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KGO ABC7 News 600AM August 11, 2013

This as the union and management expressed frustration and fatigue over the labor dispute. We have the latest from oakland. Reporter another full day of negotiations, and even with the chance after courtordered coolingoff period, the pressure to hammer out a deal is still on. All along the process has been a lot more delayed than it should have been, but with this point with the little bit of political pressure we are hearing that the legislators are weighing in and urging the resolution. In an urge to keep the trains running, even if a deal isnt reached this weekend, governor jerry brown called for a 60day coolingoff period. There will be a hearing to determine if it is necessary. That prompted both sides to say they agree on at least one thing now. We wanted to did it may and wanted to do it in july and we wanted to do it now so we are here to get a deal. Things are happening. I think the union want to look at some things and some proposals. For bart riders watching these talks, there are plenty of points of view. I just think they already get paid pretty good. I do want to avoid a strike because i want to ride bart, but i understand they would want more money. I thought they had a strike already. They do not want a strike, but in is agreement, the unions say even a courtordered coolingoff period will not remove their best bargaining chip at the negotiation table. As soon as the judge makes his decision later today, we will bring it to you on air and on line on abc7news. Com and twitter at abc7newsbayarea. Join us at an earlier time tomorrow morning for updates on your back to work commute. Abc7 news anchors, along with the traffic reporter will be on a halfhour earlier than usual at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow on the abc7 morning news. In developing news, two people are dead this morning following a car crash in san jose. It happened just after midnight in the area of chenoweth and snell avenues. Authorities say a car with five people inside crashed into a tree. One person was tossed out and died at the scene. Three others were taken to the hospital. They are in Critical Condition this morning. Authorities say everyone was between 17 and 19 years old. They believe speed was likely a factor in the collision and are also investigating whether alcohol may have played a role. Today authorities hope to reunite a san diego father with his 16yearold daughter who was kidnapped a week ago. Hannah anderson was found safe in idaho yesterday after 40yearold James Dimaggio accused of murdering her mother and brother, was killed by an fbi agent. Abc News Reporter chuck sievertson has the details. A sixday manhunt stretching from san diego to idaho for a 40yearold double murder suspect and the girl he allegedly abducted. 16yearold hannah anderson. It is over. The 16yearold hannah anderson. During an arrest attempt at Morehead Lake in idaho, suspect james lee dimaggio, was shot and killed by an fbi tactical agent. Hannah was successfully rescued and appears to be in pretty good shape. This is a homicide suspect that was in a very rugged area and we had a 16yearold girl we wanted to bring home safely. Thats what we wanted. We wanted it to end safely and bring her home and thats what happened. 200 speciallytrained Law Enforcement officers penetrated the terrain called the river of no return wilderness in idaho after a hiker spotted them there wednesday. Three days after he allegedly killed hannahs 8yearold brother ethan, and their home in san diego, and then burnt it to the ground. Police believed he an unusual infatuation with hannah. Her father desperately wanted to have his daughter back. He is excited to have found her alive and he is anxious to reunite with his daughter. A reunion that will happen just days aft tragedy. Abc news, new york. New details about the plane crash in connecticut where four people were dead. Among the dead were the planes pilot, former microsoft executive henningsgaard and his teenage son, maxwell. They were flying from the Pacific Northwest to tour colleges. Two children, a 13yearold and a 1yearold were also killed when their house was killed by the plane. It happened friday. The plane crashed at a 60 to 70degree angle and was inverted when it hit the ground about 21 yards from the runway. They say the pilot was in contact with airtraffic controllers and never declared an emergency before the crash. Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that engulfed part of a double decker tour bus in San Francisco last night. The engine compartment aboard the bus suddenly exploded into names around 6 00. It happened on the waterfront on broadway street near front street. The dozen or so tour efforts got out safely along with the passenger. Many passengers had no idea the bus was on fire. The driver knew something was wrong and ordered everyone off. There was an explosion and another fire came from the back of the bus. It is the only thing we saw because we didnt realize exactly what was happening because we were on top of the bus. The Fire Department arrived quickly to douse those flames. A little girl is recovering at home this morning after a strange accident. The horse that was pulling a buggy she was riding in got spooked and took off down the a city street in petaluma. Abc7 News Reporter Lisa Amin Gulezian has more on what happened. Tenyearold cecilia had the flight of her life. She was sitting on the back of this buck board or buggy while it was pulled by the horse, lady. Ladys owner was steering the buggy. We raced down the street going 25 miles an hour, and toward oncoming traffic. At one point a metal sign was in her way, and she barreled through it, knocking her owner out forecast buggy. Catapulted over the top of the buck board and landed on my arm and side. Skidding, being pulled by her i still have her