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drug use. but what could be done, mayor mark ferrell met with representatives of the san francisco police this week. >> we have a lot to address it, but it's not meeting the expectations of residents and visitors and we need to do better. >> reporter: drug users are playing a cat and mouse game. >> the cops if they're working upstairs, they're moving the problem downstairs. if bart pd are in the hallway, they're moving people upstairs. right now there's not coordination between bart pd and san francisco pd. >> it's a 10-minute situation. it could be cleared in ten minutes. all of a sudden five or ten other people have just bought their drugs upstairs, and they have come down, and they're going to use it. that's why fixed post is going to make the difference. if you have a consistent presence of officers down there. >> reporter: but that requires resources that bart doesn't seem to have. gil lopez oversees the eight downtown san francisco stations. >> here downtown specifically, we have our structures that are
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essentially two officers for two stations. >> reporter: but mayor ferrell is working to put together the needed resources. >> residents shouldn't have to deal with what they want. >> melissa caen kpix 5. what do they plan to do to clean the streets? they will pitch their plans tomorrow. a chaotic scene at a north bay car wash. a sheriff deputy responded to a call about an employee acting strange hi, ended up with a gunshot wound. kpix 5 joe vazquez joins us live with the odd ammunition the suspect used. joe? >> reporter: juliette, take a look behind me. this is a 76 gas station. you can see the pickup truck in the car wash. that is the crime scene. that is where deputies say a man opened fire on one of their own. the manager of the car wash
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told sheriff deputies that a 19- year-old employee had a gun and was acting erratically. >> they asked the employee to go home, he refused to do so, continued to act kind of strange and odd that the employee also said they thought he was armed with what was a bb gun, but later they weren't with quite sure what kind of a gun it was. >> reporter: deputies spotted the gunman hiding behind the vehicle in the car wash. >> he then steps out, exposing himself, lifts up his shirt, removes a handgun from his waistband and fires at the deputy. the deputy returns fire. we later discovered the gun that was used by the suspect is actually a .9 millimeter handgun. we believe it was loaded with what is commonly known as snake shot. and so it will be round with tiny pellets in it. >> reporter: the deputy was hit by the snake shot over several parts of his body. he will be okay. the suspect's gun apparently jammed. the sheriff department says the young man's gun was loaded with more ammunition when it jammed,
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so matters could have been much worse. >> the sheriff deputy returned fire, but he did not make contact with the suspect. he is unharmed and in custody. reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix 5. a group of good samaritans in the south bay are being hailed as heroes tonight after rushing into a burning home to save a disabled man trapped inside. the fire started just before 11:00 this morning on home park court in san jose. kpix 5 katie nielsen is there now. hi, katie. >> reporter: brian, definitely a scary mother's day morning for this family. you can still see some of the damage from that fire on the house behind me. gutters are melted, sot on the walls. the family says they would not be alive if it wasn't for the help of their neighbors. >> my house is on fire, please. somebody help me. >> reporter: you can hear sirens in the background as lisa records this frantic cellphone video showing smoke billowing out of her house.
