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richmond today. tragedy in yosemite. three people were swept over a waterfall. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is bay area news at 7:00. >> good evening. it is wednesday, july 20. i am gasia mikaelian, and this is bay area news at 7:00. >> a young man was shot and killed today across the street from a summer youth camp in richmond, coming just two days after bay area news at 7:00 talked about the same neighborhood. today the shooting happened at fifth and nevin. jana katsuyama has been
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following the development. >> reporter: gasia, i have learned that the victim was darrell russell. he was shot on the corners. >> it was shortly after 11:30 a.m. 120 wrote darrell russell was shot in the head queue i was -- russell was pronounced dead at the scene. >> it is bad because he let the he let the kids on the playground would have been. >> in the boldness of a shooting tells us that we are not dealing with people who care about the community. >> reporter: a summer camp and
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school bus were canceled for today. >> it is devastating because we work so hard to make changes by showing up and being positive role models. >> reporter: the city manager said that the eyelids may be part of a turf battle preventing a highly motive or suspect -- the violence may be part of a turf battle. -- we do not have a motive or suspect. they will have a press conference tomorrow at 2:00 to talk about safety measures. a mother is recounting experience when she says intruder tried to kidnap her 3- year-old daughter. >> sandra aragon said seth rewrote daughter was fleeing
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with her her teenage sister outside. -- said her daughter what is playing with her teenage sister outside. a stranger forced her way into the apartment. >> she came in and she was trying to grab my little sister. >> she was able to find out the woman who took off running. that is our san francisco at go police chief is holding a community meeting to share information about the fatal police shooting of a 19-year- old parolee. earlier today police released new details. police say they made 43 of us at the protests. only 17 of them are from san
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francisco and one is fun the bayview hunter point district -- from the bayview hunter point district. bryan stow and go family posted a statement saying that he underwent emergency surgery. into surgery doctors removed a bone flap on its goal and putting builders to help drain fluid in his head. he was attacked outside dodger stadium on march 31st. there is no sign tonight is the hikers that were swept over a waterfall at yosemite park but friends and family are not giving up hope. >> reporter: 1500 people a day make the climb to the top.
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>> we are experiencing very high water. it is not safe for our search and rescue crews to go down to at the moment because of the shear force and water level. >> reporter: from the talking about them is is 300 feet -- top to the bottom is 300 feet. all three victims are from the central valley, about 100 miles away. >> everyone is just praying that he gets found. >> reporter: there is reason to beat the arches but sometimes the beauty of nature overcomes ocean to inspect -- beauty of
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nature overcomes what should be respect. >> authorities released the identities of the three victims today. opponents of the grant to develop a vallejo park are declaring victory. two native american tribes as they have reached an agreement. under the agreement the city was not those new restrooms on a burial site and had agreed to put in a smaller than planned parking lot at a location where there are no burial remains. shares of the seattle-based company while lower as it went on. not quite double the initial
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price. the broader market was mostly flat amid continuing concerns about the movie deck consists. it down -- the dow dropped 16 points. today apple at go sides settled at $39 a share as they introduced a new macbook air laptop. president obama met separately with democratic and republican leaders today. earlier today a bipartisan group of senators briefed lawmakers on the proposal. they call for new taxes and is the kind of compromise that the president is seeking. >> as long as the political will, there's enough substance
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other than a package to be corrected. >> congress faces a deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risky default. arson investigators are trying to figure out the cause of a u-haul truck fire. fire crews evacuated nearby homes because it was burning close to a propane tank. the owner of the facility says he suspects gas thieves started the blaze. the hunt is on for hit and run driver in santa clara. highway patrol says a green dodge caravan was traveling southbound in a win into the back of the motorcycle and hit at least one other vehicle could witnesses said the driver was driving recklessly and took off after the crash. the year 2010 was the least
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deadly year in 66 years. 2715 people died in traffic accidents last year, that is done more than 350 and way down from 3400 in 2005. official site safer cars county but use, and enforcement of drunk driving laws. a berkeley farm truck hit a woman on a bicycle. both the truck and bicycle had a green light by the bicyclist made an illegal left turn -- but the bicyclist made an illegal left turn and was not wearing a helmet. mayor ed lee says he has no plans to run for the mayor's
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office after taking over for gavin newsom. >> are you still firm in your decision. >> i am firm in my job at hand. >> to do a group called "women for ed lee" joined in urging lee to enter the race. the fight against illegal marijuana growers is taking on. >> and talk about a comeback. a bully near death 18 months ago takes the mound at a mere packed crowd -- a boy near death 18 months ago takes the mound at at&t park. >> i will have your forecast
