continually taking more from students and their families with the other. uc says those chancellors had not been given a raise in eight years. in berkley, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> as for the university system, it has not increased tuition in three years either. a spokesperson says raising prices is on the table for next year. enough is enough. that's what activists are saying tonight after a pedestrian was killed today in san francisco. 51-year-old lori helmer was jogging when she was hit by a golden gate transit bus. it happened just after 6:00 this morning as the driver was turning left from lombard on to van ness. investigators say they still don't know whether that jogger was in the crosswalk when she was hit. >> the driver is one of our senior drivers for golden gate transit. he's been with the agency for more than 35 years and he has a very good safety record. he's obviously distraught right now. >> crosswalks, to be honest, you have two simple lines marking a crosswalk. >> van ness is considered to be one of the most dangerous corners. five people have died along that corner just this year. a woman died at the san leandro bart station. she jumped in front of a train in front of 9:30 a.m. passengers then faced delays because bart stopped the trains for about two hours to deal with this entouragedy. buses shuttled some of them around the closure. initial reports say the victim was a child, but bart later confirmed that she was, in fact, an adult. and sky 7 hd shows us where a man was shot and killed in antioch. a blue car drove up about 11:30. somebody in that car fired several shots at the victim who sadly died at the scene. detectives have been looking for clues and so far no arrests have been made. one of the victims' relatives described him as a family man who was not involved in any kind of trouble. fremont police say a robbery suspect tried to brob officers with tens of thousands of dollars so he could escape custody. 21-year-old dee andre mcleod is due back in court on monday. they officered him the claim that he offered them $70,000 to fake a car crash so he could get away after his arrest yesterday. back on october 16th, police closed interstate 880. he darted across the freeway while a swat team raided his motel room. he is suspected of robbing an elderly couple october 5th. he is being held in jail without bail. to be the the state of california has a fiscal crisis. ironically, consumers are doing so well at recycling beverage containers, the fund for redemocracies has run out of money. david louis is live in san jose with a classic case of unintended consequences. >> reporter: the redemption fund is losing money to the tune of $100 million a year. the problem is the break even point for the fund is 75%. so we're doing far better at recycling than the 1986 program ever expected. that means there's not enough money to pay back the nickel per bottle that consumers are entitled to. the state auditor is recommending to the legislature it needs to generate more revenue for the funds, and among the possibilities, raising the five cent redemption rate or cutting out recycling programs that also are supported by the fund. one of those programs is the san jose conservation core and charter school. educational programs help small businesses and governments to recycle and operates a school for adults to complete high school degree credits. we definitely worry. and, you know, we know that they have tough challenges to face in sacramento, so we're definitely worried about that. and it really will have a huge negative impact on our program if the legislature or somebody in the administration chooses to really eliminate funding for programs like ours. >> reporter: would you pay a higher redemption rate for recycling? >> yes. >> reporter: why is that important to you? >> well, recycling is important in general. everyone should recycle more. i don't think money should be the issue. >> reporter: another recommendation from the state auditor, crack down on people bringing in containers from other states that tap into the california redemption fund. that alone is thought to drain the fund by over $33 million a year. so far, we have no indication from the state legislature how soon they're ready to act on this important deficit problem. we're live in san jose, david louis, abc 7 news. >> all right, david, thanks very much. developing right now, investigators are working to find out what caused a fire at a thrift store. take a look at the images. this is incredible. clouds of thick smoke and fire poured into the air in river side drive. it happened this morning. it all started in an employee's room and then spread. firefighters from several area departments from the roof and the ground. fortunately, the star was not open at the time. but everything inside that consignment store was lost. taxpayer money is finally getting into the hands of victims from the napa earthquake which hit august 24th. officials say $2.4 million in state and federal assistance has been paid to victims of that magnitude 6 quake. fema has been accepting applications for assistance last week, and in that time, nearly 1,900 homeowners and renters filed claims. well, it is the prospect of earthquakes, mudslides, and flooding that has one weather service -- the weather service saying ining marin county is o the worst places to own a home. people are just stunned to hear this. they've been talking with wayne friedman and he is live with the story. it really is quite surprising. >> reporter: stunned would be a pretty good word. it's interesting. everybody who lives in marin county would say this is paradise, a great place to live. it's also, by the way, a great place to own a home. median value roughly $900,000, going up by 10% in the last year. so here comes this report on a reputable website saying if you do own a home here, you're taking a risk. in tiburon, residents will have to deal once again with the imminent threat of a perfect day. >> what threat? >> a threat defined by weather.com that defies what they see and feel with what might be. due to the multiple threats of flooding, earthquakes, and wildfires. weather.com ranked marin county as the 17th most dangerous in all the united states to own a home. >> that's in the whole country? >> reporter: the research is based on statistics compiled from fema and other federal agencies. if tree, it would make owning a home in marin county almost as risky as in forest county, mississippi, which was decimated by hurricane katrina. >> i'm more comfortable with earthquakes. i know earthquakes. >> weather.com explains that marin scored so high, or low due to the multiplicity of factors, which included potential dollar losses. it got big bumps from the new year's flood of 2005 and scored 100 out of a possible 100 for earthquake risks. the san andreas fault runs right through marin. not if, when. are you fazed yet? >> so you're a gambler. >> aren't we all? >> reporter: human nature. go with the devil, or in this case, the devils you know. if it makes residents feel any better, they're not the only county in california that scored on this poll. current county ranked 23rd, so you might be wondering, where's a good place to live? weather.com would not tell us. they're planning another article for that. wayne friedman, abc 7. >> thanks, wayne, very much. >> we have a lot more to get to this thursday night. coming up, same-sex marriage. the supreme court may finally have to decide whether to ban equal protection. the specter of ebola, as bay area doctors go car door to car door to deliver flu shots. plus, why governor brown says he should be president. and night vision technology, it's gone beyond the military to cars and trucks now. 7 on your side's michael finney on whether night vision really keeps you safer behind the wheel. a close call for passengers off the florida keys. the boat caught fire. another boater risked his safety and pulled the six people out of the waerkt out of that boat, and to safety themselves. all's well that ends well there. a setback in the fight to legalize same-sex marriage tonight. the sixth circuit court of appeals upheld bans in ohio, michigan, kentucky, and tennessee. the ruling could set the supreme court to rule on the constitutionality of same-sex unions. this is the first court to uphold state bans since the supreme court struck down part of the federal defense of marriage act last year. >> governor jerry brown going for higher aspirations. today speaking in beverly hills, he jokingly called himself president of california. >> i ran for president three times. now i'm president of california. and it's bigger than most of the countries that attend the united nations. >> well, some political pundits suggested brown may run for the actual presidency in 2016. we'll see what happens. the flu season is now under way. many people are now turning to local clinics and hospitals to get their flu shot. have you gotten yours yet? chris nguyen is live in san pablo, where one hospital is making it easy for people to stay protected. >> reporter: yeah, employees here at doctors medical center have been out here since about 2:30. they're hosting a free drive-through flu shot click infor adults. it is winding downright now. as we've been learning throughout the afternoon from people who have stopped by, they have appreciated this hospital's commitment to the community. the sun is bright, no sign of winter, but flu season has just begun. >> aching from head to toe. sweating. just miserable. that's the best way to describe it. >> and you don't want to ever go through that again. >> ever. ever since that, i've always got a flu shot every year. >> reporter: an easy way for members to get their shots. >> i even dressed so that it would be easy from the car. but i appreciate the convenience. and my friends have all been saying have you gotten your flu shot yet? >> reporter: these drive-through clinics are nothing new, but with recent concerns about ebolaing the chance for the medical community to set the people straight. >> the most important factor to be worried about ebola is the patient either coming from the endemic area, from west africa, or they have contact with patient with ebola. >> reporter: instead of ebola, the cdc is encouraging people to focus on flu prevention. every year, thousands die to complications related to the disease. this map shows the current level of influenza across the country. california showing sporadic activity. but these people out here today aren't taking any chances. >> it's certainly convenient. we don't even have to get out of the car. i've got my 90-year-old mom here with me. i found out about this because we have a neighborhood watch. >> reporter: free flu shots from now until 5:30 tonight. doctor's medical center doesn't have a pediatric ward, so shots are first come, first served for adults over the age of 18. anyone is welcome to stop by and take advantage. in san pablo, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. a bay area doctor left today for liberia to treat ebola patients. he is affiliated with ucsf and the uc berkley school of public health. he is planning to impose a 21-day quarantine on himself when he comes back, and that means isolating himself from his 2-year-old daughter and his