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KGO ABC7 News 900AM May 31, 2015

Its sunday may 31st. Good morning. Im chris nguyen in for carolyn tyler. Lets start with the forecast. Parts of the bay area seeing mist and drizzle this morning. We have it all on hopler hd. Hi, lisa. Not only that delays at sfo and wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour and 3mile visibility from santa rosa to the coastline. Its because we are ahead of this system that will bring more mist and drizzle and cooler days ahead for the bay area. Notice the cloud cover and the texture. Thats high and midlevel cloud cover on top of our low clouds. It will take some time to clear. 52 downtown. Notice the clouds pull back midafternoon. But look what happens. Look at the colors. We have greens to the east bay and the orange well into the valleys. Big cool down today. Details coming up. Pleasa, thank you. Breaks news from new york city. This is a live picture from manhattan where a crane crashed into a building and is now leaning against the structure. You see where the crane hit the top portion of the building which is on madison avenue between 38th and 39th streets. There is report it was lifting an air conditioning unit on to the building and the cable snap and it dropped. At least five people are hurt. Preliminary indications are that the injuries do not appear to be lifethreatening. However, the street below is now littered with debris and we are also now receiving word there is a water main break at the location. We will continue to follow the story. Be sure to turn to our twitter abc7 news for coverage. There is renewed attention on a constant problem in the east bay. Side shows. A dangerous event that takes over intersections endangering the lives of drivers and spectators. One happened again this weekend. We have more. [screeching tires] the screaching tires on this street near interstate 880 were heard throughout the neighborhood. It was pretty loud. I heard it, it was pretty loud. This oakland resident tells 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 car spinouts like this happen here 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. They even mobilized a massive blockade at a large sideshow at the part back in november. 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. The owner of this black Dodge Challenger said hes seen lofts of these side shows but hes only watched them in oakland. 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 chp cruisers were dispatched away from a fatality friday night to check on this sideshow. But the participants quickly sped off and officers issued no citations. Sergio quintana abc7 news. Oakland police are looking for the driver of a car that hit and killed a pedestrian friday night deliberately. Police believe the pedestrian, a man in his 40s, was targeted by the driver. Victim died at the scene. New this morning secretary of state john kerry is flying back to boston 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. The accident happened while he was on a fournation tour. Vice President Joe Biden is mourning the loss of his son beau. The former attorney general of damage wear lost his battle with brain cancer last night. Beau biden was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. Doctors said he was cancer free affeldt undergoing radiation and chemotherapy but the cancer returned earlier this year. Biden sought treatment at walter reed medical center. In a statement from the Vice President , joe biden writes in the words of the biden family, bo biden was quite simply the finest man that any of us have ever 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. Details from dallas. Heavy rain and strong storms take a follow from texas to michigan. In houston overflowing waters literally rising from the ground up and out of these manhole covers. Blinding rain making travel nearly impossible. And fans seeking refuge at the ballpark were forced out by flooding. Drone footage making Tennis Courts unrecognizable. Look at this before and after the overflowing lake where nearby residents are fed up with the rain. A week ago thursday it was 7 feet from that fence. So its come up ten feet in just a week . Ahha. Thats a lot of water. Overnight, parked cars thrown on top of each other. In Southern Michigan rainfall pouring in and over 3 inches so far. Cbs news, dallas, texas. People in san franciscos marinea district are drying out after a driver backed a car into the fire hydrant sending water shooting into the air. 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 a 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 an upscale outdoor mall. The mall filled with water just after 4 30 yesterday afternoon. They were able to turn off the water flow. 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 the rock for a reason event. All the money goes to the audrey pott foundation, named after the 15yearold Saratoga High School student who committed suicide. She passed out at a party and was sexually assaulted. Pictures of the assault were posted online. Three teenage boys pled guilty to doing that. 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 Cyber Bullying crimes. Tomorrow morning a big protest is planned outside of facebooks headquarters in menlo park. The drag queen sister roma is leading the march to change their privacy policies. Facebook closes accounts under fake names. They believe using the policy to target lgbt individuals. Turning to the warriors on the eve of the nba finals, theres been a shakeup in the dubs coaching staff. Steve kerrs top assistant alvin gentry, has been named the head coach of the new orleans pelicans. Gentry is the top defensive mind with the warriors. The pelicans will be his fourth team as head coach. Steve kerr is happy for gentry and wishes him luck. He has a tremendous impact on our success . Season and he personally has been instrumental with my development as a coach. Our loss is new orleanss gain. 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 rain you see here in marin are long past, so much so that residents have to start cutting back on water use starting tomorrow. State water officials have ordered customers in the marin Water District to cut use by 20 because of the drought in our state. They have passed rules on when and how long homeowners can do watering. Violators could have their Water Service turned off. You will start noticing a lot less grass in new homes, Office Buildings and schools. The state is forcing developers to put in more droughtfriendly plants to comply with the governors order to cutback on water usage. The Water Commission passed the tighter building codes on friday to try to cut water use by 20 . Lisa, just people doing everything they can to meet those standards. Definitely. And the lawn is getting browner and browner. With the cool week ahead its not going to be that bad for our gardens out there. A little drizzle this morning and more in the forecast tonight. Maybe a shower tomorrow and a new extended outlook includes another chance of showers into next week. Ill tell you about it coming up. Lisa, thank you. Also ahead, the search is on tore a Silicon Valley woman who tossed out an original Apple Computer worth 200,000. And plus a bay area town that keeps getting tagged. The fine line