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KGO ABC7 News 600PM November 14, 2013

Other than that, there hasnt been any more visitors at this point. Its not clear where todays accident took place. The Fremont Fire Department tells me burns range from moderate to serious. After getting the victims to the hospital their next step to contact state safety regulators. And were told the ceo is expected to come here to visit two workers who remain in the burn unit. One of the three has been released. A muni metro train pulled away without the driver. It happened at the castro station the driver was left behind. Muni surveillance pictures show the train taking off. There is an Investigation Underway to determine if the driver followed procedure. Protoco slchlt getting off a train and were in the process of verifying whether or not that was applied. One rider pulled the emergency brake. A mechanic was informed the train stopped. And arrived a short time later, then drove safely to the forest hills station. Cruise keeping watch on a walnut creek home. This shows what the home on st. Louie road looked like. Firefighters arrived just before noon. You can see garage engulfed in flames. Just ininferno. Here is what is left about two hours later they searched twice to make sure no victims were inside an elderly woman was later located unharmed the focus turned to determining the cause of the fire and extent of the damage. Smoke, fire damage throughout the building. Throughout the home. And it appears to be in almost every room. Do you have ideas where it started . No. That is under investigation. When the fire first started the flames shot high enough to be seen from our east bay hills camera. Take a look. Welcome news for university of california students and parents. Tuition will not gobbing up for the school year. That pledge from the new uc president but the board needs to give its approval. Were live tonight with reaction. Cornell . Hi, carolyn. You know, some good news for students here on the campus. Tuition freeze for next year. But, not everyone is a fan of the new president. Protestors chanted inside of the meeting. Some calling for the removal of the new president Janet Napolitano because of her former job as Homeland Security secretary. And enforcing immigration laws she has no legitimacy leading largest institution in the world. Missing from the middle easting, students opposing tuition hikes because next year, the president is calling for a freeze. I think that the combination of a tuition freeze plus Financial Aid makes this extraordinary education the students get. Napolitano wants a new policy to keep fees low for entering freshman, to ensure they wont be hit with spikes during the span of their education. Tuition is high enough for most students. Its one step in the right direction. Tuition used to be cheap. Used to be a Public University living up to that Mission Statement for the public, and for everyone. Now, its becoming less and less about that. Whatever happens to the next classes we dont know. And to be honest things are getting more expensive. I wont be surprised if this is a very temporary thing. She wants to make it easy for Community College students to transfer into uc system. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. There are new health and safety concerns for residents of Treasure Island. Our media partner discovered documents detailing an alarming discovery in the lawns of one neighborhood. Abc7 news is live on Treasure Island now with the story. Sergio . Reporter according to health and safety documents one worker found metal so radio active it could burn skin and cause ulcerations. Working on stripping out toxic materials from the buildings. But in a story by our media partner, state regulators found radioactive materials outside of the fences one resident didnt want to use her name says shes worried for her daughter. Shes walking around, picking up things thinking this is a rock you know . What if she picks up the wrong thing . California department of Public Health workers found radio active shards in the launz of some housing units. Andre says his brother lives next door to where they found metal. These spots here are where radiation was he lives in subsidized housing saying he was never told about these risks. If we put you out here, i think i would never have moved here. U. S. Navy left in 1997, cleaning up parts of the land before turning them over to the city of san francisco. Environmental advocates say that is taking a long time, because more contaminated items are being found. We have People Living cheek by jowl with materials we didnt know b saul bloom says the navy sometimes buried materials to help train how to find them. The mayor says this is a concern but there have been no incidents. Yet. Appears speculation. Ideas you pick up certain areas you may find something. That is why we insist the navy continues to make sure all of their clean up efforts are thorough. 500 radio active fragments have been found since 2011. In the last hour weve learned jane kim will be available to answer questions for residents concerned about this issue. She will be available at 7 00 at casa de la vifta. Chevron, the Supreme Court of ecuador Holding Chevron responsible for massive Oil Contamination of the amazon decades ago texaco. Chevron claims the clean up agreement released the company from financial liability. Activists praised todays ruling chevron calls the ruling ill legitimate and uneven forceable. Chevron no longer has assets in ecuador. Bay Area Real Estate sales inching closer to what is considered normal tonight new figures show home sales last month six and a half percent higher but still 11 below average for october and points out there hasnt been a month of above average sales in more than seven years but prices up nearly 30 over this time, last year. Still ahead tonight, the east bay gets rattled by a series of small earthquakes no damage so far. But what does the future hold . And a living admission of 3,000 homes. And a bay area family asks for help in restoring a mans eye sight. What happened n tonight the hp chrome book 11 lap top has been pulled because of issue was overheating. Hp says its received a number of reports that some charges include with theed computer have been damaged. Hp urges owners not to use these chargers and to use an official power adaptor instead. Two more small earthquakes shook san ramone today part of a swarm. A 3. 