wife. and facebook is adding a message that will appear on news feeds over the next week, so users can donate to non-profits battling ebola in west africa. it's also deploying terminals to boost internet and phone services in the affected years. last month, mark zuckerberg and his wife made a $25 million donation to beef up u.s. efforts to fight the disease. the end came today for a couple of palm trees near the new eastern span of the bay bridge. crews removed two of them this morning just a few weeks after we questioned the health of these trees. back then, cal trans told us the trees were fine. turns out they weren't. tests show the trees had pink rot. it's a fungus common among palms in coastal areas. the same thing happened to a few trees in san francisco. the sick palms will be replaced. the other 35 trees are doing just fine. there was a showdown today at san francisco's golden gate park as a result of tuesday's election. protesters blocked the entrance to the soccer fields to keep construction crews from working. they're upset the city started tearing out the grass field to begin replacing it with artificial turf that's allowed under measure i. the protesters say the city is being sneaky by not waiting until all the votes are counted. the director of the park and recreation department says there is no doubt the measure will win approval. san francisco mayor ed lee went down to the stadium today, but not to get a workout. he was getting a look at the track's renovation. work began a few weeks ago to install a new rubberized track. a new shot put area, new drains, and even replaced the goal post. >> this track will be the home for many, many high school track teams. people who want to run. private citizens, residents that want to just run and exercise. >> so much history there. it was built 90 years ago. it was the home of the 49ers until 1970 and was even used for a "dirty harry" movie. the upgrades will cost about $3 million and the stadium should reopen by february of next year, just in time for track season. >> that's nice to see. so much history there. consumer news. driving at night can be dangerous. visibility obviously a big problem. but there is new technology promising to make driving after dark much safer. >> this is so intriguing. consumer reports is partnering exclusively with michael finney. >> this video is truly amazing. wait until you see this. it's really important. each year, cars hit and kill more than 4,000 pedestrians. the accidents happen mostly at night. so consumer reports is check out all the new technology to make it easier for you to see in the dark. during evening hours, pedestrians are tough to spot. even with your headlights on. auto engineers regularly test headlights and know their limitations. >> even with the best performing headlights, the driver probably doesn't have enough time to see, react, and brake for objects ahead unless they're going very slowly. >> reporter: the latest night vision systems help remedy this with advanced cameras that detect thermal heat and make visible what your eyes can't see. this system is available on the latest bmw 7 series and other luxury cars. if it determines that a person or animal is too close or moving towards your line of travel, it will also give you visual and audio warning. the system worked well in consumer reports evaluations at its test track and would be helpful on dark or foggy roads. the engineers also checked out another system, dynamic light spot. it not only uses infrared technology to detect people or animals, it also shines a spotlight. >> for those of us that had the opportunity to drive the dynamic light spot, we thought it worked very well. it illuminated pedestrians before we were even able to see them. >> reporter: at this point, it's not permitted in the u.s. current regulations limit how bright lights can be and prohibits lights that might be confused with emergency vehicles. consumer reports says you should be aware that headlights can get hazy and cloudy over time. you've seen it. it reduces visibility by up to 80%. headlight cleaners can help. consumer reports recommends the sylvain ya headlight restoration kit available online and in auto parts stores. it runs about $21. >> i didn't know that. that system looks so incredible. >> it's amazing. i can't wait to have it on my car. >> thank you. well, it is dark outside now. >> sunny by day, dark at night. >> in the dark, dab and sheryl! >> it is actually lovely out here. definitely a little bit of coolness in the air. and today, temperatures did drop in many areas, although places like livermore, a little warmer. let me show you live doppler 7 hd, and we'll talk about the weather forecast. kaufman bay and pacifica dropped nine degrees this afternoon, only in the mid 60s compared to the mid 70s yesterday. we saw a wind reversal and that's what brought along the cooling. live doppler 7 hd showing you just a few clouds right now. i want to give you an update on el nino. a month ago, you take a look at the sea surface temperatures near the equator. we bring you up to present time. this week, we'll notice the ocean temperatures are edging higher. there's a 58% chance of a weak el nino developing this coming winter per the climate prediction center. unfortunately, very little impact to our drought. and speaking of, take a look at the drought a month ago. 58% of the state was dealing with exceptional drought. there's been a slight improvement. as of today, 55% in exceptional drought. let's hope for rain, because right now, it doesn't look like any in the seven-day forecast. lovely view from our south beach camera, as we look towards the bay there. oakland, san jose, currently 70 degrees in morgan hill. here's our view from the emeriville camera. mostly clear there. temperatures in the low 70s. still real mild around santa rosa, fairfield, livermore. napa 67 degrees. one other picture. financial district in the clear. coastal clouds return tonight. a little cooler tomorrow. and we are looking at a weekend warm-up on the way. easy for me to say. here's a look at the cold front that is dissipating. once again, this one not expected to bring us any rain. high pressure rebuilds this weekend, and that's what's going to bring those temperatures up by a few degrees. so patchy low clouds towards morning. we'll see a few high clouds as well. a little cooler for your friday afternoon. tomorrow morning, starting out in the upper 40 toss the mid 50s, with some low clouds near the coast. you might want to bundle up when you leave home for work or take the kids off to school for the afternoon. a nice day. 68 in san francisco. 72 oakland. 73 on the peninsula in palo a o alto. 74 degrees in san jose. a look at the acuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures will inch up a little bit as we hit the weekend. low 70s to low 80s. above normal for this time of year. just like today, today's high temperatures are running a good nine degrees above normal. and then as we head towards tuesday through thursday of next week, temperatures will come back down closer to average, mid 60s to mid 70s. still no rain in that seven-day forecast. let's hope that the pattern really changes, because typically around this time of year, we're talking about rain here, snow in the mountains. >> thanks very much. and just ahead, scientists studying the sea stumble on to something never seen before. and you're eligible for san medicare, area anthem blue cross can help you get a great plan at a great rate! our new medicare advantage plans pay for many of the costs original medicare 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coral may provide new information about deep sea ecosystems. that's because most corals traditionally serve as a refuge for marine life. we are kicking off the abc 7 thanksgiving food drive today. >> all month, abc 7 will highlight the efforts of our bay area food banks and our partnership with them to help communities in need. >> it is easy to give where you live and get involved. abc 7's spencer christian is live in san jose at the second harvest food bank of santa clara and san mateo counties with a lot more. hi, spencer. >> hey, dan. hi, sheryl. here at second harvest, the staff and volunteers are already working really hard to meet the needs of the communities they serve here in san mateo and santa clara counties. coming up at 6:00, i'll introduce you to the ceo of second harvest, along with a family whose holiday season will be made a lot brighter by the work done here at second harvest. i'll see you at 6:00. >> thanks a lot, spencer, appreciate it. >> the coastal service taking 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either. how 7 on your side got things rebooted. that's all coming up in just half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. i love it. michael to the rescue again. >> as always. it was a magical season for the san francisco giants. >> that's right. but they've already moved on. today, the team started talking about next year. the team president sent a letter to season ticketholders today praising the giants' success. >> he gave a lot of credit to brian sabean and bruce bochy. >> i don't think it can be said too frequently how much they and their staffs and the culture that they've created, how important it is to the giants. >> sabean says the giants' number one and only priority right now is signing third baseman pablo sandoval. >> yeah, he says the team will not even look at other free agents until they know whether sandoval is coming back to the team or not. >> okay, you know. >> pay the panda. pay the panda. let's get it going, folks. thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. we'll 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because of that we're going to be cooler. 78 to 83. 63 to 69 along the coast in san francisco. the rest of us will be around 78 to 77 degrees. >> as we were reporting yesterday, of course, we had did have some of street closures early on after the earthquake hit. those road closures have reopened. this was including i 80 the transition road to 37. the good news they reopened things quite early because the damage wasn't as bad as they thought. any roads that experienced any buckling along highways 121 and 29 are still in use. not a problem there. unfortunately, we have this a pedestrian was hit by a bus. at the intersection of jerry and li lions. we have streets blocked off there. we have more details in a few minutes. >> thank you so much. right now we have the latest development on the 6.0 earthquake. 17 people had to be admitted to the medical center in napa. most were broken glass. >> 1300 customers are still without power. 33 buildings have been red tagged. the damage makes it unsafe to live in or use. water stations in napa have been set up on pearl street west of main. >> abc 7 news reporters are spread out to bring you the latest now. let's begin with abc 7 news reporter matt keller in downtown napa which saw some of the most severe damage. >> reporter: when you head to downtown napa, you'll see a lot of this. yellow tape blocking off buildings. you'll see a few of these. a red tag right here on the building. that means you can't go inside. a group of 20 to 30 inspectors are heading out this morning to inspect the remaining areas and buildings that haven't been checked. 