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encouraged by recent dropments from the white house, san francisco's lgbt community celebrates pride weekend in a big way. good evening i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne. >> and i'm heather holmes. this is the 42nd year san francisco celebrated the gay community and hosted the pride parade. there were of course the
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elaborate costumes and floats, but new this year, optimism. >> reporter: pride parade 2012 that rolling in with the dykes on bikes. >> colorful parade celebrating the rainbow flag. >> it's a pleasure to be here to share this joy. >> reporter: visitors traveled from near and far just to watch the parade and show their own pride. >> actually in houston this weekend is our pride, but i heard this is the biggest pride in the united states of america and i had to be here. >> reporter: amidst the fun there was also a serious message, marriage equality. >> absolutely we deserve the same rights everybody else has. >> reporter: san francisco's mayor hailed president obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriage. >> i think the time has come in history, will be with us when the highest court makes that decision. >> reporter: paradegoers agreed that will be a day to cheer and say they are dedicated to
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raising awareness of the issue facing the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual community. >> reporter: there are a series of parties throughout the bay area right now and organizers are already prepping for 2013. christien kafton, ktvu news. the california law restricting marriage to a mac and a woman, last month the ninth circumstance quit cleared the way by refusing to reconsider their ruling ruling against prop eight. supporters of the law plan to appeal. last week a key witness who testified for prop eight said he had changed his mind and now supports same-sex marriage on grounds of basic fairness.
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a group called ocu-pride demonstrated this morning. protesters rallied around the parade rout and at one point with anti corporate signs. organize nicers say the corporate was not meant to attack the parade itself. they are concerned the movement is being -- >> pride is more than corporations sponsored parade, it's actually about coming together in the spirit of unity forming a community and making change that impacting our communities in a very positive way. >> reporter: occu-pride wants to bring the parade back to its origins of liberating people of all walks in life. in new york today governor andrew quomo joined thousands in a march wrapping up a week of events. the parade is a 40 year tradition in new york city. on his facebook page today,
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president obama posted the simple word proud along with the picture of an obama supporter at the gay pride event. mr.obama changed his stance on same-sex marriage earlier this year and now actively supports it. for more photos from this weekend's pride event, be sure to visit ktvu.com and click on the gay pride tab. investigators need help piecing together a crash that killed a young woman. debra villalon is live in mountain view where the chp has seized a car but needs eyewitnesses. >> reporter: ken it was one alert witness here along highway 85 who got a license plate number leading to a vehicle and driver. believed responsible for the deadly crash. >> most driving taking the evelyn avenue exit won't notice the flowers tucked in a tree
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and left on the roadside. but they mark a light in the spot where it ended. >> any time this happens there's always somebody that's heartbroken. >> reporter: the highway patrol found a loan driver dead behind the wheel of her audi after she swerved off the highway and slammed into this tree. but there was another car too, a toyota camera that might have cut off or clipped an audi in the fast lane. that camry kept going leaving a fatal accident in its wake. >> we do have a witness statement that the toyota was driving in what they would consider a high speed. >> reporter: that witness, who had a plate allowed police to -- >> it's horrifying that we're
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amidst the epicenter of these people betting killed. >> reporter: in recent days two pedestrians were mowed down by cars and killed she believes the streets have never been more congested or more hazardous. >> i don't know what's wrong with people that they are in such a hurry, they can't slow down and just be more careful. >> reporter: the driver believed to have caused this crash may face vehicle manslaughter. today chp is looking for more witnesses who saw what happened to contact them. we do know this woman who died is from mountain view, she's in her early 20s. and we expect the coroner to share her name with us tomorrow. we're live in mountain view, debra villalon, ktvu channel two news. the family of two people killed by a 17-year-old driver in concord has started an online petition asking for that teen to be prosecuted.
