Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 400PM 20150312 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 400PM 20150312

Good afternoon, im dan ashley. The search is on for the gunman in the shooting of two Police Officers in ferguson missouri late last night. One officer was shot right in the face the other in the shoulder, both we are glad to say are expected to recover. Marcia gonzalez is in the area with the latest. Today police surrounded this home. They ran up to me. Kaying several people as they try to track down the gunman. Shows shots fired around midnight last night. Shots fired, officer down. At the end of a protest sparked. Tom jackson announced he was resigning. A response cited widespread racism within the city and department. Police say the demonstration was just starting to wind down when someone started shooting. We look at that one officer shot through the shoulder, the other shot in the cheek. The bullet still lodged behind his ear. Youre lucky, by gods grace we didnt lose two officers last night. Both have been sent home from the hospital expected to recover as some wonder this city has endorsed so much by Michael Browns death will be able to do the same. This really disgusting and cowardly attack might have been intended to unravel any sense of progress that exists. I hope that does not happen. Ferguson police will no longer be in charge of security here. Stockton california, that city is one of six American Cities chosen for a federal Pilot Program aimed at Building Trust between police and the public in the aftermath of what happened in ferguson attorney general eric holder announced the program today. Nearly 5 million will go toward Program Programs to stop bias. Police tell abc 7 news motorcyclists rear ended a car on 15th avenue around 10 00 a. M. The motorcyclist was killed. The victims identity has not been relieved. Police finally caught two men today after a high speed three city chase that went on for hours. It started early this morning in san jose. The men led police on a chase before getting off on freemont avenue in sunnyvale. They hit a deadend and ditched their car in a neighborhood in sunnyvale. I just heard a loud noise in the middle of the night the dogs started barking,. It looks like he jumped over my backyard. Nearly two hours after the chase started they were arrested. The pair face several charges including abating an officer and carjacking. Theres a warning going around in part of the east bay this evening. After a dead bat was found to have ray bees. The bat turned up last friday on blackout road. Afternoon, were sitting just in front of the Community Center. If you follow me this way. Theres a playground right there, some families, some kids right there, just yards away from the entrance to the center. Many of these families were learning about the dead bat today. The Alameda County vector going door to door to tell people about the situation. At the Community Center in freemont parents were surprised about i the discovery of a bat that tested positive for rabbies. No one talked about it. Signs are posted at the entrance to the center. This woman stopped by to pick up her preschooler this afternoon. Many kids are here to go to the program, and they would come here and play. So i think that they the dead mexican bat much like you see the one seen here Freemont Police picked it up on saturday. Then turned the bat over to Health Officials on monday for tests. The results came back tuesday. In Alameda County two to six rabid bats are found each year. Rabbies is a fatal disease you catch it. They canvassed nearby neighborhoods this morning. Stopping by nearly 60 homes to discuss the dangers. If your dog picked it up or child picked it up they need to contact us for information. If im letting kids go out, i believe i can alert them to help me with this information. While the news may be unsettling for some. A reminder for Health Officials for those in the area to keep their cool. For now, business as usual at a place where this community meets. In freemont chris winn abc 7 news. One of the Highway Patrol officers heroically survived the life of a suicideal man. The video of the incident was captured by a dash camera and released just today. Thats what youre watching. The officers saw the man leap off the overpass. He held on as he dangled 70 feet above another freeway below. An offduty sheriffs deputy and Oakland Police officer witnessed what happened they helped hoist the man back over the railing. This is a positive outcome, theres 1,000 ways this could have ended many were happy it ended the way it was. Were proud of our officer it was a split second decision, this is what he chose to do. The man was taken to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. San francisco fire investigators havent determined what caused yesterdays mission district. There are questions about how long it took an ambulance to get to the scene. Abc 7 news has confirmed no ambulances were available for more than six minutes after the first 911 call. Fire officials blame it on an unusually high call volume. The city gets an average of 5 emergency calls that time of night. It had 11 ambulances available. Yesterday there were 14 medical calls at the same time. There was a little delay in getting an ambulance to the scene, there were three people that could do cpr on them. And all three of them regained pulses. The firefighters trained as paramedic s paramedics. Right now the defense is presenting its case in the ellen powell trial. Powell took the stand again, shes suing a Silicon Valley firm that fired her in 2012. Details of her severance package were revealed. Which included 33,000 a month for six months. Her personal finances cannot be used as evidence. The