33 red tags like along with several yellow tags. the and the most visual damage is downtown. the red means too dangerous to be inside. yellow means you can go in for a limited amount of time. we saw broken windows and the doors that came off the hinges. >> broken glass, bolts, wine, just stuff. >> reporter: and water is another big issue. this was second and franklin street. flooding the courtyard. public works department said 600 homes have their water turned off. they're hoping to have all repairs to the water lines by thursday. some businesses did open up last night including a restaurant. they did run into issues like running out of food, red tags means people cannot go into their buildings. we saw some people out this morning. they're in their buildings and they're awaiting on the inspectors to arrive this morning. reporting live in downtown napa matt keller. >> this video posted on youtube shows the moment the earthquake struck at 3:20 yesterday morning. security cameras captured the strong jolt on tennessee street. books, papers, other items flying off the walls. what appears to be small pieces of paper or debris flying everywhere. here is a look at the shaking from consumer music. it knocked over some instruments. no word on the total cost of damage. for the most part, injuries from the quake have been minor. a surprise given the size of the quake. a 13-year-old who was hurt when a piece of chimney fell on him was air lifted to another facility in serious condition. another patient is critical. doctors say they do not believe the death of a 30-year-old woman was earthquake-related. nine families set the night in a shelter sed up by the american red cross. a total of 200 people have registered for assistance. many were unable to cook after the quake knocked out their electric and natural gas. they headed home after getting food. they are offering breakfast starting at 8:00 a.m. >> schools in the district will be closed today. the districts said superintendent said faculty and staff will meet at the school and they will decide by 1:00 p.m., if any, schools will be closed tomorrow. napa valley college is open today. the command center located a the airport took a big hit itself in damage. david louis is live at the airport. >> reporter: good morning from the massive pga command center. they have all kind of mobile command trucks here, satellite equipped and ground crews ready to pan out. napa airport was damaged yesterday. we'll show you an example. the large glaz window on the control tower shattered leaving froerl and their instruments exposed to the elements. this general aviation airport remaining operating under visual flight rules. pilots communicate on shared frequency. using a see and be seen proto l protocol. replacement glass won't be available for several weeks. they told us the airport is a perfect repair staging area. >> it's going to be most likely unusable until we're able to replace the windows, which involves, you know, getting the manufacturer to install it. >> this is the staging area. we bring together the crews that are getting additional informations about what site they need to report to make restorati restorations. >> pge are taking care of the gas line and power service. as a major event of the sort, they pulled on resources from all over their service area including the central and northern california area. there are also crews available today from the u.s. agree logical survey they're going to be looking trying to pinpoint the exact location of the fault that triggered the big event. we're live at the napa county airport. >> david, thank you. city crews are still working to repair burst water pipes like this one on white cliff drive in napa. the water flowed into a crack in the street created by the earthquake. on twin oaks drive, some dramatic evidence of the power of the quake. look at that. a cracked street and segments of the sidewalk were propped up against each other. that popped one piece on top top of the other. >> took a beating from the quake. especially officer's quarters on the old naval base. we are live along captain's row. >> reporter: yeah. there's a lot of damage along this historic street of homes called captain's row. almost all the chimneys have collapsed on these beautiful old mansions. right now eight of the homes are yellow or red tagged until they can be inspected. in the downtown area, the first united methodist church had a wall of bricks that partially collapsed. you can see how they fell from the top of the church. the tower is fine. we're told it was retrobenefited years ago. also on tennessee street there are five stores with shatdered windows and oddly the quake only hit one side of the street. there was almost no damage to the businesses on the other side. but employees at the grocery store on boulevard had cleaning to do. hundreds of items were thrown off the shelf. they had residential water loss from 16 water main breaks, gas leaks, and power outages. so far 41 damaged structures. mostly in the downtown area. and here on the island. an estimated loss of $5 million in damage. allen long reporting live. abc 7 news. >> thank you. you can share your earthquake pictures or comments on our facebook page. >> we like to thank the first responders who rushed to help the quake victims. please share it to thank those working so hard to keep us safe first responders, the dispatchers, administrators, people at the hospital chipped in to help out. >> and i know you and i want to thank mike who works so hard while he was on vacation in kansas. you were one of the first ones to tweet it and you stayed on it for the next ten hours, mike. >> thank you. i appreciate you recognizing that. i think social media did a lot yesterday. there were people talking to us both at times. we were able to tweet a little bit more than you. you had the continuing coverage. we appreciate it. we don't have electric. we don't know what is going on. so being to be get that information out there via twitter or facebook was really a positive aspect of that social media. i know, some people saying self-fulfilling but on a day like yesterday you see the potential of social media. let's talk about quick. 60 degrees. going to warm about to 77 today. won't be too hot for the cleanup efforts there. it's going to be warm in the sunshine. be careful with debris on the ground. temperatures in the upper 50s to well 60s everywhere in the north bay. you you don't see any 50s. mainly to low to mid 60s. newark at 63. coming into san francisco at 62. san jose 61. let's break down today. going to be a little bit different than yesterday. we're starting off warmer because the cloud cover up to 5 degrees warmer. the sunshine will roll to the coast about an hour slower. we'll have 50s and 60s through the morn hours. clouds vow to open. you can see we're in the mid to low 0u67 by noon. you see the spread development in the afternoon hours as more sunshine. 70s around the bay. 60s on the coast. we'll have low 60s to around 70 with the clouds starting to roll back in from the coast. let's get another check of the morning commute. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. i hope you're having a good morning. of course, we did also experience a mass transit outages yesterday. a lot of trains didn't want to take the chance in case some tracks may have been altered or destroyed in the earthquake. of course, we have ace train they tweeted out last night. they said everything is going to run as normal yesterday. they did do their maintenance yesterday. everything turns out everything is in working order. bart is on time. we're waiting to hear about capital corridor. we had cancellation of service there as well. we have one incident in san francisco that's right at the intersection of lions and geri we had an unfortunate pedestrian accident there. why don't we take you to the north bay. i want to show you some of the roadways that were affected. it looks like calltran made quick work. downtown napa we'll have street closures because of the destroyed buildings there. intersections of highway 29 and 121. looks like repairs have been made there. >> thank you. it's 4:12 now on the early edition of the abc 7 morning news. the napa earthquake causes big damage to one of the largest churches. amid the ruin parishioners are giving thanks. >> angels on patrol in the hard hit community. what they're trying to protect businesses against. >> taking a live look outside. we see downtown san francisco, the bay bridge in the background, and a new way to keep you watching us more information. coming up. >> abc 7 news now. we're keeping weather and traffic up throughout the break so you won't miss a thing. stay with us. we have a nonquick related breaking news overnight. app person died after being hit by a bus in san francisco. it happened in the eastbound lanes of jerry boulevard at lions street near the hospital there. police believe the victim was walking in the roadway when the bus hit them just after 1:00 this morning. it aspippears the bus dragged t victim for a short distance. three incidents of looting and burglary following the quake. the city of napa said it's increasing patrols in the downtown area. members of the guardian angels offered protection as well. this is a photograph tweeted by the abc 7 news iteam. it shows the angels standing in front of the napa first united methodist church. >> this is the damage outside that church on fifth and randolph street. pastors and members of the congregation stood outside to make sure that no one beneathed the massive fa said that could giveaway. plaster from the ceiling fell on to the pews and piano. the building support structure has massive cracks. the organ pipes are scattered in a mess. >> they have a lot of cleanup to do. i'm glad i wasn't sitting at my desk when it took place. >> the church said the most important thing that no one was hurt or killed with all the damage. the napa quake was the first major earthquake in northern california in 5 years. it may be an omen of things to come. it struck more than six miles beneath the earth's surface somewhere between two fault lines hayward rogers and concord green. there's a 10% chance this quake was merely a foreshock bigger quake that could strike within a week. we'll have more on the fault line on the live report at news at 5:00. >> you were following everything, including i saw the size moe graph you sent. >> yeah. anywhere from -- there was some other ones out there too. that was the further one i saw was in little rock, arkansas. let's give you ab idea of the good news. let me tell you what is going on. here is the napa in case you didn't get to see the epicenter. it's to the southwest of napa aloing the fault. we went from a 54% chance of having a strong aftershock possibly a 5.0 to 45% chance now we're down to about a 35% chance. the longer we go without the big aftershock the likely we're not going to deal with it. here is the shake map. around. th that napa we felt it the amazing. i live about 45 miles down the sandra mown valley. and it woke me up. we laid in bed and road it out like a lot of people did. then that was it. there you go. so let's talk about just how far away it was felt possibly even toward lake they hoe all the way down and