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closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc the biggest names in golf, including tiger woods are practicing for the u.s. open at the olympic club. >> the tournament starts this thursday. practice round started this morning. hundreds of thousands of people are expected. that will have a major effect on traffic all week. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze katie marzullo is live at candlestick park. >> reporter: this is a great choice here. you can park, 17,000 parking spots here and free shuttle service there's another
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shuttle option. both are vastly better than trying to drive. >> no cell phones, no food, no drinks! please and thank you. >> reporter: workers are polite buses described as luxurious. you might want to consider parking at candlestick park. >> i'm from dallas, this is how they do it they use the old texas stadium. >> reporter: organizers picked it because of the alarm lot and easy freeway access. we did get one complain. >> took me to candlestick parking services. i finally made it back here. toured a lot of industrial san francisco >> reporter: once you arrive leave your cell phone in your car and hop on a bus. they run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.. mother choice, bart, get off at colma and catch a shuttle. >> i tracked google maps last week they said an hour on bart to go whatever station is nearby and we go to colma, only 18 minutes.
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>> i came from sacramento, amtrak to richmond bart to here and in and out, good to go. >> reporter: the colma shuttles are running from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through friday, slightly later saturday and sunday mornings. the thing you don't want to do is drive. skyline boulevard and john muir drive restricted you cannot park in the neighborhoods. >> why are there so many cops? i saw the sign that says no parking for u.s. open. i see why. >> reporter: one other choice, take muni, get off at the lake merced boulevard exit. commuters, if you are not trying to get to the u.s. open there will be extra traffic on this result from candlestick to olympic park back and forth. if you are on that shuttle expect it to take 20, 30 minutes. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> a lot of planning there. our waze traffic service is
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help you navigate through the detours and closures. download waze from the itunes app store or and market. to learn more go to abc7news.com/we.az a suspected gang member will find outed if if he will be sentenced to -- find out if he will be sentenced to life in prison. edwin ramos is waiting now, a jury convicted ramos of murder last month.n8ur/ prosecutors say he fired the shots mistaken one son for a rival gang member. his attorney is requesting a new trial on grounds of jury misconduct and that emotional outburst from a grieving widow. san francisco police chief is holding a news conference right now on the beating death of a man who attended the beta brakers race. stephen martin died friday after family members removed him from life support. witnesses say he was suckered of -- sucker punched and then
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hit his head on the curb. martin is with the green hair. police released video showing the area at golden gate park where martin was beaten. witnesses say he argued with some men wearing 49er jerseys before he was punched. police are asking people to look through pictures to see if they captured that incident. if you have information call the is -- call the san francisco police or text information. we posted the details at abc7news.com. you can look under see it on tv. >> leann melendez will have reports starting at 4:00. imperial county officials are deciding whether to charge a man caught on tape beating his stepson with a belt after the boy dropped a ball during a game of catch. a neighbor shot this video showing anthony sanchez repeatedly hitting a
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10-year-old boy. sanchez turned himself in friday on suspicion of felony child abuse. he has posted $100,000 bond. the neighbor oscar lopez picked up his camera when he heard shouting in the backyard. >> fact there was adult disciplining a child in the middle of a game of catch, i didn't -- i couldn't understand that. what was so shocking was the fact it continued to escalate. >> lopez is a youth football coach who teaches kids about bullying. saturday he resigned from his elective position on the imperial irrigation district board of directors. opening statements started today in the child sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. this morning the lead prosecutor described him as a predatory pedophile. he said sandusky took advantage of boys with stable home lives and abused them for years. -- with unstable home lives
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and abused them for years. sandusky says he's . the defense says the case is flimsy and says some of the young men have a financial interest in the case. federal officials say commerce secretary john bryson suffered a seizure in connection with two traffic accidents over the weekend. bryson seen here with president obama is under investigation for felony hit-and-run. saturday, police say bryson rear-ended a car in san gabriel. he got out of his car and spoke with the men and got back in his car and hit the car again as he left. the men followed him calling 911. five minutes later bryson allegedly hit another car. >> when he struck that vehicle, he was later found unconscious behind the driver's seat. >> bryson was taken to the hospital for examination and remained overnight for observation. he was released and returned
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to washington. no evidence that drugs or alcohol were involved. right now we are learning about the new software revealed at the big apple worldwide conference at mosconey center. >> reporter: good morning. siri kicked off the conference she made a few jokes, the female voice that comes out of iphone. then ceo tim cook took the [ applause ] >> reporter: this is cook's first keynote speech at the developer's conference since steve jobs died. he is speaking before a group of 5,000, that's how many are allowed to attend. the big announcement so far, apple has updated mac book, faster graphics, fast storage, memory, longer battery up to seven hours starting price $2199 and will start shipping today. the usual army of developers
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are here they started lining up yesterday. one developer told me they will miss steve jobs. they are all here because they love apple products. if you ask any why they stand in line for this event, you get long enthusiastic answers. >> the most compelling thing about apple products now is the software. this makes the difference. the more apps and the more games, more compelling their products are. >> great conference, one of the best there is. great resources from apple here. it is great to work with other developers, talk with them and work on everything they are creating. >> reporter: i told you! apple's ceo told the crowd the conference sold-out in one hour and 43 minutes. 10 hours faster than last year areas that could be because they lowered the age limit now you only have to be 13 years old to come.
