Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News At 900PM On KOFY 20130308 : c

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News At 900PM On KOFY 20130308

For their passion on and off the job. Team coverage of the day most memorable moments. Death of vounl tier lions keeper we know how the looips got so close to the intern. Tonight possible legal precedence in the death of San Francisco wednesday. Can a bicycle riderser be convicted of vehicular manslaughter. Someone you may know has an extra 33 Million Dollars tonight. Lucky new lotto tonight. Lucky new lotto winner hiding out in if. This is not something we have ever dealt with before in our department. And for all of us, the pain is still too fresh. With the solemn wail of bag pipe filling the pavilion family of Fallen Police officers taken to their seat in their honest. Good evening. Emotional farewell for Sergeant Baker and detective butler really a powerful sight as procession reached sap jose. Hundreds of officers line the street as huge American Flag draped down from 2 fire engine ladders at the entrance to hp about ville i dont know. 2 murdered Police Officers were eulogy remembered and cried over. Abc 7 News Reporter wayne begins our coverage in san jose. This was the stark vision of reality that greeted mourner in inside hp pavilion today. 2 coffin. Honor guard. Photo and video of Sergeant Butch baker and investigative officer Elizabeth Butler projected above and then 3 hours of heart felt words. She was tall. She was soft. Fv she was willowy. She always gave herself permission to party. She loved to dance. Elizabeth butler remarkable woman. Not only for work as detective but also for her dedication as a mother of 2 young sons. From her partner peter a promise. I whispered to her that would i take care of our boys. Of and make sure if they would always know what a great person before their mom was. I promise that her son would grow up to be up right, ton gentle, and to be loving. They might have been a lot leak Sergeant Butch baker who married his childhood sweet heart and leaves behind 2 children. Today we heard how this medal of valor winner was a detectives detective. In the 28 years if of that butch saw the grity side of police work fv she never lost his compassion and his humanit humanity. Reporter nor did he last his sense of humor as practical joker. Everything from helping to finance an ad for 6 00 a. M. Garage sale at my house, putting a coworker house up for sale with local realtor while they were on vacation, and then putting spinner hubcap on the investigation lieutenants car to pimp his ride for him. All part of the sachltd the funny. All too real live of Public Servant remembered today and held in spirit for generations to follow. This is 7 news. Follow. This is 7 news. Dramatic scene. Almost as if from a movie. Outside the pavilion pay time respect is a lawsuiting the hears carrying the body of 2 officers as they left todays memorial. Just overwhelmingly powerful moment and people from around the bay area and beyond came to pay their respect at the pavilion. Laura with that part of the story. With helicopter fly over the casket of the 2 Police Officers left the hp pavilion. And travel under giant American Flag hoisted between 2 santa cruz fire truck on santa clara street. Along the way there was a succession of salute from the uniform Police Officers and members of the public who lined what is called the gauntlet. They all came to pay their respect and reflect what the community has lost. 2 great people. 2 great friends. Reporter among those who came to remember detectives baker and butler thousands of members of Law Enforcement from across the country and state. Its the kind of thing you dont know how much you need i it. I really feel like this whole community and this whole state and nation got our back. Reporter police chief from another city miller took a training class with detective Sergeant Baker. I remember when we did our class we had to have some video 18 went out and found the 3 stoonls joyed that we used during the class to kind of show people working together. Oakland Police Arrived in a contingent with others from Alameda County have been lost 4 of their own 4 years ago for oakland this was dopely permanent. Everybody takes this job seriously and risk our lives every day. Something like this happens it really hits home on personal level. Start thinking about our own mortality. For those who live and work in santa cruz an experience that has been tremendously painful but also union finding. Motorcade left the city the outpouring from the community is very touching. Would i say these things donned build character. They define the character in the community. If today was any indication we are if good hand hands. Now his force holding up deputy chief clark told sows farther doing pretty well but he said santa cruz officers also been very busy preparing and planning for today. He told us the real work of healing will likely begin next week. In san jose Laura Anthony abc 7 news. Scholarship fund established in honor of the officers. Businesses already committed 125,000 dollars. If you would like to make a donation we have a link on our web site under see it on tv. Some other news tonight. San Francisco Police shut down part of the financial district at the height of the rush hour to investigate a shooting. Passenger in this white accura shot in the chest near main and bryant streets. Driver left the scene and stopped at market and dave is to flag somebody did you know to call 911. Victim treated at local hospital. Police still