north. very impressive there. so 21,500 responded so far have said they have felt it. and they are sending that information into the usgs. 25 miles per hour wind in fairfield. that's a nice onshore breeeeze. all of us are have clouds this morning. at 3:00 we'll have rough surf or waves along the bay from 3:00 to 9:00. it's mainly the evening hours north of the bay bridge all the way through the delta community. this is the way it looks from the tower. you can see the cloud cover pretty high. not much drizzle. but it's possible as head a little bit deeper into the forecast that we could see a little bit of that start to make its way down to the ground. let's talk about your forecast. what we're seeing out there high pressure that is developing along the coast. it's pushing the sea breeze in today. you can see an that's why highs will be cooler. we're going to be in the 60s along the coast in the san francisco. upper out of to mid 70s around the bay. we'll have some upper 70s to mid 80s inland. check out the warmth coming back tomorrow and going to feel like summer wednesday, thursday, and friday. >> thank you so much. good morning, everybody. at 4:30 we're trying to keep track of any road closures in napa as a result of the earthquake. it looks like everything reopened. we have one way traffic in control in effect. highway 121. we're going to find out if any road work will be done this morning for the commute to see if it it gets in your bay. the rest of the bay area is shaping up nicely. if you're taking a drive through san jose, it doesn't matter which way you take, everything is moving fine. if cower coming from the central valley east train is operating. they suspended service yesterday because they wanted to check the tracks and make sure everything was in good working order. 580 westbound it's a breeze. 24 minutes. highway 4 to concord 14 minutes. and southbound 101 to san francisco a 17 minute commute. once you come in over the golden gate bridge it looks like traffic nice and clear. the bridge is cause for concern. everything looks like it is fine. >> thank you so much. it's 4:21. you know looking for the bright spot when there's tough news. here it is. one of the bay area's newest citizens gets a shaky but great start to the world. meet the tiny miracle born minutes after the quake. >> how low did it go? >> and a new way to keep you in the know. it's the new abc news 7 now. it's the new abc news 7 now. our live cameras throughout what started out adds a wfrlg day for two new parents quickly turned frightening after the napa earthquake hit yesterday morning. connie and angel sanchez welcomed their newborn son 45 minutes before the shaking started. the happy couple is grateful that nobody was hurt and they're thankful that the hospital checked in on them right after the quake hit. >> we've seen a lot of buckled streets and damage done to highways, abc 7 news reporter wayne freeman found a spot along highway 121 where the earth opened up during yesterday's quake and it ran for several hundred yards. you see what he did there. he was unable to touch the bottom. it's believed that the depth of the crack is at least 40 to 50 inches. >> it pays to be prepared for natural disasters. emergency kits should have battery operated radios, flashlights with extra batteries, a three-day supply for food and water for everyone in the family and a manual can opener. plans on posted on our website go to abc 7 news.com. >> would you be prepared if a 6.0 quake hit your home? michael will be live in napa today from 4 to 7:00 answer ing questions. and tips on the hidden safety signs you should look for before going back into a structure following an earthquake. he'll be out there from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. to answer the questions. they're putting together an earthquake kit is one thing but maintaining it is something else. every few years you have to make sure and the water doesn't last forever either. it has to be replaced. >> batteries all that stuff. you want to refresh the stuff. you probably went to bed about 50 some reports of aftershocks we're up to 144. it goes up-and-down that fault. there we go. we only have about a 35 more than chance of a strong aftershock over the next six days or so. rockies in town to take on the giants as life goes on. dropping down to 60s. look for cloud cover. 74 in tahoe with a thunderstorms. 90 in yosemite. upper 70s around san diego los angeles. rough surf tomorrow. we had closures yesterday because of the earthquake. a lot of road buckling. we had severe damage in downtown napa that was shutting down street because of the rubble that ended up in the street. s especially main street avoid that and second street. that's where old gold rush era buildings collapsed partially. at the intersection of 29 and 121. we one had one way traffic in effect that looks like it reopened. old sonoma highway. we're getting report of a fatal they. a car is overturned near bear creek road along highway 17. possible lane blockages there. we'll have more information in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. it's 4:27. the shaking and the terror now the clean up and the repair. next at 5:00 live team coverage of what is ahead for the neighborhood hit by a powerful 6.0 quake yesterday. >> we're coming back with another full hour of news. check it out. the golden gate bridge. it's abc 7 news now live weather and traffic. we'll show you during the break we'll show you during the break >> thank you for joining for this expanded news. but first a look with meteorologist mike nicco. >> we will talk about visibility. a lot of cloud cover
>> officials report six aftershocks today. the latest around 12:30 this afternoon, about four miles from american canyon. the u.s. geological survey believes this map today showing where more than 1,400 people reported feeling those aftershocks. the blue shades represent the areas where people reported shaking from clear lake all the way to san jose and east practically to stockton. >> alisa harrington is joining us now live outside of city hall with more on the recovery. >> reporter: well, there is still a lot to do. power has been restored, but water, that's an entirely different story. we're actually hearing about more breaks and more leaks, and city officials say that's because when crews go out to make one repair, a lot of times they are finding additional problems. water gushes from a broken water pipe on napa's floral street. another on homewood avenue. no utility crews in sight. and more water pools here also from a leaky pipe. >> i know it's a waste of water. and, you know, it's just sad because we are in a drought. >> from our house to here, which is less than three miles, we counted five leaks. >> reporter: city officials say there have been more than 120 breaks as a result of sunday morning's tremor. more than 600 residents still don't have water. they can't shower, brush teeth, or wash dishes at their home. like andrew hall. he stopped by the red cross shelter at crosswalk community church to pick up supplies. >> i'm here to get water for my family. we don't have running water in our house. they said it would be a week to two weeks before we can get water back turned on. >> paul has three kids, and they have been showering at a friend's house. people can also come by the shelter to shower and wash hands. the city set up water stations. crews are working around the clock to identify and repair leaks. if all goes well, water should be fully restored in the next few days. and the city will let people know when water is back on and when it is safe again to use and drink. live in napa, alisa herrington, abc news. the mayor of napa says 80% of the wineries escaped the earthquake without damage. >> but many shops and restaurants dependent on tourism are afraid that all of the images of broken barrels and ruined vintages will keep tourists away. >> labor day weekend a big money maker for them. tiffany wilson is live in napa valley with the story. >> reporter: well, cheryl, waynerys tell me that this week and especially labor day weekend are one of the busiest for them all day long. and yet here i am standing in the middle of a mainly empty parking lot outside of this winery. to give you an example, they say this week, it's been as slow as the middle of january. even if you call the glass half full, there's no way to see this wine tasting room as anything but empty. >> last week this place was packed. there were people hanging out the doors, you know, waiting to get in. and this week, it's like a ghost town. >> reporter: worrisome, especially since they sell most of their wine on site. harvest is peak tourist season. the owner is afraid the recent earthquake will keep them at home. >> we need people to come. >> reporter: beyond the vineyards themselves, visitors support many of napa's other businesses, including kitchen door. on sunday, chef todd humphreys lost a wall of wine. >> we're open for business now. life has to go on, you know. >> reporter: that's the attitude this couple from florida says out of towners should embrace. >> i would say definitely come out. just call ahead before and see what's affected and what's not and your trip should be fine. >> reporter: over at the roost, owner patricia trim bell relies heavily on the store. >> this is my livelihood. this is what feeds my family. >> reporter: she expected to make money selling to late summer crowds this week. instead, she lost tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise and repairs. >> devastating. the timing is horrible. >> reporter: if tourism doesn't pick back up, she's worried about the future. >> please come to napa. we need you, all of us, because it's going to be rough. it's going to be really rough. >> reporter: scared and shaken, but not broken, napa wants the world to know they are open for business. in napa, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. we got our first look today inside the oakville caramelite house of prayer which was badly damaged by the earthquake. walls cracked, brick and plaster fell, statues toppled, candlesticks snapped. books flew off of library shelves, and a large crucifix over the altar in the chapel came crashing down. fortunately, nobody was hurt. members of the catholic religious order who live there say there are lessons to be learned from the disaster. >> it's a call to, you know, for us to help each other, it's a call to good deeds, to charity, to neighborliness. however we can do it, you know, to work together to get back to normal and restore things that need to be restored. >> the mansion was built in the early 20th century and became the first caramelite monastery in northern california. san francisco's mayor took some time to tour the hardest-hit parts ofdown napa. ed lee offered to provide help. he called on san francisco-based companies to help out too. lee says napa and san francisco are closely linked with tourism. >> i would ask volunteers, ask for donations, ask for corporate citizens to be generous in their time and their resources to help people of napa and vallejo and sonoma >> he also called on residents to let the earthquake be a reminder to be prepared for natural disasters. one lane was closed to allow cal transto inspect soil near the butler bridge which