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KGO ABC7 News 500AM May 31, 2015

Side. In fact, just 59 in San Francisco. We are going it talk about just 70s inland. A cool start to june coming up. Lisa, thank you. This morning theres renewed attention on a constant problem in the east bay. Side shows. A dangerous stunt that takes over intersections,en dengering the lives of drivers and spectators. One happened again this weekend. Abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana has more. The streaming tires on this street near interstate 880 were heard throughout the nature. I heard it, it was pretty loud. This oakland resident tell me these side shows happen here much too often. Its frustrating its scary, and unfortunately its part of our life now so we are used to it. Residents and Business Owners say that is car spinouts like this happen at least twice a month. Heres last november at the exact same spot. Oakland police and the Highway Patrol have tried to crack down on these side shows. But one hot rod owner i talked to tells me there still isnt much fear the police are going to break up these events. Do you ever worry the police will show up . Not really. Some neighbors say they arent surprised by the side shows. Theres nothing to do in oakland right now. The kids are starting to make their own way and do their own thing and have their own fun. As far as the chp are concerned, the side shows are not only illegal and dangerous, but they pull resources away from other duties. Two were dispatched away from a fatality friday night to check on this sideshow. But they quickly sped off and officers issued no citations Oakland Police are looking for the driver of a car that hit and killed a pedestrian friday night deliberately. Police believe the man wags targeted by the driver. He died at the scene. 5 03, the time. New this morning secretary of state john kerry is in a switzerland hospital after being involved in a bicycle crash. He hit a curb and fell while exercising and likely suffered a leg injury. He was airlifted to a hospital in geneva where he is listed in stable condition. Vice President Joe Biden is mourning the loss of his son beau. The former attorney general of delaware succumbed to brain cancer last night. He had the disease three years ago. Doctors said he was cancer free three years ago but the cancer returned earlier this year n a statement from the Vice President , joe biden writes in the words of the biden family, beau biden was quite simply the finest manny of us have known. Beau biden was 46. The number of confirmed deaths from the flooding in texas and oklahoma are growing this morning. 31 confirmed fatalities and 11 are still missing. The city of houston was hit with 3 1 2 inches of rain last night. Minute maid park had some game issues. Games between the astros and the white sox was not postponed, but in other parts of texas evacuees are being sent away from their homes. Heres the story. Police went door to door with the bad news. Hello anybody in the house . Pack up now and get out. These texas residents are on the move. Oh, my gosh, i didnt realize it was that high. Ashley was shocked to see what was a dry creekbed now a rising tied headed for her house. Im leaving. Im out of here. In houston sewers overflowed with flooding and sent this manhole dance on a column of water. Flash flooding is dangerous and hard to predict. Small streams can become raging rapids in minutes. To protect yourself know if you are on a floodplain and Pay Attention to weather warnings. You know i packed up little items i need my bible. Andrea depended on the helping hands of volunteers. They came to my rescue. I had know idea how i would get this stuff out of here. Some could in the outrun the waters. Thats the fence line and eats probably five feet tall. The weather holds some relief there should be three or four days of dry weather as the rain pushes off to the east. A person backed a car into a fire hydrant and shot water into the air for more than 10 minutes yesterday afternoon sending water on to the roof of a three story building. One tenant just moved in and almost had to cancel a housewarming party. We get another photo of the fire hydrant across the street that exploded and said i dont know if my living room is flooded right now or not. We may have to cancel the party but they came and drained the roof and they are doing a good job. Most of the water damaged a common area outside of the individual apartments. In the north bay shoppers scattered after a water main break at a mall. The mall filled with water just after 4 30 yesterday afternoon. The good news, nothing was damaged and all the stores were able to stay open. In san jose, young performers took to the stage last night to bring awareness to cyber bullying. Abc7 news was at san pedro square for rock for a reason event. All the money goes to the audrey pott foundation, named after the 15yearold who committed suicide. She passed out at a party and was sexually assaulted. Pictures were posted online and three teenage boys pled guilty. Audrey did reach out to a lot of her friends, and we feel it was a cry for help that went unanswered. Last year Governor Brown signed audreys law increasing penalties for teenagers convicted in sign better bullying crimes. Tomorrow a big protest is planned outside of facebooks headquarters in menlo park. They are leading an effort to change a real name policy. Face look closes accounts reported to be under fake names. Protesters believe some people are using the target to target lgbt individuals. Turning to the warriors on the eve of the nba finals, theres been a shakeup in the dubs coaching staff. The top assistant alvin gentry has been named the head coach of the new orleans pelicans. Hes the top defensive mind with the war riors. Game one of the nba final tips off thursday evennening at 6 00. Join larry beil along with hall of famer nate thurmon and abc7 Sports Reporter mike shumann live from oracle arena in oakland. The days of you see here of rain in marin are long