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night, giving life. colleagues and neighrs line up to give beloved to
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. >> a two-houlate. >> that's how long she had to wait to donate blood. she worked with officer yawning. >> it can happen at any time, anhere. any type of a call, whether it's a regular traffic stop, whether 's something like a search warrant or anything. so, you just don't know. >> this blood bank in pleasant hill is the only red cross location open on sundays. the outpouring of suppt lasted all day and came from those who know officer todd young and men
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who do not. >> i'm here because i come from a family where there was a taking of a police officer, my cousin was killed in 199 and i just feel like i should pay back. >> reporter: oakland officer never met officer young bt the shooting brout back memories last year when four of her own were shot and killed. she was on duty when young was shot while serving a search waant on other -- a gang member in oakland. >> after a massiv 24-hour manhunt, polic arrested andrew barrientos near the mexican border. he had a handgun in his waistband, the same type of weapon used to shoot young. >> worked with him for 15 years this, mark riggs wantes to go to the hospital but came to the blood bank instead. >> just feel the need to do
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something. and can't take any visitors, so this is something i could do for him in his name and if the blood doesn't good to him, it will good to somebody else. >> reporte barrientos face twoz counts of attempted murder. police say he fired at young and at another police officer. he is also facing two counts of carjacking. he is expected to be brought back to the bay area to face charges. reporting in oakland, abc-7 news. >> carolyn: police say you can help by donating blood. therere five red cross agencies accepting donations. we have a list with the blood centers for you on abc7.com. just check on "seet on tv". >> a momon parisoner was shot and killed in the central valley. it happened in visalia.
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witnesses say the shooter wlked into the bishop's office, engaged in conversation, then opened fire. the man fled and then phoned police to tell him his location. he was injured in an exchange of gunfire with officers. his ndition is not known, nor is his motive for shooting the bishop. >> a woman jump to her death when her apartment caught fire this morning. a second person inside that eight-story unit that caught fire was taken to the hospital with burn he i can expected to survive. crews put out the fire before it spread to any other units. a shootout took place in san franciscwas bayview district last night. undercover officers responded to a housing complex after ceiving a report of a suspicious person with a gun. no officers were hurt. neithewere the gunmen who managed to get away.
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>> a double-decker bus carrying tourists collided with a car in san francco. one of the people on the bus was taken to the hospital. >> we were waiting to cross. obviously just ran past, and a massive bang you know, maive crash happened. >> carolyn: the cause of the crash is under investigation. witnessesay they saw the car run a red legisla before it slmed into the bus. in san jose, firefighters discovered an indoor marijuana operation after a home caught fire today. thatire was reported just after dawn along plainview court. investigators believe it was sparked by faulty wiring that had been rigged to help the marijuana growers a void detection. firefighters have discered marijuana farms in three other homes that have caught fire this month. crews appear to be majoring progress against a fire burping in the tahoe forest.
