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KOFY ABC7 News At 900PM On KOFY January 8, 2015

Journalists. Entire newsroom of the newspaper in one day. Very shocking. Unbelievable. Tonight, theres a wave of emotion spreading from france to the bay area and the entire world. Good evening. The youngest of the three suspects has surrendered but police are hunt ing for the other two. They are brothers, both from france. Abc News Reporter Karen Travers has the story. It was an immense demonstration of solidarity. Thousands gathered in paris declaring they were not afraid after todays horrific terror attack at the offices of french satirical magazine charlie hebdo. There is massive hunt for the gunmen. An 18yearold surrendered to police. Their car found abandoned this afternoon. It was a professional hit. They were cool, calm and collected. They had fire discipline. Their bullets hit the targets. The attack left least a dozen dead. French officials said it was carefully planned. They called their names and shot them. It was clearly an execution. They knew the men they were hunting. Charlie hebdo had been threatened several times for its caricatures and controversial cartoons. In 2011, their offices were fire bombed a retaliation for a cover featuring a spoof of the prophet mohammad. President obama called the attack cowardly and evil. He spoke to the french president today and offered the full support of the u. S. Karen travers abc news, washington. Theres a large French Community in the bay area. Many are in mourning tonight following the attack. Abc 7 News Reporter Carolyn Tyler has mo. Reporter a single rose adorns a table at the french consulate in San Francisco. The consul general says shes devastated. Of course it is difficult to be far away from our country but we know that here in america we are friends. Friends and fellow french. Rubin is one of dozens of French Business owners living in San Francisco. The talk at his shop was about the terrorist attack in his homeland. All of the families of the people who suffered. His business is part of a french hub. The french president hollande visited last year. His trip showcased the large French Community here. At cafe, the television is tuned to the latest on the terrorist attack on the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. The paper used to be on the shelves here. I know it satire but part of the freedom. At the frenchamerican International School copies of the newspaper were displayed and discussed in history class. They are among the most prominent in france. Yes very shocking. The paper published numerous cartoons ridiculing the prophet mohammad and the attackers are said to be islamist terrorists. The bay Area Organization known as c. A r. E. Is denouncing the small band of criminals. The attackers in paris are a small group of individuals who have been condemned by every main stream american muslim and muslims aprood for violence. There is side hitened security at the french consulate in San Francisco. Carolyn tyler abc 7 news. French president holland called for a day of mourning tomorrow. Many raised pens in the air as a silent symbol against what is seen as an attack on the freedom of speech. Gee swee charlie is je suis charlie is a rallying cry. Jonathon bloom has more on the story. Reporter satirical drawings line the walls at San Franciscos cartoon art muse seems. Drawings like the ones that earned mark f a pulitzer prize. And like the drawings in the paper charlie hebdo. It is not shock but an awful day for cartoonists and reporters and editors. Fiore knows the emotional response a cartoon gets. It is an emotional medium and can grab you instantly. A lot of ways more effective than the written word. While this attack is incredibly high profile and terrible, there are cartoonists that are attacked every year. Reporter journalists of other types also the terror group isis posted videos depicting the beheading of american journalists. You dont want to get People Killed but you want to tell your story. Reporter they know the intimidation has the a long history. Union soviet union under stall en. They are trying to eliminate people that speak the truth. Terrorists use social media so do supporters of free speech. The hashtag french for i tamm am charlie was trending. The center for investigative reporting added its own voice. We had written a couple of things and said lets do it this with way with an image. After all images can be most powerful of all. If they had only fought back with cartoons, why guns . Reporter president obama said our universal belief in freedom of expression is something that cant be silenced. In the this newsroom jonathon bloom, abc 7 news. We will have continuing coverage of the terror attack in paris on air and online at abc 7 news. Com. Our reporting continues on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. An Evacuation Order for six homes in pittsburgh has been ordered tonight. It began as a propane leak square at a Union Pacific railroad yard. Crews responded. A 30,000 gallon tanker showed signs of a leak but hazmat crews determined it was lub bri kating oil and not propane. They were able to return an hour ago 8 00 tonight. The bay area is in for a seventh consecutive day of bad air. Unrelenting. Check in with our meteorologist. We have a stagnant pattern in place. Thats why the poor air quality. Temperatures did soar with the area of high pressure. I want to show you how warm it got. Warm enough for new records. Oakland 71. Gilroy 73. When you check out the field it is 68 