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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 800AM 20140419

Well keep it status quo for another day before we bring on the warmth and youll have to dig out the umbrellas perhaps into next week. Matt . Thank you, lisa. Breaking news, a major earth quake has hit the South Pacific nation of papau, new guinea, a 7. 5magnitude quake. No reports of damage, but a tsunami warning has been issued for papau new guinea and the sal mon islands. Well continue to follow the breaking news here on abc7 news and also on twitter at abc7 newsbay area. A developing news, a woman has lifethreatening injuries after a car drove into a bus shelter in San Francisco. It happened in the area of Mission Street and silver avenue around 9 30 last night. Police say a car driving northbound on Mission Street jumped the curb and hit a pole as well as a woman at the bus stop. The accident is under investigation, were looking into impairment and what we do know is shes a 42yearold San Francisco resident. And the driver is also a San Francisco resident. In his 40s. Police say they are talking to witnesses and looking at Surveillance Video to figure out exactly what caused this crash. Developing news in san jose, where a chp officer is recovering from injuries after being hit by a car. It happened on 101 near mckee road just before 11 00 last night. The officer was injured in his leg. No word yet if this was a hitandrun. Now to the latest on the ferry disaster in south korea. The confirmed death toll is 32, with about 270 others, mostly teenagers, still missing. The captain, who abandoned ship is now under arrest. Were learning more about the final hours of the voyage and who was steering the ship. Abcs Gloria Rivera has the latest. Reporter this morning for the first time nurks details on what happened inside the ships bridge during the ferrys final two hours. A shocking revelation. In charges by south korean senior prosecutor, yang jun jin that the 25yearold third mate was at the helm for the very first time, steering the ship through clusters of islands, known as a tricky, treacherous area with rough currents. The captain, arrested on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need said he was in his bedroom at the time the accident happened. At least two other crew also in custody. Searchandrescue teams are dealing with rough seas and dwindling time. Were on the dock with so many of the divers getting ready to get out there and they hope to get in the water. They say some of them yesterday they were not even able to do any dives at all because of weather conditions. It is the beginning of day four. They say today should be better. Every hour that passes bringing more heartache and deepening fear for awaiting families. This shelter is also a vigil where they watched for news. The worst kind of news came when it was confirmed a diver spotted three bodies in the ship. But couldnt get them out. The searchandrescue effort continues, focusing on the crowded cafeteria, where it is feared so many were trapped. With so many relatives so desperate for this search to be ongoing, the coast guard tells us they plan on lighting 880 powerful flares to light up the sky, so their search can go on. Gloria rivera, abc news, island, south korea. People gathered at a clutch for a good friday sermon. One pastor told us boat trips had are common at the south korean schools, so it had a strong emotional impact on people from there. The videos are really shocking it became a power to unify members in the church. One person from a south sfo congregation said a family friend still missing. Breaking news out of San Francisco, theres been a shooting following a police pursuit. Authorities say a robbery occurred in the area of balboa street. At some point its believed that the suspects fired a weapon. Police pursued the suspect and at that pursuit ended in a crash at 20th avenue and lincoln. One officer take ton the hospital with injuries, not considered to be lifethreatening. Two people take noon custody. Well continue to follow that here on abc7 news and also online at twitter. Could be a month before we learn what caused the death of an oakland woman at the coachella music festival. A 24yearold woman collapsed a at a taxi area and died at the hospital. A riverside coroner is not ruling out a drug or alcohol overdose, hell run tests to determine the exact cause that could take up to four weeks, the festival kicked off the second weekend yesterday. Im sure people this weekend are going to do it again and i hope it doesnt happen. Its so easy to get like excited about like you know, the party, the music and then anyone can just offer you anything and just you know, go with the flow and you dont know about the consequences. Coachellas promotors say theyre saddened by the death, they call it unfortunately, but isolated. Street in piedmont covered in dirt following a landslide is back open this morning. Sky 7 hd shows what was a residents yard, which slipped down and spread across maraga avenue it buried much of the road at 11 00 yesterday morning. City crews spent the day clearing the mess and pg e took over, cutting limbs. The city said the landslide was caused when a oneinch pipe in the homeowners irrigation system broke. Its under pressure and if it runs all night and people arent aware of it, you have concentrated flow thats coming down a steep slope and all that concentrated flow basically makes the soils flow like a liquid. The soil engineer held restabilized the hillside, the homeownermy have to pay for the cleanup costs. Sees candy in Pleasant Hill could be closed this weekend after a car smashed into the building yesterday. Police say two cars collided, sending one crashing through the front door of the busy candy shop. 20 people were inside at the time. Both drivers and two