is settling. cal transwas worried that the soil shifting was affecting the bridge so they decided to inspect. so far, no damage has been spotted. caltrans also inspected another bridge for damage. a huge pile of debris and garbage after the earthquake is covering parts of a parking lot at napa high school. officials say nearly all of this is not from the school. it's because people have been dropping off truckloads of deblris here and other designatd areas. the city told them to do so. the city says the collection sites at schools are closed because school will open tomorrow, so they are asking residents to dump at other sites. we have a list on our website, abc7news.com. and coming up at 4:55, we'll take you inside some napa schools as inspectors make sure everything is safe for tomorrow's opening. and now the earthquake damage to a tasting room space on main street in downtown napa. the upper right corner of that building crashed to the sidewalk in a pile of rubble, along with a few windows and other debris. coming up at 4:30, we will take you live to the tasting room and talk to the owner about the clean-up to give you some perspective of the damage there. the picture on the left is, well, here we go. there it is. the picture on the left is what it looked like before the quake hit on sunday. if you'd like to help to give where you live, you can take a $10 donation by texting red cross to 90999. a shelter in place warning has just been lifted in hayward after crews took care of smoking barrels of chemicals. folks within a one-mile radius of the contractors chemical company on depot road were advised to stay indoors. this was just after 2:00. that order was just lifted in the past few minutes. you can see from sky 7 h.d. what had safety officials so concerned. no word yet on what chemical was inside those barrels causing all that smoke. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, another fire on mare island. what firefighters had to do in advance to help put out the flames. >> reporter: this reservoir near morgan hill is a good example of the drought. it's at only 1.9% of capacity. the current situation of the drought and what it could mean to your water bill, coming up on abc 7 news. we're not expecting any moisture any time soon, unfortunately, but a warming trend is underway. i'll let you know how long it will last coming up. and homeowners, beware. new at 4:30, the important warning state investigators gave today to people whose homes remember decembamaged in the earthquake. and now a live look at the commute. as usual, the normal backup for people heading to the lower deck of the bay bridge trying to get to the east bay. a little better on the right-hand side of the screen, folks traveling toward the 101 south. back with one of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. come on, boy! 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[ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. our earthquake coverage continues now in vallejo where engineers inspected a church to see if workers need to demolish more of the structure. it all happens bauf the 6.0 quake sunday morning at 3:20. crews at the first baptist church started amassing the bell tower yesterday because it cracked and was in danger of falling. people say that church is a staple of the community, and they are hoping it can reopen. >> it's actually very important because we actually feed around 125 to 150 people monday through thursday at lunchtime. we want the church open because we need it open for the community. >> today county supervisors declared the county in a state of emergency. the county health and services offices in vallejo, several downtown businesses, and the superior courthouse are among those damaged buildings. also in vallejo, the second fire in less than a week on mare island. this is a video sent to us by a retired firefighter. the firefighters had to call ahead because the napa earthquake damaged water mains in the area. matt keller has more. >> reporter: this abandoned naval ship yard commissary on mare island doesn't have any real value, but firefighters wanted a better view from the outside of the building. >> we have a homeless contingency on mare island right now. we did a quick primary search to make sure it was indeed no victims that needed rescuing. then we went into defensive operations. >> reporter: going defensive means the firefighters blasted water from the outside. and it's a good thing, because as our camera rolled, an air conditioner unit collapsed into the building. water could have been an issue. sunday's earthquake damaged dozens of water mains throughout vallejo, including on mayor island. it's a problem firefighters place across the city whenever they respond to calls. on their way with lights and sirens, they contact the water department. if there's a damaged water main at the fire, the city will pump water from a different source to the hydrant. when they arrive, they make sure the hydrant is working. >> we are able to isolate the main which supplied us more water than we needed, which helped. ever since the earthquake, it's been nice to see the different divisions of the city supporting each other and see the system actually work the way it's designed. >> reporter: firefighters say no utilities were hooked up here so the cause of the fire is suspicious. they do not believe it was related at all this morning's aftershocks. on mare island, matt keller, abc 7 news. marilyn hartman, who repeatedly has tried to get on flights without a ticket and did so this month in san jose, has done so again, this time in phoenix sky harbor airport. she will be charged with criminal trespassing. she was taken into custody this morning. she was warned by phoenix two weeks ago and told to stay away from the airport. and a warning for drivers coming into san francisco. in just two days, all northbound lanes of interstate 280 will be closed for a major earthquake retro fitting project. the closure begins at 2:00 on thursday afternoon, and lanes will stay closed through the labor day weekend. cal-trans expects all lanes to reopen by 3:00 p.m. on tuesday. crews will replace a bridge hinge. interstate 280 will shut down at the highway 101 interchange north to downtown san francisco. >> it might be a problem there. all right. well, the drought is showing early signs it's going to raise water bills even as we try to cut back on use to meet state goals. >> the utilities commission says that the drought has created a $4 million hole in its budget. in the south bay, number crunching is just starting. >> david louis is joining us near morgan hill. david? >> reporter: good afternoon. you can see a stark reminder of the drought. you can barely see any water on the horizon, yet this bowl should be filled with water. this reservoir is only at 1.9% of capacity. with water supplies tight and less water being sold, rate hikes are on the horizon. it is one vicious cycle. this is the reservoir today as seen from sky 7 h.d. exactly one year, it was at 37% of capacity compared to 1.9% today. this is the lowest of the 10 reservoirs. a nearby is at 6%, and another better off at almost 26%. all three reflect the amount of run-off from surrounding hills. the last time there was measurable rainfall in this area was march 27, about 1/3 of an inch. when there's no water here, there's no water to release into ponds like this, leaving them bone dry. >> all these groundwater replenishment ponds are dry because of the drought. we don't have enough water in our reservoirs or imported water to keep them full this year. and that's a great reminder that this is a very serious drought. >> reporter: between the low reservoirs and the state mandate to conserve, the valley water district board is being asked to aprove $3 billion for a conservation rebate program extending one due to end next month. the money will come from reserve funds. as water users cut back consumption, that puts stress on the water district's budget. it will begin its budget later this week, and higher rates appear likely. >> some of the costs have gone up, and some have gone down. and there will be actual water sales and actual water revenues. take all that into account, you know, it could be i would say 63 cents would be kind of a higher number rather than a lower number. >> that is 63 cents per household on average. consumers say they see an increase coming. some are more concerned than others. you're not concerned if the water rates go up? >> if they go up, they go up. it's part of life. look behind us. is that gorgeous? >> i wonder if people are just staring at the background most of the time. >> i am. >> i wonder about that. >> you know, i don't blame them, larry. >> thank you for the reaffirmation there. >> i would just make sure to tell you. no, everyone is watching you guys. and watching the skies out here, it is gorgeous, not just you guys but out here as well. toward the bay, it's sunny. warmer everywhere. we'll talk about how long this warm-up is going to last as we get closer to the holiday weekend. skies have cleared out. look at the fog. the low clouds as well off the coastline from our exploratory camera. nothing but sunshine in the financial district. 68 in san francisco. mid 70s oakland. 87 in gilroy. blue skies over the golden gate bridge right now. temperatures in the low 80s for santa rosa. 87 in fairfield. and livermore. close to 90 degrees now, so getting warm inland. this is my spectacular view. great day for sailing today. except for one concern. i'll tell you about that in a moment. patchy coastal fog by the morning. we are expecting even warmer weather wednesday and thursday. here is the cloud pattern. we started out with a little clouds this morning, and then they quickly cleared away. sunshine for everyone allowing the temperatures to rise today. as we take a look to our southwest, we are still watching hurricane marie. it has weakened, now a cat dpeg 2, gusts to 120 miles per hour. and it has been kicking up the surf in southern california. so swells have already started to build down there. high surf advisories running until 6:00 p.m. friday. if you're getting an early start on the holiday weekend, watch out. dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. waves of 10-15 feet. could be minor coastal flooding. here along our coastline, there is a marine statement through thursday. swell between four and six feet. could generate some strong rip currents. south-facing beaches in sonoma county particularly at risk, so just keep that in mind as we head toward the next couple of days. tomorrow morning, patchy fog. mid 50s to low 60s. tomorrow afternoon, the warm-up continues. 84 in the south bay and san jose. 93 in gilroy. on the peninsula, mild one. redwood city, 82. 76 -- excuse me, 77 in santmatio. 66 in daily city. we'll hold on to the fog in the north bay. 66 there. vallejo up to 90. in the east bay, 74 in oakland. 