tv ABC7 News KOFY August 1, 2012 11:30am-12:00pm PDT
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take a look at this support for fast food restaurant and the company's president stand against same-sex marriage. it's going on right here in the bay area. >> eric: i'm in eric thomas. one group is calling on opponents of same-sex marriage to support the chick-fil-a restaurant in fairfield. that is where amy hollyfield is live. >> reporter: the owner here doubled the stock and almost doubled the chicken and she is still worried she will run out
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of food. >> drive-thru was going through the parking lot by 8:30 and this is a popular lunch spot, not breakfast. >> we probably more than double than normal. >> the owner of location. she has been riding the wave of controversy set off by the president says chick-fil-a supports the biblical definition of family. supporters decided to call this support chick-fil-a day. check out this line of cars in arizona stretching around the block. >> i'm veryers in because we weren't prepared for this. i hope to have enough food to last through tonight. >> everyone we spoke with came today on purpose. we did hear a lot about the issue of gay marriage, people were more defensive about being able to express opinions. >> i've heard it about radio and support them. they have right to say anything you wanted.
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>> you have the right to say what you believe. it's hypocritical for the left to never 6 tolerance for conservative people speaking their values. >> pat has never been at chick-fil-a. he came with what big city mayors said, saying they shouldn't try to open a restaurant in san francisco. >> we shouldn't have them coming out and saying this okay for mayors. >> she doesn't want to rereveal her opinion about gay marriage. >> i'm here to sell chicken. we want to treat everyone the same. >> a counter movement is being planned, gay rights supporters are asking for same-sex couples to come to these restaurants this friday and kiss. i asked the owner about that she is taking one day, one customer at a time. amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >> eric: other news, san francisco police are looking for
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answers following a series of fatal shootings in the visitacion neighborhood. it has claimed four lives in past four days, one victim was gunned down last night. terry mcsweeney is live at the hall of justice. >> reporter: san francisco police are not saying this is gang-related although i was out visitacion valley neighborhood and folks say it definitely is. what can san francisco list do in addition to what they have already done? in june they sent ten new officers to deal with the problem and right now it doesn't seem to be working. >> police plot their next move, wilma makes the same moves she makes every morning. she takes her granddaughter to the bus stop. she fears for her daughter's safety and for her own. >> in the last year, i don't know 15 kids have gone. i seen them go home to funerals. why are we dying?
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>> one died last night on san bruno avenue. another is fighting for his life. two men walked up in front of a building and shot them and ran to a waiting white ford driven by a woman. there have been no arrests. >> no neighborhood, all kids to train and get skills and learn. i don't want to see no kids dying. >> she is talking about monday's double killing in broad daylight. it happened during a huge fight. police are not saying they are gang-related. >> another woman out here who lives in san carlos who visits here frequently and she has no fear of coming out here. >> the people i met when i come here in the area, wonderful hard working people. i feel comfortable. i haven't had any reason not to. >> there are a lot of good people here.
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everybody is trying to work together. it's a multidiverse neighborhood. it's going to be graveyard here real quick. >> reporter: i am told by san francisco police that the chief is going to have a comment about what the new strategy might be later today. >> cheryl: funeral services are underway for a san jose mother and father murdered in their home last week. vicious crime happened while three children were inside the house but they survived. though are still looking for the suspect of killing the couple. investigators say the suspect is armed and dangerous and on his way to mexico. last night fund-raiser was held for the couple's three children. all the money raised will go to the kids who will now be raised by a family member. police think the suspect was killed because mary bell broke up with him to reunite with the father of their children.
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>> sierra lamar missing. torres the man accused of killing her was recently appointed a new attorney. supports of the lamar family showed up at the courthouse for a hearing. many of them have been involved in the search for the missing 15-year-old. >> a loud blasted woke up one neighborhood to a potentially dangerous prank. seven several people called police. they found the remnants of what appears to be an exploded soda bottle there was another bottle that could make it explode. they have had a few cases like this recently. >> sometimes it turns out to be teenagers or younger people
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looking for something to do. unfortunately it's extremely dangerous. when it's detonated it throws degree for united states of feet. >> they dealt with it. >> experts point out people can be injured by plastic fragments when bottles like that explode. >> smoke rising from a house fire in martinez. two people escaped unharmed. 42 kept the flames from spreading around the home. investigators are trying find out what started that fire. >> campbell police didn't have to go far to investigate a bizarre theft in their city. somebody stole a six foot tall statue from st. mary church. they noticed the statue missing from outside display after it happened. that church is located right across the street from police headquarters. investigators don't know why anyone would want to steel the statue. they are asking anyone with
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>> the provision for free preventative care for women does kick in today but it won't take in effect in the next renewal day of your insurance plan and there are ex sephz. >> thanks to the affordable care act a new day has finally arrived. >> the obama administration estimates 47 million women in america will benefit from 8 new free services, no co-bay and no deductible. well women visits, diabetes screening, domestic violence screening and counseling, breast too feeding supported, sexually transmitted infections and contraception. the last one caused controversy. religious institutions say they shouldn't have to provide birth control. the white house made an exception. >> no religious institution and
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no university has to provide contraceptive services. >> another way they may be left out, certain group health care plans are, cement from offering the free services, as well. republicans would like to see the entire act undone. >> i think it would be appropriate to have a vote on repeal of obamacare. >> but they are claiming victory for women and everyone else. >> more than half of women in this country delayed or avoided preventative care because of its costs. that is simply not right and not good for our country. >> because of the exceptions only a fraction of women will be eligible for free services right now, but by this time next year, almost all those exceptions will be lifted. to see a detailed break down of numbers go to abc7news.com. three bay area hospitals are part of a national effort involving more than 600 hospitals that will promote
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breastfeeding in newborn babies. it's called baby friendly hospitals. michael bloomberg is launching an initiative in his city as part of that plan. 27 hospitals in new york will no longer hand out promotional formula unless for medical reasons or at mother's request. breastfeeding is healthier option for those babies. >> anything that will improve your health. life expectancy in new york city three years more on the average than it is in the united states. >> cheryl: critics say the government should not feirnt with the mother's choice. the mayor says formulas are an acceptable solution because they can't breast-feed. >> go to our website for more at
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abc7news.com. meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> we had a few clouds this morning and those quickly dissipated except the coast. here is a look at san jose, sunny right now. couple of baseball games, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. we'll have the forecast for you and cooling trend coming at you this weekend. >> eric: thanks very much. >> cheryl: curiosity touchdown, where you can catch nasa's biggest mars rover landing. >> and so much for taking it easy while the boss is on
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fans in the bay area 6 the latest chance to sees the mars probe land live. it's set to land sunday night on the red planet. touched will be on big screens from times square and exploratorium as well as nasa ames. they will scour a crater area and looking for signs of life. viewing starts 8:30 sunday night and goes on until 1:00 in the morning form a link for viewing spots, go to abc7news.com. >> cheryl: that is so cool.
