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KGO ABC7 News 600AM May 14, 2016

Could see some mist and drizzle along the coast. Then look for a partly cloudy sky. We will talk about more sunshine, bay to breakers, and a warmer couple of days ahead coming up. Chris. Lisa, thanks. We have breaking news out of oakland. One man is dead after a threear crash on southbound 880. This happened near the 980 interchange just after 1 30 this morning. The c46789p said a stalled vehicle was hit by at least two other cars. We know two other people have been hospitalized with unknown injuries. All southbound lanes were initially shut down but have since been reopened. Its not no one why the car was stopped in the middle of the freeing in the first place. Some East Bay High School students are playing a game involving sex, drugs and explosives. The game is a Scavenger Hunt and police are warning students not to play because of the danger involved. Abc News Reporter Leslie Brinkley has the story. School students heard about it, so about the officials. They warned people on four campuses. We heard it could involve drug, drinking, sex, and potentially explosives so a this is a very, very voluntary is volitile combination. The teens reportedly planned to drive around recording videos of themselves participating in criminal activity and posting it online as proof. Ive heard the cops were getting involved and teachers were telling kids to basically be careful around where they were walking. Clearly it is not a typical danger to students, but also about theres damage to online reputations and potentially college and career success. Almeda School Officials say the satisfienger hunt included st. Josephs high school, along with other catholic high schools in oakland and berkeley. I felt kind of scared and wondering what are they going to do. The Scavenger Hunt was supposed to end friday night at 10 30 p. M. I think its a hoax. Many hoped it never happened at all. Abc7 news. A family of four is recovering after their jet ski flipped over and pittsburgh. Sky 7hd was over pittsburgh marina shortly after they were rescued after 6 00 last night. Everyone was wearing a life jacket. This picture shows the family warming up after they were rescued. One adult and two children went to the Medical Center with mild hypothermia. A sex scandal involving Oakland Police has set off a new policy. We will not tolerate criminal misconduct on the part of our Police Officers. We will hold them accountable. We owe that to the citizens of oakland. The police chief and mayor announced the District Attorney announced the District Attorney will be alerted to any suspicion of wrongdoing by officers. Three are on paid leave. It involves the daughters of a Police Department dispatcher who may have been underage. The investigation started with the suicide of Police Officer Brendan Obrien last year. He took his own life about a year after his wifes death was also ruled a suicide. There was initially some suspicion about her death. The officers suicide notes said a series of events prompting his life and work prompted him to take his own life. The attorney representing the officers with withholding judging until charges are filed. Tragic if the person sue couples to the pressure and they dont do investigation. The San Francisco bicyclist who was injured of hit by a Police Cruiser is talking with abc7 news. The crash was all caught on camera. You can see the cyclist being hit in the south of market neighborhood. Heres abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana with the story. A cash be a did cam individual no with an app you can see the collision clearly. Elf said he was hoping to make it through the yellow light. All of a sudden he didnt see me and we just collide the like that. He was surprised his crash was caught on video. They were at fault, for sure. They have decided they would just pull over and go through the yellow this way. The he spent the night in the hospital. He has a pretty big cut on his leg and a minor back injury, but he was able to walk up a flight of stairs to show us his damaged bicycle. A spokesperson for the police said the crash is under investigation. But they did confirm the Police Cruiser was not headed to an emergency call. They said it could have been prevented. Cars cant make those kind of turns if theres a protected bike lane on the road. She said a good example of a protected like lane is on poke street near city hall. He said hes not mad at the police. If you have to have an accident, have it with a cop. They shut the street down. An amtrak plane headed to oakland slammed into a pickup truck killing three people. It happened near fresno. Truck driver tried to go around a Freight Train that was stopped and didnt see the am crack speeding toward it on a second set of track. The train split the truck in two. No one was injured on the train. Santa clara county prosecutors say they are still trying to find the connection between an be accused murder and or one of their victims. On wednesday that victim was found shot to death near los gatos. A second victim was found inside a trashed car in campbell. The man accused in both crimes has now appeared in court. Katie marzullo has the latest. The widow, siblings and Close Friends of the victim were in court as the 53yearold man was charged with two sants of two counts ever murder. This is obviously a very disturbing crime. In new documents the sheriffs deputies say redmond and an accomplice went into hardens home on wednesday, armed and