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KGO ABC7 News 500AM April 16, 2016

The sun comes up at 6 32. By 7 00, 8 00 we are warming to the 60s. As much as tip crease warmer that yesterday at 83 around concord and santa rosa with 79 forecasted near oakland. Upper 60s to near 70 at the beaches. We will talk about an even warmer day headed our way for the second half of your weekend. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Now to the race for the white house. Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton spent last night headlining a highpriced fundraiser with a high profile guest. But east vent also attracted dozens protesters. Reporter heres a brief glimpse of George Clooney leaving the fundraiser and president ial candidate Hillary Clinton. The event, held at venture captain lift home, attracted dozens of demonstrators. They were mostly Bernie Sanders supporters. He had called this fundraiser and others like it of obscene because of the amount of money ponied up. 365,000 is what they are charging to have a seat at the table with Hillary Clinton. His Campaign Just released an adhere for bern san. Sanders touched down in rome for a conference at the vatican and urged people to reject what he called an immoral economy. Sanders and clinton had been campaigning for new yorks primary next week before flying here clinton celebrate add small victory playing dominoes at a Senior Center in harlem. You did it clinton will head to los angeles for another event with george clean, a fundraiser at his studio city home. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will join abcs george tomorrow morning for this week. George is bringing the two democrats together for a round of tough questions before the New York Primary on tuesday. This week airs sunday at 8 00 a. M. On abc7. Its the question most drivers have after they have dropped their car off at the shop. Who is going to drive it and where . A local man said his dashcam captured a man taking his car for a joyride while it was in for repairs. This raises more questions. With he have a story from the audi dealership in palo alto. The owner of the car, brian thornton, said the man behind the wheel is a palo alto employee. Thornton is accusing the employee of joyriding and speeding. Mark noble is a customer at audi palo alto. He said he would be very irritated if it was his car. We spend a lot of are money on these cars and the last thing i would expect is someone to take it out for a joyride. Calls into question how they do their background checks on their employees. The audi owner pamela pike is skeptical. It could have happened but most mechanics are pretty well certified and i think maybe the guy may have made up a little bit of a story. In a statement he says in part we needly began our investigation and have already taken action. We are working with the customer involved and have thanked them for had bringing this matter to our attention. Mark noble said hes taking his car in for service next week. I asked him if the video changed his mind about going to audi palo alto. Probably not, but ill ask them about it. Abc7 news. A car plummeted 100 feet off a cliff last night t happened just before 10 00 p. M. On grizzly peek near south park drive close to an overlook south of tilledden regional park. Rescuers found noun in the vehicle when they repelled down from the roadway. They heard a loud screech and watched the cargo over the cliff t cart wheeled down the hillside. Saw the car spin and i thought, whoa, that car is going to rolloff the hill and then it rolls off the hill. Authorities arent sure where the driver went after the accident or if that person was injured in the wreck. 5 05 is our time. For the second night in a row a police chase from oakland to Contra Costa County ended with an accident. It started yesterday along highway 13 in oakland before 8 00 p. M. The officers said they tried pull a red mercedes sedan for missing license plates when the driver took off. A chp helicopter followed the car to pittsburgh where police in that city used spike strips to disable the car. The drove then ran and unsuccessfully tried carjacking another car near highway 4. Suspect was arrested by police. Deputies in marin evacuated a campground after a fire started start in the dunes nearby. Marin county deputies blocked several roads so officers could do their job. They said cause is specious. Witnesses say they saw people running from the scene, but thankfully no one was hurt. The red cross has put up dozens of people in the south bay after an Apartment Fire there. Sky 7hd was over the twin pines manor apartments in sunnyvale as smoke poured out of the building. Two people had to go to the hospital and more were hurt and some climbed down ladders to get out. Sunnyvale showed this reunion. Two violently attacked a store clerk. [inaudible] this happened on march 8th. Two people want into the quick stop and taqueria. The man in the red bandana you see there assaulted the clerk and demanded money. After a Heated Exchange the man shot the clerk but police say the clerk will survive. The Golden State Warriors now stand alone with 73 wins after a big leap, the warriors final run officially kicks off this afternoon on abc7. The preshow starts at noon and warrer fans cant wait. Abc7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley shows us the excitement from pleasanton. Warriors its starting. Saturday averages in homes and bars, all over northern california. The warriors are great for the bay area economy. This place opened during warriors playoff season last year and they hope this year is a repeat, and that requires warriors gear. I decided to come and support my local team and buy warriors gear. You already have warriors gear. I cant get enough. Its all over the place. This is the shirt everyone is coming in to get, including 11yearold bell law and her sister. It shows the warriors, that we love