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neighbors called 911 and told dispatchers lisa's disabled son was still stuck inside. >> one of the callers updated there were people trapped in the rear bedroom. so we upgraded the call to a second alarm for the potential of the rescue. >> reporter: lisa's 24-year-old son is blind and can't walk or talk. >> we had our neighbors and good samaritans, like four people come in and take them out of the bed and safely across the street before the house was full of smoke. >> reporter: another neighbor rushed over when he saw the smoke. >> i grabbed the hose from next door. we saw a lot of smoke coming from this side of the house. smoke is coming out of the cracks and the roof. we started soaking the f radio. >> reporter: it took the 30 firefighters only a few minutes to put out the fire, containing most of the damage to the side of the house and the garage. lisa's niece says the fast action of the neighbors saved her family. >> i'm just thankful. it's mother's day and i'm still shaking, you know, she was crying and panicking. i don't know, we were in the
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back of the house, so it could have overtaken us. >> reporter: the neighbors who jumped in to help are heroes. >> i think they were aware of the circumstances of one of the occupants of the home. so you know, they acted with regard for themselves because the fire was definitely burning into the home. >> to me they are, they are my angels. it wasn't our time to go yet. >> reporter: now fire investigators will be back out here tomorrow, trying to figure out exactly how this fire started. although they think it could have been something caused by the electrical system. the red cross has already been here. they're helping the family find some housing, so they can sleep somewhere else tonight. family says they were just lucky they were all able to make it out safely, and they're happy to be able to spend mother's day together. live in san jose, katie nielsen, kpix 5. a shooting suspect is on the loose on the peninsula after wounding a man in east palo alto. police say a gunman shot a 28- year-old man on east o'keeffe street last night. investigators think it all started with an argument at a party. the victim is in critical, but
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stable condition at a hospital with wounds to his torso. police in san ramon are looking for a suspected bank robber who might as well be called the badly disguised bandit. he was wearing a black-rim glass, dress shirt, and tie, and an obviously fake goatee when he visited a u.s. bank branch inside the safeway on san ramon valley boulevard on friday. there is no word on whether he showed a weapon or how much cash was taken, but nobody was hurt. you might need a disguise if you still haven't done anything for your mom today. flower shops were packed with last-minute mother's day shoppers today. floors had been -- florists had been busy for weeks getting ready. there was a long line outside ashby flowers in berkeley before opening at 6:00 a.m. >> early in the morning, dawn actually, it's been busy non- stop until late evening. i had to make around 200 arrangements yesterday. and they keep coming. >> this means we celebrate moms all over the world, and, you
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know, cherish them when you have a chance to and make sure you thank them for all that they have done for you. >> and after all those mother's were greeted with flowers, it was off to brunch. betty's oceanview diner was a popular spot today with lines out the door. on the other side of the bay, some moms face challenging circumstances, but they enjoyed a free brunch in san francisco, an annual event at a homeless shelter in the tenderloin. there was a lot more than just food to honor those moms. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: one day each year, the grittiness of san francisco's tenderloin district gives way to the sweet sounds of corbin glover's violin. >> this is our tradition. this is what we do. >> grownup doing this. >> exactly. >> this is our mother's day. >> reporter: for the past ten years, corbin has played at a special mother's day celebration at the hamilton
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shelter. this morning they were treated to sausage, bacon and egg frittata, and strawberry french toast. the head chef is a celebrity himself. jason glover is the creator of dads that cook, an online cooking show where he joins fathers as they show off their cooking talents for their families. but today's meal was all about the mothers. >> you meet some really incredible people that are deserving, that are really good at what they do, they love their families. >> hey mama. hey, i want to tell you happy mother's day, i love you. >> reporter: nicole jacobs took time out to call her own mom. it wasn't easy to bring her daughter here, but she is using it as a first step towards a better life, and she appreciates those who are helping her in the journey. >> i'm not ashamed to be here. i'm grateful this place is open and to the people that are doing this for us. we are being recognized, we are being told hey, you are somebody and you are special. >> after breakfast, the mother's received some tlc from
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volunteer makeup artist from blooming dale's -- bloomingdale's. while kids will be kids, they also learn from what they see. and today they saw their mothers treated with respect and appreciation for doing the toughest job in the world. >> my mom keeps reminding me, when you grow older, you'll remember me. >> reporter: in san francisco, john ramos, kpix 5. >> this was the 24th year the hamilton family shelter has offered mother's day celebrations for its residents. and still to come on this mother's day, a story every california mom needs to know about. if your baby was born here, the government owns their dna. who else has access and might be using it? that's still ahead. an iphone explodes in a repair shop, sending a worker running for cover. why something called the battery might be to blame. is this the future of art? we spotted a robot painting a
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bay area mural. there is sunshine out there, at least if you're looking at the flow. but there are changes in the forecast, cool changes. we'll cover them after the break. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55.
