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KGO ABC7 News 500AM November 6, 2016

By noontime still mostly cloudy, 50s and 60s by the afternoon. Breaking out into sunshine. Theres a raiders game tonight and a niners game this afternoon. We will have the forecast for that. Talk about a dry and warmer start to the work week. Thats coming up. Carolyn. Lisa, thank you. We begin with developing news out of San Francisco. Police are investigating the death of a man hit by a car at market and delores streets. It happened last night just before 11 00. Witnesses say the victim was on an island, not in the cross walk when he was hit, and had a cane and roller bag with him. He died at the scene, despite efforts by bystanders to survive him. The driver is cooperating with police. And developing news out of walnut correct. Police have arrested a man believed to be involved in a possible shooting on 680. Our media partner at the east bay times reports the man was surrounded in walnut creek bart station after leading police on a chase through pleasanton, san ramon and danville. We are getting a report of a freeing a shorting when they spotted the alleged gunman. On the campaign trail, donald trump was rushed offstage in reno last night. The secret Service Claims someone shouted gunat the rally. They arrested a man, found no weapon. He was released and not charged. The man later told an abc affiliate in las vegas that he had a republican against trump sign and people started attacking him before trump was led off. It was a chaotic end to a very long day for both candidates. Abc News Reporter Jonathan Betts has the latest on the campaign trail. Donald trump was speaking in reno, nevada when he took note of an apparent protester in the audience. We have one. Those guys from the Hillary Clinton campaign. And suddenly his secret Service Detail sprang to his side and rushed the candidate off the stage. There was a commotion in the crowd in front of the podium. Security took a man into custody and escorted him out of the hall. Minuts later trump returned unhurt. Nobody said it was going to be easy for us. As their campaigns wind down i want to be the president for everybody everybody, people who dont agree with me, people who vote for me, people who dont vote for me. The candidates are trying to wind up voters. Hillary and her special interests would rob our country blind. Donald trump stealing a kiss from wife melania as she campaigned with him in north carolina. There was massive early voter turnout saturday in florida and nevada. Nearly 37 million votes have already been cast in 39 states. Know the power of your own voice. It can change the world. For Hillary Clinton, after a performance with jayz and braun say, katie perry was singing a song as this concert in philadelphia. Hoping to end a campaign on a high note. Jonathan betts, abc news, new york the latest abc news poll released last night shows Hillary Clinton five points ahead of donald trump. Its her largest lead since trump made a late october push. The election will be the focus of this week. Guests include john charm of the campaign. This week with George Stephanopoulos airs at 8 00 this morning. The lines were long for early voting yesterday. Abc7 news was at the registrar of Voters Office in san jose where people waited up to 30 minutes just to get a ballot. Its one of six Early Voting Centers in Santa Clara County. Bay area Election Officials are telling he voters not to worry when they cast their ballots. California is one of the few states immuned to cyber attempts to create confusion on election day. Abc7 News Reporter Lisa Amin Gulezian explains. In San Franciscos department of elections, ballots are being sorted and of the timeconsuming process of manually organizing ballots is underway. The paper trail is long and purposeful in this elections office. We take any questions or concerns about voting integrity very seriously. A gal lot survey in august showed 36 of americans felt voter fraud would most likely be a major problem this election and just 43 had a, quote, great deal of confidence that their vote would be counted correctly. The reality is just two states recently had their voting systems hacked. Not in california where paper ballots are used. Theres no possible way for our results to be hacked. Nothing in the voting booth is attached to the internet. But some fear state websites or even unofficial Election Night numbers could be compromised, thus leading voters to distrust the system. Im not worried about it in San Francisco. But maybe in other parts of the country there may be possibilities, yes. Even with the spent similar, there could be a record turn are quite in San Francisco this election season. 28 of residents have already voted. In San Francisco, Lisa Amin Gulezian, abc7 news. And abc7 news was in San Francisco yesterday where House Democratic leader nancy pelosi tried to energize phone booth volunteers at their office. Telling them this is a crucial weekend of final opportunity to encourage voters to get out their vote. Some of us have is on red, some of us you have on blue, some of us have on the whole rainbow. [cheers and applause] congresswoman pelosi said shes hoping the momentum for clinton in california will lead to other democratic victories throughout the state. We have a full set of vote resources at abc7news. Com politics to help you prepare for politics. Click on the icon your voice your votevoters election guideand then enter your address. You will get a comprehensive resource for candidates and measures on your ballot. A man buried in a shallow State University in a park. 18yearold Kirk Kimberly had been stabbed multiple times. A landscape iser found his body wednesday buried next to a parking lot. Detectives dont believe this was a random act of violence. They also say it had nothing to do with the university or its