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KOFY ABC7 News At 900PM On KOFY June 4, 2014

Term as governor. Everyone expected him to win this race. That is what it is going to happen at this moment with 8 of the precinct reporting. He has 55 percent of the wrote vote. Main republican rival are the these people brown spoke few minutes ago. I campaigned hard. I take nothing for granted. And i just have to say that california has come a long way in the last few years. If so Governor Brown expected to win reelection. Lets move to the Lieutenant Governor race incumbent former San Francisco mayor newsom running for reelection as wechlt he appears to be on his way to the november run off. He has 50 of the vote. Ron has 23 percent and david fenn has anyone percent of the vote. Incumbent newsom with half the vote tonight as we expected from the polling. One of the biggest bay area race san jose mayor. There are 8 names on the ballot. The top 2 will advance to likely november run off to replace term out mayor reid. At this moment cortez has 34 percent of the vote. Riccardo has 25 of the vote. Only 2 of the precinct are reporting so still very early on. But again the top 2 vote getters will advance to the run off election in november. Madison has 23 percent of the vote. Now taking a look in south bay as well to the representative race. Mike honda facing serious and well funded challenge from fellow democrat row kop you have seen the ad for him on television advertised very heavily. Very well financed campaign. For primary race. Incumbent mike has 51 percent of the vote. Row has 26 pevrments zing has 16 percent drilling in the distance. All right another race that we are watching very closely. State senate race between east bay assemblyman bob wick and form other Assembly Woman mary hooish on probation after pleading no contest to shoplifting charges t. 34 percent of the vote here and peter has 26 percent and mary hooish with 22 percent. 33 percent of the precinct reporting in district 10 the state senate race that we are watching as well. Now more results ahead on 7 news at 9 0 9 00. We keep you posted as the results come in. Poll closed for an hour and results are starting to come in. But that pace will pick up considerably. Keep in mind because turn out is so low we expect votes to be counted pretty quickly. You can also log on to our web site and on twitter at 7 news bay area. We have live coverage on 7 news for you at 11 00 oclock. Well lets mav on for the time being again stay here for Election Results as we get them. New video of disturbing attack against Oakland High School student in the hallway of the school. 7 news has obtained this new video of the incident. It shows the may 19 confrontation between Security Guard mitchell and 17yearold martinez. Video show the guard tipping martinez out of the wheelchair and kicking him the head. Later hitting the teenager again in the hall wait a minute mitchell was fired and has been charged with felony corporal injury to a child. Martinez family plans to file a lawsuit against the school district. Fbi is explaining why agent were so scared about what Ryan Chamberlain might do and what they found in his apartment. Agents say the former media political consultant had everything he needed to do great harm. In his home power soushtion wire conductor, switching mechanism, and initiator or explosive, enough come point to make aneurysm ed, explosive device. 7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson on the story. Since saturday raid chamberlain neighbors havent known what to think. After reading the complaint richard shoe maker didnt call for evacuation. If they really thought that they were going to go in there and find a bomb, should they have evacuated the building . They didnt do anything. Reporter this 6 page document says fbi agents searching chamberlain apartment found a messenger bagner the Kitchen Table filled with component for improvised explosive device. Specifically a screw top glass jar filled with battery and powder green substance. Model rocket motor and electric match which is a common iing nyetor for ied ball bearing and screw believed to be intended projectile. Wire from the jar to the metal lid and Circuit Board configured as Remote Control receiver. Everything must go to an fbi lab for at the timing but bomb technician believe if detonated the device could maim or kill. Although he is in custody, this remains ongoing investigation. Chamberlain appeared in court today wearing the same clothes as in this cell phone video of his arrest. Half dozen Friends Family were there the he never looked their way. Law enforcement sources a tip initially brought chamberlain to their attention. Chief greg says dont let friends get so low. If you think its coming please tell us now. Tell us ahead of time before anybody can be hurt. On facebook the mother offered her love saying she will help no matter what. Crowd campaign raised nearly 10,000 dollars for his legal defense. And chamberlain faces up to continue years in prison if convicted. Hes expected back in court tomorrow. In San Francisco, Tiffany Wilson, abc 7 news. Muni passengers second evening commute waiting for infrequent buses and trains because of another transit worker sick out. Muni drivers voted overwhelmingly against city contract proposal. 