Reporter testimony continues tomorrow. In San Francisco carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. Happening now authorities in Santa Cruz County are trying to find an escaped inmate. William von disappeared from a work crew just after 7 00 this morning. We are told he was assigned to kitchen work crew as rehabilitation program. He is serving a sentence for drug and theft charges. If you see him call 9 1u11. Authorities say they busted 33 people for staging Car Accidents to defraud insurance companies. More than half a Million Dollars was paid out while many of the accused were in morgan hill the accidents happened all over the bay area. The District Attorneys Office says drivers would say they spilled hot coffee causing them to crash into another vehicle which was driven by someone part of the alleged scheme. A scathing grand jury report says ambulances in San Francisco arent getting to those who need help quickly enough. Vic lee is live tonight from city hall and taking a lot of heat on this one. Reporter it is a damming report on the state of the Fire Department. It says the department has no Strategic Planning and that technology is simply absent or outdated and the firehouses but the most serious criticism is directed at the ambulances. Supervisor says she asked chief for some answers. Unfortunately, i still have not gotten information that indicates that there are any major changes that are going to happen to the department. Reporter last summer a statue toppled on to a toddler. Police and firefighters came immediately but it took a Fire Department ambulance 13 minutes to arrive exceeding the departments goal of a ten minute response time. 2yearold Cason Shelton later died at the hospital. Since then fire chief has made improvements. In particularly bringing in new ambulances and training new paramedics so i feel like shes working on solutions. Reporter the grand jury believes ambulances are not responding to emergencies fast enough and often enough. The report adds there is a chronic lack of serviceable ambulances and they are spaced in different parts of the city which says effects the response time. For example, people who live in the western part of San Francisco may have longer waits for ambulances than people who live in the downtown part of San Francisco. Are respect the report also criticizes the Fire Department for failure to find a new home for Training Center now at treasure island. The department has been told it has to vacate the facility. The Fire Department says its reviewing the report and will respond within 60 days. Vic lee, abc 7 news. Just a short time ago google says one of the self driving cars has been involved in an accident that injured someone for the first time. The tech giant says one of the suvs was rear ended on july 1. Three people on board had minor whip lash and released from the hospital soon after the crash. Google says its car was stopped when another car hit it at just under 20 miles per hour. The censors show the other car did not brake. Republican president ial contender jeb bush is in the bay area. Abc 7 news was in San Francisco as bush arrived at thumb tack headquarters in an uber vehicle. Bush tweeted this photo you see there and road shotgun in uber. Bush held a town hall meeting at the startup where he was asked about his views on diversity especially in the lgbt community. I dont think you should be discriminated because of your sexual orientation. In a diverse country where we have tolerance, where we have differing views we ought to be able to settle both. Right now thats in doubt. Bush also said unlike other candidates he isnt fuelled by anger. I have joy in my heart. I have a belief that we are on the verge of greatness again. I am motivated by being part of something that is far bigger than myself. And as for the uber driver he says bush was nice but he is still voting for hillary clinton. Vice President Biden is heading to San Francisco next thursday as part of a threeday swing through the west. The white house describes it as a series of events focused on the economy. Nationwide disbelief today after another deadly shooting massacre this time in chattanooga, tennessee. Authorities say this man, 24yearold Mohammod Youssuf abdulazeez is responsible for the death of four u. S. Marines in two separate shootings. One shooting happened at a military recruitment center. Three others including a Police Officer were injured. The gunman died after the shootings but it is unknown how. Late today president obama called the incident senseless and called for prayer. I speak for the American People in expressing our deepest condolences in knowing that they have our full support. The fbi believes the gunman acted abc news reports he was not on the Law Enforcement radar prior to todays attack. We spoke with east bay congressman by phone. He fears the shooter could have been inspired by isis. Only because of the work of our Intelligence Community and the fbi have we been able to foil so many plots so far. They are growing rapidly and attempting to influence people in the united states. There is concern the gunman could have been an isis recruit contacted through social media. Coming up tonight