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and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein to negotiate the price of drugs. he's been called a rockstar lwinning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich. after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative. with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold. tonight.. after the bounce house he was in blew over a fence.. and onto a
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southern cal a 9-year-old boy is recovering tonight after a bounce house he was in blew over a fence and onto a southern california freeway. it happened yesterday afternoon near victorville. witnesses said a big gust of wind lifted the inflatable house on the ground and dropped it on interstate 395. it rolled along the highway and hit a car. well that's when a child fell out. amazingly he suffered only minor injuries. the person in the car was not hurt. well some scary moments inside a las vegas repair shop. surveillance video shows an iphone exploding just feet away from a worker who was trying to fix it, take a look. the phone literally goes up in flames. it happened as the employee was working to replace a broken screen. the owner of another repair shop said heat damage could actually cause the phone's battery to expand and crack the screen. >> overtime those batteries can swell up with heat. the big issue is when it bloats up a little bit, it allows your screen to crack easier.
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>> it is vital to keep your iphone cool especially in the summer. in another unusual tech story, could this be the future of art? kpix 5 kiet do spotted a robot painting a bay area mural. so he stopped to check it out. >> reporter: diego rivera, eat your heart out. when they came to you, what did you say? >> let's do it. >> reporter: this is time lapse video of a robot, yes, a robot, painting a two-story tall mural on the side of a building downtown san jose. it's not so much painting as it is printing. shooting paint from a computer- controlled rig, kind of like a giant ink jet printer. a mural this big could be printed in about two and a half days. instead of the weeks it would take to do by hand. at half the cost of what they would charge. they say they are not stealing artists jobs. >> we're certainly not trying to take small platforms away. that's for them to do. we take a much larger project
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and much more complex pictures that need to be done cost effectively in a much shorter period of time. >> reporter: kim is the cfo of vbot, a start-up base in north san jose. the work can be seen on the side of skyscrapers all over korea. this is the first time the technology is getting rolled out to the u.s. they're opening up murals to other artists like painters, photographers, and photographic designers. >> they don't have the ability to paint on these large walls, so they don't get the exposure that a muralist might be able to get. so we're trying to open up the platform to a much wider array of artists and a much wider community of contributors to the local art community. >> maybe i'm crazy. >> reporter: jim al owns an auto body, a family-run business for the past 92 years. jim approved the design, featuring the past, present, and future of automobiles with a nod to the valley's history of agriculture, even including the lake observatory.
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jim sees the irony of an old school technology using cutting- edge technology. >> the new technology of using our, you know, our brain, our creativity to come up with the designs, and then the ma seen coming pack, making it happen -- back, making it happen for us. >> reporter: in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >> a new mural at sfo is splashing at the terminal. artist leah rosenberg said the installation is inspired by everything that makes the city by the bay so special, including the fog. golden gate bridge and even by the bunches of kale at the ferry buildings' farmers markets. very cool. >> yes. today's color was blue. we had a lot of sunshine except by the shoreline, setting the tone for the rest of the week. numbers will be cooling down a little bit as we look out towards corey tower and the bay bridge from the vantage point of our rooftop. a few low clouds out there on the east bay shoreline. the numbers are mostly all in
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the 60s with the exception being santa rosa and 59 degrees. partly cloudy skies out there around the bay area, but not bad at all. as we take a look at the futurecast, low pressure will establish itself off the west coast. so we have a bit of a cooler week ahead. that'll increase the southerly surge at the coast and a classic situation for fog in the usual low clouds that we see around the supper time. since we're approaching summertime, it is not a big surprise. so tomorrow mostly cloudy along the shoreline, maybe a little bit of drizzle. there could be a trough as it swings through, a drop or two. partly cloudy skies for much of the rest of the bay and the ratings in the mid-60s. then inland in the low 70s. here is how it looks from the west coast. high pressure that's off the pacific northwest. seattle will be in the low 80s tomorrow. low pressure that's over the inner mountain region. combination means some pretty good northerly winds. it's been gusty out of the west at 24 miles an hour in concord at 6:00 tonight. winds up to 21 miles an hour.
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we will still continue to get those winds, mild conditions for much of the week, temps in the 60s and the 70s. doesn't look bad at all. no rain in sight for the futurecast. again, a little bit of a drizzle might be the only thing we'll squeeze out of the marine area with a flare of shower activity up around the geyser's geo thermal field. so here is what we're expecting. overnight tonight, breezy conditions. morning clouds tomorrow morning, sunny afternoons. it will be cooler than usual, but no big changes this woke. just a minor cooling trend before a bit of a warming trend by next weekend. so if you're heading out of san francisco, partly cloudy skies, be a little bit windy out there at the west southwesterlies coming through the gang busters. temps in the mid-60s. new york has partly cloudy skies and 71 seattle, up to 83 degrees. overnight lows tonight, we'll be in the mid-50s to the low 50s. on monday morning the sun will rise majestically at 6:01.
