Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20130825 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20130825

Sunshine. Keeping the numbers cool, though. We are talk about a modern warmup in the days ahead. We continue to follow the wildfire burning near yosemite. The fire has burned nearly 130,000 acres. Its just 7 contained. More than 5500 homes are threatened. 11 were destroyed. Officials worry the number could rise. John alston has the latest on the fire from tuolumne county. One weapon against the fire is a business central that shoots an in the beginning area before the fire can. Large fires flared into largers ones in an instant. Winds shifted every few seconds. I have lived here near eighth grade. Some residents were allowed to key their properties for the first time in weeks. This couple, both originally from the bay area, lost two homes that had been in their family for years. The main house survived. We feel lucky to have this guy still standing, which was my family home in high school. Yeah, super close call for this house. There are custom houses that are cute to make this place look extra nice for guests and stuff. Darma, who lives on the property, said firefighters did an honorable job. They were out here until the last seconds. We are thankful for those guys. The sky was dominated by a massive mushroom cloud. The fire reached about two piles from the hetch hetchy reservoir, San Franciscos main water source. Officials say so far Water Quality has not been affected. John alston, abc7 news. You can see just how much smoke is going up into the atmosphere from the fire. This picture was taken yesterday from the International Space station. Check out this picture. You can see how high that smoke is rising. This photo was taken from the window of a plane. The smoke is about 30,000 feet into the air. This morning the state has Financial Aid to help pay for fighting the rim fire. A grant from fema gives california the funds to reimburse Fire Fighting expenses. Governor jerry brown has expanded a state of emergency to include San Francisco. The fire is approaching the hetch hetchy reservoir, as john mentioned, and three hydroelectric power stations, two of which are now turned off as a precaution. The city is using supplement Power Supplies now, and thats at a cost of more than 600,000. Stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the yosemite fire and follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area for updates. This cell phone video shows a cabin being burned down in eldorado county. Its part of a 38,000 brush fire that is 70 contained this morning. That fire broke out at 3 00 afternoon, spreading quickly. Residents of 80 homes have been forced to evacuate. We have breaking news out of union city where police are investigating a fatal shooting. It happened just after 2 00 this morning in the area of 11th and b streets. Officers found one person dead at the seen and another person taken to the hospital. That persons condition is unknown. We will bring you more on this breaking news story as soon as an update becomes available. Oakland police say they plan to search one more area for a missing toddler. 22monthold daphne web webb was reported missing by her father in july. Yesterday there was an intense search after authorities received new information. Lilian kim has the details. The family of daphne webb gathered in prayer before search teams headed out. Dozens of volunteers and their cadaver dogs followed trails around Oakland College in hopes of finding the girl. If he found something, he would sit at the source and i would go running up to see what was there and then i would call him away because it would be a crime scene so we would want to preserve it as well as we could. Daphne has been missing since july 10th. Her father tense to be a person of interest. He claims his daughter disappeared when he left her in the car with his 87yearold mother. Police department say why they are searching this spot but they say they are as committed as ever with solving the case. The Oakland Police department are pretty confident we will find out what happened to this baby. There were moments of hope. Search and rescue teams found shovel and a pick they thought could be related to the disappearance. Police even call in a helicopter to take area photos of the area, but in the end they came up empty. Family members are holding out hope daphne may still be out there believed. On one hand im relieved, but on the other hand we are still searching and we want our baby back. Oakland police say theres one more area they plant to search but they wont say where or when just yet abc7 news. In developing news out of San Francisco this morning, police are investigating a shooting in the city south of market neighborhood. It happened just after 2 00 inside a party bus located in the area of ninth and fullsome streets. Nobody was inside the bus but they found shells and blood. Police are searching for victims and suspect. San Francisco Police are looking for two men after a woman was shot at a boutique dog hotel. She was working at the wag hotel at 14th and harrison streets around 7 00 last night. Police say the men shot her in the leg during an attempted robbery, then ran off. That woman is expected to recover. San jose police are investigating the 33rd murder of the year in that city. Officers responded to a call shortly after 1 00 yesterday afternoon downtown near north third and julian streets. They found a man shot at least once. He later died in the hospital. A fiveyearold vallejo girl is being treated for serious injuries after falling from a second story endo. It happened on fairhaven way just after 6 00 last night. When firefighters arrived, the screen was off the window. Little girl was on the ground. She was air lived to Childrens Hospital oakland. Her condition has not been released. A man mauled by a pit bull are hoping the