between art and vandalism and the debate thats covering lossal toss antioch, and all the bay area. This is abc7 news the next story is kind of like your mom tossing out your old comic books and baseball cards. A south bay recycling company is looking for a 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 like two or three boxes like you can see on the table with some stuff like wires, keyboards, mice and an old stereo. But inside one of the boxes was a vintage apple 1 desktop. One of only 200 models created in 1976. A firstgeneration model. Heres one on display in the Computer History Museum in mountain view. It was sold to a private collector for 200,000. They are looking for the original owner who 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 garage. The Company Wants to honor the policy by giving her half the proceeds from the sale. Her husband just passed away like recently. Itsnpot an angel situation, but it would help. The recycling company said all she needs to do is come down and pick up her check. In milpitas, abc7 news. The time is 9 16. The worlds first solar flight across the pacific began its journey yesterday. The solar plane 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 fuel. It can fly without fuel because of the 1300 pounds of batteries on its wings. After hawaii it will continue to fly across the United States and wrapping up its trip in july. Preparations for n. A. S. A. s next mission to mars is underway. Right now scientists are testing their inside lander in extreme temperatures and atmosphere pressure. It will be launched from Vandenberg Air force base in march of 2016 and take about six month toss reach mars happening today, a Community Meeting in a small marin county town where theres a conflict of interest between expressions and protecting the environment. A marin county community so traditionally recluse theyve even the road into town has no sign to mark it. The way is looked recently, it looks like thats the only thing unmarked spot around here. Its shocking that its something this damaging. The graffiti on private property began showing up this week when these signs appeared along the beach. They warn spray paint violates state law by polluting the environment. In balinas, that offends some residents who say that writing on beach walls is a right of 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. The capper, that they do it in spray paint. Smell that. Thats toxic. He lives on the bluff above. He walks this beach frequently continuously picking up paint chips and hes a moderate compared with others. Its going to get picked up in the food chain at the bottom, the microorganisms and it gets in the food chain and it will be in the food chain forever. That doctor wants all murals removed, including this one that or leads to the beach where they have painted for 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. From balinas in marin county Wayne Freedman abc7 news. A paris landmark will know longer signify eternal love. The paris authorities announced all of the love locks attached to a local bridge will be taken down tomorrow. Last year part of the bridge collapsed due to the weight of all the locks and they have had to ban couple from adding new ones. In sidney, australia people are being treated with two weeks of spectacular light shows around the city. It includes the iconic art on the opera house. Light shows artists and interactive exhibitions will illuminate sidney through june 8th. Thats one of the cities that i get to go to in terms of on my bucket list from around the world. Really. Cant just get there like in a couple minutes. But it will be cooler than average to start the week. Thats not the big news. The big news some chances of rain not only into tomorrow, but this time new forecast models are pointing toward an interesting end of the work week. Ill explain in a moment. Live doppler 7hd. We are looking at sunshine, despite the delays at sfo concord and livermore this morning. Otherwise its partly cloudy skies as you head out for sunday. Take a look at this weather system. Its going to weaken. Its an area of low pressure and a cold front that will head up to northern california, but it keeps us in a cool sector, cloudier skies a stronger on shore push and widespread drizzle into tomorrow. This is interesting. This is a hurricane, andre a category 2, 105 miles an hour and its point to go weakening in the pacific. But looks like its going to be picked up by an incoming system and could spread motion into california as far north as Central California by thursday and friday and maybe into next weekend, perhaps bringing some rainfall to much of the state. Its way too early to pinpoint, but it is making for some changes in the sevenday outlook. As we get started this morning, this is tam, ab secured by the clouds. 54 in san carlos and oakland this morning. A beach shot for you. Santa cruz only in the 60s today. Partly cloudy skies. 53 for napa and cooler day at bottlerock. Concord will see sunnier conditions but it will be much cooler yesterday. And from the east bay hills camera, cant see mt. Diablo but you see all the cloud cover from above and the 2,000foot marine layer be bow. Today ends may, of course and then a cool start to june. It looks like its going to get interesting, a mixture of june gloom and maybe some showers by the end of the week. Heres the visible pictures. Look how nice this is. This is the stratus all up and down the coast. This is the front bringing the high and midlevel clouds to much of the state. I wish we could get some moisture oust it but we will see the extra cloud cover, the deeper marine layer. You see the track of it heads well to the north. But we are starting out june the same way we ended may with more cloud cover and temperatures cooler than afternoon. San jose, 74 today. You should be 78. Cooler for the first few days then by the end of the week even with the extra cloud cover we should warm up. Today look for 75. Los gatos 72 and cupertino 66, milbrae at 64. A little sun. South city only 63. And in fran 59. 70 in petaluma. Cool in the north bay and cooler in the east bay. 68 hayward. Head inplanned look at the green. The oranges out into the central valley. 72 concord, 37 pleasanton. We are cooling off today. Widespread drizzle tonight and tomorrow for the coolest day. Then looking at very little change tuesday, wednesday afternoon sun and come the end of the week thats when we con see a better chance of precip with muggier conditions around here. You can see whats showing up on live doppler 7hd. Its on apples app store and google play. Its free. Its not uncommon for weather from a hurricane getting pulled uninto southern california. And you said to bring the long sleeves and jackets for the baseball games today . Exactly. Crisis in the east bay averted and one of the cutest families you will ever see was reunited. But first, we are losing our instagram feed to highlights events where you live. We are highlighting the little chefs bistro. It features food inspired by asian americ i wear my clothes like this because i can, i wear my hair like this because i can, i walk around like this because i can, and i do my thing like this cause its who i am and i do my thing. Maxx your thing. At t. J. 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