lacking for the shooter. Mean time san jose now investigating the eighth homicide this year. Stanley jacobson disappeared from nursing home on february 18. He suffered from dimensia. Today police found his dead body at the hilltop map nor senior apartment on iron wood drive. Thats the same nursing home that originally reported him missing. Police say jacobson was stabbed to death. They have made an arrest but not identified the suspect. New details today about the young woman mauled to death by lions in dunlop yesterday. Investigators say the lions escaped the cage to go attack and killed 24yearold diana hansen in cleaningen closure. The Fresno County coroner also says hansen died of broken neck probably instantly. She also had bites all over her neck, head and abdomen. Sanctuary founder says safety protocol in place yesterday but the investigation continues. All right lets switch gear for a few minute. Talk about the weather. Looks like in for another couple of hours of rain in the bay area tonight. Experience is here with a live doppler 7 hd. You are. You can see us in the northern part of the viewing area but from San Francisco south ward across the planes down to the Santa Cruz Mountains and into the south bay we have some wet weather and fairly wide spread mainly light to moderate rainfall as we shift eastward some work its way over to the east bay but not very wide spread in the east bay and mixed precipitation in the higher peak around Mount Hamilton and farther south, south of monterey we have a wide area of rainfall as well and important to point that out because we have a Winter Weather advisory in effect for this area above 3000 feet. Parts of Monterey County until 3 00 oclock tomorrow morning. Speaking of Winter Weather over the sierra snow fall is now winding down. Look at the weekend forecast in just a few minutes. Okay spencer thanks very much. The bicyclist accused of hitting and killing pedestrians in San Francisco last year ordered to stand trial on felony vehicular manslaughter charges. As Carolyn Tyler explains, this may the first time in california that a bicyclist faced this level of prosecution. Chris and his attorney had no comment today. The 36yearold man is accused of ramming his bicycle into a pedestrians at castro and Market Street in San Francisco last march. The victim 71yearold died few days late later. During the preliminary hearing several witnesses testified the bicyclist was speeding through red light and stop signs. And though the defense argued otherwise, District Attorney george said today there is clear evidence of gross negligence. Need for speed. His behavior were completely horrible in this case. Legal analyst Golden Gate Law School professor king calls this a landmark case. That puts bicycle on par with cars. I think i can see the District Attorneys reason for being very clear about the idea that he wants something as serious as manslaughter. Given the nature of bicycles in a crowded city like san francisc francisco. Reporter chris arraignment for the trail sought to be the first of its kind in california. Set for march 21. At the hall of justice in San Francisco, Carolyn Tyler abc 7 news. All right we are just Getting Started here this thursday night. Coming up. Plans to develop one of San Francisco last big undeveloped property. Neighbors dont like what they are hearing. Golden gate bridge officials today announce no cash all electronic tolling on the bay bridge. When that begins crossing the new bay bridge on labor day. Decision made on whether to charge walker 5 dollars for the privilege. Facebook tries to breathe new life into the feature that connects 1 billion people by making your news feed look a lot more like a newspaper. Leres this island and its got supercute kangaroos. Barrow island has got rare kangaroos. Chevron has been developing energy here for decades. We need to protect their environment. We have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. Forty years on, its still a classa nature reserve. Its our job to look after them. Its my job to look after it. If. San Francisco Planning Commission approved a rare kind of Housing Development this afternoon that includes duple duplexes and town homes designated for a hillside on the citys west side on mount sutro. Story tonight from abc 7 News Reporter heather. Reporter the steep slope below the dirt road row is where some day soon 34 new homes will stand called San Francisco overlook its rendering show how 24 duplexes and 10 town homes should blend in to the hillside. The views will be spectacular. Lacking northwest across Golden Gate Park out to the ocean. The lot on the western slope of mount sutro has been zoned for housing since the 1960s. But was never developed in part because of neighborhood opposition. Michaels house sits alone at the end of crest mont drive right above where the homes and new road for them will be built. We bought it we were so happy. We were like in paradise. You can see it here. And now they want to destroy it. Reporter many homeowners here are required about emergency access on their narrow street and development on what has historically been unstable hillside. But the developer says the new road will be up to code and the hillside will be more stable when they are done with it. So big part of our Structural Design is around that and also bringing it down to bed rock to lock everything down. Reporter there is virtually no land left to develop on the west side of the city. And ofa government project population growth from the current 812,000 to 9 64,000 by 2035. Requiring more than 92,000 new housing