owners will come forward. It happened at a popular off leash park in San Franciscos dog patch neighborhood. Nick smith has the story. The next thing i knew he had her pinned on her back. Ray said he was taking his dog skyler for a walk through this park when the tenyearold beagle and lab mix was attacked. Within seconds she was in the pet bull jaws and the pit bull was shaking her like a rag doll. These are the injuries she sustained after being mauled. This puncture to her gap and a tear on left side. A gaping wound that required multiple stitches. I question why he wasnt in control of his man in the first place. He con granted the man he thought was the owner of the pit bull. They started walking off. They fled the scene. A witness captured the scene with a smartphone. The incident is under investigation, and that they are working to identify the pit bull and its owner. I have been coming here 25 years. Those who use the park regularly are worried it will give negative ammunition to opponents of the off leash park. If one child is a bully or acts out in school, it ought not reflect on the entire student body. In San Francisco, nick smith, abc7 news. Its a rare honor be stowed on the bravest service members. Today president obama will award the medal of honor to a soldier who grew up in the bay area. Staff sergeant ty carter was serving in afghanistan in 2009 when the army said he went above the call of duty to retrieve supplies for fellow soldiers while his company was under attack by more than 200 taliban fighters. Sergeant carter will be the fifth living recipient to be awarded the medal of honor tore actions in iraq or afghanistan. Congratulations. Lisa argen is here now with a preview of the accuweather forecast. Things are switching up a also bit this morning. We have the radar sweeping around the bay and picking up a little bit of drizzle over in oakland. This morning cloudy skies in San Francisco. Maybe a few raindrops on your windshield. We will talk about how long that lasts and the rest of the forecast for the rest of the month coming up. Thank you, lisa. Also ahead, growing tension necessary syria. How the u. S. Could soon get involved. Also emirates new zealand now just a win away to advance to go the americas cup final against the oracle team. What stopped them from welcome back. Isolates 5 13 on this sunday morning. Thanks for waking up so early to join us for the abc7 sunday morning news. This is a live look from the emeryville cam. In that city a little bit of drizzle going on right now. In the low 60s. Not much warmer later today. Maybe into the high 60s. Lisa argen will have all the facts and figures and your forecast if a few minutes. Authorities are investigating what led a strucking company employ to go on a shooting spree that left two former colleagues dead and two others injured. The 72yearold huberert allen junior shot them yesterday at several locations around florida. Allen first shot and killed a 28yearold former coworker, then went a short distance and fatally shot his 80yearold former boss. Later he shot and wounded two other men before going home and killing himself. New this morning, ousted egyptian president miew baric will be in court today to face retrial in connection with the killing of protesters back in 2011. Efforts flown by helicopter to a military courthouse this morning. He was released from prison and transferred to house arrest in the hospital. He was found guilty last year for failing to stop the killing of some 900 protesters in an 18day uprising. His sentence was overturned on appeal. In morning there are still concerns that syria may have used chemical weapons in the governments fight against insurgents, with the white house now saying there is very little doubt chemical weapons were used. Yesterday president obama held a white house meeting with his National Security advisors to discuss the situation. Abc news chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raditz tells us what this could mean for the united states. Evidence of a chemical attack in syria is mounting. New images showing the horror. The president spent the day huddled behind closed doors with his National Security team, weighing the evidence and has military options. We are still gathering information about this particular event, but it is very troublesome. Among the options on the table, targeting Syrian Military or government buildings cruise missiles. Four destroys are in thary with tomahawk missiles. U. S. Fire jets could also attack, firing from outside syrian airspace so pilots would be out of harms way. The administration has been very fourth come in saying that risk must be low. We cannot risk getting servicemen and women hurt, and we dont want to get pulled into another quagmire in the middle east. Nothing will happen until the u. S. Confirms the chemical attack. Syrian state tv claims the rebels were behind the attack. Abandoning the position that no chemical attack occurred. U. N. Officials in syria are push fourth access to the site for inspection. The Group Doctors without borders said that 3600 patients with neurotoxic symptoms were treated the day of the suspected attack. They say 355 of those patients died. Coming up later this morning on this week Martha Raditz will have more on the middle east crisis from cairo. You can watch this week right here on abc7 at 8 00. In San Francisco a group gathered at a public vigil in union square yesterday to remember the victims of the attack in syria. Many say they do want the Obama Administration to intervene. We are asking the u. S. Government to support the syrian army so we can defend ourselves. We are dealing with a dictator never been heard of, and killing with a greenlight from the west. The more extensions they give him, the more killing hes doing. President obama said last year the use of chemical weapons by syria would cross a red line. People at the vigil say the line has already been crossed repeatedly. While outgoing san diego mayor bob figner is preparing to leave office. He is being investigated. 