degrees. Plenty of warm spots from 70 in livermore and redwood city to 75 in half moon bay. Hard to believe. Santa cruz 67. From our roof camera skies clear other than high clouds. Poor air quality today. We have a spare the air alert up now. And we expect the air quality will suffer thursday, friday. The forecast is by the weekend some improvement in our air. Hopefully you can breathe a little easier. I will be back to let you know if there are any storms in sight the next seven days. A french delicacy banned because of animal abuse issues is suddenly back on restaurant menus tonight. A federal judge in Southern California unexpectedly threw out part of the foie gras ban today. The debate started a decade ago with investigative reports that were powerful and has more on the surprise decision. In 2003 we showed you this video shot by activists at the only foie gras farm in stockton. Three times a day they grabbed ducks and injected a pound of corn in the birds. It expands the liver ten times the normal size. Ducks grew so large they couldnt move and couldnt defend themselves against the rats eating them alive. One afctivist that shot the undercover video described the conditions at the farm to me. We didnt know as we walked in the farm we would encounter sick, dead birds birds with open, festering wound and each would be looking at us essentially begging to get out. Reporter in the wake of our reporting foie gras begame illegal in 2012 but a court struck down the ban saying it banned the importation from other states. Local restauranteurs were happy to see the overturn on the ban. To put a he strix on what someone can eat and cook with i dont agree with it for that sake. He said before the ban he had it on miss his men yuchlt many bay area restaurants were still quietly serving the item, getting around the ban by serving it a la carte and free if you ordered another menu item. Heres a recap how we go this point n. February of 2004 then Senate President introduced a bill banning the force feeding of birds for the purpose of producing foie gras. It with us passed and signed in to law. But it didnt take effect for eight years to give farmers a time to adjust. It is illegal to produce foie gras in california. The federal judge lifted the ban on importing it from other states. The state attorney general can appeal and tonight a spokesman said they are recueing the case. Well see. Up next, breaking news where police are searching for an armed man. The Golden Gate Bridge workers who may not be needed much longer once an accident barrier gets installed t weekend. Two weeks without rain. We see if there are any changes in the fore female announcer get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempurpedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. Save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. The year end Clearance Sale is on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep bulldog the red tags mean save up to 40 on clearance mattresses. Get up to 48 months interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Pup i found a red tag [laughter] bulldog mattress discounters year end Clearance Sale ends soon . Breaking news, police surrounded an apartment in a manhunt. Police are asking People Living in the area to shelter in place. Lock doors and windows. They believe the man maybe connected to a burglary and ran to the apartment complex. We will monitor the situation and bring you updates. Once a new barrier system is in place on the Golden Gate Bridge, a number of workers will be transferred or lose their jobs. Remember the bridge closes for 52 hours this weekend from 12 01 saturday morning until 4 a. M. On monday. Tonight abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freeman looks at what will happen to the people who do the barriers workman yully. They are doing the selfie thing oblivious to the end of an era on the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge. End of the era whats that . A daredevil show enacted two to three times a day. The changing of lane cones in the middle of traffic. Braised my hand a couple of times. A task prformed since 1962 that will cease after the installation of a moveable barrier. They had an inside name for it. Plugging a bullet. One with guy is pulling and one guy is plugging. He will be a plugging guy and more of a driving guy as he and most others will move the concrete and steel barrier with this rig. It is progress but a different set of skills from plugging little hole you are looking at coming at you at ten miles an hour and you have to get it just right. Quite a few guys have no hitters. Reporter no hitters when they went the length of the bridge and hit every hole even at 15 miles an hour. Small unheralded victories. Friday night the last chance at glory. Heres a question, the last cone will they retire it . It is not killing you to find out, is it . Oh, no, because i will probably be pull ing it. Reporter make that final run a no hitter. Abc 7 news. Pretty neat look at the job, isnt it . The bridge closing will mean road closures. 