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KGO ABC7 News 400PM April 15, 2016

Public safety captain shawn ahern said two residents were transported to the hospital. There were a lot of people home when the fire was reported just before 1 00 p. M. More than 30 people were evacuated. A resident said she smelled smoke that appeared to be burnt food left on the stove. First responders said the fire spread down a hallway, so they were prepared to evacuate residents who were standing outside on the balconies. We talked to a family and mother of tw kids, a 1yearold daughter and 5yearold son who climbed down a fire ladder to safety. The fire was really going and there was a lot of black smoke coming out of number 42 apartment. Right away the manager called the Fire Department and the Fire Department came. You climbed a ladder once, you climb the ladder any time. You just do it as quick as possible and make sure the kids were down. They grabbed them first. So it was fine. Reporter its not nobody how many will be displaced by the fire. The red cross is here to help with temporary shelter arrangements as needed. You can see that a lot of residents are just standing out on the sidewalk in front of the twin pines manor apartments, not sure when they can go back in and reclaim some of their possessions. Firefighters were able to rescue several pets. David louie, abc7 news. David, thank you very much. We first learned about this fire from a viewer who tweeted this video using abc7now. Remember, if you have video or pictures of breaking news, share it with us the same way so we can find it and use it on air and online. Authorities are beginning to assess the damage in japan following another powerful earthquake. This one a magnitude 7 that hit in the middle of the night. This is video from inside an apartment when the quake hit at 1 25 saturday morning in japan. At this point, we know of one fatality. But of course, there could be more. Daybreak a short time ago revealed massive landslides and damaged roads and buildings. The quake was centered about 8 miles from the epicenter of yesterdays quake. Today, rescuers pulled an 8monthold baby from the rubble. More than 800 people were injured. Drew tuma joins us now with a closer look at the quake. Cheryl, small increments on the Richter Scale have huge implications on the affected area. Today they had that 7. 0 quake, and that one was 32 times stronger than the earlier 6. 0 quake they had 24 hours before. So these quakes have huge amounts of energy being released by just going up one value on the Richter Scale. So hopefully that is the strongest theyll have with this series of shakes. Live doppler 7 hd here locally, it is a beautiful friday afternoon. Well show you how gorgeous it is. You cant find much of anything in the sky. Nothing but baby blue and a gorgeous day on the bay. Temperature wise, very springlike. 62 in San Francisco. Concord at 74. 69 in oakland. Speaking of oakland, the as are hosting the royals tonight. A beautiful night for baseball. That sun goes down at 7 46. First pitch temperature around 63 degrees. So future tracker temperature shows you a delightful night across the region, under clear skies. By 11 00 tonight, were still mild with some spots Still Holding in the low 60s. That mild overnight period will set the stage for a very warm weekend. Going to feel like summer once again. Well look at those numbers coming up in the forecast. Sl slgz a beach hazard statement is still in effect until 9 00 tonight. This is video sky 7 hd shot over ocean beach earlier today. Beautiful as you can see. The advisory took effect about 3 00 this morning, calling for waves up to 18 feet in some locations. Its been downgraded, but it could be dangerous at some bay area beaches. Zachy jordan smith is a high functioning autistic child, last seen heading north on his bike toward the b. A. R. T. Station. This afternoon, someone spotted him unharmed two miles east of the glenn park b. A. R. T. Station in San Francisco and he is being reunited with his family. The little boy taken during a carjacking in soledad yesterday as we reported has been reunited with his family. 2yearold jacob vargas was released by the hospital yesterday evening. The chp says the boy was first examined by medical staff, then interviewed. Police are still looking into who stole the car with the boy inside outside their home. A frustrating warning for commuters. A big rig carrying a load of wine overturned blocking traffic for hours. Amy hollyfield has the details. Reporter look at this backup. The view from sky 7 hd shows miles of cars at a stand still on interstate 880 in hayward. It started at 3 00 this morning and lasted during the morning commute. An overturned big rig on the south bound side, as it crashed it took out a highway side with it which landed on the north bound side blocking two lanes. There were four vehicles involved in the accident. Two of the four drivers involved in the crash were hurt. But theyll be okay. There were a couple of visible injuries, shoulders, back, that sort of thing. Reporter Officials Say it started because of a stalled vehicle in the middle of 880. That set off the chain of crashes. I have not seen a scene like this in some time. Reporter chp officers say the trailer was hauling about 40,000 pounds of liquids, including bartels and james wine coolers. Officials knew they needed to unload them before moving the trailer, but they knew they needed to open the freeway as soon as possible. It was either going to be hand off loaded which would have taken three hours or more, or give it a shot and use a giant spatula to slide underneath it. Reporter so they tried it and successfully and got the trailer on a flat bed truck. We were crossing our fingers. Reporter the chp is still looking to talk to the driver of the staaled vehicle. That driver did not stick around. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. If you have our news app, you received a push notification about that crash this morning. To stay on top of breaking news, download that app for free. One person was hospital used and traffic snarled for about an hour after an accident shut down the west bound lanes on the san mateo bridge this morning. The accident happened about 7 30 just east of the toll plaza. You can see what a mess it was in the sky 7 hd video shot after emergency crews got on the scene to help people. The one drivers injuries were not serious. Today, Police Identified a woman dead in her lafayette home. Investigators consider 66yearold margarets death suspicious. Officers found her yesterday after receiving a call from a concerned relative. The 2011 uc davis pepper spray incident, remember these pictures . Is posing problems against for the university. They are calling for the dismissal of the schools president. The university Officials Say the school was trying to ensure the incident was fairly portrayed online. A sinkhole blocking traffic for months has finally been repaired. A sewer line was buried in stink ho hole that opened up in october. Multiple factors including extensive ground water led to that sinkhole. Take a look at this. An elephant seal along the beach is attracting a lot of attention. Its been lying there all day long near candle stick park. The animal is going through a natural process called molting. It is not in distress and the coat will eventually grow back. Experts say people should stay away and try not to push it back into the water. And a Mountain Lion running on the grounds of a Southern California high school right in the middle of lunch break. Students and faculty ran inside to classrooms. The animal dashed off campus before they managed to tranquilize it. Fire officials in Southern California say high winds fanned a big brush fire this morning. The grass fire broke out about 7 00 near highway 5. The dangerous winds up to 25 mea miles stoked the flames before firefighters got out in front of it. No one was injured. Still ahead on abc7 news at 4 00, the warriors get the first round of the playoffs tomorrow right here on abc 7. Coming up, preparation for that big game in oakland. Plus, the big changes coming for rideshare drivers in San Francisco. New at 4 30, the president ial Campaign Comes to the bay area. The candidates who will be running elbows with george clooney. And lets take a live look at traffic on the San Francisco skyway. This gorgeous friday afternoon as the evening commute gets under way in earnest. Its a little sticky, the cars coming at you trying to get o santa clara, San Francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Preparations well under way at oracle arena before the first round playoff game between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets. Laura anthony is live with a look ahead to tomorrows big game. Laura . Reporter hi, dan. The rockets have arrived. We just saw two big tour buses pull in, they backed underneath the stadium there, theyre inside practicing right now. Behind me, you can see they have rolled out the yellow carpet in preparation for game one. Its back to business for the warriors and now their laser focus is on the Houston Rockets in round one of the playoffs. Asked how much celebrating he did wednesday night after his team won game 73, coach steve kerr told us i drank a beer. I drank one beer. That was about it. I went home and went to bed. Reporter steph curry is also focused squarely on what lies ahead. We just try to keep things simple, you know, have an edge, play hard, and focus on keeping them off you. Reporter meantime, warriors fans are gearing up for saturdays game one versus the rockets at oracle. Do you think it helps them win . Any bit of positive energy and positive vibe we can send them ultimately theyll feel it. So yeah, totally. Reporter still sporting two big scratches from wednesdays battle, Klay Thompson is looking forward to seeing the fans again at oracle. Im excited seeing them all. Theyre so fun playing in front of. Reporter besides the game inside, the team has set up a Fan Experience area that opens at 9 00 a. M. In oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. Again, the warriors showdown is against the Houston Rockets. If youre not lucky enough to have a ticket, abc 7 is the only place you can watch the game live. Coverage begins at noon. And be with us after the game. Stay tuned to after the game right here on abc 7. Larry beil and mike shumann will be joined by odonnell foyle and hall of Famer Nate Thurman for complete coverage and analysis. If youre heading to oracle tomorrow, a friendly warning to plan ahead. Sky 7 hd was at oracle when the as and warriors games nearly overlapped. Tomorrow, the first pitch at 1 05 and the warriors tipping off at 12 30. Starting next year, the nba will begin selling jersey sponsorships for a threeyear trial, becoming the first major north American Sports league to put patches on the jerseys. The nba expects to make between 120 million to 180 million a year. Heres something to save you money. President obama is supporting an effort to give consumers more choice when it comes to the cable boxes that control which Television Boxes they watch. Today, the president backed the call to allow customers the option to guy the boxes intend of renting them. The white house says the average household pays 231 every year to rent these cable boxes. Thats despite the fact that the cost of making boxes has gone down. General motors is recalling more than a million pickup trucks. The seat belts on the Chevy Silverado and gmc sierras may not hold people in a cash. The steel cable that connects the belts can wear and separate over time. If that happens, the belts could come loose. The recall covers certain models, 1500 pickups from 2014 and 2015 model years. A major change for San Francisco uber and lift