past, so much so that residents have to start cutting back on water use starting tomorrow. Customers in the marin Water District have to cut use by 20 because of the drought in our state. Violators could have their Water Service turned off. You will start notice as lot less grass in new homes, Office Buildings and schools. The state is forcing developers to put in morris droughtfriendly plants to comply with the governors order to cutback on water usage. The Water Commission passed the tightser building codes on friday to try to cut water use by 20 . Lisa we are seeing a lot of folks changing up their landscape. And if you have a green lawn, its like the Scarlet Letter you have a green lawn. But we will look at drizzle today. Nothing in the form of rain. Heres a look at the exploratorium camera. Temperatures in the low 50s. I used any wipers again this morning. Mist and drizzle and a cooler day is ahead. And a woman tossed out an original Apple Computer worth 200,000. Plus a bay area town that keeps getting tagged. The fine line between art and vandalism and the debate thats turning ugly. music throughout sfx smash sfx roar sfx roar sfx engine roars great rates for great rides. Geico motorcycle see how much you could save. Stay safe when riding your motorcycle. Make sure your helmet fits properly. Not too tight and not too loose. And always fasten the helmet strap. Protect yourself with motorcycle insurance from geico. Visit geico. Com for more safety tips and to get a free rate quote. The next story is kind. Like your mom tossing out your old comic books and baseball cards. A south bay person is looking for woman that cleaned out her garage and dropped off an apple vintage 1 computer worth 200,000. This milpitas recycling company made a surprising discovery. Its like you won the lottery. Last month a woman dropped off several boxes of what she thought was junk. She brought two or three box like you can see on the table with some stuff like wires, keyboards, old stuff. But inside one of the boxes was a vintage apple 1 desktop. One ever only 200 models created in 1976. Heres one on display in mountain view. One was sold to a private collector for 200,000. They are looking for the original own who are didnt leave a name. I said do you need a pickup receipt or tax receipt and she said no, no, im fine, i just want to clean out the badge. The Company Wants to honor the policy by giving her half the proceeds from the sale. Her husband just passed away like recently. I think that was why. The recycling company said all she needs to do is come down and pick up her check. Abc news. The worlds first solar flight across the pacific began yesterday. It took off from china and will arrive in hawaii about five days. The plane is flying around the World Without using a single drop of oil. It has 1300 pounds of batteries on its wings. After hawaii it will continue to fly around the United States and wrapping up its trip in july. Preparations for n. A. S. A. s next trip to mars is underway. Right now they are testing their inside lander and extreme pressure. It will be packed in a capsule for traffic. It will be launched from vanderburgh airport base in 2016 and will take about six months to reach mars. Abc7 News Reporter wayne freedman. A marin county community so traditionally recluse theyve even the road into town has no town to mark. It the way it looked recently that may look like the only unmarked spot around here. Its shocking that its something this damaging. The graffiti on private property began showing up this week when shes signs appeared along the beach. They warned spray paint violates state law by polluting the environment. Some think writing on beach walls is a right citizenship. I love the art. I dont wish to see art when go down to the beach. He is particularly offended by this on the beach. Art mixed with personal signage put on the seawall by visitors to balinas. And they do it in spray paint. Smell that. Thats taxic. He lives on the bluff above. He walks the beach frequently continuously picking up paint chips and hes a moderate compared with others. It will get picked up and it will be in the food chain forever. He wants all murals removed including this one that walks to the beach where they have painted three decades. Its not logical. You cant allow one group to paint and one group not to. The normally harmoniously town is now polluted by division. Do you think artistic expression is something everybody could come together over. They planned a Public Meeting this weekend. If you are an outsider, good luck finding it. Abc7 news. A paris landmark will know longer signify eternal love. All the love location fastened to the railing of a local bridge there will be removed tomorrow. Last year part of the bridge collapsed due to the wait offal the locks and city officials had to prevent people from adding new locks. Lisa weatherwise what can we expect . We have a weather system that could bring us a few light showers in the north bay but its more like heavy mist and drizzle. Today we have some of the drizzle. Clears heres a look at live doppler hd. Yesterday, if you could find a windsheltered area, the sun felt pretty good but it was once again cool closer to the bay and the water. Theres the weather system. Tail end swings through and brings us precip deep into the marine layer today, trentens the on shore push and then a cooler start to june. This morning taking a look at emeryville cloudy skies. And the visibility not bad right now, about four miles up to the north around santa rosa and 9 miles in the east bay valleys. This, of course is our roof camera. 