them. You think if you wear a hat or shirt it might bring them luck . , yeah, it could. We expect a quick 160 here. Lets get it done. And bring on another championship to northern california. If you are thinking of going to the game, beware of ticket fraud. People are stealing bar codes from photos of tickets posted online. On wednesday night 60 tickets wouldnt scan. The Biggest Issue we have is people who bought tickets from a third party site. Problems occur and the bar code doesnt scan and they arent able to get into the game. Even fans without tickets will be able to enjoy the warriors new ground tailgate set up on the south side of oracle arena. It opens at 9 00 saturday. Abc7 news. Her fans are our fans are the loudest in the league. So fun to play in front of and such a crazy atmosphere. I think everybody is ready to go. It should be fun tomorrow. The warriors know dub nation will bring it for game one at oracle arena. Yesterday they had a final practice setting up the game plan and running through plays. Abc7 news was at the practice facility as they worked on individual shooting skills. If you are headed to the game you are urged to take public transit. Warriors and as both have games going on at the same time. First pitch for the as game is shortly after 1 00 p. M. If you are driving, be prepared for a lot of traffic. If you cant be at oracle arena for this afternoons game against the rockets, you can watch it here on abc7. Our coverage begins at noon. After the game stay tuned for after the game on abc7. Larry and mike shumann will be joined by adopt foil for complete coverage and analysis. Two big events going on. How is the weather . The weather is going to be nice. It will warm up. Tomorrow getting a bit on the toasty side. I would say today is going to be very pleasant out there. 55 degrees. Mid40 owes to the north bay. Ful winds are shifting. We will see temperatures come up maybe 10 degrees in some spots. Certainly here in San Francisco. I will have your forecast next. Lisa, thank you. Also ahead, stepping in to find a missing child. Here from everyone who made this emotional reunion possible. But first a scary scene at a Southern California high school. The Mountain Lion that. Some scary moments yesterday for students at a Southern California high school a Mountain Lion showed up on campus right in the middleful the lunch break. Instead of eating, students had to run inside to their classrooms. No one was hurt. The wildlife ran through campus and through nearby streets before they managed to tranquilize it. California wildlife released this picture. Mountain lion back in the wild again. There was a huge scare yesterday when an 11yearold boy with autism disappeared from school. But with the help of strangers and a friend there was a happy reunion. Dan ashley has the story. An enormous hug for little zachary jordan smith. San Francisco Police released this photo of a happy end to go a frantic search across the bay, a Family Reunion made possible by a vigilant woman. I said lord give me favor right now. Clear thisfree so i cap get the kid. When the freeway cleared up, i ran across and i grabbed him. Alice spotted him in San Francisco trying to cross i 280. Zachary traveled on bart all wait to concord more than 30 miles away. The mood was a lot more somber earlier in the afternoon when his parents joined volunteers and police to search for him after he sneaked out of school in concord. Its heartwrenching. I cant imagine if chloe was missing. But this call came over the radio. We are on the phone, advising they found him. Mom got to talk to him on the phone. Im glad you are safe, baby, im glad you are safe, okay . It was all thanks to alice who helped zachary off the San Francisco freeway. I said are you lost . He said, yes, im lost. I say where do you live . He mentioned a street i never heard of and he mentioned concord. I said concord, how did you get here . He said bart. I said so you are missing . Okay, im going to get you safe and ill promise you im going to get you to your parents. When alice called police, Sergeant Lisa springer responded, and it just so happens Sergeant Springer knows the missing boy. Her own son, also named zachary, went to preschool with him. The stars aligned today. Thats all. Im so happy. And that was abc7 news anchor dan ashley reporting. The ones missing boy and his family are back in the east bay together thanks to their effort. School officials are trying to figure out how zachary managed to slip out of School Without being noticed. Did you will know the largest bell was made in russia . But it cracked before it could be heard. Now berkeley has duplicated the sound it was supposed to make. They brought the imaginary bell to school yesterday. Lyanne melendez brings it all together. This sound has been imagined by millions of russians, but its never been heard there. This is a sound you can barely hear. Its around 80, its like rim bell. He made it his project to hear the bell built in 1735, commissioned by anna of russia. He calculated the thickness, shape, movement. The materials used to make the bell. We got a historical perspective. Bells in her nature i have russia. Bells have always been important in russian culture and they brought people together, they brought communities together, they alarmed people, they had many functions. Most were destroyed under communist recall because they were considered a religious artifact. Ironically this bell survived because it was damaged is that rightly after it was cast. There was a fire when the bell was still underground, and the workers there were worried that the bell would somehow felt. They cooled it off with water and cooling it off with water made it crack. Today the bell lives outside the kremlin for all to see but not hear. The width of the barbell is 22 feet. The height 20 feet. It weighs more than 200 tons. If it were here, it would fit nicely within this space. These trusses