78 castor valley. inland spots, we'll see some 90s there. livermore, fairfield, san ramon, pittsburgh. temperatures will come up some more on thursday. mid 90s inland. upper 60s along the coastline. friday we'll add in a few high clouds for marie. it's beach weather, low 70s to low 90s. temperatures go down for the long holiday weekend at least for saturday and sunday. but really we're expecting pleasant weather. only high clouds. i know it's disappointing. we were hoping for more from current hurricane marie. it doesn't look like it. computer models are way drier than they were the last couple of days. cheryl, larry? >> all right, sandy. thank you. coming up next, hot car emergency. a mother's frantic 911 call after her baby gets locked inside. why the dispatcher refused to help. new after 4:30, we all know leg room on a flight can be a problem, especially if you're in coach. how it caused this flight to be diverted. and some breaking news now. our sky 7 helicopter is on the way to a fatal traffic accident of some kind. the accident is at 680 and venetian. we'll be there in moments from now and bring you the update. larry and i will be right back with more on the news at 4:00. a womb put her 10-month-old son jack in the car and closed the door but didn't realize he had the keys. before she could open the door, jack hit the lock button. she didn't panic. she called 911, but then was stunned with what she heard on the other end of the line. >> hi. my infant son is locked in the car in the parking lot. it's so hot outside. i'm really concerned. can somebody come out and open the door? >> we won't be able to gain access to the car unless the child is in some kind of distress. >> the dispatcher made a mistake. this is not the way we do business. >> fortunately for little jack, an off-duty police officer was nearby and called 911. but she didn't want to wait, so another good samaritan smashed a window and got jack out. that dispatcher is not answering any 911 calls and out on administrative leave. a long awaited report of the troubled v.a. health care system. what president obama is promising. and a warning for homeowners. what investigators are telling people whose homes were damaged in the napa earthquake. later from 7 on your side, how do you know it's really safe to return home after an earthquake hits? the key things that you need to look out for. a warning for homeowners. that's the ma'essage to people' whose homes sustained damage during the napa earthquake. today agencies were sent door-to-door in a napa mobile home park with an important warning. >> it's not unusual that when a disaster like this happens unscrupulous people swarm in and take advantage of people. we are trying to warn the homeowners to take the steps they need to be sure they are not victimized a second time. >> the inspectors answered questions and handed out pamphlets with important tips, including what to look for hiring a contractor and how to tell whether somebody is reputable. aftershocks continue to rattle napa residents today. one as strong as 3.9. people trying to dig their homes and businesses out of the rubble. >> our reporter is joining us from napa outside one of the damaged tasting rooms. >> reporter: well, with every aftershock, there is added concern that any one of these buildings still standing could collapse. the owner of vintner's collective says he's been coming out every day to check on the damage. it is the oldest building here in downtown napa, and you see the facade has completely crumbled. but the owner says he is determined to save the building. crews in napa work around the clock to secure tattered structures. one of the oldest buildings here is in danger of crumbling. the renewed urgency after a 3.9 aftershock this morning. >> i really was distraught. this was my little baby that -- you know, just fell apart. >> reporter: he owns vintner's collective, the tasting room he opened 13 years ago, now a shell of itself. the building is too unstable to enter now, but murphy says he'll spend millions to rebuild this landmark. >> these are gifts from your ancestors. they give it to you, and we can't just let it fall apart like that. >> reporter: down the street at the napa firefighter museum -- >> this is one of the old lanterns. it's just a matter of picking up and cleaning up. >> reporter: jeff hunter is just beginning the cleanup. his crews spent the past few days helping others pick up the pieces. >> we haven't had time to come down here and take care of this. >> reporter: the quake jolted this museum devoted to firefighters here. all of its history now tossed around on the floor. how long do you think it's going to be until this place can open back up? >> with our schedule, we're probably not going to be in here for a week cleaning up. >> reporter: well, that museum has been yellow tagged. that means it's too unsafe for people to be allowed back in. now hunter says he'll have to make some significant repairs to that structure before visitors are allowed back in. live in napa, abc 7 news. napa is getting support from across the country as it recovers from the earthquake. county officials say about 20% of the wineries, that are such an important part of the economy, are damaged. however, most wineries and small businesses are open. the harsh tag drink napa is trending this week. nice to see widespread support. and as cheryl mentioned earlier, and tiffany wilson did as well, they want to tell everybody, napa is open for business. they want people to visit. reminder to stay with abc 7 news and abc 7 news.com for continuing coverage of the earthquake. you'll find a photo gallery of the damage and tips on how to e reprepare for the next disaster on our website. we do have breaking news right now. sky 7 hd live over interstate 680 in venetian where two people have died in a terrible car crash. this happened in the northbound direction on the lake harmon road off ramp. chp says that ramp is closed right now and probably will be for the next four hours. you can get updates on this story and more on twitter @abc 7 news. israel and hamas have agreed to halt the seven-week war in gaza. unlike previous cease-fires, this one is unlimited in time. hamas is declaring victory, but the deal does not meet the demands of either side. but it calls for israel to ease the blockade on gaza and open the border for aid. mostly palestinians have died in the attacks, and tens of thousands in gaza are now homeless. a san diego man has been killed in syria while fighting for the militant group known as isis. white house officials have just confirmed the death of 33-year-old douglas mcarthur mccain in a battle between two extremist groups. his uncle says his nephew confirmed to islam several years ago. investigator has been looking into mccain for some time before his death. isis is the terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for the beheading of american journalist james foley. u.s. aircraft and drones are now making surveillance flights over syria, flights that have been approved by president obama to get a look at isis and its bases. but the white house says president obama has not approved military action inside syria. additional intelligence on the militants would likely be necessary before he could take that step. pentagon officials have been drafting potential options for the president, including air strikes. the justice department and the fbi have joined the investigation into allegations of obstruction of justice at veterans hospitals nationwide. today the v.a. inspector general's report was released, and it says that there is no proof that any veteran died due to delays in phoenix. but that report has other troubling details that president obama is promising to fix. abc news reporter susan solomon has the story. >> we are going to do right by you and your families. >> reporter: president obama speaking to thousands of military veterans at the national convention of the american legion in charlotte, north carolina. making what he called a solemn pledge to bring a new culture of accountability to the troubled v.a. health care system, including 19 new executive actions meant to improve access to mental health care, among other things. it was only a few months ago that the administration was embarrassed by allegations of secret waiting lists, covering up long delays, while whistle blowers said, veterans suffered and died simply waiting to see doctors. v.a. records had apparently been altered to show that everyone was being seen within two weeks. >> we are going to get to the bottom of these problems. we're going to fix what is wrong. if you engage in unethical practices or cover up a serious problem, you should be and will be fired. >> reporter: after months of investigating, the department of veterans affairs inspector general released a report this afternoon saying they found no proof that the delays in care caused any deaths at v.a. hospitals where serious issues were uncovered. the new secretary of veterans affairs, robert mcdonald, also spoke to the convention about accountability. >> when those investigations are concluded, and the findings are provided to us, you can bet we will take appropriate action. >> reporter: a doctor who was one of the v.a. whistle blowers has come forward again to dispute the finding that no one died while waiting for care, calling the inspector general's report spin. abc news, washington. coming up, a wandering sheep. and he's not hard to miss. and a world record this guy might be able to set. hazy skies over the bridge from our east bay hills camera. temperatures are up, and they'll continue to rise. i'll have the details coming up. and sky 7 hd is over a terrible accident on interstate 680 where we are told that three people died in this crash. this happened in the 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stiff, mil e millie. and here's why. she insists on carrying the groceries into the house. the other two dogs just stand and watch. not really helping. millie is tremendous. i mean, bag after bag. does not give up after just one. keeps going until the job is complete. bags heavy? not a problem. look at millie go. don't you wish you had millie? >> i wish i had millie. >> i wonder if she'll take a list to the store as well. that would really finish it off. listen to this. two farmers believe they have found the world's woolliest sheep. is that a word? woolliest? >> apparently. >> the sheep was found wandering 25 miles from his home. >> the farmers say the ram has never been sheared and was pretty easy to catch because it's weighed down by a very heavy coat. the wool has fallen over his eyes. >> i feel sorry for him. they say the ram's coat is 19 inches thick, and believe it will break the world record for fleece yield when it's clipped later this week. that is nearly 60 pounds. by the way, marino wool is among the finest and softest of any wool. >> he can barely walk. i think he's going to feel naked once that's gone. i think it's a good thing. spencer christian is away, but sandy is checking the weather for us. >> yeah, cute sheep. and, cheryl, you might agree with me, it kind of looks like larry wandering around the halls. >> i'm not even going there. >> ok. let's look at the doppler. we'll talk about what's coming closer to the holiday weekend. sun shining. it's a warmer day as we look around the country. thunderstorms expected in st. louis. 94 degrees. hurricane cristobal expected to continue to move northeastward away from the east coast, although it is generating big swells around bermuda. 8 9 in new york tomorrow. boston as well. 84 in portland with plenty of sunshine. and statewide, it's getting hot. 100 in chico. 