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and then temperatures, they will top out only at 61 in san francisco. so we are all about three, four, five degrees below average. still very pleasant at 64. down in the south bay we'll have sunshine with 71 at santa clara, 72 for san jose and 71 for morgan hill. over in the east bay, sunshine and low to mid-70s. north bay, we'll have low clouds tomorrow morning before the sun breaks through mid- morningish. we'll be warmer for you. 78 and 74 at cloverdale. as we look ahead the numbers will begin to cool on tuesday and wednesday and thursday. and temperatures in the upper 60s. and we will be back in the mid- 70s. very nice and it looks like a mostly dry week ahead. juliette or dennis will now appear. >> i will appear, brian, thank you. the former cal bear, did they get the better of lebron in the eastern conference finals? can the giants break the six- game streak? tiger makes a run at the
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player's championship. was it enough? we'll tee it up next. we can now use a blood sample toh care, target lung cancer more precisely. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all.
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imagine what we can do for you.
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d dennis is here. let's start with some baseball. >> giants are hovering around the 100 mark and the division isn't that good. nobody is out of the gates pretty hot. and so it's not that bad. and mounting the giants as they desperately needed a slump buster. could that man be derek hollin who came into today's game with a 50.66 earned -- 5.66 earned run average. mccutchen even went home with a couple of parting gifts. derek hollin did her best to escape several jams. bottom of the 4th, runners at 1st and 2nd, nobody out. he got the double play to get that chance. then the bottom of the 5th, he struck out josh bell. pittsburgh was over eight with runners in scoring position against hollin. he went 6 1/3 shutout innings.
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top of the 6th, corky hernandez who flew out to his track in his first at bat. but not this time. his second home run of the year later in the 6th, pablo swinging at the 3-0 pitch, should have been the third out, but it went off of nova's glove. and the inning will continue and they take advantage. brandon crawford doubled, then nick conley delivers the three- run shot. traveled on 338 feet, but it was enough. the fourth home run of the year. giants beat the pirates 5-0. they snapped their six-game skid. yankees donating $10,000 for als research. and because of honor of gretchen who passed away last week. bottom of the 1st, giancarlo stanton, base hit center field, scores a couple. first five hitters in the game reach base for new york. later in the inning, aaron hicks lined one right over brett anderson's hit.
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that scores gregorius 3-0. gary sanchez can't handle the throw at home, allowing him to throw cutting the lead to 3-1. but in the bottom of the inning anderson goes deep for the solo home run. in the 8th, the yankee's reliever robs matt joyce of a base hit with a behind-the-back grab. new york takes two out of three in that series. western conference finals, game one tomorrow night in houston. can't come soon enough for thewarriors coach steve kerr. >> i'm officially at that time where i'm thinking what do i need to answer at this point, so we are all in the same boat. >> wheels up, warriors and kerr flew out to houston earlier this morning. it is their first time starting a series on the road since 2014. but i don't think he lost any sleep about that on the plane.
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>> i would rather be on the road, healthy enrolling than at home and beat up, you know, sick of each other. i would rather be healthy going on the road. the celtics made an opening statement. kevin love a part of a 17-0 run on the first order. they didn't slow down in the 2nd. the former cal bear led the celtics with 23points. boston up 26 at the half. lebron had his worst game of the playoffs. held to 15 points, and he had seven turnovers. you better believe they let him hear about it in boston. the fourth quarter, boston pours it up. marcus morris making his first start of the post season. 21 points, 10 rebounds.