more on the shooter, the investigation into who he was and what may have been the motive for the attack. Thats at 5 30. In colorado this afternoon 155 guilty verdicts handed down to james holmes the shooter in the deadly aurora, colorado movie massacre. We the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. Holmes was convicted of killing 12 movie goers and injuring 70. The case enters the penalty phase where jurors must decide whether holmes should be put to death or serve life in prison. A symbolic vote today condemning acts antisemitism. The Senate Unanimously approved a resolution. Two large swastikas were found on the house in february. Lawmakers voted to merge elections with low voter turnout numbers with state elections. The bill will go into effect in 2018. The consolidation is expected to save taxpayers millions of dollars. California officials are ordering irrigation district to stop pumping water. The irrigation district received cease and deassist order. They can face a fine of 10,000 a day. The days of green are getting to be long gone as the state implements stricter lawn reduction rules. New neighborhoods are being built. Reporter and those new rules and regulations would effect the new homes and businesses that are going up behind me right now. Here in dublin we have found homeowners that were more than willing to adjust. The property didnt always look like this. Beautiful green grass. Reporter like most of her neighbors she let it dry up. Others have gone as far as tearing it out and kicking it to the curb. Calls it the New California consciousness. She is leading the charge starting a venture focusing on drought resistant landscapes. Her budding business couldnt come at a better time. The California Water commission is implementing new rules reducing grass around new homes from a third of a landscaped area down to a quarter. The new rules include reductions on new commercial and public as well. Seeing recycled water tanks is common where new developments are already featuring smaller lawns. Your property can still be a sanctuary. I pull plants from lots of different drought areas mexico, south africa western australia, chile. Reporter her business calling is her canvas marketing word of mouth. Im reaching out by changing landscapes and hopefully that will encourage them. Reporter encouraging perhaps for existing homeowners considering renovations, as well. Large scale projects will need to comply with the regulations. A close call for astronauts on the International Space station. Thats next. Is pluto just the beginning . What is fuelling a new space race. Why apple finds itself in the middle of a Class Action Lawsuit. And reddit big crack down on hate. And the skinny on instagram and why curvy is a dirty word. scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At spam. Com a new season brings a new look. A chance to try something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. The 2015 cadillac srx. Lease this from around 339 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. Animal cruelty officers have arrested a man accused of throwing his cat into the bay with a ten pound weight attached to it. Police divers found the 2yearold tabby while searching for the evidence. A microchip in the cat led investigators to his owner. If convicted he faces a possible prison term and fines up to 20,000. Crews are keeping an eye out for hot spots following a fire at a pallet yard in pittsburgh. This is what the fire looked like when firefighters arrived. It spread to two buildings and knocked out power to the area. The fire marshall says the place has caught fire three times in the last ten years. Cal trans is changing procedures following two fires on the bay bridge. Officials say the cause of mondays fire may not be a road flare. After two small fires broke out on the eastern span crews have been told to start work away from bridge joints. The fires burned at expansion joints. Yesterdays fire was likely caused by a road flare. Mondays fire is under investigation. A chunk of space debris forced three crew members aboard the International Space station to seek emergency shelter. Normally nasa learns about debris with lead time to move out of the way. The crew was given the all clear after the debris passed, a fragment from an old russian weather satellite. A new space race launched in silicon valley. Reporter its no secret that nasa boeing and lockheed have dominated the space industry for years. With the cost of getting to space going down more are hoping their ideas will take flight. Inside the Double Tree Hotel a gathering of some of the brightest most Innovative Minds in america. We are opening it up to everyone. The Vice President and in addition to the companys well known Human Space Flight Program he came to the new space conference to talk about the new launch vehicle targeted towards companies who want to use space to their advantage. When every country but every company and every university and every Kick Starter Campaign has a chance to apply to space people try crazy ideas and some will prove to be genius ideas. Reporter whether creating new tools for better forecasting or tracking assets on the ground concert