94 yosemite. tahoe, 80 and sunny. los angeles, 88. 105 in palm springs. tomorrow afternoon, warming continues. 88 in napa. 80 in santa rosa. san francisco, 74 dwgs. degrees. 80 in palo alto. 80 in san jose. santa cruz, 77 and beach weather. and a temperature trend for napa shows you the numbers continuing to rise through thursday. they bottom out on sunday. and when i say bottom out, i mean a minor dip expected. and then we'll see that recovery. a look at the holiday weekend weather forecast coming up at 5:00 p.m. >> larry is still trying to figure out why you dissed him on tv. >> he is also dissing me. you just don't see it on tv. >> we're off camera. but i'm the master of the unprovoked attack, so i had it coming. >> absolutely. still ahead on abc 7 news, this is amazing video of a boat flipping over in midair. and two people actually survived that. >> we're glad about that. also, do airline passengers have the right to recline? how a leg room fight diverted a flight. when is it safe for you to go back home after an earthquake? the main things you need to look d >> whoa! >> oh, god! >> holy! -- >> holy is right. heart stopping video of a boat crash over the weekend. the boat was going an estimated 180 miles an hour. got airborne, and sommer salted twice into the water. the two men onboard were ejected from the boat. that might have saved them. they were hurt but survived the accident. >> really it is unbelievable, because there are crashes that have happened that have been not even that ugly honestly that people haven't walked away from. >> this is another angle of the crash can happened during the lake of the ozarks shootout speedboat competition. my goodness. organizers of the event are considering rule changes to limit speeds in the wake of that crash. >> wow. for the last three days, we have been talking about that terrible earthquake that hit napa at 3:20 in the morning. so what do you when one hits? how do you know when it's safe to go back home? >> you know what's interesting about this, it's not as obvious as you might think. here's what you need to know to make sure you don't walk into danger. when the shaking has stopped and there's damage all around, you may be wondering if it's safe to go back into your home or office. and right after an earthquake, you may be on your own to decide. >> the scope of the damage, there's stuff everywhere, and the windows are broken, those are not structural issues and usually it's ok to be in your building during the post earthquake period. >> that's lawrence cornfield, san francisco's chief building buildings. he says you can do some judging yourself. one major rule of thumb, outside a building can be just as dangerous as inside, maybe worse, like this picture shows. that especially true during aftershocks. >> standing right outside a building where something might fall off the facade of the building, you know, a piece of brick or cornice or window frame or something. so stay away from the area immediately outside buildings. that's in fact where many injuries occur. >> reporter: you don't want a building collapsing on you. and to predict that, there is one main thing to look for. >> is there a noticeable, significant lean to the building? if there is, it's possible that an aftershock could cause some kind of further movement. >> reporter: if your house is partially collapsed or there's obvious tipping and leaning, like this picture shows, it's best to stay out. >> and we can see that the building is noticeably leaning 679. >> you should also look at supporting pillars like these. >> if you see posts or columns off their bases that look off or not properly supporting what they used to support, that's a sign you shouldn't go in. >> reporter: if your building is made of solid concrete, cracks can be a sign of real danger, especially if the cracks form an x shape like in this picture. it's best to stay out. finally, if your building is made out of brick and you see very large cracks like this picture shows, stay away from it. even if it's been reinforced. chunks of bricks could fall out. a few other hints. storied buildings with a garage on the ground floor may be apt to fall. something also good to know, cracks in plaster or broken windows may look unsightly and dangerous, and they are kind of dangerous, but the building is likely still structurally sound and safe to go inside. but always safe rather than sorry. an argument between passengers on a united airlines flight is raising questions over a device called the knee defender. >> on sunday, a man on a flight from newark to denver placed this little plastic gadget on his tray table to make it impossible for the woman in front of him to recline her seat. the woman and the flight attendants asked the man to take it off, but he refused, prompting the woman to throw water in his face. >> the flight was diverted to chicago, where both passengers were removed. >> this has been on the market for 11 years next month. knee defenders are not about getting more space. they are about stopping something from moving and hitting you. it starts the conversation before there's a problem. >> authorities did not make any arrests, calling the incident a customer service issue and not a threat to aviation security. knee defenders are not prohibited by the faa but they are banned by most major u.s. airlines, including united. coming up next, abc 7 news cameras go along with inspectors for school safety checks in napa. coming up new at 5:00, dumpster diving in napa. 7 on your side's michael finny explains why finding a television is so important to this man. and teenage phenom. the local girl and the record that she just set. is it the biting? ...we need to break up. cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. using the same originaligina recipe since 1940. it's a very special process. we dip it and shake it seven times. we hand bread it seven times. we rock it seven times. now you may be wondering-why all of the sevens? because it's a lucky number? jack pot. ♪ here is a look at what's coming up in primetime tonight on abc 7. watch "bachelor in paradise" at 8:00 followed by "20/20" and then abc news at 11:00 30 schools in napa will reopen tomorrow after engineers found no structural damage from the quake. one charter school, stonebridge, will postpone the first day of school after some cracks were found. the task of getting ready for students is now underway. and our reporter is joining us live from napa high school with more. >> reporter: well, before school starts, all of this has to be remov removed. and there is a lot of this, and that's exactly what the city of napa is doing right now with the help of pg&e. pg&e providing the dump trucks. and city officials and the district are also asking neighbors to stop, please, dumping their stuff here at these sites. instead, take it to an area designated by the city. for the past two days, three teams of architects and engineers have been examining every inch of napa's 30 schools, looking for any structural damage following sunday morning's earthquake. >> there was no structural damage throughout the entire district. so that was really good news. >> reporter: that's because by law, all public schools in california must meet a higher set of seismic standards. not all charter and private schools have to comply. >> our schools are in great shape. many of them are in old. some need to be modernized, more technology. however, in terms of safety, they all passed by structural engineers and architects. >> reporter: some schools like napa high will need minor repairs that will take days or even weeks to complete. >> it's a lot like you see in a community. everything came down off the shelves. shelving came down all over the place. ceiling tiles, light fixtures that were compromised. >> reporter: an area of the gym at napa high will be cordoned off because sound panels are dangling from the roof. >> those are lightweight acoustical panels. they'll remove those entirely. >> reporter: because this was a natural disaster, the school district will get its average daily attendance funds from the state. the cost to repair all the damage has yet to be determined. in napa, abc 7 news. thanks for joining us from abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with cheryl and dan. the problem is we're adding more as we fix more. >> napa scrambles to restore water service 2 1/2 days after the earthquake. moved about two feet forward, eight inches to the left. >> one man describes his misfortune. why so many homeowners will have to wait a long time to get their homes inspected. and devastation at a bay area monastery. >> it's all broken inside the whole thing. >> a tour of damage and the heartache. higher temperatures today, hotter weather this week. i'll be back with the temperatures coming up. live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. we are live over a stretch of highway 29 in napa, the focus of safety inspectors today who believe there might be new earthquake related damage brought on by a series of aftershocks this morning. after shocks of that 6.0 earthquake. >> and video from earlier shows those inspectors looking for damage near the butler bridge, one southbound lane of highway 29 was closed to allow for the work. that closure has just ended, but it caused a huge impact on traffic all day long. inspectors are worried the smaller quakes might have caused soil to elsettle nearby and shi the road beds. so far, no reports of damage. and cal-trans also inspected the bridge near mare island. also a new water main break. we understand it happened during the aftershocks. in this video, you can see the water bubbling through large cracks in the asphalt. look at that. this is on homewood avenue near archer. >> among the aftershocks today, two near american canyon. that is the community you see in this video from sky 7 hd. >> now one of the two was a magnitude 3.9. that was the biggest of five quakes starting at about 5:30 this morning. other aftershocks also hit, but they were magnitude 2 or below. now, there are a lot of new developments today regarding the napa quake. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. both signs of recovery tonight in napa and new struggles. city officials say the injury total is now 209, with one person admitted to the hospital just last night after suffering seizures. >> all but one of the schools in the napa valley unified district will open tomorrow. kids will be back in class. stonebridge charter school will stay closed because of possible structural damage. >> 640 customers remain without water, and crews are working to repair 120 water main breaks. but as quickly as they fix one, another pipe breaks. >> the city is also dealing with more than 800 calls for home inspections. a lot of people want to make sure their homes are ok, and they have waived fees to speed up that process. >> reporter: well, i have to say, cheryl, things look a lot