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boston wins in a blowout 108- 83. moms out in full force. final round, players championship. the defending champ started today at 63rd. and then he tied the course record with a 9-under 63. look at it here. double eagle on 16. he finished tied for 11th. tiger charging up the leader board. on 12, the chip shot setting him up for the easy birdie. he got to 14-under and moved into a tie for second. he's on fire. but par-3 17, he ended up fishing instead. well short of the island green. double bogeyed the hole. tiger with a 3-under 69, tied for 11th, still pretty good. simpson began the day with a seven-shot lead on cruise control all day. he rolls in a 32 putter for one of his three birdies on the day, winning by four shots. one is a cool $1.9 million. the olympic u.s. open here in
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2012. >> does he still win some money? >> a heck -- a heck of a lot of points. a lot of the people are looking for the second place check. could be the difference of $-- $500,000. he has won birdies, not paychecks. so there's a difference. depends on who you are. jim barnett on game day today as we are in a countdown to the warriors tip-off tomorrow. >> can't wait. thank you, dennis. coming up, new fissures explode. the increasing threat that something much worse may be coming. plus your digital assistant could be vulnerable to hackers. how they could trick your device into doing their bidding by speaking to it with sound. and you probably know where your birth certificate and social security card are, but what about your genetic information? well if you were born here in the last 35 years, it be stored and possibly even sold out of the state-run bio bank.
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our top story at six-thirty: a new fissure has opened up on this is almost like a slow motion train wreck. our top story at 6:30. a new fissure has opened up on hawaii's big island, prompting new evacuations tonight. right now there are a total of 17 active volcanic vents. the latest one broke ground this morning, sending lava and hazardous fumes into the air. >> the newest fissure is several hundred yards long. reporter kim hutcherson explains how residents are embracing for a powerful explosion. >> reporter: new fissures in the kilauea volcano's east riff zone. >> when i got here today, i came up the hill.
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the first thing i noticed was i heard what sounded like a jet turbine. >> reporter: at least three new volcanic fissures have opened up in the last two days. this day after president donald trump signed an emergency declaration for hawaii and in more than a week after the volcanic activity began. >> if it brings up lava and encloses the road, then we'll have a hard time getting to town. >> reporter: nearly 2,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation. near hi 400 residents are sleeping in shelters. hundreds more are sleeping across the island. scientists are scattered across the riff zone, tracking the movement of the earth below. >> we're just monitoring the cracks on the road. we're setting up a crack station just so we can check and see how they're moving. >> reporter: experts say more fissures could happen without any notice. warning residents powerful eruptions could send massive boulders flying through the air. >> last week it is almost like your life is on hold.
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it's not like a forest fire. this is almost like a slow motion train wreck. >> reporter: kim hutcherson, kpix 5. well what you have just seen is what it looks like on the big island right now, but here is what it sounds like. people say it sounds like an combination of an airfield and mine field. that's just the small stuff. scientists say from it really blows its top, it could hurl boulders the size of refrigerators into the air for miles around. we have new details on a deadly series of bombings in indonesia. police say it was a family of six who carried out a string of suicide blasts at three churches in the country's second largest city. the explosions killed 11 people, injuring 40 more. authorities say the parents and their four children were ranging in age from 9 to 18 and had ties to isis. tonight the terror group has claimed responsibility for
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these attacks. the u.s. is set to open a new embassy tomorrow in jerusalem. the orders from president trump. cbs reporter meg oliver shows us the move is prompting both celebrations and protests in the middle east. >> reporter: israelis sang and danced in the streets to recognize jerusalem day. the celebration comes as final preparations are made for the opening of the new u.s. embassy in the city. white house senior advisor jared kushner and his wife, president trump's daughter, ivanka, are a part of the u.s. delegation that will attend monday's ceremony. in december, the president broke with decade's of u.s. policy, and decided to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. israel's prime minister praised mr. trump for recognizing the city as israel's capital. >> president trump is making history. and we are deeply grateful. >> reporter: israelis are living near the new embassy,
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also grateful. >> we thank america, and we thank trump. >> reporter: the holy city of jerusalem is important to jews, christians, and muslims. palestinians also claimed the city as their capital. they had been protesting for weeks. palestinian leaders say trump's decision hurts any chance of the u.s. negotiating peace in the middle east. >> and it ended from our point of view. it happened all over the united states as the broker, the owner of the peace process. >> reporter: earlier this week, protesters in gaza set fires. palestinians are getting ready for another massive protest on monday, near the border with israel. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. tomorrow's embassy opening is time to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state of israel. >> well apple's ceo, tim cook, gave the commencement speech today, but he also issued a challenge to the class of 2018.
