers of using barbecs in the past. e homeowners association president say tre may soon be a new policy in place year going to have to pass a rule that we ll enforce people barbecuing and they hav to actually ask them to turn -- put their
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barbecues out. >> t fire start at 10:14. and took fire crews just seven minutes to get here. they were on the scene by 10:21 because th were just a few miles away from here when this fire broke out at a practice drill at a nearby park. reporting in sa jose, abc-7 news. >> dan: the compans involved inhe egg re-call has been cited for breaking fedel law. they he yet to pinpot the cause of the salmonella outbrk on the farms. the number of illnesses is expected to grow. so far 1300 cases have been linked to the re-call. in the bay area, a local egg producer is assuring local consumers. san francisco police need your help finding a missing 14-year-old girl. tiffani alvarez was reported missing. e is 5'10" and ways
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180 pounds. her family beeves she might be heading to houston with a man she met on myspace. that man is driving a newer silver toyota tundra pickup truck. policen santa clara county say drunk driving arrestsre down from last year in one of the biggest dui crackdowns of the year. at least 40 people were arrested since friday morning when the boys of 13 cracked down. compared to 72 arrests last year. extra dui patrols will be on duty through labor day. police say more people are killed or injured in dui crashes in the weeks leading up to labor day than any other time of the year. in berkeley, thousands of students started moving into their new living spaces this weekend. as the new school year gets underway. 6,000 graduates are moving into campus residence halls at
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berkeley. anher 1200 students are moving into university-run papers and housin classes begin on thursday. students wl be taking tours and attending orientation, lectures, and receptions. up next, leing iraq. what the united states is leaving behind in the warton -- war-torn nation. the for demonstrations at the site of the groun zero
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>> dan: president obama will address thnation next week about the situation in iraq. the address comes after this week's withdrawal of u.s. combat troops. we have the story. >> reporter: as the last u.s. combat brigade from iraq folds up their flag, president obama plans to show he has fulfilled a campaign promise. he will mark the end of the u.s. combat mission in iraq with a major speech. after stenbruising years of war ask the loss of more than 44 soldiers, commanders on the ground say iraq is moving forward. >> it's moving forrd a little bit economically, security forces are improving, its diplomatic efforts are improving, so they're headed in the right direction. >> reporr: the iraqi government said in a statement its forces e ready to tak over security.
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but some in the country's government ackwledge many challenges remain. >> you have security probms, services, unemployment. 40% iraqis under poverty legal. of course, there are dangers. >> dangers iraq uld return to a military dictatorship because poticians can't agree on formin a national government. 50,000 u.s. troops will remain in iraq to advise and assist, and some in congress admit the u.s. may have to stay. >> most americans wouldn't care as long as they were safe and secure. >> for the troops returning to u.s. soil, it's been an emotional homecoming, all across america. scenes like this. abc news, washingt. >> dan: afghanistan's president spoke th morni on "this
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week." during the interview, cars cars cars -- karzai defended his decision to disband security companies. they have been accused of corruption. >> i'm appeang to the u.s. taxpayer, not allow their hard-earned mone to be wasted on gups that are not only providing lots of incop -- inconvennces with afghanistan people but in contact with mafia-like groups and perhaps also funding mill tenants and insurgents and terrorists through those funds. >> d: the u.s. government says it's concerned that afghanistan's police and army are nowhere near ready take over security duties in the country. two dueling demonstrations were held at the planned si of a mosque from ground zero in new york. poli separated the two groups, one opposed and one in favor of builng the islamic center.
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the were nose-to-no confrontations. the leaders of the mosque are defending their plans. >> we want to build bridges. weon't want to create conflict. >> dan: anotheof the islamic cent leaders als suggest today that organizers might eventuallye willing to discuss an alteative site. new rules for credit cas going into effect today. up next, the new protections that could save you a lot of mone and if you havbeen waiting for warmer weather, leigh glaser has some good news for you. >> mike: our local teams had ugh day, and the humming you heard at infineon, fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do wha it tass too good to be fiber. you made it taste like chocolate. has 35%
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>> dan: policere blaming poor security for the theft o this van gogh. seven out of 73 security cameras were working the $50 million painting was cut from its frame yesterday. the same painting was taken from the same museumin' 1978, and was recovered a decade later in kuwa. new rules went into effect today to give credit card users a chance to pay off cards
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without incurring mass fifth fees for going over theirs limit. it's the third phase of the credit card act. the law bans card issuers from imposing inactivity fees or increa interesting rates without explanation, and caps late fees at $25 if payments aren't late re than once. and advance fees for the larger than the debt held. it allows card issuers to lower consumers who have been in good standing for six months. leigh is back now with the forecast. >> leigh: a autiful day today. really going to start to heat up monday and tuesday, with temperatures inlan close to 100 deees. we're finally going to see those temperatures rise. nice shot re from the high definition east bay cam, and do you notice anything? no f, no clouds. okay, maybe few high clouds but really no low cloudiness out
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there. we will keep it clear throughout the course of the evening. temperatures right now, 85. antioch, concord, 85. 7 # in oakland, 56 in san francisco. ha moon bay, sunshine, 63. in the north bay, napa, 79egrees. so keep it clear tonit. slight offshore winds will pick up overnight so breezy over the north and east bay hills. that's going to keep us clear. temperatures near 100 degrees developing t next couple of days inland, and tomorrow, just to remind you is a "spare the air" day. so, overhead, a nice northerly wind so sunny and warmer today. by how much in your neighborhood? check out livermore, up 16 degrees. fremont, up 12. up 10 in oakland. napa was up eight degrees. and san francisco was up by 8 degrees.