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41-year-old solomon nurri and 9- year-old daughter were driving bicycles when they were hit and killed. the contra costa county district attorney's office is handling the case and has yet to file charged. the petition from the nuri family asks for justice and that that young driver be held accountable. an early morning chase and crash in san leandro ended when investigators say one man jumped 30 feet off an over pass. the incident started shortly after 3:00 in the morning near i80. investigators say they were chasing two men in what they believe was a car. deputies aired one man at the scene but they say the second man jumped aufd the overpass trying to get away -- deputies arrested one man at the scene. but they say the second man jumped off the overpass trying to get away. shoppers got a surprise when a car wrecked right into a restaurant. the restaurant went right
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through the front window, it was open at the time. an employee says a woman was screaming and crying and glass broke all over the floor other wise it seems no one was hurt. the restaurant is closed tonight. oakland police are looking for a gunman that opened fire killing two people. police say two of the victims are in their 20s, the third is a man in his 60s. all three are expected to survive. police have not the released any information about the suspect or motive. new video tonight, downed wires in the east bay left thousands of people without power this evening. pg & e says the outage start around 8:30. as of about 9:10 tonight power was back on to all but 685 customers. we caught up with pg & e crews as they were working to fix the problem. pg & e says it hopes to have electricity restored to all of its customers as soon as
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possible but did not offer an estimated time. the 49ers are objecting to a sudden move to use tax dollars earmarked for their new stadium for teachers instead. work has already begun on the team's new stadium in santa clara. but on friday, county officials voted to divert $30 million set aside for that project to county schools. now along with the team, santa clara city leaders are also angry those funds are being diverted and are filing a lawsuit. gas prices have dropped 25- cents per gallon in the last month to $3.42 a gallon. here in the bay area prices have fallen more than that but they are still well above the national average. in san francisco it costs $4.01 for a gallon of regular, down 38-cents from a month ago. in san jose that same gallon averages $3.87, down 44 crepts from last month. and in oakland the regular
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price was $3.88 down 43-cents from last month $4.31. big money backers and california initiatives. tonight there's a call to shine light on those pushing the measures little unknown. matt keller has the laundry list of ballot measures. >> reporter: another two could be added to the list by this thursday's deadline. tonight a push to make it clear who's behind these campaigns. >> reporter: are you a register voter? >> the signatures have already been gathered and turned in. one was placed in the ball -- ballot by the legislature. >> reporter: voters will get to vote on three strikes, taxes
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and mandatory labeled for genetically engineered foods. >> i think it's too much. a lot of people probably won't even be getting involved with this, there's so many of them to even consider, you know going through. >> reporter: statewide measures were on the ballot including proposition eight and the high speed rail line. some voters aren't looking forward to the effort to get their vote. >> we get so much stuff in the mail, it's almost too much it's overwhelming. one group is trying to make it clear who's backing the measures. the california clean money campaign held a fundraiser in portola valley tonight. it's backing assembly bill 1848 requiring the three largest funders of political ads to be clearly identified with their names and logos. >> people need to know who's paying for a campaign so that they can decide how they feel about the measures. >> reporter: the bill would
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apply to all television, radio and print ads and also mass mailers and websites. matt keller, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police are looking for a 22-year-old man who has been missing since tuesday. we'll tell you why it's raising questions about cell phone app safety. it's a big week ahead for a u.s. supreme court, two controversial issues the high court is expected to rule on. and full speed ahead, nascar races at sonoma and we're there. this country was built by working people.