line in my hand. The buggy then ran him over. This leg has road rash all over that side and looked like the buck board wheels ran over my leg. This meant little cecilia was all alone in the runaway buggy. By now lady was running down the middle of the street and thats when a total stranger stepped in to help. He blocked the road with his truck. Lady went around it but the buggy smashed right into it. It left some injuries to her face. If he had not been paying attention, it could have been worse. He said with the girl until her mother arrived. He sees a child in distress and like any father hes going to step out and do what he can do. Ladys owner doesnt plan to take his horse and buggy out on city streets again. In petaluma, abc7 news. Authorities are not expected to release the identity of a body found in vacaville for a few days, but they do say the search for missing federal criminal investigator sandra coke is over. The 50yearold oakland woman last seen a week ago with that paroled sex offender and felon, who was arrested last tuesday on a parole violation. Police are calling him a person of interest. Ms. Coke and the man dated about 20 years ago. The search for a missing woman was suspended after a body was found in Sequoia National park. 65yearold johnny dean daniel from san rafael was last seen a week ago today. Park officials believe she was hiking along the saw tooth trail in the mineral king area. They found a body below that trail and they are waiting for positive i. D. Firefighters in Southern California expect to get a fire burning in Riverside County fully contained by this evening. The silver fire is now 70 contained. It burned more than 19,000 acres and dried 26 homes and 22 other building. Most of the evacuation orders have been lifted, but a few hundred residents are still being told to stay away this morning. All in all, it has been a rough fire season in california, and the peak is still to come. Fire Officials Say they have battled 4300 wildfires already this year. The average is usually around 3,000 for the entire year. More than 110 square miles has already burned this year, and thats closing in on 170 square miles. Thats the total burned over the last five years combined. Now, it has been a wild season there. Weve had plenty of low clouds and fog here. The relative humidity has been up and here it is again, your 100 . From our roof camera you see how low the deck of clouds are. We are looking at the mist and drizzle. Bay bridge, Golden Gate Bridge. But a warming trend on the way. Your forecast still ahead. Thank you, lisa. Also next, the fight to keep a dream season alive for a peninsula allstar team. How they fared with their do or die game with a trip to the world series on the line. And our reporter sits down with the former head of the u. S. Energy department. What he says about his new job in th welcome back. Its 6 13 on this sunday morning. Hope you are sitting back, relaxing, perhaps having a cup of coffee and enjoying the abc7 sunday morning news. This is a live look from ourrov cam, showing you the transamerica pyramid. You cant see the top there. It is shrouded in fog. But believe it or not, the sun will peek out later today. High temperature around 66 degrees. Lisa argen will be along later with a full accuweather forecast. Today state Department Officials will reopen several embassies and consulates. Eighteen of the nineteen missions closed during last weeks terror threat. They will now reopen. However, the embassy in yemen will remain closed. The embassies were shut down a week ago after an intercepted message between alqaeda officials indicated a major terror attack. Theres growing outrage all over the world about russias new antigay stance. Thousands of demonstrators turned out yesterday across europe to protest the new laws. Just speaking about homosexuality or wearing rainbow colors in public could lead to deportation, fines or jail. The International Olympic committee wants russia to clarify how that may impact the winter olympics. President obama says Edward Snowden is not a patriot for revealing government spying programs. Coming up on this week George Stephanopoulos speaks with snowdens father about his sons asylum in russia and what it means for u. S. Russian relations. You can watch this week here on abc7 at 8 00. For many bay area students, backtoschool time is a little more than a week away, and to make sure some lowincome kids have what they need, a program in San Francisco handed out several of backpacks yesterday. Each was stuffed with school supplies, courtesy of local groups and businesses. The Public Defenders Office started the program back in 2006 to help disadvantaged students. The world series dreams of the Belmont Redwood shores Little Leaguers ended last night with a loss in the western regional championship game in Southern California. But there are plenty of fans waiting to welcome the all stars back home as heroes. Those that were not able to make it to San Bernardino gathered at the high school in belmont last night to often watch the game on our Sister Network espn. Chula vista dominated the game, eliminating them 90 to advance to williamsport. Mike shumann will have the highlights coming up in sports. The competition is now down to the final two in the Louis Voitton cup. Thats the precurser to the americas cup finals. The luna rossa from italy beat the swedens artemis yesterday. That he means artemis, who really struggle after the death of andrewsome son during a practice run in may, now goes home. Its been lots of miles. Offered up lots of mixed emotions. Pride, enjoyment and also obviously Great Sadness at the same time. Today finishing the competition was another one, and i think there were a few of us who knew andrew well who turned our thoughts to him at the same time. The luna rossa will sail in the finals against new zealand for the Louis Vuitton cup next saturday. The winner