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>> you don't have to worry about the weather either. >> it's pretty cool. i would love to try that. i would love to be astronaut. >> first you have to do the weather. >> show you what is going on. beautiful picture, good morning. we made it to wednesday, halfway through the week, halfway through the day and clouds hovering around the golden gate bridge and deck of clouds but it is going to open up for sunday even along the coast later on this afternoon. speaking of the coast, santa cruz still pretty cloudy. those clouds will break up and a lot of sunshine along the boardwalk in the afternoon hours. live doppler 7 hd. i expanded out and three hours
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worth of radar. you can see what is happening in southern california, showers brewing as temperatures are warming to the upper 90s and hundreds expect more storms down there and they had flash flooding outside of san diego and record warm temperatures because of the humidity down there. back here at home, you can see how quiet it is. take a look and see what is going on. the clouds are dissipating. even at the coast from north to south we're starting to see a little bit of clearing. take a look at temperatures, running about 57 in half moon bay. low to mid-50s for san francisco oakland, redwood city and san rafael. 68 in mountain view and low to mid 70s for everybody else. lacks of 80s. a little cooler than it was 24 hours ago. low to mid 60s in watsonville and salinas and 70 in gilroy already. mild highs at the coast to hot inland. tonight clouds around the coast and bay. could be a few degrees cooler.
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it's going to be hot one more day tomorrow and cooler for the weekend. today still above average. livermore, 94 degrees. 6 degrees above average. napa is 2 degrees higher. everybody else is a few degrees cooler. 90 in dublin to 97 in brentwood. castro valley near 80. everybody else in the 70s along east shore. los gatos at 89. heading up to the peninsula, mid to upper 70s and 80 in palo alto. low to mid-50s around the coast. 72 in sausalito and mid to upper 80s in north bay valleys. 20-25 degrees cooler at the beaches. low to mid-70s for the rest. bay. look at the hundreds through the central valley, 101 sacramento and 107 in fresno. 12:35 first pitch, need the sunscreen over the coliseum, it
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will be sunny and 68 and 73. at&t park, first pitch, you'll need a jacket here, 63 dropping down to 57. accu-weather seven-day forecast, here you go tomorrow, we could take another dip into the 90s inland and 60s at the coast. we drop about four to six degrees around the coast on friday and bigger drop on saturday and sunday a little bit below average with pretty much clouds at the coast. >> cheryl: a little bit of something for everybody. a mill valley company is recalling more than 50,000 toy vehicles because of a possible choking hazard. green toys received reports of wheels loosening on the vehicles. the company says it's an isolated assembly problem, no reports of injuries at this point. they are sold nationwide and in
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some bay area stores including whole foods market. we have a link and additional details about the recall on our website at abc7news.com. >> eric: mountain view based linkedin is helping older americans out of work. it's called work reimagined and provides advice and connects them with current job openings. once men's over 50 are sometimes unemployed employed longer than their kourntsd parts. we have a link on see it on tv. >> goofing off the work when your boss is on vacation could be a thing of past. microsoft building a camera mounted moving robot so they can keep an eye on their employees when they are not in the office. it's being equipped with a high definition screen so you are interact with your boss with web
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cam. eventually the robots will be motorized so you can stroll hallways alongside your robotic boss. >> this would be your proxy at the meeting so someone would take this and push this up to the meeting table for you. >> remember this is only a prototype. it may never see the light of day. this some aren't as advanced as the project can cost up to $10,000. >> that is just what we need a mobile boss watching over us. here is josh elliot with a look what is coming up at 1:00 p.m. >> and a good wednesday to all of you. coming up, we have all the latest olympic news, live from london and also be talking to the dad surfing with his son when he came face to face with
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later today at 4:00, could drinking coffee help ward off the effects of parkinson's disease? and then at 5:00 the reason the state could lose thousands of volunteers that normally respond to wildfires. we'll have those stories later today at 4:00 and 5. >> for all of us, thanks so much for joining us. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> we would like to remind you about the exclusive alarm clock app. wake up to the weather and news.
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