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KGO ABC7 News 400PM April 20, 2015

This is a massive crowd at Golden Gate Park and in just about 20 minutes from now ill expect all of you to inhale or exhale together. This celebration of marijuana on hippie hill has become the place to be on 4 20 day. Some people came here from other states including this group from oregon who skipped the option to go to Washington State where its legal. The legality of it so you come down here and its a little bit more loose because its basic. San francisco, people expect it. Theyre also looking forward to sparking up in their home state in july when their recently passed law legalizing Recreational Use takes effect but on this monday in Golden Gate Park, pot was readily available and consumed in all its forms. We got oatmeal racin fruit loops. Theyre infused with marijuana oil. Thats pretty potent stuff. It is. Its really strong. Its not for a lightweight. As thousands of people indulged in their favorite bud opponents included potency of modern marijuana is the biggest problem. So many people think of the marijuana of the 70s and of the 60s where basically the thc was 1 to 2 . Today the lowest is 10 . As a researcher that focuses on child development, she says her biggest concern is for teens. We spotted plenty of young people who sparked high school classes. Of course, its still technically illegal to openly smoke pot in the state of california. So this event doesnt have a sponsor. That means the city of San Francisco will have to pick up the bill for management and cleanup. Im sergio quintana, abc 7 news. People who get stoned and decide to get behind the wheel are more likely to get busted under new legislation that was introduced in sacramento today. The bill allows Law Enforcement to test drivers roadside impairment using a device to test oral fluids. It also registers drugs like cocaine cocaine, opiates and amphetamines. President obama has repeated his support for Medicinal Marijuana and moving toward decriminalizing the drug and he made those comments on the eve of 4 20. He believes prescribed medical use may be appropriate and saying we should follow the science as opposed to ideology on this issue. A bay area man is in custody for yet another Security Breach at the white house. 54yearold jerome hunt of hayward was arrested last night after hopping a fence and getting up to 15 feet on to the white house lawn. He was carrying a package that turned out to be harmless. He gave the name of the Hayward Church as his address. Theyve never had any contact with him and understand that he was homeless and he appeared in court in washington, d. C. On reports of unlawful entry. A terrified family after their 8yearold son was found safe just hours after he was taken. It all happened this morning in the family driveway. Amy hollyfield has the details from fairfield. Reporter what a morning for 8yearold brock guzman. He was asleep in the family car when someone stole it. He was found safe and he told his parents he wasnt scared but his parents were terrified. Just distraught all morning and for the first time i didnt know if my son was okay. Reporter it happened at 4 45 this morning. Suzanne guzman was about to leave to drive brock to his school in napa and her husband thought hed help her get a head start on the day. The car for the wife and for the kids, and i walked inside as she was getting ready to put her shoes on and walk out and it was 30 seconds and the car was gone. Suzanne guzman saw a bike in the front yard that doesnt belong to anyone in her family and she knew right then her car and child had been taken and brock did wake up and surprised his abductor. He was asleep in the car and when he woke up and when he woke up the guy said he didnt know he was in the car and pulled over and the boy went back to sleep. By then police had widely issued an amber alert. We had a citizen call and say that they had located what they believed to be the vehicle parked on value drive. They approached the vehicle and found brock still asleep in the backseat. Watch how one of brocks relatives reacts to the news that he had been found. So much relief. The family says it was overwhelming. Absolutely amazing. I was just completely overjoyed with goosebumps, and i just wanted to squeeze him, and i probably hurt him a little bit. Hes doing well. So will the man be charged with kidnapping . Police says it depends on what the investigation reveals. First, they have to find him and while they continue to look the family plans to keep brock close by and not let him out of their sight. Theyll just snuggle up and watch movies today. In fairfield, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Police have arrested a College Student accused of trying to kidnap female high school students. This is how one of the girls described him to police. Vic lee joins us in the Hayward Police station with the latest developments. Vic . Reporter larry, there may in fact, be a fourth attempted kidnapping and thats what the Alameda County sharives department is investigating right now. The suspect does have some priors which include theft and receiving stolen property. Hayward Police Arrested patel a 20yearold student, he was charged with attempt to kidnap with intent to xhid robbery. The last incident happened near Hayward High School as a 16yearold female student was walking home. Two other kidnap attempts happened in february and march near Tennyson High School which is also in hayward. In all three cases the man tried to pull the girls into his car and they all fought back and escaped. They all gave Police Similar descriptions and said he drove a fourdoor white sedan. In two of the incidents he was described as having body odor or someone who finished working out and in the last incident he was identified as someone speaking with an indian accent. He was arrested thanks to a veteran officer with a keen eye. We were conducting a covert surveillance operation in the area when the suspect in his vehicle was spotted in the area. So it very well may have prevented another incident from occurring. Hayward School Superintendent summed up what the arrest means to his community. 