4 hit at 9 30 morning followed by a magnitude 2. 4 micro quake. No reports of damage in the san ramone valley area this, is a view from sky seven hd. People in mccurlys Floor Coverings say they heard and felt the shaking. Tile rack shifted a little bit. The whole store was shaking. Its like everything is going fall down. Todays quakes are not considered after shocks to yesterdays small quake in the area the swarm began about two weeks ago. Last year, more than 3,000 people around the country died when their homes caught fire. And a simple Smoke Detector my might have saved them. Its unnecessary tragedy. For the fourth year abc7 teeming up with home depot and kita for operation seven save a life. Abc7 news is here and wayne, youre in Santa Clara County this morning for an event getting more Smoke Detectors into homes. We hope so. How about investment of between 10 and 40s that might save you and the ones you love. How many times have we had to show you Something Like this . Victims caught unaware. I can tell you that i have seen firsthand, the real life benefits of smoke alarms, i can see, i can tell you ive seen real benefits of Carbon Monoxide alarms. The fire chief looked on today as abc7 anchor presided over presentation of 3,000 Smoke Detectors and 300 alarms to be distributed in Santa Clara County and menlo park. The fourth year abc7 martnered with home depot and kita to get these into homes. As news people, we see tragedies often. If its between is their family going eat dinner or get a smoke alarm . Kita donated a million detectors nationwide. Crews carry them and install them when they see the need. Its hard to believe. Technology is cheap. You would think everybody would have one. They dont. Why not . Because people dont think its going to happen to hem, but it ask. If theyre not why nur budget call your local fire department. If you can prove need a crew might help you install it we have that and details posted on abc7 news. Com. Under see it on tv. Wayne, thank you very much. They save lives make the kauchlt a new antidrunk driving campaign will use a car destroyed in a bay area crash to raise awareness. Mothers against drunk driving unveiled a car today. In 2008 a 21yearold was in the car when a drunk driver slammed into it, killing him. His parents hope seeing this mangled sxar sharing their sons story will help save lives. We would just hope that somehow, that this makes a difference for people Going Forward that, no other family has to go throughing aonthrough organizers say 931 americans were killed between thanksgiving and new years eve last year. Dry ice isnt just for special effects anymore. Take a look how it allows users to wipe off markings theyre using compressed dry ice the epa offered researchers a 75,000 grant to come up with green cleaning solutions. Other techniques include using soy beans and a clear film put put on sign as louing graffiti to be peeled off. San francisco responds to 30,000 reports of graffiti, costing 20 million. Wow. From dry ice to what were looking for, wet roads. Doesnt look like it no. We may have a lot of fog to contend within the morning. Patches of dense fog reducing visibility for commuters here is a look at our high temperatures today. Its not novemberlike. More like june, november. We had high temperatures ranging from 70 to 72 across the bay in oakland. 74 in Moffett Field tied at Moffett Field for the date. We have upper 70s inland east bay. Livermore and antioch. Up to fairfield, 79. 80 in santa rosa. So warmth spread around the bay area. Looking at mainly clear skies and live doppler seven hd. Low clouds and fog pushing over the bay now. Visibility down to one mile. Coastal fog is dense. Here is a live view from our sfo camera showing you fog off in the distance there. This could be a problem in the morning for arrivals and departures. Well see if there are delays. You should check with your airline. Temperatures of 54 in san francisco. 58 oakland. 54 half moon bay. Another live view of fog at golden gate bridge. Temperatures now 57 in santa rosa. 55 at novato. Weve got 60s from napa to fairfield. And one more live view looking along embarcadero here at abc7. Fog along the coast and bay. Well have breezier, cool weather friday and saturday satellite radar shows High Pressure rebuilding, that will be controlling factor in weather for next couple days or so. Starting at 7 00 we can expect mainly clear skies except for coastal fog. Right on throughout friday, but then, we can see low pressure system dropping down from pacific northwest. That is going to bring a cooler, bree breezier pattern to the bay area. There may be a little bit of snow over the sierra. But very limited moisture will accompany the system. Back to local conditions tonight, start agent 7 00, fog near the coast. And there will be pockets of dense fog which could pose problems for commuters and for bikers, bicyclists and runners, pedestrians lows into mid to upper 40s to around 50s. Then, tomorrow, talking about mild, will be mild again nshg the south bay. High temperatures in the low to mid70s. 72 san jose. 75 morgan hill. Mid60s on the coast. Downtown san francisco, 67. Mid70s up in the north bay valleys. And low 70s on the east bay. And low to mid70s inland east bay. Here is the accuweather forecast. Looking at cooling over the weekend. High temperatures inland over into 60s, low 60s around the bay and