hold the big speaker used to bring the imaginary bell to live. Low pitch joined in with the sounds of the 23 bells from the campenilli as if to say hello no russian. Leeann melendez, abc7 news. Ski season is coming to an end in tahoe. This is the final weekend of skiing for several resorts, including boreal, kirkwood, northstar and heavenly at tahoe. A former San Francisco landmark playland at the beach is the inspiration behind a street festival taking place today between 35th and 37th s. The playland on balance loa street will be held from 2 00 p. M. To 6 00 p. M. Thousands of expected to take part in celebration of the outer rich land neighborhood. There will also be a screening of the documentary remembering playland the beach side Amusement Park that entertained san franciscans until it closed in 1972. And lisa, you were mentioning good weather . Yeah, nice today. Getting toasty tomorrow. 60s and 70s yesterday. Today more 80s. Areas of San Francisco coming up about 10 degrees. 63 degrees. We will have a sea breeze today. That will be the big, big difference from today to tomorrow where the sea breeze shuts off and the low goes offshore. We will see the numbers come up even more so. So live doppler 7hd, its clear out there. We dont have fog to speak of. In fact, it will be until late monday when we see any of the low cloudiness return. So as we widen the view, you will notice this is a wig dome of municipal which is sitting right over the west coast. Thats live for the clouds to go up and over the ridge and the ridge gets stronger and stronger. Temperatures warm right on through tomorrow. And then just some slight cooling by monday. Heres a look from emeryville where numbers are ranging from the upper 40s in morgan hill to low 50s Mountain View and san jose. Good morning San Francisco. 55 for you. Its 50 on the coast. And from our exploratorium camera, this is where it gets interesting. Some of the winds have shift today the north and as a result notice fairfield is at 58. They were 61 last hour. So within the next hour, some of the wind is shifting to the north, northerly component and that will allow for the warmup to really get going by midmorning. Cool. Santa rosa 46 there as well as napa. Novato, the cool spot, at 45. The 24 temperature change puts the delta area much, much warmer as well as antioch and concord and livermore. A couple of degrees warmer. So things just beginning to shift a bit this morning. And we do have some upper level winds out of the northeast and also just out of the north up to 25 Miles Per Hour allowing for a little bit of a breezes are upper elevation. Sunny and warmer today with the sea breeze at the coast. Sunny and warmest tomorrow and gradual cooling as we get into next week. Maybe each a little bit of rain w check out the colors. We go from green to yellow. By 10 00 we are in the 70s in the north bay. This is the downsloping wind that would accelerate the warming there. Look what happens at about 4 00. 80 by the delta, upper 70s san jose. 57 in San Francisco and a pleasant evening with more 60s by 7 00. Tomorrow, though, its even warm. Temperatures will climb to the upper 80s san jose. 77 in San Francisco. And then bemoan notice we still have 70s and 80s. Statewide its nothing but sun from north to south. 84 in los angeles. And we will be looking at temperatures today as much as 1, San Francisco. And 75 down around santa cruz with 82 in san jose, santa rosa. 82 in napa. The accuweather sevenday forecast featuring the 80s for the inland valleys today. More widespread tomorrow. Warmest day out of the next seven and slight, slight cooling on monday. Tuesday, wednesday and thursday notice increasing clouds. Maybe each a sprinkle in the north bay on tuesday. And then by the end of the week we could see some showers. You notice the temperature trend is going down. So in the 70s about 1 00 for the as. Im sure crissy field, dolores park will be packed with people. Thank you. What does it take to get a good nights sleep . For one family it trial took 7 on your side Michael Finney. Their story ne you wish your dog could fight off fleas and ticks. But since he cant. You rely on frontline plus. Because frontline plus unleashes a deadly killing force to kills fleas and ticks, plus flea eggs and larvae, preventing a new flea infestation. Its protection lasts a full 30 days. No wonder frontline plus is recommended by vets for killing fleas and ticks. After all, your dog is a lover not a fighter. Frontline plus. Vet recommended flea and tick killer. I got the discounts that you need safe driver accidentfree everybody put your flaps in the air for me. When you buy a new bed does it feel different in the store than it does at home. A bay area couple said their expensive pillow top mattress turned into a mass of lumps and they were stuck with it. 7 on your side Michael Finney has the story. This is where we sleep with the lump. Per pillow top mattress was barely three months old when it started to happen. I dont want to feel like the princess and the pea syndrome. As the story goes, a princess couldnt sleep because she could feel a piney pea under hurry mattress. Janet says she feels a sea of lumps on her. We have little mountains and mohills. You are tossing and turning all night long. When they bought it from pottery barn, it developed bum knowledges on top. They replaced it with this mattress and it has lumps too. We have to adjust who gets the worst lump and who gets the worst lumps . My husband is generous and takes the worst lumps. You are sore, and the kink in your back. Potsry barn said they would replace it on the third match but there was a catch. You have to promise under sight unseen you have to keep this mattress that this will be the end of our correspondence. Janet didnt want to risk it so she contacted me. Its almost like saying you are on double secret probation. Im calling channel 7

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