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san francisco police are looking for a missing 22-year- old man days after he met a stranger through a social media app on his phone. ktvu's lorane blanco reports, after this new social media is growing. >> cyber space is like the wild wild west, there are no rules. >> reporter: police have not said what phone app flanery was using but earlier this month, skype suspended their use after
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three teens say they were sexually assaulted after using this dating app. >> i got my news, linkd in. >> reporter: here at dolores park say they've met strangers but when they do it's always in public spaces. >> stuff like this i don't think often happens but when it does i think it makes you set yourself back and think, maybe i should be a little more careful about what i do and who i meet. >> reporter: jim stire an advocate for children and families says people should be weary of apps that reveal location and parents should be aware of their children's app usage. >> these incidents show that we need to be careful, that parents need to educate themselves and their kids. and we need to set clear rules. >> reporter: if you have any information about flanery's
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website, contact police. in san francisco, lorane blanco. the jury is set back tomorrow in the case of a man who beat up a priest who allegedly molested him as a child. lynch's attorneys say prosecutors should not have let the priest testify because they knew he would lie. prosecutors call the mistrial motion frivolous. organizers of regional national championship air races want to build a memorial of the victim's of last year's crash. a p52 mustang crashed into the spectators. new fire troubles today in colorado as a fast growing
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wildfire blew up overnight forcing 11,000 people from their homes. the fire west of colorado springs called the waldo canyon fire has scorched about 2,500 acres since it started yesterday. firefighters call the situation there very, very volatile. containment stands at zero, this fire comes as resources are stretched thin as they fight the collins fire. in utah the wood hollow fire is keeping hundreds of families away from their homes tonight. the wildfire broke out yesterday and it's grown to 10,000 acres. firefighters have only begun to contain the blaze. the terrain there is rugged and winds are gusting up the
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flames. the chairman of the house oversight committee accused the administration of a cover up. >> if the administration lies the people who tell untruths to the administration and then cover it up for 10 months have to be held accountable. that's not executive privilege, you don't have the privilege to lie to the american people. >> reporter: congress is set to vote on a contempt citation next week for attorney general eric holder. white house secretary jay carne -- carney says the citation is politically motivated. more than 3 million young adults under the age of 26 are now covered under their parents health care plan because of the law. critics oppose the provision saying everyone must buy health insurance or face a
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fine. the supreme court will issue a ruling on arizona's controversial immigration law. the law requires police to question the immigration status. the law criminalizes efforts by undocumented immigrants if they seek work. court observers expect the law would be shut down. a rule in sacramento would -- a federal program requires local officials to fingerprint el lisle immigrants and -- illegal immigrants and report them -- fingerprint illegal immigrants. race fans with a need for speed found it this weekend in
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sonoma that is once they finally made it to the racetrack. >> reporter: a huge back up on highway 37 this morning had cars inches along in silence. fans went from slow to lightning quick speeds once they reached sonoma for the sonoma350. it brings out an estimated 3,000 people over the weekend. >> the nascar sprint series comes to sonoma once a year. they come to northern california once a year, all the fans come out to see them. it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: it's 110 laps with cars traveling an average speed of 95 miles per hour. it's nonstop heart pounding action that draws in the fans. >> it's was the excitement, the raw horsepower, these cars are amazing. >> reporter: while long time racing enthusiasts draw on the spirit of the racing, it put
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one of the smallest fans to sleep. >> he's been like this all day. >> reporter: that means it's full of twists and turns. >> it has a lot of turns, hills, a lot of fun to watch. >> reporter: fans get a quick at watching the teams work at quick speeds. >> i would love to drive this track, a loop is fine but this is where it's about. >> reporter: some where were hoping for a bay area native like jeff gordon to win. coming up joe fonzi will have the reports. reporting from sonoma, janine de la vega. it was another sporting event right here in the bay area that changed this man's life forever. in a story you will see only on two, we're with the football player as he returned to the field where he was seriously injured. his request coming up at 10:30. a big day in egyptian politics a new leader is finally announced why the newly
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elected president is already making history. deadly weather to tell you about in florida. the havoc tropical storm debby is already causing. in the bay area we currently have mostly clear skies. coming up a temperature change you will notice for your monday, and when 80-degree heat returns to your bay area forecast.