101 closed at the marin city saults lito exit and no kpb kpb access. In San Francisco two closures one doyle drive and Marina Boulevard and the other at lake street. Parking lots on both ends of the bridge will be closed 8 p. M. On friday. When the bridge closes this weekend, the east sidewalk closest to the bay will be open to pedestrians and bicyclist. The other side will be closed. If you need help navigating the traffic, get the app for your smartphone and join abc 7s group. It is a Free Download from the app store. Time to check on the weather. Nice mild, balmy whatever you want to call it. Feels like spring out there. We need different weather than that. It is nice. It is. Almost guilty for enjoying. Almost. Not quite. Temperatures were about five to ten degrees above normal. Thats why we saw the records. As you look at live doppler 7 hd, we need rain in the bay area. All i can find is high cloudiness moving in from the south. Were not track aing any storms at least not anytime soon. In the 40s and 50s across the bay area. A 60 degree reading in fremont. I did double check. It is mild there. Across the bay fog is not a problem. The forecast cooling trend starts tomorrow with occasional high clouds. Outlook is dry for the next seven days. Satellite showing where the jet stream is taking the storms. The main storm track stays to the north. Hazy skies remain with us tomorrow. You will notice the skies will be hazier as this weak disturbance off the baja coast sends high cloudiness in our direction. It will get thicker and heavier as the day goes on. Tomorrow morning, expect the high cloud cover. The clouds will increase throughout the day. With the increasing cloudiness, les sun. Temperatures lower. We will lose a little offshore flow that provided us with the warmth today. Temperatures tomorrow morning held up by the cloud cover. Not as chilly as this morning. Upper 30s for the coldest spots. Most areas in the 40s and 50s. If you are up bright and early should be a gorgeous sunrise. High for thursday, 67 degrees in gilroy. 66 cupertino. Mid60s santa cruz. Not as warm as today on the peninsula. Milky sky there. 64 redwood city and menlo park. Half moon bay out of the 70s. 62 San Francisco. And the north bay, temperatures a little cooler, closer to average for this time of the year. Upper 50s around the bodega bay. Vallejo 61. Herk lease same thing. Inland spots low to mid60s. 65 livermore. 62 concord. 63 walnut creek. A look at the sevenday forecast, if you have been waiting for better air quality you have to wait a couple more days. Spare the air alert tomorrow. Temperatures start to go down. Cooling continues through the start of the weekend and thats when we expect at least some noticeable improvement in our air quality. Unfortunately we dont have any rain on the accuweather sevenday forecast just more sunshine and a few clouds and temperatures falling back down to normal for this time of the year over the weekend and in to next week. Hopefully when the temperatures fall, maybe something else. One would hope. Crossing our fingers. Still to come can San Francisco giants world series trophy hits the road. Where and when you can catch the tour where you live. Common as dirt. The new im about to finish school. And im about to start my career. I have two young boys, and i want their mommy to be safe and healthy. Having Health Insurance gives you freedom. You cant rely on everything just to go smoothly in life. Accidents happen all the time. With covered california, we were able to save a lot of money. Im able to see a doctor that i love. Im protected and im covered. Im in. Im in. And im making it on my own. You too can enjoy Quality Health coverage. To enroll, or find free inperson help go to coveredca. Com the San Francisco giants feel like they are hitting a home run. They tweeted a picture saying it looks like someone lost a bet on the floor of the california state assembly. It is all about beat l. A. The world series trophy kicked off the tour in sacramento. They took game seven of the fall classic in october. All three giants world series trophies from twen, 2012, and 2014 are on tour. We have a link to the tour dates and locations on our website at abc 7 news. Com. Coming to a town near you achlts potential breakthrough by scientists. They discovered a new antibiotic that could turn the tide against the rise of drug resistant bacteria or super bugs. Researchers from Northeastern University grew it in its native dirt rather than a lab dish. It has cured mice in the lab. Antibiotic resistance causes 2 million infections and 23,000 deaths in the United States each year. A recent report warns that super bugs could kill up to 10 Million People a year by 2050. The last major antibiotic was discovered in the 80s. Coming up back to the top story, the you are i gent manhunt under way in france. Men opened fire in a newspaper office. And Felicia Rashad talks about bill cosby. Two weeks with no rain and the drought lingers on. A look at what maybe in store for the spring ah, push it. Push it. P. 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She is defending him and speaking against his accusers. Heres abc 7 News Reporter lindsey davis. She was the wife of the iconic tv dad. Phylicia rashad describes the bill cosby she knows. Hes a genius. Hes generous kind, inclusive. Reporter tonight speaking to abc news exclusively about her costar and friend accused by more than a does en women of Sexual Assault and impropriety. What has happened is that declaration in the media of guilt without proof. Reporter earlier this week, her remarks about the women who have come forward created a firestorm. You were quoted online saying forget those women. That is a misquote. That is not what i said. What i said is this is not about the women. This is about something else. This is about the obliteration of legacy. Reporter some people may think it was dismissive. I am a woman. I am a woman. I would never say such a thing. Reporter but shes un

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