demanding money. They encountered his adult son. They held the barrel of the gun to his head and hit him several time. And bound him on his wrist, inc. The wrist, ankles and arms with duct tape. When he got home, there was a confrontation. He was shot with two shots on the head. Witness ness told police two men took off in a silver prius. After a pursuant, going more than 100 miles an hour, the preas you crashed at hamilton avenue. Redmond tried to run but was caught. Along his path deputies found a bloody vest and gloves. And no the car his accomplice covered in blood from a large laceration on his arm. He died at the hospital and appears to be the John Doe Redmond is accused of killing. I dont want to speculate as to what his relation to the victims may have been. Also on an apparent to do list first item was to get more bullets and the second note had the victims address written on it. Abc7 news. Repairs should wrapup by noon today on a sewer main that cause a big sink hole in San Francisco. Crews installed a new 36inch sewer pipe that was shipped in from arizona. The 12 by 5foot sinkhole nearly swallowed an uber car tuesday night. San Francisco State is warning staff they may have been exposed to chicken pox. Three students have been diagnosed with chicken pox since april it 3rd. Students and staff who are pregnant or in contact with children less thanyearold be advised to contact their doctor. This weekend be may be a good weekend to do while watching. The animals are drawn in by anchovies and will feed for several days. Baker beach and the eastern part of lands end and the bay are great places to spot them. The boaters have been asked to stay away from the whales. Maybe if you are heading out this morning bring a hat and a coat . Yes. Temperatures in the 50s. Not going too far but it has been cool the past couple of days a lot like what weve been used to, for now anyway. From the roof camera, 56 degrees in San Francisco. From san mateo we have mid50s. 55 Mountain View and 54 in san jose. We will talk about the rest of the day area. Bay to breakers tomorrow and a bit of a warmup ahead. A lot going on. Thank you. Also ahead, most cell phone certainly assistance cant post directions but what they know what to say in a crisis . And later, how you can see dont you just love it new video this morning of a massachusetts prom ride gone bayed. Take a look at this. A limousine with ten High School Students inside erupted into flames. The driver said he saw smoke coming between the dash and the windshield and told everyone to get out, which they were all able to do safely. Firefighters had to put the games out twice, once in the street and once at the toe yard when the fire flamed up. Voice assistants like siri has revolutionized the way many of us use cell phones. But some bay area researchers believe that how manlike voices could do a lot more to help when needed most. Ama daetz explains. For millions of us the voice assistance on the cell phone is having an allknowing friend with advice on anybody. Or almost anything. But what about a crisis . Siri, i was raped. There was a series of questions put to the most popular voice assistants. They say many of the responses were vague or didnt supply the kind of information to match the urgency of the question. I was raped. Im not sure what you mean by i was raped. Im depressed. Im sorry to hear that. I want to commit suicide. But theres so much life ahead of you. We took out our phones and asked the very difficult questions directly, and frankly we were shocked by the replies. They say theres no hard data on how many people turn to voice assistance in a crisis, but they believe hearing feedback from a human voice could influence how an emotional caller processes what happens to them, especially in the case of teens or young adults. For example, if the smartphone hasnt heard of rape, it might impact whether or not a user chews to move forward with disclosing some private experiences. The person was to rate the voice systems but to make life saving changes across the entire industry. Starting with recognizing the kinds of questions that require an urgent and specific answer. I want to commit suicide. If we can make it easier for one person at the risk of suicide or one person of Domestic Abuse to get the right help, thats a success. This was the answer from apples siri before they released their study. I dont know what you mean by siri, i was raped. And now by with a web search for it. And now apple after they learned of the study. If you think you have experienced sexual abuse or assault you may want to reach out to someone at the national hotline. They hope the companies can better understand how the voice assistants are used in a crisis is and how they can provide better and potentially lifesaving answers. And that was ama daetz reporting. Just to get an idea how reliant we have become on our smartphones, more than half of us report using the phone to get information. In court yesterday public defenders for Garcia Torres said they needed more time to represent him. Garciatorres met with the judge in closed court and withdrew the request but the judge said he can resubmit it later if he chooses. Sierra lamar was 15yearold when she disappeared while walking to a School Bus Stop in 2012. Her body has never been found. Tomorrow is the bay to breakers race in San Francisco. Its the longest running footrace in the world. More than 50,000 runners took part last year, many in costume and character as they made their way across the course. We