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>> no generation has ever had more power than yours, and no generation has a chance to change things faster than yours can. how will you challenge the status quo? how will you push the world forward? >> cook earned his mba from duke in 1998, leading one of the most powerful companies in the world. and still ahead, it looks like a dog whistle for your digital assistance. after the break, a uc berkeley grad shows us how easy it is to take over somebody else's device only by using sounds that a computer could hear. this news photographer didn't even need to leave the station to find a story that was waiting for him right there in the parking lot.
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the food. a warning if you're eaten at a chili's restaurant recently and has nothing to do with the food. the chain announced it was the victim of the data breach. thieves targeted customers payment information between march and april. the company is working to nail down the extent of the breach. for now they're warning customers to keep an eye on their debit and credit card statements. digital assistance are suppose to make our lives
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easier. but soon hackers could be using them to get a hold of sensitive information. uc berkeley grad student showed our devin fehely how scammers could trick your technology with a simple sound. >> reporter: they are some of the hottest products on the market. making anything you want to order, not with the click of a mouse, but with the sound of your voice. >> can someone who knows you have this device control it without your knowledge? >> reporter: but how secure are amazon's alexa, apple siri, or google's digital assistance? >> there is a race to make these devices do more and more. >> reporter: the devices are easy to use vocal recognition software, vulnerable to hackers. giving them access to e-mails and other personal and financial information. >> and there are some devices that do try to have some
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security mechanisms, but othespeaker verification programs could help prevent these attacks. >> reporter: hidden commands and white noise, music, or something that sounds like human speech. he gave me a brief demonstration on how a simple sentence could sound one way to the human ear, while being designed to secretly give the computer a completely different set of instructions. amazon, google, and apple, nicholas says, are constantly working to improve their voice recognition software and security safeguards, but it's complicated. and that, nicholas says, should be an important reminder and warning. when using these voices designed extensively to make our lives simpler. in berkeley, devin fehely, kpix 5. while we did contact amazon and google and apple about the security concerns, but what is not stunning news, we have not heard back from them. well the law says you're suppose to know about it, but most people don't.
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were you aware that the state was storing your child's dna? and for decades, the state- run bio bank has been collecting and storing dna. as julie watts discovered your genetic information or your child's may even be up for sale. it's better late than never. the book that was just dropped off at a bay area library nearly half a century overdue. we'll tell you what the fine is. speaking of fine, wasn't it today? beautiful weather. we'll see if that is going to continue. we'll have the forecast after the break.
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a book nearly five decades overdue has been returned to the san francisco public library. the copy of eldridge cleavers stolen ice was due back in the 1970s. so it's a little over 47 years late. the library caps late fees at $10. otherwise it would have racked up a fine of more than $1,700. but that's actually not the oldest overdue book the library has ever received. not by a long shot. last year a man returned his great grandmother's copy of a short story collection ironically titled 40 minutes late. it was actually 100 years late. well if you are looking for the perfect place to say, "i do," how about getting married on top of mount diablo? 20 couples will get the chance to tie the knot at the state park. it'll be held at the mountain's observation deck. interested couples need to
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apply at the contra costa clerk recorders office, and they must also obtain a marriage license first. well while crews continue to work on repairs, the state park's department is working on getting boaters back on the lake. it announced fees for the recreation areas and boat launch will be waived for one weekend every month this summer. the department of water resources has also have all the details on its website. a news photographer in colorado didn't have too far to go to find a story. take a look. he was actually walking out the back door of the station when he came face to face with the family of bears. oh the mama bears and her two cubs were busy rummaging through a trash can of the parking lot. the station says they are now working with wildlife officials to bear proof. >> probably something that never happens at the station here. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures will be on the mild side with some drizzle a possibility as things cool down