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the fi is 20% contained. evacuation orders were lifted and most road have re-opened to traffic. the fire prompted governor schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency in yub account yesterday. >> investigators in southe california are trying solve a tt around a couple married 40 years. the wife disappeared, and the husbanhas vanished as well. >> reporter: investigators handed o fliers and questioned neighbors. sperately trying to solve a disturbing mystery. 61-year-old marcia forsberg, disappred in february. r husband of nearly 40 years, richard, a college administrar, told neighbors she had gone away. >> they would give us a date of when she was supposed to get ba, and that date would come and she wasn't back. and then we would ask agai and
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then after a while he then said that they were having marital problems and they were on a trl separation. >> we heard that she had gone to see se friends in arizona. so we didn't think anything of it. >> reporter: but wn weeks of calls and e-mail were unreturned, close friends wrote letters to neighbor. finally last week, they called poli. richard forsberg told investigors he had last seen his wife in march but didn't report her missing. when police returned the next day, rhard forsberg was gone, along with his wife's car, a volkswagen beatle like -- beetle. >> he has t been to work, which i unusual. no cell phone activity on his cell phone, and no cell phone or financial transaction on the missing person. >> reporter: invesgators searched the home and seized the car. while neighbors grow suspicious of the man who told them he had
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recently started taking a survival course. police searching for the forsbergs call rhard a person of interest but is not suspected of any crim >> carolyn: five year aft hurricane katrina. lookinback at what was lost why moving forward along the gulf coast. and a documentary filmmaker brings the disasteto life in a film shown today here in san francisco. >> leigh: it has been a cool weekend. toward came up a few degrees today. beautiful shot for you. clea skies across the bay area. low clouds move in tonight, but get ready for warmer teeratures this upcoming rk week. the focast is coming
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>> today we come together to bury katna. >> inside this embride kerred caet, the memories of what katrina took fr them, their homes, loved ones, and for a while, even hope. >> katrina is a pt of us all. but at in any moving forrd we carry ith us the gifts offered, and these experiences that we have endured have made us better. >> reporter: the lower ninth ward they celebrated in the street in true new orleans style, with good food and good music. >> not everybody is back but the view from eloise's front porch? >> beautiful. beautiful. i'm so glad we pulle through i hope we don't have another. >> reporter: neighbors want to make sure presidentbama understands. >> don't forgeabout the people
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that can't help themselves. you know. with katrina, we made a lot of mistakes. >> reporter: wheel hurrine katrina left its mark on new orleans, the people of the city will tell you they're defined by something else, resilience, and after five years, the sights and sounds of the city reborn or everywhere. >> in new orleans, samantha hays. >> carolyn: here in san francisco, aew orleans native reened her documentary about the aftermath of hurricane kaina. in the movie, the film maker returns to new orleans to document the impact the disaster had on her family. >> basically, the whole gamut of what has been happening in new orleans through the eyes of my family, and i guess what i would like to take from it is that human bein have been affected by this. not just buildings. >> carolyn: it includ appearances by al sharpton and then-senator president back bar.
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after a relatively cool weekd, we are due for some changes. leigh glaser will let us know when to expect the forecast. >> mike: gias and a's on the winning slate, and the raiders have injury issues for a couple of key players. we have updates coming up in sports.
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>> carolyn: a volcano western indonesia has rerunted for the first anytime 400 years. it has thrown sand and ash up into a mile in the air. experts say the's been some lava fow near the crate as well. 10,000 people have been evacuated. indonesian television reports reiratory complications from dust and ash has killed one burn and hospitalized dozen of others. there has bee no major property damage. >> people in the caribbean are bracing for hurricane earl. that storm is forecast to hit the islands later tonight. earl has sustain winds of 75-miles-an-hour. the storm is expect to strethen as it moves over warmer waters puerto rico and the virgin islands are also in earl's path, and it could hit the east coast of the u.s later this week. leigh glaser is tracking earl for us and is here with more.
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>> lei: i want to point out the other hurricane we have been focusing on the past couple of days, and this is hurricane danielle. this is moving away from us. so we're saying goodbye to that one. this is hurricane earl, winds have just increased, at 85 miles-per-hour, and you're exactly right, it's poised to move over the northern islands overnight tonight. british virgin islands, the hurricane warnings in effect there. and puerto rico ght here. so this thing is expected to move close to that region in the next 24-36 hours. beyond that. forecast models are saying it will stay the east of bermuda, and then here marryland u. the carolinas could poibly pose problems there next week. i want to show you a beautiful shot. it's beea beautiful day today.