17 women, including a University Dean and a retired navy admiral, have accused filner of inappropriate behavior. His resignation was part of an agreement. The city will pay his Legal Expenses related to a Sexual Harassment lawsuit and offer him up toed 8,000 if he chooses to hire his own lawyer. Visitors heading to yosemite can get in free today if the rim fire burning near the park doesnt descendents courage them. All 401 National Parks will offer free admission today in honor of the 97th annual anniversary of the park service. It was created on august 25, 1916. Emirates new zealand is one victory aray from racing for the americas cup. The team set a speed record on the racecourse yesterday with the help of strong winds. The kiwis topped out at 47. 2 knots, going nearly twice the speed of the wind. They sped away from Italys Luna Rossa in race 7 to take the 61 lead in the best of 13 Louis Vuitton cup challenge. Race 8 was postponed until today because of the high winds. It is scheduled to begin at 1 10 this afternoon. Race 9 will begin at 2 1, if necessary. Should they win one more race, they will face oracle teams usa for the americas cup starting september 7th. The winds were so gusty yesterday, what about today . We will be breezy again today. Theres a system offshore that not only brings breezy winds but the slight chance of showers, especially in the north bay. San francisco will be talking about drizzle and oakland. We head outside and check out leave dop her 7hd. You notice we do have clouds offshore and they will allow for a cloud destart this morning. But then we will be looking at the clouds scattering out and breath us a partly cloudy day. A little cooler, though, due it this weak weather system to the north and west of us. From our roof camera it is cloudy downtown. Temperatures are a little warmer this morning due to the mid and highlevel clouds. Also the low clouds out there. 61 in San Francisco. Good morning, redwood city, 65 for you. As well as san jose with 62 in los gatos and Half Moon Bay coming in in the low 60s. Golden gate bridge, cant really make out too much here. A bit of drizzle, perhaps, as you are heading on out on the windshield woppers if you you ae going out for a run or bike ride. Dont be surprised if you run into some wet pavement. 64 in fairfield, but 60s santa rosa to novato. Mt. Tam, you see the beginning of sunday morning with just a slight chance of sprinkles in the north and San Francisco. Otherwise we will be partly cloudy, a couple degrees cooler today. We did manage a few 80s yesterday. It was 69 degrees Half Moon Bay. Today with that system pushing on shore, it should mix out the marine layer. We will see some sunshine. A gradual warming trend going through the rest of the work week. The last week of august. So heres the area of low pressure. Notice extreme Northern California we have the return here. As we continue to put the clock in motion, you will notice that the flow brings the air from the ocean. That will keep us on the cool side, a couple degrees cooler than yesterday. Most of the activity heading to the north. We still have the dense smoke advisory for the northern sierra, and things look clear for the southern syria. In the south bay numbers will be cooler. You managed about 80 yesterday. In san jose 76 degrees. Look for 80 in los gatos. 73 in sunnyvale. On the peninsula, low clouds and fog. Turning partly cloudy this afternoon. 76 redwood city with 6 in milbrae. San francisco a few degrees of cooling. Partly cloudy, 65. Up in the north bay maybe a few sprinkles, a light shower. Then you will see some sunshine with mid70s. So the numbers a little cooler. The oranges just few and far between in the north bay. More up he were 60s for berkeley. 70 union city today with another 72 in fremont. Over the else you will see a Sunny Afternoon with a nice temperature today in concord. 81 degrees. 82 in livermore. Candlestick park, of course, its always breezy there. In fact the west winds up to 20 miles an hour. 5 00 game time. Low 6. We look for the numbers to drop through the 50s. Heres the look ahead. Today one of the coolest days on the map here. We will go through the next several days with a very modest warming trend with mid70s and mid80s around the bay. Pretty nice and by the end of next weekend looking like we might see a bit of a cool down. Thats september. So its actually in the afternoon its feeling pretty good. A little cool to start. You are right about handle stick. It can be calm everywhere else but there there is always a wind tunnel. Thanks, lisa. Up next, a look at the wild event held on the east coast. The preview of a similar one planned for the bay area. Panda caretakers at Washington National zoo will try again today to get a closeup look at the tiny new resident, a day old panda cub. You see the birth in this video provided by the zoo. Zookeepers need to do a health check t takes only a few minutes, but mamma panda hasnt given them an opportunity to take her cub, which is about the size of a stick of butter. Once they do get a chance, caretakers will listen to the cubs heart and lungs, record its weight and collect a dna sample. People ran for their lives during the firstever Great Bull Run held in the u. S. Inspired by the spanish spectacle it was held yesterday at a drag racing strip in virginia. Only one minor injury. That run is scheduled to be held here in the bay area next june, although there isnt a set location just yet. A dazzling sort meant of rare gems and minerals is on display this weekend in San Francisco. The 59th annual San Francisco gem and Mineral Society show continues today at the county fair building in golden gate park. The event showcases exhibits, educational demonstrations and

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