45,000 mothers will sleep with ease tonight because there is someone off the street that can harm their children. Police released a photo of the beanie patel wore and the fake handgun he used in some of the attempted abductions and they did not release his mug shot because hes being investigated for another possible crime. Vic lee abc 7 news. This morning a superior court judge expunged the San Francisco, he pleaded guilty four years ago to false imprisonment after bruising his right arm during an argument and he was able to keep his job after the close vote by the board of supervisors. Wiping out a criminal record is fairly common for someone charged with a misdemeanor. The statutory remedy thats available for any person that successfully coam pleats probation. It eventually results in the withdrawal of any guilty plea and dismissal of the action. Mirkarimi performed Community Service and took Parenting Classes as part of his three years probation that ended in march. Mirkarimi faces reelection in november. Sandhya patel is here with a look at accuweather. If you take a look at live doppler 7 hd notice how it is around the coastline and low cloudiness lingering this afternoon and thunderstorms have been firing up. They have since dissipated, but kaesht rule them out for the remainder of the evening and as you look at the view from the tower camera you look at why its been so cool in many areas. The cloud cover hanging around. 58 in San Francisco and it is 62 in oakland and 67 in san jossy and mid50s for Half Moon Bay and looking out toward the Treasure Island camera and we have had some clouds linger over the bay as well. Temperatures in the 60s from santa rosa to napa, you really have to head inland to see bright skies. Its not bright from the Golden Gate Bridge camera and cloudy coast and bay, tomorrow morning well see drizzle with overcast skies and then in the afternoon staying cool upper 50s to the low 70s and ill be back with the accuweather sevenday forecast that can include sprinkles. Stilal aside on abc 7 news boston strong. Two years after the deadly marathon bombings. Sorry. Were having audio difficulties there. New at 4 30 and only on abc 7 news, buy what Mother Nature cant provide. The Emergency Water supply now gushing into the east bay. At 4 10 on a back to work monday our first look at the afternoon traffic. This is highway 101 in san jose and its backed up in the southbound direction and they were in the carpool lanes and much better going northbound at covering daley city dublin los gatos and all the bay area. This is abc 7 news. The warriors are warmed up for game two of the nba playoffs against the new Orleans Pelicans and everyone at oracle arena is preparing for another packed house. And some noise. Katie was there and saying oracle was too loud that it might not be legal. Can you hear me . Are you okay . Following saturdays game i probably need my hearing checked and at practice this morning i asked Greg Thompson can the players feel it . He said absolutely and they love it. They feed off of that energy. This team is so easy to get behind and its easy to cheer and be loud for these guys. I want to show you a part of these teams and players that many dont see. Its how good these guys are off the court. Warriors guard Clay Thompson seemed shocked during pregame practice. And Sports Reporters clamor for insight into tonights playoff game but the shyer half of the brothers duo is making big waves off the court. Hes been blessed for two things and one, hes a great shooter and two, he really wants to help kids. Because of thompsons fill act roppic and charitable work hes a finalist for the Community Assist award. It was awesome. We were in such a unique position to be back and be a role model. Thompson partners with the good tiedings foundation and athletics for underserved use. Weve done so many programs with him where hes with the kids, hes so comfortable being with kids and probably more so than adults. Really hands on and its always fun with kids. Fans can vote for their favorite players on social media starting today until the 27th. If thompson wins, 25,000 goes to good tiedings. The success on the field or court goes hand in hand with the Community Service. You see that a lot. Harper says they put the funds toward a new Basketball Court in oakland or San Francisco which means the community could be winning right alongside thompson and the team. Its fun to interact with warriors fans and the people around the area because theyre truly nice people and genuine and love their hoops. Katie utas abc 7 news. If you want to vote for Clay Thompson go to abc 7 news. Com. Dubs on 7 when you post your pictures on social media and we will find them. Other sports news it is official. Remember tebowing . Tim tebow . Hes back. The quarterback has signed a oneyear contract with the Philadelphia Eagles and the team sending out this tweet, welcome to the city of brotherly love. See how long the love lasts. The 27yearold tebow hasnt played in the nfl since 2012. He was with the new york jets that was an absolute disaster. The top pick of the broncos won a playoff game with denver and the quarterback roster that included sam bradford and mark sanchez. This should be an interesting expirex experiment experiment. Two years after the deadly bombing. Crowds cheered each time an athlete approached the boylston street finish