52 concord, 55 livermore. No more 80s today. We will see plenty of 70s. In fact, the temperatures will be below average to start june. By the end of the week it looks interesting. It could be warming up a little bit. We also maybe can see another chance of showers. Ill explain in a minute. Patchy mist and drizzle this morning. Partly cloudy, cooler today and a cool start to june with the first half of the week trending below average. And slow clearing for tomorrow. Right now we are looking at the cloud cover. You will notice by tomorrow midnight into monday morning there is our chance of showers up along the coast. More like heavy mist and drizzle with the lift from the Higher Elevations here. You can notice by 10 00 still the possibility of in sonoma county, maybe a light shower. Its all due to the area of low pressure that is heading to the north. So it it not only brings us the mist and drizzle it brings us the cooler temperatures today, tomorrow and then even into tuesday, slow recovery after that. With as we go through the rest of the day today, you notice by 9 00 still fog. And by 1 00, 2 00, finally getting some clearing, partly cloudy. Cloudy at the coast and temperatures mainly in the 60s and 70s. Livermore, in the 70s today. We see barely a change tomorrow but look what happens into then forecast week. Looks like numbers are going to respond into the 80s if our one model verifies. Another model wants to bring in more precip the end of the week so we have to wait to see in that verifies. 69 redwood city, menlo park. Cloudy and cool at the coast. 69 again in San Francisco. Cool there. 68 santa rosa. Mid60s vallejo. Near east bay low 60s for oakland and fremont. Topping out around 70. Inland notice the green on the map. That indicates the cooler temperatures and the orange out into the valley. 76 pittsburgh, 74 san ramon. The cooler weather is here with the sevenday forecast. Mist and drizzle tomorrow, into tuesday, and the slow and modest warmup by the end of the work week. You can see what is showing up on live doppler hd anytime. We have more information at abc7news. Com apps. New month, but the weather not new. And i noticed the drop especially in the east bay yesterday. Yeah. A crisis in the east bay averted and how one of the cutest families you will ever see has been reunited. First in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage month we are honoring with our instagram event. There is more information on our abc7 news bay area instagram feed. You might be wondering what are your rights when trying to return a mobile device to your carrier. Michael finney explains. Bob mahoney is dialing his phone which is connected through sprint. He switched over to verizon but the phone didnt work too well on a trip to new york. Had a real problem with dropped calls. There were 8 dropped calls in one communications and i said i cant have this. He returned his phone. He had two. It was 13 days aft purchase. Verizon has a 13 day return policy. He thought he would get his money back. Instead he got a big bill. So they ended up charging me a full for the full value of the phones plus sales tax, plus two months of service for about 1578. He tried to get his money back for quite a while but eventually he turned to 7 on your side. We contacted verizon and bob heard from the company. They got it done. Verizon said we strive to provide the best possible service for each of our customers and in this case we failed to do that. We regret the error and have returned the money to his account. We sometimes hear from consumers having problems with early termination fees. I can tell you over the years this is by far one of the most popular articles on our website which tells us consumers are going online to try to figure out what are my rights and its not easy to find out. For a short time we had it so now you must read your telephone contract. Most have a 14day return policy and tmobile allows 30 days. Some companies charge small return fees for restocking and so you need to check those as well. Michael finney, 7 on your side. Firefighters to the rescue yesterday in Contra Costa County but the victims werent human. Firefighters plucked 8 ducklings out of a storm drain in concord. They carefully hoisted out each duckling and made sure they were okay. The crew tweeted these pictures showing a happy reunion between mother duck and her kid. The sixth annual maddies pet adoption event take place today. It is at multiple locations. Much more ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. Another republican jumps into the race. Newest candidate for the gop republican come nation. Plus she investigate hate crimes. Grass fed . Mhmm. Im super into health. Bottled tap water . Well all bottled water is the same right . You need Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring water. Made by nature, not by man. Crystal geyser Alpine Spring water. Bottled at the mountain source. Da da da da da da da da da da da da da. Sorry brenda. Crystal geyser. Bottled at the mountain source. Da da da. The time is 5 30. Good sunday morning to you. Heres lisa with a check of the forecast. Temperatures in the low to mid50s. 58 in san jose with 51 in San Francisco. Theres a front offshore allowing for some of the mist and drizzle. As we go through the rest of the morning you notice by 9 00 we are still cloudy. And then looking at more clouds throughout the early afternoon. So we will call it partly cloudy. The on shore flow keeps us a little cooler today. In fact the inland east bay coming down as much as 5 to maybe 8 or 9 degrees. As the clouds situate themselves around the coast and gather around the bay 60s and 70s should do it. We will talk about more moisture to start your monday and a new month coming up. Lisa, thank you. Former misdemeanor governor Martin Omalley is in New Hampshire this morning introducing himself as the newest republican president ial nominee. He said he called his former opponent, hillary clinton, to inform her of the news. He told clinton its time for new leadership. The American Dream we share. Its powerful history. Its current condition and urgent need of rebuilding. Omalley is mao the third candidate for the democratic nomination, joining clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders. Omalley status as a candidate got him a sitdown interview on this week with george. It airs at 8 00 right here on abc7. Senator Dianne

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