students. Almeda county officers remembered one of their own last night. Sheriffs officer explorer Carlos Ramirez was found dead in oakland. It was the first time the Explorers Program has lost someone is. Abc7 News Reporter sergio quinn taken no lost someone. Reporter for the family, this was an emotional event. It was put together by her fellow Sheriffs Department explorers, many of them still trying to understand what happened. We are still all in shock. We wouldnt expect this to happen to carla. She was one of the best persons i knew. The group lined up to offer their condolences to karlas parents. After a couple difficult days, her family welcomed the event. We appreciate the outpouring and we thank you for being here for us. Thank you very much. The 21yearold went be missing wednesday night. Her body was found at a park in oakland thursday. On friday investigators announced they detained two people in connection to her brutal murder. She had been beaten, stabbed and burned. Investigators wouldnt give details about a motive behind the crime. This is a personal matter. The almeda county Sheriffs Department has not released the names of the suspects in the case. This woman said he knows one of the accused. I know the girl, she used to work at kfc. It kind of shocks us because how could a person do that it another coworker . He tells us the suspect is another coworker laura rodgers. Shes been booked into the jail. The 13. 3 halfmarathon begins today at the muni pier near aquatic part. The runners will go over the bridge, then come back over the bridge to return to the park. Heres a live be picture from our golden gate camera. Last year over 3700 runners took part in the race. It starts at 7 00 and the course is open for three hours. Well, i hope everyone remembered to set their clock back. It helped us, but im fighting a cold this morning. You dont have to do anything now with the iphone, it just does it for you. Yeah. That picture of the golden gate bridge, a little deceiving because it certainly is wet in the north bay. As some of the runners make their way over there, fist and drizzle. Oakland 56. And livermore weather system pushing through the bay area and dissipating. We have some changes not only for the work week, but into the extended outlook, as well, that you are not going to want to miss. Come back and we will talk about it. Thank you, lisa. Also ahead, a dog found burned to death, and now police may be looking for a serial dog killer. And the raiders play one of their biggest games in years at the coliseum today. The message fans hope to send to the teams owner. A woman who drown friday in the Russian River is a longtime former berkeley teacher. 69yearold heidi boley was canoeing with two friends when her boat overturned. She disappeared when they are friends swam to shore. Rescuers found her a short time later but they could not revive her. She taught for more than two decades and recently worked parttime for the district. A shocking find just outside fresno. The couple found multiple burned animal remains dumped on the side of the road. Reporter corey james from our sister station found out this is not the first time they have made this type of disturbing discovery. Its heartbreaking to see in person. The photo is too graphic to show you without blowing part of the picture. You could still see the face, the broken structures. It was obviously a small dog but it had been badly burned. [train whistle] it was found feet away from the train tracks at avenue 15 saturday. There were several, maybe about five or six butane cans just spread out over the entire scene. You know right away that, okay, this wasnt an accident. You dont do that. Its not an accident. Butane cans just dont show up in the area. Yvonne and her husband, casey, said it was not just one doing they found. There were multiple burnt animal skeleton remains all stretched out over the halfmile stretch of dogs. The other ones were unwreck flied. You could see some bones, heads, paws, sculls. Last year they took photos of a similar scene. For them seeing it again raises questions and concerns. Literally they are being tortured and harmed in such a way thats brutal and that it needs justice. Yeah, its very disheartening to see the same thing a year later, identical. Corey james, abc7 news. Dramatic video from the chp shows firefighters rescuing two people and a dog dropped 80 feet down the side of a cliff. It happened at rodeo beach yesterday afternoon. The dog fell off the cliff first. The owner and a Good Samaritan then went after them but got stuck. Firefighters hoisted them up one by one into a chp helicopter. The dogs owner is thankful everything turned out okay. I am just incredibly grateful and so glad that i got out of it and that everybody got out of it. The dog, named pancake, went to the vet with some minor scrapes and bumps. Happening today some raider fans plan to send a message to Team Owner Mark Davis during todays game. That message, stay in oakland, dont go to vegas. Davis has made it clear that he is moving to nevada unless he finds a better deal. Fans will be handing out 10,000 signs that say stay in oakland. And flying a banner over the coliseum, as well. Sponsors of the event include the group save oakland sportsandstay in oaklandand the raiders booster club. Also happening today, the 49ers salute to service game. Threestar marine corps general rex mcmillan will be among the military personnel honored. He grew up in clear lake, a diehard 49ers fans. Todays game against the new Orleans Saints will also feature a flyover by two osprey jets by the Marine Corps Air face at mirmar. November is military appreciation month. Happening today, the 20th annual try veterans parade in pleasanton. We were there last year as the parade moved along main street. They hold it about a week before veterans day so vets can take part in other