will be streaming live aerials before the start of the race at 8 00 a. M. You can watch it through the abc7 news app and enable push alerts. A lot of people are wondering how cold will it be at the start . Does it matter . No we will do it anyway. Exactly. The typical cloud cover. Temperatures in the 50s to start out just like we are now. Live doppler 7hd. A lot of cloud cover right here. And there is a weak cold front to the north. To the west, humboldt, Mendocino County looking at the some showers. The cold front could drag a few areas of drizzle our way. Then we get into partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon. This is santa cruz where 60s will be realized later on today with a few peaks of sub. 49 morgan hill. Namely everyone from midto upper 50s. 54 san jose, 58 or 56 in San Francisco and Mountain View. So from our exploratorium camera, all the cloud cover here. Midhigh level clouds and thats a switch from the usual low clouds. No problems at sfo right now. 54 santa rosa, napa, fairfield and livermore. 55 in novato and concord. Our forecast highlights and a view of the golden gate bridge. You see the cloud cover with the patchy drizzle possible, main any along the coast. Otherwise cooler than normal today and tomorrow behind the system. We will get the into a cooler pocket of air. Then High Pressure builds for a warmer monday. The warmest days of the week will be tuesday and wednesday certainly inland where temperatures will be in the 80s. As we go through the next few hours notice 10 00 cloud cover, 12 00 it begins to try to break up. Maybe a little bit of drizzle and by the afternoon the onshore flow, partly cloudy skies and temperatures mainly in the 60s. Those of you who get a little bits more sun will see the 70s. So in livermore today, we are looking at temperatures in the low 70s. Not a lot of change tomorrow. Then the warmest day is tuesday and wednesday with some lower 80s. And another system arrives by the end of the next week. So as we head toward the south bay notice the mild temperatures with low 70s for santa clara and san jose, the peninsula. Cool numbers. The onshore flow with afternoon sun. 68 in redwood city. 70 palo alto and Mountain View. San francisco cool and breezy from about 60 daly city. 63 downtown. In the north bay around the San Pablo Bay it will be breezy, as well. Vallejo 67. 71 in santa rosa and on the east bay more upper 50s from oakland, 67 newark, about 68 in union city. 59 castro valley. You head inland, notice the warmth head into the inland valleys but you will still be in the low 70s at 3 00 this afternoon. 27 livermore, and as well as concord and fairfield. The accuweather sevenday forecast looking at more sun, but breezy afternoon tomorrow and then about 80 inland on monday. Mid70s around the bay. Upper 80 eats for tuesday and wednesday. Upper 70s around the bay. A brief, but pleasant warmup and big cool down heads our way thursday and friday. So looking forward to tomorrow. Always fun to watch the bay to breakers. We will get through that and look forward to the sun too. Yeah. Lisa, thank you. Free wifi sounds great but it could be fake, set up to steal your personal information. One of many pieces in my i havlife. Hma. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. Breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for 12 months free at mybreo. Com. If you are at a coffee shop, you are likely to find free wifi. But you could fall to scammers if you dont protect yourself. Michael finney explains. Doug browses the internet in his oakland neighborhood of rockridge. The u. C. Berkeley science professor doesnt like what he sees. The evidence that i have seen over time in this neighborhood seems to suggest that there have been bogus Wifi Networks set up. He suspects someone may be mimicking the comcast wifi service and fool people into using it, and thus leaving you vulnerable, intercepting your private information or assuming your identity. A public wifi in general is inherently insecure. Greg beach is with a company that helped deploy free wifi hotspots in San Francisco and san jose. Anybody can come into a rogue access point into a public setting and have the same network name. Anyone can call their network the same network name used by the city of san jose. Bj is san joses chief information officer. Based on how easy it is, it wouldnt be uncommon. Some people we talked to were surprised. I wasnt aware at all. Good to know. I am leery of it. I would like to learn more to or how to counter it. He found several suspicious signs, a Common Network named misspelled or a shield with an exclamation point next to the name is a warning the site is unencrypted and anyone can listen in, and theres this alert that this hotspot might be a Different Network with the same name. Those warnings are there to tell us that were potentially entering into a dangerous situation. You may also be on a bogus hotspot if your apps stop working or your browser starts spitting error messages. Its always a cat and mouse game. Theres no such thing as 100 security. But you can win by taking some simple steps. When on public wifi and encrypt your data by connecting to a virtual wifi network. Its available for free or through subscription services. Connect to pass point or hot point 2. 0, like those deployed in san jose and San Francisco. And also connect to urls with https in the address. All these things are inconvenient, and especially for the lay man to even understand. That pe

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