firms lead attorney argues her husbands hedge Fund Bankruptcy motivated the lawsuit and not discrimination. Sky 7 hd over Candlestick Park today. San Francisco Park reminds fans, theres less than a week left to bid on historic items for the former home of the giants and 49ers. Items include seats and autographs, field goal posts. The auction closes at 8 00 p. M. Next tuesday. The area around the park will be redeveloped as a mixed residential and commercial space. Warm temperatures throughout the bay area today. And more beach weather is on the way. Spencer christian is here now with a look at the forecast. Despite the presence of some high clouds, the warming continues. Its a mostly sunny day with a few high clouds around its getting warmer. The warmest day ahead will be saturday probably. Heres a view of the western sky from emeriville. These are current temperatures, 66 in San Francisco. 70 in oakland 72 in san carlos and san jose. Half moon bay 64 degrees. Another view of the western sky from the east bay hills camera we have 76 degrees at santa rosa right now. Mid70s at fairfield, concord and livermore. You look at the golden gate. We see our first forecast partly cloudy with some patchy fog. Mostly sunny and warm inland tomorrow, with highs from mid60s on the coast to upper 70s inland. We may have record highs by saturday. Ill give you a look at those projected High Temperatures in a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. An expensive chinatown public restroom in the works for years, officially opened to the public today. The 2 million restroom is located right in the heart of chinatown. Many resident thes who live in single room apartments nearby consider this square their living room. The new bathroom has more stalls than the old one. People we talked to today were not concerned about the big price tag. I figure in the long run its okay. The restroom is one of the most used public bathrooms in the city. The design is a modern interpretation of traditional chinese architecture. Still ahead at 4 00, barts new eye in the sky. How this contraption will help keep riders safe on the system. Mass car aiding as a member of the green and gold comedian will ferrells splashy spring training debut that will all benefit a good cause. Mending strained relations between police and the public. The efforts underway in salinas after a High Profile Police shooting. Michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. He will answer them here live a little later. You can ask president obama has just arrived in los angeles to raise some money. Hes going to squeeze in some fun at the same time. This is a live look at Los Angeles International airport. Where his plane just landed. President obama is heading straight to a taping with jimmy kimmel, after he departs the airport, the president made his first appearance on kimmel via satellite back in 2008 after his initial run for the white house. Hes going to sit on the sofa tonight on the show and tape with jimmy kimmel this evening. Hell be in town to raise money for the democratic party. You can see him greeting some dignitaryies there, Barbara Boxer is at the foot of the stairs greeting him. You can catch president obama on kimmel tonight at 11 35 right after abc 7 news at 11 00. As you look live at president obama in los angeles. It was designed to draw attention, thats what a surveillance tower is doing at a Berkeley Bart station. The mobile eye in the sky is designed to deter criminals, it looks a little strange. Amy hollyfield has the story. It definitely stands out. Its 25 feet tall, making those on the ground feel a bit small. Pretty imposing. Its a bit mysterious, with the dark windows. Its intimidating. Bart police say thats the point. To intimidate criminals and hopefully scare them away. I think its a great idea, you know we need the protection, we need people to stop doing what theyre doing, and we want to be safe. Bart police say the tower gives them a good view of the station parking lot, so they can see a crime in progress and call it in. The tower is mobile they tow it to different bart stations that are experiencing an issue with crime. Right now it is in North Berkeley where police say they have noticed an uptick in bike theft. Sounds like an excellent idea. Seems very efficient. Youve got an eye in the sky. I like it. Not everyone is embracing this odd looking police tool. Seems excessive to me. Like a lot of Police Presence and over use of police power these days. Police say it does appear to work. And just about everyone we met said, they welcomed the extra security. Parking purposes and vandalism on the cards is a good idea. Dark tinted windows you cant tell whether theres an officer in there. Thats the point. Bart says they dont always put a Police Officer in there. Theyre hoping the presence of the tower is a deterrent. The tower didnt cost bart riders a thing. They covered the 90,000 price tag with grant money. Abc 7 news. An entrepreneur who took his love for cycling from the road to the water a couple years ago, is launching a brand new model. Judas schiller began a Kick Starter Campaign today for his newest water bike model, the s 1, the handlebars steer the underwater rutter. The company says you can assemble the boik in less than 10 minutes. Retail price is just under 4,000. They hope to release the new model in july. There are plenty of new faces on the as this year, and another one made his debut today. Check it out. Works pretty good right . Thats will ferrell in the green and gold. The anchorman star hit the field for the as and mariners today. He barnstormed through five spring training games today, playing for ten different teams, including the giants playing the white sox right now. Hes playing for