47 people voted for it. Today the city announce a crack down and heres 7 News Reporter lee ann. Sf. Muni employee taken part in the sick out could face penalty for disrupting the transit service. This afternoon mayor ed lee announce the city will investigate everyone who has not shown up for work. If they didnt show udont have a reason now saying they are sick we are investigating each of those claims. We hold people accountable. Transport worker union local 250 a that represents the employee told mayor ed lee hit nothing to do with the sick ou out. Every employee will receive this letter saying if you call in circumstances you will be required to provide a doctor note. The supervisor scott weiner was among the many cram passengers trying to get home last night. Today he introduced legislation urging them to get back to work. More than symbolic. Its important when we go officially on record urging them to end the sick out and go back to work. On friday muni workers voted overwhelmingly to reject the new proposed contract which offers higher wages but employee would have to contribute more to their pension. Day 2 of the sick out slightly better with more transit operators showing up for work. Still it wasnt enough to meet the demand. Today we have about 100 additional operators and vehicle out on the street. But thats still only half of our bus and trains and that we can put out during our morning commute and afternoon commute as well. I have been squished glued to people glued to the front door. I need to go to the work and i need to take this because muni not bus. Is no good for all the people. The city says this sick out is costing them a lot of money. Take for example the cable rs. They are not operating and they provide a good chunk of money revenue for the city. Now what is going to happen tomorrow. Well, nobody really knows but everyone is hoping that things will return to normal. Especially given the pressure that the mayor is putting on them and also the board of supervisors and now their own union. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. If now traffic reporter and the abc 7 Morning News Team here in the morning starting at 4 30 am to keep you up to date on the muni sick out. Follow us around the clock at 7 new news. Com and on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. More to bring you here on abc 7 news at 9 coming up. Pregnancy testing at the Alameda County jail. Tonight a woman in nearly 70 claims her Constitutional Rights were violated. 6yearold palestine boy who can now walk to School Thanks to the surgery he has undergone at stanford. Really a remarkable story. Spencer vision is here with the weather. Warming has begun. We have a little bit of a heat wave coming our way and ill show you how warm it is in my accuweather forecast in just a moment. Thank you spencer. Here are more Election Results on this primary tuchlts 7 news at 9 continues in just a moment. Continues in just a moment. Back here in a second. At shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, which is why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50 fewer co2 emissions than coal. And why with our partner in brazil, we are producing a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane to fuel cars. Lets broaden the Worlds Energy mix, lets go. San jose has grapple with what to do about medical marijuana in the city for years and once again after more debate today, no decision. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee has the story from city hall. The Council Agreed on where to place the pot club. Mostly in Industrial Zone not near schools churches or residential neighborhoods. But not on where the marijuana that is sold could be grown. We are not in the agriculture business and we didnt want to be but we are forced to because neither the federal government or State Government will tell us what to doyshtion anticlimatic ending for pot Club Supporters who began this election day with optimism. I got 25 off. Reporter the she came to the all American Cannabis Club to get a discount on her medicine marijuana. All she had to do was to prove she voted. The club hopes the discount offer will encourage people who want pot dispensary in san jose to vote for candidate endorsed by the club. The city council has been struggling for years to come up with laws. Regulating the operation and locations of the pot clubs. Club owner david hodge says his club will live or die by those laws. If the council proves what they are currently talking about it would be an effective ban shutting down most the dmrex san jose what they do on election day may illegal. We asked registrar about that. We have lacked at the california election code. It doesnt seem to be in violation of that. But looking at federal code it does appear there may be a violation. Mayor reid did not mince his words when he answered. Its against the law but then again we have an industry that operates in violation of federal law every minute of every day. Group called sensible hand so say collected enough signature to place their own referendum in the november election. 38,000 signatures to be exact. They say they will turn them in tomorrow. If there is a referendum mayor reid says he will lead the campaign against it. Vic lee 7 news. Controversial policy requiring pregnancy test for most women booked into Alameda County jail is the subject of a lawsuit by the aclu. The age limit now 60 but one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit given the test in 2010 when she was nearly 70. 