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tropical storm debby is blamed tonight for the death of a woman in florida who's home was destroyed by the storm. debby continues to dump heavy rain on both florida and alabama. meteorologists now say the storm should meander north for several days before making land fall later in the weekend. either florida or alabama. in the gulf of mexico, 33% of oil and gas production is now suspended because of the storm. and employees were evacuated from 13 riggs and 69 production platforms. the results of the egyptian
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egyptian president race has been announced. >> reporter: morsi a 61-year- old u.s. educated engineer will now run the mother of the arab world. egyptians voted in the run off election last weekend, morsi beat out the former general the last president's prime minister. results were very close, certainly not a mandate. only 800,000 votes separates a winner from defeat. supporters of shaffike did not take results in stride. many ripped down and ignited posters of morsi trampling over
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his face. many had been camped out for several days waiting for these rates and promise to stay. >> the revolution has succeeded, the revolution is here. >> if someone said 1-1/2 year that we were going to see the people of egypt choosing their own president, one would have thought you were crazy. >> reporter: things here are expected to move along pretty quickly with president-elect morsi being sworn in by the ruling military hunta sometime in the next couple of days. in cairo. president obama sent his congratulations to morsi. search crews continue to look for the two pilots of a
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military jet shut down by the syrian military. the turkish military says the jet briefly strayed but was over international waters when it was brought down. damascus claims the plane was flying low when it was shot down. the u.s. government accuses turkey of providing weapons to -- in a wreckage of the mall the roof served as a parking lot and several cars fell into the food court. some fear what caused the collapse which triggered a gas leak and forced emergency officials to shut down all power to the mall.
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alex trebek is back home after suffering a heart attack. he is back home today. his producers say it was a mild heart attack and that the host is expected to fully recover in time for new tapings of the show in july. trebek is 78 years old. he's been hosting the show for 28 years. where the winning lotto ticket was purchased. also an emotional return to the field for a futbol player. the injury he suffered a year ago and what he wants now. a near disaster in oakland, what caused a dangerous situation for a tour bust filled with people.
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the san francisco district attorney's office is still deciding whether to file charges against a man police believe put an irish football
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player into a coma one year ago. ktvu's tara moriarty caught up with the player. >> reporter: this is the first time mike mcgovern has been on the same field where he almost lost his life a year ago. >> i can remember the ball was here and we were all trying to get the ball out. >> reporter: mcgovern recalls the moments leading up to his alleged assault on june 25th during a game of futbal match on treasure island. >> just constantly hitting me, everywhere i turned he was always there. >> reporter: this is video from that day a game that's a cross between soccer and australian futbol. the ball was on the other end of the field nowhere near mcgovern when he was hit by a player on the opposite scene.
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patrick power was standing over mcgovern saying you won't get up from that. >> it was the scariest thing ever. >> reporter: mcgovern fell into a one month coma. his entire family flew out from ireland to be next to his bedside. it took months for mcgovern to learn how to walk and talk again. meanwhile the association suspended power for playing from 96 weeks. police arrested him last september on suspicion of felony battery but he was later released and no charges have been filed since. san francisco district attorney george gascon says the case is still pending and he has two more years to decide whether or not to prosecute. the d.a. released a statement to ktvu says we encourage anyone with information to please come forward and contact the san francisco police department. meanwhile mcgovern struggles with his speech and has been forced to give up his dream job
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in environment seautys. >> i've had to put aside my education. >> reporter: he has dizzy spells, is prone to anger and has trouble concentrating. doctors told mcgovern that he will never be able to play futbol again because the risk for injury is too high. he does remain dedicated to the sport and plans to coach some day. but he realizes that his life has been forever changed. >> i just want justice to be served. >> reporter: tara moriarty. a tour bus driver reports the scary situation he found on the road when two drivers were speed racing. the driver told us what happened near the high street exit. >> the guys were drag racing, they passed me on the left hand side. one passed the other one and they flipped the front end of the bus. >> reporter: he said both cars kept ongoing. the bus was on its way to ventura with 13 passengers on
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board. no one was hurt. the california lottery has announced an east bay man won $2 million in a so called second chance lottery drawing. lew didn't win when he scratched off his set for life ticket. he submitted the ticket to the lottery's replay program and won $2 million which will be paid as a $100,000 a year anewty. the ticket was sold at the kwik kik market and won the jackpot. thousands of people fill the streets of berkeley. the historic event been celebrated with the help of lots of food, music and good times. this weekend's cool down may be changing directions. mark tamayo joins us next with when 80-degree temperatures return to the forecast.