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>> we have breaking news in san francisco to reports be fire crews are on the scene of a two alarm fire. you are looking at live pictures from newschopper2 grew the fire was reported about 645 at a home on wall street. there are a lack of large, victorian -- lot of large, victorian homes on the street and we are told that it is an apartment building. we will have much more than 10:00 news on ktvu. or wind is the setting for
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a new reality series -- oakland is a setting for a new we the tv series. oakland was the first of the two licensed medical marijuana clubs. santa clara county sheriffs say they consecrated 20,000 marijuana plants -- confiscated 20,000 marijuana plants today and the height of the growing season is just getting underway. >> reporter: the campaign has launched a summer fight against illegal pot growers. today, we are in south santa clara county. soon we saw a cleaning in the trees. up to 10,000 marijuana plants are estimated to be growing but the cops are smaller than usual
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because of the cool, wet spring. >> very sophisticated. >> reporter: and very dangerous for the public. she encountered a scary surprise. >> i came across a patch. i said, oh, we have to get out of here. >> we always find evidence of firearms and there's quite a danger to them as those on the environmental hazards. >> reporter: firearms were links to specific mexican drug cartels. santa clara county had seized more than 40,000 pot plants,
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with an estimated $60,000 on the street. budget cuts had mediation services facing for more business be private arbitrators could solve suits out of court. experts say mediation and arbitration can be far less costly than going through the court system. a new recommendation for women breast cancer screening. doctors should offer all women in their '40s annual mammograms. it was previously everyone-2 years starting at age 40. the national institute of health says one in eight women will get breast cancer in her life. the boys and girls club in
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alameda is more than just a place where children to learn be they received a grant to pay for new health clinic in children's wellness program. it came from alameda county and they will learn about healthy eating and how to grow food. the club already offers programs ranging from computers to digital musical labs. a vote on the nfl lockout never materialize today. sources tell us that more work must be dented by liza may be a new 10 year deal. still possible the players could vote as a -- could vote as soon as tomorrow. a new lawsuit names riddell after a hit by 49er kena
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turner, anderson says he was never the same. they say they know about concussions that hit the effects. one bay area teen got the opportunity of a lifetime. >> reporter: one year ago he was on his deathbed by today he stood on the pitching mound at at&t park. he threw out the ceremonial first pitch this afternoon paper waste, the stories about how fun took a year. it began when he was 15 feet under is told the boy he had severe liver failure and would be dead than less than a week. >> how is it possible that i --
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you know, my life was already over. >> reporter: and then with time running out a suitable dugger became available from a sacramento man. >> reporter: up in the stands up on stow's family watched their son the fields -- alfonso's family watched their son on the field could he says he would like to serve as an ambassador to the transplant/donor network. >> are you nervous? >> a little. i think right now i am on cloud
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nine. as for today's game, diane's fans were treated to a pitcher's duel. the space shuttle atlantis is scheduled to return to earth. it will touch down shortly before 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. it's leaving listening to by the end of an era -- landing will signify the end of an era. when you come back, we are still on top of the fire that had been in san francisco. we will come back with more information about what is happening their in san francisco. turning to weather, k bible
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tell us when to expect a cool down. >> remember you can watch the seven on your computer or mobile device. we are streaming live for you at ktvu.com. it's really delicious, mom.
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home on wall street. in this case we're talking right near the park. it is a three-story building that is burning right now. we see a lot of smoke going up into the air. when you look at a picture like this you see homes and lot of them are close together dewinds gusting in this area are gusting about 10-15 miles per hour. the good news is we do not have major he in the city. >> still, the winds will be a compensating factors. >> as crews stay on the scene, we will bring you more on the
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10:00 news. >> temperatures spiked across the region. mostly clear skies. that fog bank way to our south. here we go with the numbers for this afternoon. '90s returning. san jose topped out at 91 degrees tomorrow is still a sunny and warm -- sunny and warm. partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning. most areas starting out with
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clear skies. high pressure has been responsible for the warm-up. the cool things off by friday but for the weekend, the war was locations only in the mid- 80s street here's the forecast model showing you the fog. that will lead to some pretty warm numbers out there. san jose mid 80s. here's a look ahead at your five-day forecast through that will take us into the upcoming weekend. workers this morning began to launch a walnut creek building that has been empty
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for 30 years. -- diminishing a building that has been empty for 30 years be they approved a plan to build a farmer's market on that site. >> that it's our report for tonight. i am gasia mikaelian. our coverage continues online at ktvu.com and with our 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. "tmz" is up next right here on tv 36.
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