line and two people died and more than 160 others were injured in 2013. Boston strong, the phrase that became the citys rallying cry after the attack was everywhere. He also won it in 2013 and carol won for the women. There was also a wheelchair race. Marcel hug from switzerland took the win for the men and they won her Third Straight and she went on her shirt and the 8yearold who lost his life in the bombing. In San Francisco, dozens of runners took place in solidarity with the marathon. They hit the street at 7 00 this morning and the race started and finished. We wanted to send the message to the boston marathoners present and path and we believe in you and congratulations. Officials with the San Francisco marathon helped to organize this mornings run. Lets get a look at the forecast and its sandhya patel in for spencer. Is it fog or haze . We know its murky. Its clouds and the marine layer, larry and cheryl and its deepened quite a bit which is why its so much cooler. Im working on the meteorology. Thats what she calls me. Junior meteorologist wanna be. Im trying to educate myself. Keep working on it, larry. Let me show you live doppler h. D. And well show you whats ahead at the marine layer and it is locked in at our beaches. As you recall the bay hardly saw the sun until later this afternoon when the sun started to break through. We are watching isolated showers developing and lightning strikes developing and isolated thunderstorms could rotate back toward the ukaya area and its certainly a possibility this evening. Compared to 24 hours ago its ten degrees cooler in concord and 80 degrees cooler in livermore. Most areas dropped by a few degrees later this afternoon compared to this time. Its going to stick around and well call it cloudy overnight with patchy drizzle and afternoon sun and inland tomorrow and were looking at a few sprinkles possible on wednesday. The first one is just west of Southern California and this is what helped to deepen the marine layer and another one near the gulf of alaska is going to drop down and reinforce the cooling. So tomorrow, dont expect much in the way of warmth and the deep marine layer sticks around as we head toward the next couple of days and gray skies overnight could see spotty drizzle for your morning commute. As we head toward the afternoon you will see partly cloudy skies inland, but cool along the coastline and in the Sierra Nevada tracking more showers and thunderstorms and south of tahoe could see snow in the mountains there. Tomorrow morning starting out with damp roadways and allow extra time. Upper 40s to the low 50s. Cool, youll need a sweater or jacket and for the afternoon 69 in the south bay and san jose and 66 redwood city and 66 pacifica and daley city and downtown San Francisco and north bay, 67 in santa rosa and 68 napa and youll see the cloud cover breaking up in the afternoon and inland spots and 70 in concord. Accuweather forecast, possible sprinkles on wednesday as the second low comes through and temperatures will just dip a few degrees only to recover as we hit the weekend. Cheryl and larry upper 50s to low 60s and mid70s inland for the upcoming weekend. I was asking about the haze. Its a different kind of haze. Live look at hippie hill in San Francisco and we are precisely at 4 20 in the afternoon and the symbolic number for pot smokers. It is not officially licensed by the city. Of course, it would not be. Police accept the party as long as everybody stays mellow. Last year there were 15,000 people at this event and volunteers will be there picking up the garbage and the city is prepared to pick up extra trash that gets left behind. You can see the smoke wafting up into the sky there and a big contact high in the park. The group is one of many across the country and one of 700,000 people taking part nationwide. Sky 7 hd live above uc santa cruz where several thousand people are taking part in the 4 20 event there. If youre wondering why the number, it is tied to the bay area. A glup of students years ago used the term for smoking weed at 4 20 in the afternoon. One of their parents helped buy property of the grateful dead in marin. Organizers say smoking marijuana has become so mainstream its less of a protest now a days and more of a celebration. I had no idea that was the origin there. San rafael high school. You learn something new. They came, they saw and conquered. Shoppers storming target for a hot new clothing line and how this is helping a Silicon Valley tech giant. Plus the mac and cheese change coming to a. Lar dinner time staple for children. And another live look at the afternoon commute situation. This is a live shot of the san mateo bridge. Oncoming traffic is heading from the peninsula to the east bay and hayward in particular and smooth sailing on the righthand side and g this is fascinating and elan musk was considering selling his company to google. This according to bloomberg. Musk had negotiated an 11 billion deal with google ceo larry paige and the details are to be released in a soontobe released book. The model s werent selling. Tesla ended up posting a profit later that year and they paid back their debts and musk broke off the deal with google. Now we know. The high demand for targets Lily Pulitzer line. The items are now more than double they originally were selling for. Shoppers lined up yesterday. Look at that. Thats what it looked like across the country as people tried to get their hands on the limited collection of beachwear and accessories. Store shelves and targets website sold out within hours. Customers complained about problems online and target apologized for the delays. When they saw this big activity early in the morning they shut the site down at 3 00 a. M. Eas

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