of that stage goes on to challenge the oracle usa for the title. Its been a new months since dr. Chu left stanford to be the Energy Secretary. He is back at stanford now to teach and work on a number of research projects. Our reporter sat down with dr. Chu last week for an interview which coincided with a report by National Oceanic and atmospheric administration, or noaa. Noaa found 2012 was one of the warmerts east on record globally. The former secretary of energy dr. Chu served on the Obama Administration for four years. This is one. His favorite pictures, the president with his back to the camera embracing him. Now back in stanford, he faces a few challenge, leading young minds in the world of physics. Young people have a natural curiosity and want to learn new things. I, too, want to do that. Dr. Chu was the first Energy Secretary with a science background. He knew who to tap for ideas and what projects to bring to the table. Most of those ideas have been successful but one was not. Solyndra was a growing Company Building solar panels. Many, including those in the government, thought it would be a huge success and they received millions of dollars from the u. S. Government. But they eventually filed for bankruptcy. It was a big lesson for chu. We have to watch as you go and disburse loans like a hawk going forward. The former secretary will continue to find ways to try to change Public Opinion on global warming, which he says will have huge financial implications. This costs a lot of money. It cost a lot of money in financial losses, it cost a lot it cost a lot in terms of personal losses and suffering. He is also optimistic about the future of sustainable energy. He said the price of solar and batterypowered cars will be highly competitive in five to ten years. Im looking at 10,000, 15,000, pays back in five years. You can be 80 off grid. But he said no one should wait that long to switch. You have a smartphone. When did you decide to buy a smartphone, even though you know two years from now the next generation is much better. In stanford, abc7 news. August annual meteor shower, known as perseid, is underway. The meteors will streak across the skies tonight through tuesday. Tonights event they said could look brighter than usual because of the new moon and they say the best time begins at 11 10 tonight. I gander we will be able to see that fantastic show, lisa . Take a drive toward brentwood or sacramento and you will be in good shape, well away from the city lights. Much of the area has low clouds. The higher pressure is pushing down on the surface of the atmosphere, and thats providing more dense fog. But, you know, its going to burn back quicker and we will see a warmer average. That trend will continue throughout the next several days. Heres a look at our roof camera. You cant even see the transamerica pyramid. Yes, you will need the wipers this morning. No airport delays yet, though. 55 downtown. Its 57 in oakland. Good morning, san jose. Cloudy for you and 61 with 60 los gatos. Half moon bay 55 degrees. We are looking at the gray start everywhere. Emeryville this morning, pretty overcast with 54 in santa rosa. We were down to two miles visibility last hour, and the clouds are in concord, as well as the livermore valley. 61 for you. 55 novato. It is cool. Heres a look at the 1800foot marine layer from mt. Tam. We will look for a warm are day here. It will still be breezy closer to the coast, but i think we will get a good deal of clearing today. That will allow for temperatures to come up in some neighborhoods, but the trend will continue through out much of the week ahead. We arent talking extremes. We are talking about this area of low pressure. The culprit heading out of town. That shrinks the marine layer as that heads to the north. Higher pressure builds in from the east, and as that happens thats how we get the denser fog in the Morning Hours and then a sunnier and milder pattern. Here is san jose for the week ahead. You will see with temperatures tomorrow in the upper 70s. Thats about three degrees warmer than today. Then we will top out and the lower 80s wednesday. Still below the average high of 83, but when we cool down it wont be all that much. We are looking at pleasant numbers around the south bay today. The further south you get, yeah, its typically warm for august. 76 in cupertino, and on the peninsula numbers will be warmer here from 77 in redwood city, 61 in pacifica. Milbrae coming in at 71. A mostly sunny afternoon. And downtown you will see a Beautiful Day. The clouds hanging enough. Golden gate park early on. But then we will get into partly cloudy skies. 77 in sonoma with 79 in novato. Definitely warmer for you and on the east bay you will notice the lower 70s returning for newark and union city. Fremont, a couple degrees of warming takes you into the mid70s. About ten degrees warmer here in the inland east bay with 85 in pittsburgh, 84 in livermore, 87 in brentwood. The accuweather seven day forecast shows the warming trend just about everywhere today. Still a little cool at the coast but by tomorrow we are talking 90 inland. Near 80 around the bay on tuesday. There is the summer spread right through the middle of the week, and slowly cooling back with another area of low pressure friday and saturday. So i think since about july 20th it has been pretty much below afternoon. So this is a switch. I know you are ready for this. Bring it on. Thanks, lisa. Up next, a miracle or simply an act of nature . What so many people say they are seeing in this Central Valley a tree is dripping some sort of liquid in front of a Fresno Church and some catholics believe its the tears of god. Take a look. On wednesday this tree started dropping Something Like water. A small burks growing group of believers, think their prayers brought on a miracle, but an arborist said not a

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