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further. low clouds will build up. temperatures come down into the low 70s inland. today we managed 73 in san jose and 71 at livermore. but everybody else was in the 60s. numbers right now, 59 in santa rosa and in concord. 63 degrees. liver mother is at 64 -- livermore at 64 with partly cloudy skies over the bay area. more of that coming up. cooler weather ahead with low pressure that will be setting up shop. pretty much the big sur coastline, increasing the southerly flow along the coast. that'll bring low clouds into the bay area most of the week. and so we will go into the summer routine. winds are still with us, the battle between that high over the pacific northwest and the low over the northern rockies. a mild week ahead for the bay area and numbers a few degrees cooler than usual. futurecast will show you what will be happening overnight. low clouds will fill in and then they get stretched back to the shoreline. up around the geysers, might be
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a few drops tomorrow. it will be breezy and brisk, but cooler than usual. no big changes. a tendency towards cooler weather for the next three to four days. numbers, they should be about 64 in san francisco, 61 in concord. 72 tomorrow in san jose. oakland, 64. there will be low clouds at half moon bay. but if you come over the coast range down to the south bay at morgan hill, it will be 71. 72 for san jose, 74 at campbell. east bay is looking nice with a low cloud. they reach all the way to the altamont pass this morning. numbers will top out at 74 in antioch. up in the north bay, low clouds to start out monday morning. in santa rosa, should nudge 70
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degrees. 69 at novato and 66 at the marin civic center. 67 at mill valley. over at stenson beach, 61. in cloverdale 74. what happens next, slight cooling trend will continue. temperatures bottom out on wednesday. then high pressure will build back in and will diminish some of the low clouds and the numbers will be in the low 70s. pretty much typical springtime weather for the bay area. a nice week ahead. we've got a little more news ahead including the story on who owns your dna coming up after this break.
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at the same time that violent crime went up 18% in san francisco. in la, mayor antonio villaraigosa put more police on the streets and cut violent crime in half. california's police chiefs trust antonio for governor. are taking the day off... from cancer. 600 children currently in a bunch of kids are taking the day off from cancer.
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they celebrated in santa clara today, putting on the events for families to come together and share their experiences. many took their time to thank their mom on this mother's day. >> and it means she buys everything for me and she always takes care of me. >> she does everything for me like cooking, taking me to places today. she didn't have to take me, but she wanted to. >> organizers are planning for next year's event, which will be its 30th. if your child was born in california in the past 35 years, the state is storing their dna and might even be selling it. >> kpix 5 julie watts discovered that genetic information may be used for more than just research. a heel nearly every baby in the
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u.s. gets one. used to test the baby for dozens of disorders. if treated early enough could prevent severe disabilities, even death. but unless your child is diagnosed with the disorder, it is often lost in the fog of childbirth. >> genetics? >> reporter: we randomly selected six new moms, asking about their baby's genetic test. three remember the heel three think they knew about the test, but like most parents, none knew what happened after the test. were you aware the state was storing your child's dna? >> no. >> do you think you should have been aware? >> absolutely. >> reporter: you see, for the baby's own life-saving test, researchers generally only need a few spots. the remaining blood becomes property of the state and may be sold to outside researchers without your knowledge or consent. >> the blood is personally identifiable. >> reporter: now some states destroy the blood spots after a year. 12 states store them for at
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least 21. california is one of four states that stores them indefinitely in a state-run bio bank. >> i didn't know there was a repository. >> companies aren't very good at keeping data safe. they try. >> there should be transparency. >> reporter: while parents don't have the right to opt out before storage, they can ask the agency to destroy the sample after the fact. though the agency says they may not be able to comply. >> these samples are needed to create the new testing technology. >> reporter: fred lori, former director of the screening program says the samples are invaluable to researchers and primarily used to identify new diseases, ultimately saving more babies. california has been storing blood spots since 1983, collecting more than 9.5 million since 2000 alone, and can now test newborns for more than 80 different disorders. >> so you take issue with the fact that we say the state is selling your child's blood spots to researchers? >> with the term selling, yes.