drivers. The city is demanding drivers need a business license. San francisco estimates that amounts to 37,000 drivers. So Business Licenses will cost 91 a year. Really warm and lovely around the bay area today. And the weekend is upon us. Drew tuma has the forecast. Hi, drew. I think we have the best weekend so far this year on the horizon. Yes, it will warm up, but most spots are not going to be oppressively hot. Well call it comfortably warm. Lets go to live doppler 7 hd. Right now showing you nothing but sunshine, no clouds and rain free at the moment. What we do have are gusty winds. A wind advisory in effect until 8 00 this evening where wind gusts could be as high as 40 miles per hour. Currently a wind gust of 31 at sfo. 25 in san jose and 17 in concord. And this wind is coming off the ocean water in a lot of spots along the coast. When your ocean water is only 53 degrees, that will keep the coast rather cool. So Half Moon Bay at 57 degrees. San francisco at 62. Once you get away and go inland, 74 at concord. San jose currently 70 degrees. Tonight, clear skies and plenty of stars. 53 in San Francisco, 48 in san jose. 50 in oakland. Dropping to 47 in napa overnight tonight. And well have those winds with us first thing on our friday. Future tracker wind gust shows you 6 00 in the morning, rather breezy out there. What youre noticing is that wind is shifting to more of a land breeze. Tomorrow afternoon when that wind is coming off the land instead of the ocean, that will warm us up significantly. Highs on saturday, match warmer than today. Oakland, a warm 79 degrees. Downtown San Francisco, 73. And santa rosa, up to 81 degrees. Reminder, though, the uv index tomorrow and also on sunday, it is going to be very high. Somewhat that means is your skin unprotected can burn in less than 15 minutes. So slap on that sun screen, that sun is strong. On sunday, future tracker temperatures shows you the winds are stronger. That means were warming up even more some 10 to 20 degrees above average in the mid 80s inland. Some spots will go in the upper 80s. 70s around San Francisco. And we start the cooldown on the coast monday into the upper 60s, lower 70s. Still rather warm inland with lots of sunshine. Accuweather sevenday forecast. Very warm on sunday with that very high uv index. Sun soaked on monday. Tuesday is a day of transition, lateday clouds with a chance of a sprinkle in the north bay. Wednesday, back to average. Another chance of a sprinkle thursday. But the best bet for any wet weather comes a week from tuesday on friday where everyone has a slight chance of light rain. This weekend nothing but sunshine and warm temperatures. Thanks, drew. Coming up next, a change of heart in a story we first told you about yesterday. Will texting really will allowed in a theater near you . Taking a look at traffic outside, slow and go. In san jose along 101, oh, my goodness, be patient, fill up with gas and hit the bathroom before you go. Texting will not be coming to an amc theater near you. A major turn around. In a tweet this morning, amc 15i8d there will be no texting because so many of us hate the idea. Just yesterday, the companys ceo said he was contemplating changing the rules. No, no, no, no, we dont want that. Your trash can eventually become apples treasure. Apple says its recovered more than a ton of gold, 40 million worth in fact, out of recycled iphones. The companys annual environmental report revealed that it reclaimed 3 Million Pounds of copper and 6600 pounds of silver. Apple has been ramping up the recycling programs in the past few years. San franciscos Chinese Community has a medical facility designed specifically for their needs. The sixstory building makes a lot of improvements. There are dozens of private beds and mri machines and other imaging equipment. Patients will have access to some chinese medicines. Designers wanted to make members of the Chinese Community feel comfortable when they look for care. The culture is brought through into the desindesign, i the building, the language. They first opened its doors in 1925. The new building was built on the same location. Very innovative. Abc7 news at 4 00 continues. The home will be the focus of a big bucks visit from Hillary Clinton tonight. How much it will cost to attend. Plus it not only is hateful but its dangerous. Donald trumps response after some former apprentice stars take a stand against him. And a terrifying flight. What happened after a bird hit the windshield of this plane. High Speed Internet from at t. With 99. 9 reliability you can, keep calm, your internets on. Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Here are the headlines at 4 30. At least one person is dead after the second major earthquake in two days in japan. The city of kumamoto was struck by a 7. 0 earthquake this morning. At least 400 were hurt, more are believed to be trapped under collapsed buildings. There have been several powerful after shocks. A 6. 2 earthquake yesterday killed at least nine people and theyre bracing for more. Vic lee spent the day in japan town in San Francisco. Coming up at 5 00, hell tell us how the japaneseamerican community here in the bay area is responding to this quake. Also at 5 00, the latest on an Apartment Fire in sunny veil. We learned about this from this viewer who tweeted us video using the abc7now. We really appreciate that. Dozens oh evacuated and at least two people were hurt. Hillary clinton is coming to San Francisco tonight for a starfilled fundraiser. Sky 7 hd was over the knob hill home on washington street where the cost per couple to attend is more than 300,000. Melanie woodrow is live at that home where the protesters are banging pots and pans, to be expected there tonight. Melanie . Reporter yeah, i just took a walk down the hill and i can see the gate in front of the home is now open. There ar

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