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you have to have a parent or guardian, but young developers now have a seat at the table. the mac pro is one highlight coming out this morning. tune in tonight on our evening newscast david louie will have a wrap-up of all the excitement. 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. david louie will have you covered. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. yes he will, thanks. today filming begins on the movie about the life of steve jobs. ashton kutcher stars as the late apple co-founder. filming will begin in the garage where jobs started it all. the movie is based on the best selling biography of jobs with aaron sorkin as script writer. still ahead, now hiring. bay area police department looking for a few good men and
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women. hayward firefighter's rescue of a 13-year-old bassett . robin roberts facing a new health scare. her emotional announcement and
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flames were shooting out of the apartment building. two units in the building were destroyed, two others heavily damaged. the families, 12 adults and two children got out okay no injuries the cause of the fire under investigation. in hayward, a firefighter rescued this 13-year-old bassett hound last night. it happened on lafayette about 8 p.m.. the couple managed to get out safely but told firefighters their dog mattie who is blind in within eye, was still inside. the firefighter in the picture found mattie in one of the bedrooms and carried her out safely. "good morning america" fans are sending love and support to host robin roberts as she begins her latest health battle. this morning she revealed is now facing another life-threatening illness, five years after beating breast cancer. >> it is something that is called mds. and if you look it up, i was
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doing the same thing. >> surrounded by her gma family she announced today she begins treatment for a rare bone marrow ab mall one that dr. besser explains -- could lead to anemia, low blood count, infection and bruising. >> these abnormal cells can develop into leukemia that's the concern. >> i didn't want you to be concerned if you saw a bandage tomorrow. it is going to be fair to -- there to draw blood that has to be monitored regularly and administer drugs today and for the week and a period of time. all to prepare me for a bone marrow transplant. >> robin says the odds may be daunting and treatment difficult. but she says she is abundantly blessed. working in her favor two huge things. >> i'm blessed, my big sister is a virtually perfect match for me. she is there with diane, ann
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sweeney, she is going to be my donor. >> so many people with this condition have underlying heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease. robin is in excellent physical shape and doesn't have any underlying medical problems. those factors lead the doctors i've talked to, to say this will be a cure. that robin will beat this. >> bottom line, i am going to beat this. and my doctors say it and my face says it too. >> first lady michelle obama tweeted this message: barack and i have you in our prayers. we believe in you. thank you for bringing awareness and hope to others. robin will continue to host gma, until her transplant late summer or early fall then she will be gone for a while. she says prayers and good wishes helped her recover last time around and humbly asks for their love this time.
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>> all of our thoughts are with her as well. a lot of heat, it may hang around a day or two. could be the hottest day i'll show you how much more we can tolerate. new muni service starts today. twitter begins moving into
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we can see the sunshine
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from here but can't feel the heat. once we step out that's a different story. >> the flags aren't even moving. >> how often are they not unfurled because of the wind that's when you know how pressure is over and it is going to get hot. nice observation by both of you. beautiful picture even up on top of mount tamalpais look how still the air is. that is good and bad. bad if you don't like the heat. good because 8:00 this morning the red flag warning expired so the fire danger has subsided. i bet this will be a popular place the next couple of days. santa cruz looks stunning today. live doppler, nothing going on, nice to have a littleyky66 rain maybe to temper the heat if it is not your cup of tea not our cup of tea this time of the year, if you will. look at the offshore wind, one thing i wanted to you know, look at what is happening down
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here, southerly surge starting to develop going to start bringing a cooling trend to the coast tomorrow and rest of us wednesday into thursday. look at the wealth of 80s, mid to upper 70s redwood city, oakland, napa, low to mid 70s san francisco and san rafael, 65 half moon bay. 69 monterey. low to mid 70s santa cruz and salinas. 87 gilroy. sunny today, warm at the coast to hot inland. clear tonight cool at the coast 40s there to mild 50s and 60s for rest of us. cooler at the coast tuesday moving inland wednesday taking the 90s out of forecast temporarily. today look how much warmer than average. i want to show you this in
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case you don't follow katie marzullo, you should. she was out at the olympic club and sent this beautiful picture. lucky to be out there enjoy your time this week there. 12:00 today at the olympic club, 60° for the 112th u.s. open, practice rounds today. winds will allow the temperatures to warm up. for everybody else highs over in the east bay valleys low to mid 90s. 80 richmond. mid to upper 80s for everybody else on the east bay shore. 80 millbrae, mid to upper 80s peninsula. 68 pacifica, the cool spot along the coast. 70 daly city. 82 sausalito. upper 80s low 90s north bay valleys. monterey bay near 70 sunshine,
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mid to upper 80s the rest of the bay low to mid 90s inland. in the east bay especially the eastern sections of contra costa, alameda, 60s tonight the rest of us in the 50s. seven day forecast, we make a run into the low to mid 90s inland tomorrow, mid 80s around the bay mid 60s at the coast sea breeze starts there, moves inland wednesday temperatures drop four to eight degrees with the biggest drop inland, a couple more degrees thursday into friday look what surges back for father's day, low to mid 90s inland mid 80s around the bay upper 60s at the coast. the oakland police department is hiring more officers. today is your last chance to apply. the department has been operating with more than 100 fewer officers than the number needed because of budget cuts. oakland police have secured funding for two police academies translating into
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more than 100 positions. cans need to be 21, -- applicants need to be 21. 83 express bus runs between caltrain at 4th and townsend and twitter's new offices at 9th and market. abc7 news spoke to a chef who will be serving twitter employees their first meal. >> today we are opening twitter headquarters. we are putting out our first menu at 11 lawyer think, -- 11:30, 12:00. pretty exciting, new kitchen, gorgeous. >> workers will be eating barbecue pork spare ribs, con on the cob and sweet potatoes for lunch today. they hope to revitalize the area.
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our regular bedtime to bring you the news, weather and traffic. >> definitely going to want to tune in for that >> today at 5, rental car companies that are still renting out potentially dangerous cars unrecall. that story and more starting at 4:00. >> i think i'll catch up on my napping now.
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