goers say this gives them the chance to talk with other people in the industry who will be partners or customers. We need more people who have been entrepreneurs and done business in other sectors. Now is the moment to dive into the space sector. Although some point to the explosion as a failure others say while the risks tend to by high the rewards could be greater. This isnt about being absolutely perfect every single time. This is about finding ways to develop the systems to be routine enough that we can get that sort of reliability by flying regularly and opening that up. An industry that is shifting towards private opportunities. In san jose abc 7 news. The message board website is taking a stand against bullying and harassment and hiding content on the website that encourages violence. There will be a new nsfw tag which stands for not safe for work appliedd other content. Users will have to opt in to view nsfw material. Instagram is banning users from searching for photos tagged as curvy but still allowing images labelled skinny and thin. The popular photo sharing app claims many pictures with the hash tag curvy violate the nudity policy. The ban is getting a lot of reaction. Apple is facing a Class Action Lawsuit by employees in California Retail stores because they were subjected to mandatory bag checks when they left work. Workers often had to stay up to 15 minutes after shifts ended. The lawsuit was filed in 2013. Today it was granted class action status to include 12000 current and former retail employees. It was a noisy departure for people flying out of sfo this morning. Hundreds of flight attendance for United Airlines picketed for a new contract. They have been working without an agreement since united merged with continental five years ago. United spokesperson says the airline remains committed to reaching an agreement with the union. Two people joined the Million Miles Club without getting on a plane. United Airlines Give 1 million frequent flyer miles to two hackers who found security holes in the system. One tweeted he exposed a flaw that would have allowed criminals to take over the airline website. Your smart phone can do lots of things. Now it may be able to tell if you are depressed. Northwestern University Researchers who track phone usage can predict with 87 accuracy if someone had depressive symptoms. Depressed people spent about 68 minutes a day on their phone, four times greater than someone without depression. Researchers hope to develop an app to alert someone if they are displaying depressive symptoms. Sandhya patel joining us with accuweather forecast. Looks breezy up there. It is. Its the typical Summer Breeze coming across the bay. We also have the fog rolling in from the coast. Let me show you live doppler 7 hd. We will talk about what is going on with our weather. Inland areas continue to warm today but cooler at the coast. Live doppler 7 hd showing you part of the contribution is the fog. We are seeing thunderstorms that continue to develop and well watch that for you carefully. Our hot spots today were antioch and livermore up to 94 degrees. Beautiful view from san jose where it reached 85 and sunny. San francisco 65 degrees. Oakland at 70. 78 in san jose. Morgan hill 81 degrees. East bay hills camera showing the marine layer there. A beautiful view despite the fog Half Moon Bay airport up to 66. Pacifica up to 68 this afternoon. In the 70s in the north bay. Napa 88 in livermore and one last view from our emeryville camera dealing with fog first thing in the morning. It will be overnight tonight. Warm inland through the weekend. It will get muggy on sunday. There is a slight chance of seeing some drops around here, as well. Take a look at the satellite and the radar. High pressure for the time being keeping us in the summer pattern mostly sunny through saturday except near the coast where we keep the fog around. Sunday things get interesting as we are keeping an eye on that. Hurricane deloris just southwest category 2 expected to weaken some more and then well be watching for some of that moisture leftovers to possibly reach our area. Southern california will see showers and thunderstorms at least a good chance this weekend if you are traveling but for our area look what happens. Saturday afternoon evening some clouds roll in. Sunday in the wee hours of the morning a few showers south of monterey. And then the shower chance moves up towards the south bay sunday evening. I wouldnt cancel your plans for this. If we get anything it would be a couple hundredths of an inch at most. We are looking at high clouds and humidity for sunday so we feel a bit on the sticky side. Tomorrow morning fog could be problematic. Mid 50s to low 60s. May be a few drizzly spots so watch for slick spots. For the afternoon a nice day to end the work week. 70 in San Francisco. 65 Half Moon Bay. Warm to hot inland. 92 livermore. 