other people suffered minor injuries, no word on when repairs will be completed so the store can reopen. One of San Franciscos newest millionaires is not the inventor of a clever new startup, hes a mechanic and hes cashed in on the citys soaring real estate market. Heres abc7 News Reporter sergio quintena on his good fortune. Jesse henrys dad was a mechanic so he followed in his footsteps when he opened this garage and followed his dads advice. He said if you get something, you got to buy it, if youre going to keep it the landlords, whenever he had a business, he had to move the shop here and there. Bought the building ten years ago and just cashed in on San Franciscos whitehot real estate market. I sold this for almost 9 million. A big building smackdab in the middle of a mission district, a neighborhood thats seen plenty of change in the last two years. The price of his property pales in comparison to whats considered the most valuable commercial real estate lot in the city. Right here, third street and townsend. How much do you think its selling for . The mcdonalds lot . Yeah. Lets say 2 million. Higher. 5 million. 17 million. Smart investors. No official offer has been made for the lot just yet and mcdonalds still has a lease here until 2017. Back in the mission, jesse henry understands that his sale means more change in this neighborhood. I bought this building, and thats the big difference between me and the 100 other guys out there renting right now. In San Francisco, sergio quinn tanna, abc7 news. San Francisco Police are looking for two men who tried to rob a dog own aernd ended up stap stabbing his pit bull to death. Yesterday morning a man was walking his dog. Two men approached, one with a knife. They grabbed the dog but ran off without it after arguing with the owner. Getting pups, purchasing, whatever else it is, if they want to fight the dogs or anything else, theyre looking for dogs that have not been sterilized. This dogs owner, his guardian, just lost his best friend. It turns out the robbers stabbed the dog, he did not survive. The owner was not injured. New details concerning thursday nights b. A. R. T. Train derailment in concord. B. A. R. T. Says a an operator tried to move a train without approval. No passengers were on board at the time. The second time in two months a b. A. R. T. Train has derailed in contra costa county. B. A. R. T. s new cars are causing controversy. Not over the style but the color of the seats on the new trains. Theyre the colors of the seattle seahawks. 49er fans are of course not pleased. One fan has even started a change. Org petition asking b. A. R. T. To reconsider the colors of the new seats. Well this morning, some people in San Francisco have been waiting in line overnight, outside a store where some new shoes. The line is outside the nike San Francisco store in union square. People wanted to be the first to have a pair of nike air foam positive pro easy when they go on sale this morning at 10 00. The shoes sell for 250. They got less than two hours to go until they get their hands on those shoes and it looks like the weather is okay. What you can expect for San Francisco this time of year. 50 right now with some sunshine. Theres fog in the north bay. Heres a look at the explore tore yum where well have a nice seasonal afternoon, but its the easter weekend, you and that holds some changes, which most of you will probably like. Were looking at bigger changes towards the week ahead, ill have it for you coming up. 7yearold twins are heroes, how they fought off a carjacker with just a toy. A man orders a sapphire ring from the shopping network, but the show goes off the air. Coming up how 7 on your side gets him his ring. [ male announcer ] your eyes. Even at a distance of 10 miles. The length of 146 football fields. They can see the light of a single candle. Your eyes are amazing. Look after them with centrum silver. Multivitamins with lutein and vitamins a, c, and e to support healthy eyes and packed with key nutrients to support your heart and brain, too. Centrum silver. For the most amazing parts of you. Announcer this is abc7 news. This morning Los Angeles Police have a man in custody, who they say walked into the l. A. Times building and threatened to start shooting. A woman called police, saying a coworker was depressed and reportedly showed her a bag of bullets. The times says the man is not a employee, but works for a call center which rents office space in the building. Police say no weapons were recovered. Officers did not have far to go to get to that scene lapd headquarters is right across from the times building. An emotional Family Reunion for 7yearold twins who fought off a carjacker with nothing but a toy snake. Abc7 News Reporter Ron Claiborne has their story. A mother in tears, but relieved. Two of her children, shaken but okay. A joyful but improbable end to a parents nightmare. It began when a stole luis and lucille lozadas car with their three children inside. I thought what are they doing with my kids, hes going to do something with my kids. The drama in texas captured on the Police Dispatch audio tapes. Three kids, got taken. Jumped in and took off with the kids. The kids are 7yearold twins and 12 months old. A short while later they were back and what a tale they had to tell. I was kicking him. I was hitting him with the snake. Thats right, one of the boys beat the car thief with a toy snake until he let them go. About ten miles away, near Maria Garcias home. Got up to the door and the little boy was shaken up and said they kidnapped us, they kidnapped us and i said come on okay, youre okay. Fighting back has worked before, this philadelphia youngster escaped by biting the man who snatched her and now the quickthinking texas twins who had the kraej and creativity to fight back with the only weapon they have and police say theyve identified a person of interest in the case. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. Talking about lucking out, surveillance cameras captured this video of a woman who barely escaped when a truck crashed into a Grocery Store in chicago yesterday afternoon. She was buying lottery tickets from a vending machine when a ford pickup hit two other vehicles and plowed into the front of the store. Woman was pinned against the wall, but her injuries are not serious. This morning, a resupply Cargo Carrier to the International Space center called the dragon, is in orbit. And liftoff of the falcon 9 rocket and dragon. Spacex3 is under way. The mission is nearly five weeks late. It was plagued by contamination concerns. Dragon is bringing food supplies, a new space suit, equipment and a let tus growing experiment to the International Space station. It should dock at the station tomorrow morning. The dragon is also carrying a unique small satellite, designed at Nasa Ames Research Center in silicon valley. Its a tiny satellite, the size of a postage stamp called sprites. This animation shows how the cube sat will spin, launching the sprites into orbit. The model for the cube sat went through three major design changes. We would come up with an idea, we would look at you know, mathematical mathematically, if it was possible. Bun but then we would 3d print it and theres a lot of 3d printing that goes on in the space shop. We use the 3d printers to keep printing successive models until we got it right. This is the first kickstarted satellite project. The aim to reduce the cost of space flight and allow people to customize their own satellites. If you ever buy jewelry from the tv shopping channels, youll want to see this story. One bay area man says he finds great deals on precious jewelry. But his last purchase went wrong. Thats when he turned to 7 on your sides Michael Finney for help. Richards with williams of san ra fel enjoys tv shopping channels that sell precious jules. His wife, karen, enjoys wearing all bling. Its like i have so many, which one do i wear today. Richard couldnt resist when i saw this sapphire ring offered on a channel called jims bond. Its a star sapphire and the blue colors are getting more and more rare. Figured it was a bargain at 1600, so he ordered the ring, and waited. It never showed up. It was supposed to be a Christmas Gift for karen, but the holidays came and went, winter turned to spring and still no ring. I kept asking him for a date, give me some kind of you know, something that we can finalize our deal on. Richard kept calling the company, it kept promising to send the ring. However that didnt happen. Instead, jims bond tv channel suddenly went off the air. Thats when richard contacted 7 on your side. We spoke with jims bond owner, maliq akbar, he tells me his business run into problems and his wife became very ill. But promised richard would get his ring and sure enough, weeks later, it finally arrived. A big relief, except for one problem its a beautiful ring. But it doesnt fit. The ring was too small. 7 on your side contacted the company again, and akbar sent richard 70 to get the ring resized, plus this gift of a single red garnet. Akbar said, we have thousands of very satisfied customers, and normally, things go smoothly. Because i was unable to work when my wife became ill, mr. Williams ring was mistakenly returned to the supplier. It was then shipped back and i have now sent it to mr. Williams. I have also sent him a valuable garnet, as a bonus gift. And i apologize for the delay. I am really pleased with 7 on your side. I really am. Id like to thank jims bond jewelry for coming through with the ring and the gift. The owner says his channel will be back on the air soon. Im Michael Finney, 7 on your side. Happening today, San Francisco will hold its annual earth day celebration. San franciscos Green Community will hold a special parade down Market Street starting at 11 30 from Justin Herman plaza. The parade will end at the United Nations plaza, where 10,000 attendees are expected to gather for earth Day Celebrations. There will be speakers, live music, special performances and demonstrations, todays earth Day Celebrations run from 10 00 to 6 00 at the United Nations plaza. Today will be okay, but tomorrow will be nicer, warmer, anyway. And the Easter Bonnet to shield all the sun tomorrow. Today, a little breezy out there and lots of egg hunts and things going on today and tomorrow. But we still have the marine layer to deal with. And that is obscuring some of the view from our live cameras. And the fog will bank up along the coastline again. The san mateo coast and well have a strong westerly wind. So it will be cool and you can see Higher Elevation winds blowing around the camera on top of mount tam and some scattered clouds, its 50 in the city. 54 in oakland. Good morning, san jose, 52 for you in gilroy, checking in at 51 and down at the beach in santa cruz, temperatures upper 60s, with partly cloudy skies, 48 in petaluma and fog in santa rosa. That has just recently formed. But as we look at emeryville, you can see the clouds scattering out here, making for a nice start to your morning. So cool to mild today, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. It will include the 80s tomorrow for our east bay valleys and wipe out the 50s at the coast so were warming up the coastline tomorrow. Chance of showers just enough 0 get the ground wet perhaps monday night and tuesday, but not everyone will see the showers. Theres another opportunity, though, for rain, perhaps into next weekend. But well look for a little change today, as the front sits offshore. Tomorrow were behind it, and the High Pressure builds in temporarily and that gives us the warmup, its a oneday event and with it w

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