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l because the high pressure building in. overnight temperatures tonight, not as cold as the past nights. mid-and-upper 50s. and posbly low 60s. hi pressure is starting to buildnd kicked the low to the east of us. high pressure builds in. the warm offshore winds, so summer heat will be with us mond, tuesday, in through wednesday. by wednesday night the high will roll out and the fog will roll back in. he hot in your city? san francisco, 82. then up to 84. cooling back down to 78. livermore, tomorro 97. 102 for tuesday. and upper 90s into wednesday. so, yes, heat is on. here's a look look at how you start off tomorrow. no l clouds and fog and we will heat up rapidly. here's the temperates for you. 92 for san jose.
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cupertino, 90. half moon bay, finally, some summertime hea at 72. for palo alt ocean beach, 72 tomorrow. for bodega bay. bet human -- petaluma, 90. hercules, 88. interior valley areas, hot. 99 for brentwood. antioch, 97 for con -- concord. on tuesday, temperatures over 100 degrees inland. 90s around the bay. 70s at the coast, and then a wind shift on wednesday and more onshore winds, keeler air, and cool down and return to the lo clouds and fo it will be nice for a couple days. >> dan: great basebal weather. shu is here with spots.
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>> mike: uortunately neither team taking a advantages of it. tim lincecum lost his fourth straight yesterday and today barry zito was bate -- beat down. e giants didn't make any plays. later in his at-bat, this single to left. ron scores 1-0 st. louis. in the fourth, allen craig, the former cal standout, drove one to left. sea. two-run shot. 5-0 cards. zito lasted just 3-2/ his counterpart, garcia, was brilliant. the rookie goes the distance, allowing three hits, walking none, siking out six. a's and rays in oakland with a matchup of two pitchers who have thrown no-hitters this season. braden facing garza.
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a sun-soaked afternoon at the coliseum. braden ran into trouble in the 6th. longoria rips one down the left-field line. the relay homees not in time to get crawford, and mpa bay up 3-1 just like that. a' trying to rally. just inside the first-baseline. gros wouldn't get past second. riano, gets pennington. the a's are eight back of texas with the loss. will per broke his back in a practice run last year at infin john never made it to the race. on the same track, will power won the grand prix of sonoma. he won an eighth pole here another i. finon. dan welldon, fir lap, flips his car, done for the day but ok. as for sausolito nate temperature, j.a. hill brand,
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he is out. then dixon trying to make a move on power, power holds him off and takes t checked flag. has now won three of the last five races and is closing in on the overall championship. >> i'm going f it. i want to win this championship. i'm t sitting back. i'm not going to be stupid, but i want to win, and i want to win the championship. >> mike: women's pro soccer, the fc gold pride dancing with chicago. ld pride get to work, first half. the 14th goal of the season for marta. 1- 0. second half. 78th minute, game tied. a handball in the box. so marta takes the free kick. not fair. converts it to make a it 3-2, and the gold pride win, 3-2. and as a result, they we host the championship game on septber 26th. least tee up i the gelled
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-- jeld-wen in oregon. fred funk for the lead. he made it. gets to 12-under. to 18, lue needs to hold this chip to tie for the lead. can he make it? just misses. settles for a share of second but funk needs this par putt on 18 to win, and he drains it. a 3-der 69. captures his third senior major championship. to the pga tour. final roundf the winha a championship in north carolina. dad toms in contention on 18 with a long putt for birdie. bottom ofhe jar. oots a 64 to finish 19-under. now, atwal, lost this tour car due to injury, using a sponsor exemption and had to qualify on monday. now, seven foot, that's tough. but to looking on, atwal, buries the putt to become the first qualifier to win on tour in 24 years.
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>> dan: sylvester stallone's "the spendables" finished at the top of the box office for the second week in a row. five new movies debuted. a close third was "eat play love" which pulled in $12 million. food-lovers brought their an tight to san francisco this weekend. the send annual street food festal was held yesterday in the mission district. ro les shot this video. if you have something you want to share, upload it to ureport.abc-7 news.com or e-mail it to ureport at kgo -- tv.com. fo mike and leigh, thanks for
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