veteran tributes if they want to. It honors all veterans who served in the military. Now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. Good morning. We have a dissipating cold front. It is allowing for some showers in the north bay. Heres a look at live doppler 7. You notice as we take you outside, plenty of cloud cover. You may run into some wet pavement in the north bay, even through San Francisco, possibly through the morning hours. Right now its 61 in the city. Temperatures wont move too much today. Its going to take a good deal of time for the clouds to thin out. 61 oakland. Mountain view 56, as well as san jose. 51 gill ray. Half moon bay 59. From our emeryville camera, its dark out. Sun comes up at 6 41 and sets after 5 00. Right now it doesnt look too bad in San Francisco but most of the shower activity in the north bay. So we will be cloudy for the bulk of the morning hours. Then some afternoon sun, sunnier and warmer through thursday. Then by the end of the week veterans day, friday, into the weekend we could see a return to some wet weather. We still have a High Surf Advisory until 9 00. Look at these wave heights, anywhere from 12 to 16 feet the. They are very big. They have peaked but for the next few hours it will still be dangerous at the beaches. A few returns in the north bay, but as we go through the 8 00, 9 00 hour, even in vallejo you could see a light shower. As with go through the rest of the day skies become partly cloudy. In the east bay, the south bay, you will see more sunshine, but temperatures a little bit cooler. We are talking low 60s once again at the shoreline. But where you have more sun it will be about 730 today. The niners game and 70 concord. Lots of clouds tomorrow and then by the afternoon we are pretty sunny. That will start the week off a little bit warmer and thats going to be the trend fo the next several days into next week. So for this evening, raiders game, sun setting after 5 00. Then kickoff 5 30. 63 degrees, getting somewhat cool but still comfortable there. As we take you down into santa clara, it will be mild, 70 degrees 1 05 and 4 00 in the upper 60s. The accuweather sevenday forecast we are featuring morning showers north bay, mostly cloudy in the afternoon for the north by but filtered sunshine the rest of the day. More sunshine tomorrow. Temperatures climbing to the 70s. By tuesday, wednesday, thursday, check it out. Sunny, 60s at the coast. Then by friday we could bring in some showers that could last into next weekend. So its about time. We need some of the rain back. Of course, if you have our app you can track all the changes. We thought this system this morning would be weak, and it was. So we dropped our 1 on the storm impact scale. Thank you, lisa. Just ahead, take a look at these jeans. They are vintage like nothing you have of worn or seen before. How they are still in pristine condition more than a century with a break like this, we could dowhichevers faster. Surgery means recovery time. A cast will get you back out there right away, but its bulky. And can it take a beating . How did you break it again . Roller derby. Hipchecked. Theres a rematch next week. Snarling clementine has to be there. Thats me. Okay. So what color should the cast be . Orange. Orange is good. Yeah, i like orange. Its kinda my thing. At john muir health, we know how big the Little Things can be. John muir health. Be heard. Mail order catalogs can save money and time but how do you know you will get what your paid for . A San Francisco man was surprised at what happened after he mailed in his money, so he came to 7 on your side Michael Finney for help. They looked good to me. Retired school teacher, leo, found great products in this dream products catalogs. Sometimes catalogs are you pretty cheap. He ordered slippers for 19. 99, and mock sips for 17. There was a storage container i liked and a nutcracker. He mailed his order, along with a check, 79, but weeks later he realized he didnt receive anything. I called them and said we dont have a record of your order. Yet heres the returned check cashed bib green products. He sent the company a product. I said put yourself in my shoes . How would you feel you sent 860 and never got anything for it . I called. And then i called 7 on your side. He said its more than about the 79. Many 85 year olds are unable to get out of the house so they order through catalogs. They need to be protected. We asked dream products why it never sent his items. The spokesperson said there were discrepancies on his order form and the company should have contacted him to straighten them out, saying clearly this is where the system broke down, for which we are extremely embarrassed and sincerely apologize to him and appreciate you bringing his issue to our attention. Not only did dream products refund his money, it sent him all the items he ordered free of charge. Those issues are important. And 7 on your side takes care of that. I think its great. Dream products said its reviewing its policies and procedures to prevent this kind of thing from ever happening again. It points out it handles thousands of orders without problems. Leo did receive those products and tells us he likes his slippers. Im Michael Finney, 7 on your side. Now complaints about a horrible order in sacramento. Many people have noticed it in the downtown area. Its come from mexican free tail bats. They like to live in small crevasses about an inch wide in between between the older buildings. The bat expert said the smell comes from their waste but its also the males trying to attract female bats. In the fall when feels are starting to think about the females for the winter, it gets a little stronger. Right now we might be noticing some of that, in addition to their normal odors. And experts say sacramento has a large num

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