units. Fact not lost on the commission. So 30s need for more housing in the city and i think its important to actually have new housing on the west side and not just concentrate all the development on the east side. Reporter opponent already spent tens of thousands office dollars on lawyers and after todays approval by the Planning Commission they might be spending more. We have retaped an attorney who has looked at the proposal and looked at our local stand and we are prepared to good to court. Reporter developer gary test says the project should be built in about 2 and a half years. Prices will be in the range of 1 Million Dollars and up. Heather, abc 7 news. In just 19 days the toll lane of the Golden Gate Bridge will be drive through service only. Bridge officials announce today that whedz march 27th will be the go live date for all electronic tolling. As of that date no more cash collected at the brim. You condition use fast track license plate account or just zip through and get billed later. Public hearing to discuss the new speed limit will be held on march 21st. Public walk across the bay bridge on labor day is going to be free to the public after all. Authorities have dropped the idea of charming everybody 5 collars a head. Cost of collecting the money would have been almost as much as the revenue generated so in the worth the trouble. 100,000 walkers expected to make the trek from oakland to San Francisco as part of the opening of the new eastern span of the bridge. Later this year. We love the new lights behind us. They look great. Really cool. Supposed to be up for two years well see keep it longer. Spencer is haivrment we have a little wet weather in some parts of the bay area. Not area wide but its here. Heres in the north bay mainly dry at the moment and for much of the east bay as well we have got quite a wide expanse of moisture across the planes into the Santa Cruz Mountains over to the south bay and mainly light moderate rainfall but it is wet and up in the Higher Elevation around Mount Hamilton a little mixed precipitation and snow flake mixed in there roof top camera looking toward the bay bridge under kloybing 50 degrees in San Francisco. 52 in oakland. 48 in san jose. 46 in half moon basement another view from our High Definition east bay camera emeryville across the bay 47 in santa rosa. 50 napa 48 fairfield. On we good to the forecast feature well see showers continuing tonight mainly in the southern part of our viewing area. Clearing trend begins tomorrow and warming trend begins over the weekend. Its going to be a nice warmup. Start the forecast this isnt the forecast animation actually. This is our satellite radar composite loop that began 12 hours ago. You can see where the little trough is now. Wrapping around the low pressure system. Continue to swing through the bay area tonight bringing us a little bit of showers. Start our forecast animation tonight and well still have some fairly wide spread showers and some may locally heavy but during the overnight hours it will diminish and taper off left with mainly dray conditions by 6 00 oclock tomorrow morning. Actually there could be some wet pavement still at that hour during rush hour but the rain will probably have ended and then by midday we look at least partly sunny skies and start to dry out and start to warmup over the weekend. Overnight tonight it wont be dry against the entire bay area. Chilly in some spots in the Interior Valley of the north bay and east bay will see low dropping into the upper 30s. Mainly low mid 40s across remain dear of the bay area 10 tomorrow high under sky that is will begin very cloudy and then become at least partly sunny in the afternoon. We see High Pressure in the upper 50s to low 60s. Low 60s more likely up in the north bay around santa rosa and napa. Maybe 62 at antioch and concord in the east bay. Ears look at the 7 day forecast. Nice and mild sunny over the weekend. By the way we spring forward today light save time over the weekend. Dont forget to set your clocks ahead, by monday temperatures in the mid 70s inland. Up to almost 70 around the bay and 60 degrees on the coast a little bit of a spring preview week or so week and a half or so early. Okay. Call my house saturday and remind me. Every time you mention thats right. Its this weekend. Coming up here. Recall involving 2 popular brand of tuna. Maybe what you have around the house and. That looks good to you. You want to know that bacon could be harmful. How much meat you can eat without getting cancer. 7 news at 9 continue thes 7 news at 9 continue thes right after this you cant move the tv there. Yuhhuh. We have a wireless receiver. Listen. Back in my day, there was no uverse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. We can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. Why would you want a tv in the closet . [ both laugh ] [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver. Get uverse tv for just 19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. Rethink possible. Several items about food if you have stocked up on canned tuna in the past couple months check the cub board some can of bumble bee and chicken of the sea tuna recalled. Cans were improperly sealed apparently. Recall affects 5 ouns can of white albacore and white chunk tuna carry best buy date of january 20 sixteen. Also recalled 5 ounce cans of chicken of the sea white albacore between february 4 and february 27. No illness reported but lose seal may cause contamination so check the pantry. New study finds t

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