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we're wrapping up the first weekend of summer with below average temperatures but our forecast will be changing a bit in the next few days. right now if you can see we have mostly clear skies on tracker 2. patchy clouds developing offshore as we head into your monday morning. here's a look at some of the current numbers and cooling off as you can see out toward santa rosa, napa in the 50s. and those neighbors will be dropping back down into the chilly 40s, 40s first thing monday morning. temperatures this afternoon a little bit warmer than yesterday's high. you can see the readings from
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the 60s in pacifica and san francisco. santa rosa 72 and morgan hill 74 degrees. forecast headlines for tonight we do have this, mostly clear skies. a bit of a breeze out there. tomorrow a chilly morning but more sunshine in your monday forecast. the extended coastal fog returns, the temperatures do gradually warm back up inland and we'll be talking about more 80s. first thing tomorrow morning, look at the cold numbers when you wake up. the low 40s for santa rosa and napa. san jose 52 and liver mother in the -- livermore in the upper 40s. you heard about tropical storm debby, you can see the satellite and radar the key issue with this excessive rainfall. this storm is a very slow mover in fact, stationary, and this is the forecast track. notice this tuesday, wednesday, thursday, not much movement here and rainfall expectations easily a good 10 to 15-inches could be moving into panama city florida, but this forecast has changed quite a bit and that's still a possibility as
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the forecast model gets a better handle on the eventual track. that will be a concern and that will be in the news over the next few days as we take a look at the florida forecast. here's our forecast as you can see this, this area of low pressure finally moving out to the north and east. for tomorrow still kind of capping our temperatures mainly in the 60s to the 70s. and then we'll take this into tuesday, you'll notice more warming inland as high pressure returns. it's a whip that not much changed with the coastal readings. here's the forecast model, first thing tomorrow morning. a few high clouds approaching the north bay, notice the showers up to our north at eureka and morgan city. no big changes. san jose 73, sunny vale 71 and san francisco partly cloudy skies in the morning, 66 degrees for the afternoon. here is a look ahead your
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five day forecast. you will notice temperatures come up a little bit for tuesday and wednesday. some more mid-80s inland with your weekend always in view. a little bit cooler for saturday, a little warmer on sunday. but heather and ken looks like a fair weekend ahead. >> change but it's gradual. >> it's minor, yeah. >> thanks, mark. an estimated 20,000 people filled the streets for this year's juneteenth festival in berkeley. there were plenty of food and games. the date celebrates june 10th when texas learned about the emancipation proclamation. >> get to know your neighbors, get to know who belongs and who does not belong and that way we can look out for each other. >> it's important for the
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oakland, and we come to celebrate the african american history today. >> they offered free blood pressure tests and information about all of the free health services available to city residents. coming up we hear from the winner of today's race in sonoma and he sounds off about beating a local legend. also a bay bridge series wrapping up in dramatic fashion. we have complete highlights and we will also hear from both teams it's all coming up next on sports wrap. you don't exactly have that green thumb.
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good evening and welcome to this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. the giants were one strike away from the sweep. the a's used that last strike for a dramatic change for the weekend. on paper you had to like the a's chances as they started with,cain. two homers in as many days for posey. but in the bottom of the first, the a's cut the lead in half. josh redick picked up this hit. chris comes around to score. 2-1 for most of the afternoon. some good defense and good fortune kept it that way. cliff pentington with a bare handed grab. pentington just gets blanco at first. at one point griffin retired 13 ig

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