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony has the story. Oakland susan says she was among 78 protestors arrested 4 years ago and booked in the Alameda County jail downtown. After demonstrations that came in the wake of the messerly vivrmentd i said this is silly. Reporter despite her age 69 at the time like all the women in the group harmon ordered to take a pregnancy test. 3 of us were taken in to the large bathroom by female sheriff officer and asked to pee in the cup. Reporter harmon says she was never told the reason for the pregnancy test or the result. Now harmon is one of 3 plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties union against the Alameda County sheriffs department. Unfortunately you know they are the only county that we know of in california that has this policy. Reporter elizabeth is the aclu attorney who filed the lawsuit. Suit claims mandatory pregnancy testing at any age by a jail is a violation of civil rights. And illegal. Unconstitutional. Violent women right to privacy and its also unconstitutional search and seizure t. And it violates a very clear california law. Folk in custody are required to give in formed consent. Very personal thing about being pregnant or not and if sheriffs officer isnt the person that the first person that i want to know whether of i was pregnant or not. As it is now Alameda County policy to test all women age 60 and under. In San Francisco the test is voluntary. Contra costa county doesnt do it at all. In oakland, Laura Anthony abc 7 news. We want to share heart warming story from the Children Hospital on the peninsula. This is if a 6yearold palestine b from refuse you gee camp suffer from rare orthopedic condition that causes his knee joints to stick and his feet to face the wrong direction. He could not wawchblingt his family sought help and team of surgeon from stanford answered the call. Tonight he takes his first steps. Carrying him around. Crawling around so first time wearing shoe. Huge deal. Spidermanshoochlt he wanted. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. L. Whether a sweet killed. Hes undergone several procedures at there since arriving last fall and no complete cure for his condition doctors have been able to help him wear shoes. Stand and walk on his own and he can now go to school for the very first time. He set to return home later this month. You know what is so sweet in any language a happy kid right there. How neat to see him doing so well. Doctors did such a great job. Spencer is hear of course. Hes going to talk about our weather but hes tracking some really violent weather in the midwest. Violent hail storm i have there and parts of nebraska and iowa today thunderstorms still rumbling in the area but losing a little bit of the intensity which is good news. Go over and give you a look by way of live doppler 7hd at the thunderstorm activity going on in that part of the midwest rate now. Still tornado watches one tornado watch in effect for portions of iowa right now. Thats until 1 00 oclock in the morning. 1 00 a. M. Central time and this afternoon talk about storm report. There were 189 reports of hail. There were 31 reports of wind damage and 9 tornado reports in the area from nebraska into iowa. Now pushing over into parts of illinois. Line of thunderstorms again intensity is diminishing. Back in the bay area things calm right now. A little fog at the coast. May fush locally out over parts of the bay tonight but we have mainly clear sky inland around the bay. Live view from the east bay hills camera. Current temperature readings 52 at San Francisco. 59 san carlos. San jose 61. 50 at half moon bay. Lacking along the bay bridge from our south beach camera under mostly clear sky. Temperature generally in the mid 50s at santa rosa. Napa. Novato. Low mid 60s at fairfield concord livermore. One more live view looking out over San Francisco from sutro tower cam are. See little broken low clouds moving out over the city and towards the bay right now. Forecast feature. We have foggy conditions near the coast bay tonight. Warmer in most areas tomorrow. It will be absolutely hot inland this weekend as temperatures will rise rather sharply. Satellite radar composite image shows a pool of cool air. Dominated our weather picture yesterday. Pushing inland moving eastward away from us. Replace that go will be a big ridge of High Pressure and warmer air mass causing temperatures to rise tomorrow and into the weekend. Our overnight low will be mainly in the low mid 50s although a little cooler on the coast with upper 40s there. And then tomorrow forecast animation starting 8 00 oclock in the morning. We see fog burning away from the coast tomorrow. Mainly sunny skies and warmer conditions in all areas. So lets start in the south bay. We see high mainly in the low 80s tomorrow. 82 in san jose. Around the bay we see high generally in the mid upper 70s. To about 80 degrees. Inland east baylow 90s. 91 at antiyochblingt north bay we see low to mid 80s from santa rosa to napa and on the coast low to mid 60s. Heres accuweather 7 day forecast. If its going to be very warm to hot weekend within land high saturday sunday in the mid 90s. We see low 80s around the bay and mid 60s on the coast. Then temperatures will start to moderate on monday and by tuesday inland high will be back down in the mid 80s. Much more comfortable range but if you like it really, really warm you will love the weekend. Awfully happy. Yes you will. Whats it like in new york . The reason im asking. Nice warm. Its going to be warm a little bit more humid than here. Incentive for to you come back spencer because this gentleman next to me is headed to new york city to fill in for Good Morning America ginger z later this week. You can watch spencer live on gma this thursday and friday beginning at 7 00 a. M. Return to spencer old Stomping Ground from where he came to San Francisco to join us at kilometer kgo 15 years ago. 15 years ago. You worked there for many, many years thats where we first met. Thats right. Were you in charleston. Thats right then you came through town. I know you are excited to go pwaichblingt i am very excited to go back. Ill be sleep deprived but ill be happy. Our prot 0. You have a totally opposite schedule. Proud of you and excited. You are coming back. Ill be back. Still to come on 7 news at 9 00. Jeopardy clue crew for 200. What is the purpose of their trip to the bay area this week. Back in a moment. And as we go to break. Quick look at more election quick look at more election returns tonight thank you thank you dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. Youve been such a

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