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>> reporter: regulations require the program to be self- supporting. >> it is suppose to collect enough money to pay for itself. >> reporter: the bio bank collects $20 to $40 per blood spot. they sold about 16,000 spots over the past five years, totaling around $700,000. in comparison, the program reports $128 million in revenue last year alone. mostly from testing fees paid by parents. they used to collect five samples from each child. they now collect six. while the state may not profit off the child's dna, what about the researchers? do any of those studies result it many something the company could make money from? >> theoretically, yes. i'm not aware of any cases where that's happened. they are scientific researchers. >> reporter: researchers must meet specific criteria. studies are approved by a review board, and they're suppose to return or destroy remaining samples when they're done. >> there is no chance that one of these labs could pull a
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cambridge analytica, and keep the blood spots without the department's knowledge and to be used for other purposes? >> i want to say no, but i'm not going to say no. i know how humans can be sometimes. >> reporter: but she stresses the blood spots are deidentified, no name or medical information, just the blood and number. to be clear, there is no genom data base. >> there is no such thing as deidentified dna. >> reporter: privacy advocates say blood spots are inherently identifiable. he notes investigators recently i.d.ed the golden state killer using an ancestry site on unidentified dna. researchers aren't the only ones with access to blood spots. coroner's request them to identify bodies. at least one father used them to prove paternity. we found five search warrants for identified blood spots including one to test for drugs. >> the search warrant subpoena
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piece bothers me a little. not so much for my baby, but society. >> but the biggest concern is the appearance of secrecy. l >> what are they trying to hide? >> the department of public health says they aren't hiding anything, pointing to page 13 of the newborn screening brochure, which says blood spots are stored. >> that's something that should have been discussed with us in person, not on whatever page in the document. >> everyone who came into our room gave us another pamphlet. i signed a reference material. they don't tell you you must read it. >> reporter: but state law does require parents are at least given this pamphlet. for most it's the only disclosure. when we asked these moms to search their documents, only one could find the required brochure admitting in the midst of giving birth and raising a tiny human, she hadn't found the time to flip to page 13. when she's not a-- she's not alone. we commissioned the survey u.s.a. news poll. despite state law, three quarters of new parents say they didn't know the leftover
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blood spots would be stored indefinitely for research. two-thirds weren't sure they ever got the newborn screening information. the state says they do print 700,000 pamphlets a year, but admits it doesn't track if anyone actually gets them. >> it could be used for court order and that's not stated. >> reporter: these moms say it is not clear. using them for department- approved studies means giving them to outside researchers. >> i think that could be clarified. >> reporter: lori helped draft previous pamphlets. when i showed all the documents i was sent home with, even he was surprised. >> i have never seen that before. >> let me show you, this is actually what i got. i had my son seven months ago. i got one page, tri-fold, go to the state's website for more. a new mom with a new baby does not have time to go online to look up the information. >> it's not clear why i didn't receive the full 14-page pamphlet. >> there should be a state
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audit of what's happened with this program. the types of uses of this dna with a recommendation to the legislature. >> reporter: 84% of parents want the newborn screening information early in the pregnancy, giving them moms wouldn't a newborn to process and understand their rights. >> then the burden is on you, as a new mom, to remember to call them and follow up. >> reporter: many also want the right to opt out of storage before the child is born. and believe the state should confirm parents are informed. all before storing their baby's blood indefinitely. now both the march of dimes and california hospital association tell me they are open to improving the way the state informs parents. so far none of the lawmakers we've shared our findings with have any interest in addressing these issues. upcoming changes to federal law may make it even easier for researchers to use blood spots -- spots without consent. for more information on how to find out if your dna has been
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used for research, head to kpix.com. >> boy the world has gotten complicated. on the subject of the offspring, happy mother's day. >> thank you so much. happy mother's day to your mom as well. i assume you flowered her and showered her with flowers, yes? >> i did all the things you're suppose to, including saying thanks for watching, 60 minutes is next. >> happy mother's day. the latest is on cbssf.com. we'll see you back here at 11:00. have a great evening. thanks for watching. he's been called a rockstar lawyer. he tops the charts on progressive causes...
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but his progressive record is solid gold. captioning funded by cbs and ford. we go further, so you can. >> there is tremendous controversy about a surgical device implanted in more than two million american women. it's a strip of plastic called gynecological mesh. the manufacturers and several medical societies say the implant is safe, but more than 100,000 women are suing. >> i would say the material they're buying maybe is fine for making a park bench. maybe it's fine for making a disposable cup. but that's a totally different situation when you're looking at something that will be in the body for 40 or 50 or 60 years. ( ticking ) ( children playing ) >> more than one million american children now live with grandparents, primarily because of their parents' addiction to opioids and other ug

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