both teams, farrell told fans he was in beast mode described himself as a five tool guy. The upcoming special will raise a Million Dollars for scholarships for cancer survivors. Lets get another check on our weather which has been so nice today. Its just lovely. Enjoying and working at the same time. Makes me want to suit up and play a little baseball. Heres a look at live doppler 7 hd. Mainly sunny skies high clouds around, nice and warm mild at the coast, warm inland, heres the view from our exploratorium camera. Bright skies despite the presence of high clouds, these are the forecast features. Record highs are possible on saturday. It will be turning cooler sunday and monday. Heres our satellite image showing High Pressure still the dominant feature in our weather picture. Despite the high clouds invading this ridge of High Pressure. Well have a warming trend continuing into the weekend. High clouds sweeping through tonight and tomorrow. In fact the high clouds will increase tomorrow, still, though, it will be a nice mild to warm day, well use up the projected High Temperature range for the week ahead in livermore as our indicator for whats coming in the bay area. 65 degrees, you can see highs throughout the 7day period, well be well above 65. Beaking at 83 on saturday. And dropping back into the up ir70s on sunday. A few patches of fog near the coast. Lows will be mainly in the upper 40s and low 50s. Tomorrows highs and sunshine will be in the mid to upper 70s in the south bay. 76 at san jose. 77 in los gatos. Mid to upper 60s on the coast from pacifica to half moon bay. Downtown San Francisco will reach 69 degrees tomorrow up in the north bay, bright skies high clouds, mid70s 74 santa rosa. 76 in napa, over on the east bay tomorrow look for highs of 73 in oakland. 74 in heyward, Castro Valley the inland east bay will see upper 70s tomorrow. Fairfield, 78 at antioch and livermore. This is our accuweather 7day forecast. Warmest day in the forecast period will be saturday with about 70 degrees on the coast and low 80s inland. A chance for a few record highs for that date. Cooling down rather sharply on sunday to mid70s around the bay, and inland. Well have a steady range of highs from sunday through next thursday under partly to mostly sunny skies in the afternoon. Well see low to mid70s around the bay, mid60s on the coast. Very little change ahead beginning on sunday. And tuesday i should point out will be st. Patricks day. Thank you spencer. On that subject an Award Winning irish banned is getting ready for a parade weekend. The irish papers are putting the finishing touches on their routine for San Franciscos st. Patricks day parade saturday. The group has been around since 1932. They have more than 30 bagpipers. Abc 7 is a proud sponsor of this years st. Patricks day parade. Seven on your sides Michael Finney will host the parade live beginning at 7 00 saturday. Up next, the big backlash over an Innovative New toy. Why are parents so enraged about the barbie doll that talks to you when you talk to it. New after 4 30. Let it go again. Disney reveals some big plans for upcoming movies a new barbie doll is getting the thumbs down from critics. Hello barbie uses an embedded microphone to record childrens speech. The head of the Campaign Says that doll leaves kids vulnerable to stealth advertising. And wants mattel to scrap the idea. Shes the new barbie who looks just like the old barbie. Except for one big difference. Welcome to new york, barbie. When you talk to hello barbie. She talks back. What should i be when i grow up . Well, you told me you like being on stage so maybe a dancer . Some parents are outraged by the technology that lets her do just that. Concerned about who could be listening to your childs conversation. I would never buy my grandchildren hello barbie. Hello barbie is a really terrible violation of childrens privacy. How does barbies talking technology work. A microphone is embedded into her necklace, you press down on her belt buckle her Speech Recognition Technology activates. It can recognize and respond to exactly what im saying and understand it. But not only can she understand it, she actually remembers it. Recordings of your childs conversations with barbie are sent over the internet to what mattels Partner Company toy talk are secure servers. The audio is processed to help form barbies preprogrammed responses and is also used for product improvement. In order to activate the talking feature in the barbie, parents must consent to all of this. Parents are in control of the data and can delete any of it. According to a reporter who you just heard there consumer advocates are concerned kids are talking to a multinational corporation. Its set to be released next fall, at a cost of 75. Still ahead at 4 00, the feds launch a new initiative between the police and public in salinas. Find out how they plan to get that done. What does the president think about the latest blunder involving the secret Service Agents who are supposed to keep him safe. A huge capitol infusion for lift. Whos bankrolling a half Million Dollar investment in checking your headlines at 4 30, there are calls for calm today after the overnight shooting of two Police Officers in ferguson, missouri. They were wounded during a protest in front of the Police Department. The officers are expected to fully recover and have already been released from the hospital. Police are still looking for the shooter. Abc news tweeted a statement from the parents of Michael Brown who say they denounce the senseless shooting. Abc 7 News Reporter chris winn treated this photo after a bad with rabbies was found at a freemont Community Center. The dead bat was at the entrance

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