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low clouds and fog moving in. his this is looking do towards ocean beach. temperatures actually warmed a little bit. here's a look at current readings for you. in the # -- 70s. 59 in san francisco. napa, 73. and sunnyvale, sunshine and degrees. tonight, we good with passing clouds overnight. a little warmer monday, and then almost warm, maybe even hot mid-to latterart of the work week, with temperatures returning into the 90s inland. here's a look at the closeup satellite. clouds to the east of us, and that's the clouds near the coast, thanks to an area of low presre passing to the north of the bay area. and check out the live doppler 7 hd. very accurat lake tahoe right now, 49 degrees, a light rain. you notice a little mix in here, some thunder bolts as well, and
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a mix of pink indicating a wintry mix in some of the elevatns before 8,000 feet. overnight, temperatures cooling. s across the rest of the viewing ar, and here's a look at the lower pressure. one moved to the north yeerday. a secondary one to the north of us this afteoon. by tomorrow, thatill kick towards th east, hh pressure will build in, and means warmer temperatures. here's a look at the highs for monday. weome up a few more degrees. 76 for san jose, beaches, half moon bay, 61. san francisco, mid-60s. santa ro, 77. napa, 75. hercules, climb to 72. oakland, 7 2. interior east bay locations gettin warm, 84 for brentwood. 81 con considered. lroy, 83 torrow. the seven-day forecast will be
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heating up by mid-week, mid-90s by thursday. thuray is the warmest day of the work week. mid-90s inland. 80s aroundhe bay and 60s at the coast >> carolyn: a great day for folks at the ballpa, baseball fans and thr dogs. >> leigh: pooches. canine companions. >> mike: the dog days of augus coming to at&t par with bring your dog the park day. giantsrying to prevent a swee by the d-backs, close to 800 do at the game, including this one. does -- is this cruelty to animals? sandoval, deep to right center. one of his two hits. the dogs are loving in. the dbacks really in the seventh. laroche down the right-field line d-backs up 6-5. suddenly, some pooches are pouting. the giants rally. guiln up the gut. a two-run single.
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7-6 giants. dogs go home happy. giants win 9-7. >> we say it all the time. today is a must-win game. so whether you're down or up, you have to clos the door no fooling around. >> they can is serious. we just cam back and play hard. just fight and that's the key for us, just keep fighting and make austment, and be fine. >> mike: arlington, a's looking to take a series from the rangers. th's a game face. top 4, game tied at 1. mark ellisening a 57-game home areless drought. a blast to left. a's take a 2-1 lead. in the fifth, still two on. curt suzi chops one to lewis. throw second is a little outside. pennington scores. in the sixth, kevin kouzmanoff ping it on. defendant to left field and it's
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gone. last year, ben an front cam won the u.s. amateur. this year, david chung had his chance. winner takes home the gold medal. 18th hole, peter uihlein. turns 21 today. chip for eagle. goes 2-up. hole 26. par-5 8th. chung with his fifth shot from 120 yards out. comes down the slope, this has a chance. and he holes it. but amazgly would only halve the hole to remain 3-down. the birthday boy was just too good. peter uihlein wins 4 and 2 over david chung. to the pros. fedex cup playoffs, final round of the barclays. on 18, laird would just have to two-putt to win. after his first putt went long, he cannot make the comebacker,
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three-putt. his wife can't believe it. so laird would head the playoffs wi matt kuchar. on the firs playoff hole, kuchar punches the 7 iron from the rough. watch this good going to catch the slope. and ends up a few feet from the hole and he wou tap in for biie. and the victory. matt khar jumps up to numb one in the fedex playoffs. >> find round of the canadian womes open, michelle wie leading wire-to-wire. a chip and drops. shoots a 2-under 70 today to capture her secon career lpga victory. >> sta tuned. the world's basketball championships, team u.s.a. playing slovenia. curry, three-ball. his only three points but watch transition. behind theack to russell westbrook. the americans roll again, 99-77.
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meet brad sill tomorrow. the raiders not only last the game to the 49ers but had two key injuries. jay con campbell took this blind-de hit, never returned. he has a stinger and a wrist injury. day-to-day. he should be ready for the season opene the running back michl wrist broke his left thumb. he is week-to-wee both need to be healthy for the offense to sed. a broken tumb in my da he can carry e ball with his right hand. catching will be tough so will be interesti to see. >> caryn: that's tough. >> mike: especially in a preseason game. >> carolyn: a low-budget documentary draws a big crowd. we show you the box offi winners when we come back. [ female announce] back to school means bacto busy mornings.
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