upper 50s on the coast. But no rain is expected. We get milder, and dry weather again, next week. No rain in sight. Hoping for it, soon. But we dont see anything developing yet. Thank you, spencer coming up remembering a former to thosuffered in silence. Hoped. And lived in a state of fear. Welcome to a new state. Of health. Welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage. Financial help for those in need. And nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll now at coveredca. Com or call 8006752607. New promises of improvement after the Obama Administration released dismal numbers for Online Health care. 106,000 people enrolled in october. Of those, 27,000 did so through the federal web site health care. Gov. Short of the projected 500,000. Remaining 79,000 applied through one of the 15 state run marketplaces with nearly 31,000 of those people here in california. The governments top tech people told lawmakers today the federal web site is improving. Republicans say on friday, theyll put forward a measure allowing american who are getting cancellation letters to keep their plans. This is not about politics. These are about real people. In our district, that are being harmed by obamacare. The president will announce options to address issues, soon. San francisco is trying a new approach to keep artists from being pushed out of the city from skyrocketing revenlts city official as announced a partnership buying buildings in mid market district the area home to twitter the Community Arts stable sayings trust will rent buildings then give them a chance to purchase the property. If we should intend in 10, 20 years decide were through, and we sell it out, we sell it to another nonprofit artists group. So far, two buildings have been purchased one a form year dult theater that will be used by counter pulse, a performing arts group. Coming up next Climate Change and typhoon that ravaged the philippines. A vigil to highlight bay area relief efforts. Samesex marriaged couples have a new a candle light vigil is under way to support people with loved ones in the philippines. Abc7 news is live at the king library right now. David . There are about 75 people here in downtown san jose the organizers say theyre here to pay resfoekts those who perish asked offer hope to those who survived representing grass roots organizations offering donors a different way of helping out. Relief supplies are starting to arrive but there is growing concern millions are not going survive. This mans family lives in the area devastated by the super typhoon. These survivors are there now and are scrambling for food. A lot of them, i feeshg may lose their lives because of hunger. That is why Bay Area Community groups are hoping donors will consider making contributions to people who know the area best. Other efforts, national, International Efforts are great. Were not saying dont do that f they have that purpose theyve been approaching us they want to know 100 of the proceeds will go to communities on the ground in the philippines. Saying close to 100,000 has been raised that money already on its way to the philippines. Supporters and donors gathered to pray for the welfare of the survivors. In the south bay, the office of the Buddhist Foundation is providing dehydrated food and blankets made from recycled bottles. We dont know yet. Well see how desperate in need is going to be for supply. Probably well do different skoochls dont know yet. This is a Global Humanitarian Group with 50 volunteers ready to help f youre interested to n. Donating, go to our web site abc7 news. Com. And click on see it on tv. In san jose, abc7 news. The situation gets more desperate every day the death toll stands at 2300. But its expected to continue to go up. The u. S. Nafo activated the hospital ship mercy now in san diego, it will not arrive until next month. And wells fargo announced a 50,000 donation to the relief effort. Airport is pattered and families increasingly desperate. We need help. After days of looting police say they have restored order but the mayor is calling on residents to leave the city because there is so little food or water. A bay area researcher is in the philippines working with the government making sure coral reefs stay healthy the reefs are a critical buffer to protect the shore during large storms. To come to the realization that in storms that of increasing intensity are part of what were living with with, the influm of Climate Change until we can reverse impact, people just really need to be prepared for things of this magnitude. And terry says with emphasis of relief, some are thinking about disaster plans and drills for the future. If youd like to contribute to the efforts go to abc7 news. Com. We have links there for you under see it on tv. Follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area for breaking news. Much is needed. Yes. The Supreme Court ruling striking down defense of marriage act it gay couples have they didnt have. For the first time, samesex couples are having to navigate applying for federal benefits and until now, not available to them, trust me, when i say no one is complaining about the extra work. Sarah taylor and sheri holmes got married in 2008 after the state Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay mer marriage. I never thought wed have a chance to get legally married. Five months later voters banned gay marriage again, passing prop eight. But courts allowed sheri and sarahs marriage to stand five years later the striking down of the defense of marriage act makes all of the marriages complete. We are federally area married everywhere now. That is a different thing. I think before when just married in california there was still a stigma. Not only has it been lifted the couple has new financial benefits never before possible. Seth kilborn is executive director of open hou

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