94 antioch. Up to 82 san rafael. Oakland 77. And san jose 85 degrees. Temperatures a lot like today tomorrow and then as you look at the accuweather seven day forecast very little fluc chagz in the temperature. What you are really going to notice is that it is warm and muggy on sunday. Slight chance of a few drops in the evening hours and then well keep your temperatures in the summer time range for monday, tuesday, a few extra clouds around dropping to the 80s by the middle to latter part of the work week. It will be a cooler pattern by the middle to latter part of the work week. Keeping it interesting here, as always. We certainly are. Thank you so much. Take it to the bridge. Up next a bay area woman to captain a mega cruise ship for the first time. At 5 30 on world news. A special edition of world news tonight is next. Authorities are calling it an act of terrorism. Two separate attacks here at home. Marines targeted and killed. We have new reporting on the shooter. The fbi taking charge and we jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldnt say no to that face. Then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says. Oh yeah, thats betty. Youre going to want to do this alligator thing. And betty didnt lead us wrong. A little later we passed some dancing. And who doesnt like dancing . Especially when its followed by fireworks everyones nola is different. Follow yours. One day a rider made a decision. The decision to ride on and save money. He decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. Theres no shame in saving money. Ride on, ride proud. Geico motorcycle great rates for great rides. Police arrested a registered sex offender. Officers say this man tried to lure a 16yearold girl into his car this week. A friend saw what was happening. Officers arrested him on suspicion of annoying a child. The history of one of San Franciscos most stared neighborhoods is now on display. Abc 7 was there for the opening of the museum. Photos, artwork and exhibits dating back to 1906. The first event is tonight at 6 30. The screaming queens is about the role in the gay and lesbian civil rights movement. Special olympics flame of hope came through south bay. Law enforcement officers and some members of the 49ers organization were on hand when the torch stopped at levistadium. The torch went over the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday. The games are being held in los angeles. Opening ceremonies are set for july 25. San jose state has a new president tonight. Susan martin will take over as interim president. She was president of eastern michigan university. Martin takes over. A San Francisco native has become the First American woman to captain a cruise ship. A graduate of csus Maritime Academy and will take command of the celebrity summit. She says she cant wait to take the helm of the 91,000 ton ship and says she has been waiting to captain a ship since her first cruise at the age of 12. A birthday surprise. You will see one california mans reaction to seeing color for the first time. Stay with us. Female announcer sleep trains interest free for 3 event is ending soon get three years interestfree financing on beautyrest black, Stearns Foster Serta Icomfort even tempurpedic. Plus, get free delivery, free setup, and free removal of your old mattress and sleep trains 100day low price guarantee. But hurry sleep trains interest free for 3 event is ending soon. Guaranteed sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep. And coming up on abc 7 news at 6 00 tonight drought deprivation. We will show you a community where homeowners are locking up hoses. We will show you where bay area doctors are using the herpes virus to fight cancer. The u. S. National drone racing championships, the first ones ever at the state fair all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6 00. An extremely emotional reaction today from a man who received a very special gift the gift of color. My god. Oh, my god. Ethan scott was born red green color blind. The 24 year old got a Birthday Gift that helped him see colors he has been missing out on. What color is that one . Green. Yes. Oh my god. Is this purple . Probably no one has ever been so interested in a container of cleaning wipes. Scott said it was overwhelming and he almost couldnt comprehend what he was seeing. What a nice gift. Thank you for joining us. World news tonight is next. Im ama daetz in for cheryl jennings. And im katie marzullo. For sandhya patel thank you for inviting us into your homes. Our next newscast is at 6 p. M. Connect 24 7 at abc7news. Com the breaking news tonight. Authorities treating it as an act of domestic terrorism. The deadly shooting spree. Two separate locations. At least four marines killed. The gunman pulling up in a convertible, opening fire. Tonight, the aerials of the alleged suspects car. A 24yearold. We have new reporting right now on who he is. We are on the scene with team coverage. Also breaking tonight, the verdict. Just moments ago, in the aurora theater shootings. Our reporter at the courthouse. The plane crash. The miracle survivor who walks out of the woods. Our interview tonight, the 16yearold describes trying to get her grandparents out of the plane. And the new case tonight drawing outrage. The family says their loved one on her way to a job interview. The traffic stop, the arrest. She dies behind bars. Police calling it a suicide. Her family tonight saying it is not possible
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