the rich monday neighbor says she has police officers in her family. >> and i would say, you know, 90% of all police officers out there are wonderful, amazing men and women that are trying to protect and do what's right. >> while police investigate, the da is deciding whether to fres charges. walnut creek can put thompson on paid administrative leave. the nfl has suspended 49ers linebacker aldon smith for the first nine games of this season. the league says smith violated substance abuse and personal conduct policies. this is a huge blow to the niners because smith is the team's top pass rusher. he's been a force in the preseason. abc 7 news reporter david louis joins us lye now from police headquarters with more. david? >> well, larry, from all indicati indications, the niners were prepared to lose aldon smith, possibly for as many as eight games or as few as four. but this nine-game suspension, a big surprise for everyone. but it will take a toll, of course, as you mentioned on the defense. but it will also hit aldon smith in the wallet to the tune of $1.25 million. he's being suspended without pay. nfl commissioner roger good dws ell is suspending smith for violation of the league's personal conduct and substance abuse policies. you might recall that smith was arrested for drunk driving after smashing his car into a tree in san jose. he was charged with possession of assault weapons after sheriff's deputies were called to his san jose house after some uninvited guests stabbed smith and another person. then in april, he was arrested for allegedly making a false bomb report at los angeles international airport. but that charge was dropped. now, 49ers general manager issued this at the same time. aldon has taken responsibility for his actions and continued to show growth personally and professionally. we will continue to support him. it's time to put this matter behind us and focus on the season ahead. >> nine games is pretty -- that's a lot of gapes. that's going to hurt us. >> how do you think the team is going to handle it? >> i think they're prepared for it. you know? but i don't think it's going to be an easy -- it's going to hurt. >> i don't know. i guess everybody is going to have to step up. >> do you think it will be demoralizing? >> no, no. they just need to focus and move forward. >> this is video of smith when he appeared in superior court in san jose six weeks ago on the drunk driving and assault weapons charges. he was put on three years' probation and told to do 11 days of community service, such as picking up litter along a highway. neither the team nor the nfl has indicated what smith can or cannot do during his nine-game suspension. but one source tells us it may be possible, may be possible for smith to work out with the team so when his suspension is over, he'll be able to rejoin the team for the november 9 game against new orleans. abc 7 news. all right, dave, thank you. the state assembly has passed a passage of water bill designed to regulate ground water use. it would be the first time the state's ground waterñr supply would be regulated. right now, the state only regulates water pumped from reservoirs and rivers. the bill requires local governments to take steps to sustain aquifer levels by 2040. democrats and republicans from the central valley oppose the bill. they think the sound of rushing water would be a good thing in the middle of a drought, but there was a concern it might signal a crack in a da after the napa earthquake. the dam had been checked and given the all-clear. the green valley and wild forest creeks are normally dry. the creeks are down street from dams that hold back water for two reservoirs. lillian kim is live in green valley with more. >> reporter: cheryl, there's been a consistent flow since sunday, not a huge rush of water by any means, but it's enough for residents to ask, where is the water coming from? is when water started appearing in green valley creek immediately after sun's 6.0 earthquakes, residents started e-mails each other. they said there's water flowing in the creek right after the earthqua earthquake. what's going on? the fears are there's fish sures in the dam or there's a pipe broken. >> there's two dams upstream. the city of vallejo managing the water system and today, an inspector confirmed none of the dams sustained earthqua earthquake-related damage. instead, the water is coming from the ground. two fish sures in the rock caused by the earthquake. >> our suspicion is this phenomenon will, as these pockets of water drain down, that it will return to a normal flow pattern. that's our expectations. >> residents are hoping the water is indeed coming from the ground and not because of any structural damage. the green valley homeowners association is in the middle of a lawsuit with the city other cost of water. so any earthquake damage would add another variable to the legal battle. >> we have 800 families in this area that are paying a huge municipal water system, which vallejo used to use. the costs are already high. >> the possible silver lining in all of this, tests confirm the ground water is safe. the city of vallejo will begin treating it to be used as drinking water. people in the south bay may have felt a couple of earthquakes this afternoon. two of them hit in the very same spot between ridgemark and holster. the strongest one, a magnitude 3.5 just after 4:30. the other one, 3.0, hit around 2:45. we have not had any reports of damage or injuries we will keep you posted. federal assistance is not yet available for victims of sunday's 6.0 napa earthquake, but today, the first step was taken in the process to free up that money. federal emergency management agency crews arrived in napa and teamed up with local and state inspectors. they're looking for four things in each building they inspect. the extent of damage, the number of people displaced, the health and safety problems and the total cost of the damage. >> we're going to gather that informing for the state, as well as for the governor to make that decision, whether they're going to ask the federal emergency management agency for a federal request. once that federal request comes in, then we'll look at all the damages and all the assessments that we looked at and provide that to the president and the white house. if the president decides to declare a national disaster, quake victims would then be able to apply for federal aid. and city officials in napa say there should be no water line leaks left and water service should be reer toed to all customers right now. 2.6 million pounds of debris from the quacollected. more than 95% of the wineries are now open. >> one tour fwus company says business is down following the quake, but drivers are assuring people that the vineyards and tasting rooms are not only safe, they're not to be missed. we havm lore from san francisco. . >> reporter: driver kenneth green cheerfully greets his passengers at fisherman's wharf. they're napa pound and thirsty. bennett harris is in the group. >> if i hadn't been planning to come out, i would want to choose to come now. >> he booked his nap that tour after the earthquake, for a bigger reason than just wine tasting. >> i was in new york shortly after 9/11. and i remember from that experience that the people in new york were very excited to have people still come, you know, to still have confidence in the commerce there. >> reporter: drivers with wine country shuttle tours says labor day is usually a big week for them. the last hurrah of summer, but they say business is down because of the earth quake. >> about 10% of people who are contacting us are saying they're a little uncertain if nap that is okay to go out there and if it's safe to be in napa. >> these drivers who have been there every day since the quake say yes. you would almost never know anything had happened. almost. >> the only thing that i actually notice was a bump in the highway as we actually passed the earthquake fault. >> just a bump in the road, nothing for these tourists from new zealand. >> we're used to it. we had one a couple of months ago. that's okay. it happens .3. >> the bust drivers tell us it's harvest time. so an especially nice time to go and see the vineyards. i also talked to a representative from winecountry.com. thf a long list of events through their website. no cancellations. everything is 100% go. abc 7 news. and a reminder, there's still a very big need for aid. and here's how you can give where you live. simply text the word red cross to 90999, a $10 do nation will appear on your next cell phone bill. >> and we have a lot more to get to. from fake shoes to fake drugs to fake football gear. custom officials have just about seen it all. but even they were surprised by what they found in san francisco. also also, harvest time in the valley. extending almond orchards right in the middle of a record drought. >> today's free stuff is all about food. hang around, it's coming up in just a few minute ps. >> if you're debating between coffee and a short nap to stay awake, perhaps ushtd try both. abc 7 news at 5:00 continu so many of us will be on the road this labor day beekd. this is a live picture of the traffic situation. when i first saw this an hour and a half ago, i thought it was a still photo because cars weren't moving at all. it's still slow on the right hand side coming back from 580. it's a little bit better, but still pretty slow. experts expect more than 3 million -- how many caliifornians? 3 million californifornians to e to a holiday destination this weekend. jammed up in both directions. you're also seeing the off ramp there coming off of harry sop. but the traffic situation may be worse for a few reasons. in particular, we've got the joonts game tonight. also seismic work that closes the northboundç lanes on interstate 280. the impact will be felt throughout the holiday weekend. hard hat and all is live with more. alan? >> and progress is moving along on schedule. as you can see, cal trans is almost finished cutting away the section of i-280. 56 feet across and 24 four feet wide. this four-day closure will allow cal trans to replace two hinges with larger ones, giving the span more flexibility. that means this stretch of i-280 is closed from the 101 function to king street. the southbound lanes of i-280 will stay open. let's take a look from the camera where you can see northbound traffic being diverted on to highway 101. it looks smooth right now, but we could see some gridlock when those giants fans start traveling up the peninsula for tonight's game at 7:00. as for construction, there have been no problems. >> we built in seven extra hours into the schedule because this closure, as opposed to the earlier closures, we have two hinge replacements to do. they're on schedule right now to meet that deadline tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. >> tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. now, i want to show you what they're replacing. this is a hinge where two sections of the bridge interlock with a depth of about six inches. the new hinges will interlock with a depth of three feet. by the way, cal trans inspects the hinges on all portions of the bridge after the napa quake and they all passed without any problem. we'll be back at 6:00 to check on the progress here as well as the traffic. for now, i'm alan long, reporting live along i-280 in san francisco. abc 7 news. all right, thank you. and we are learning more about a fatal accident between a car and a pedestrian this afternoon. police say a man in his late 80s was standing in the median on winchester boulevard and hamilton avenue when he fell back into traffic. this is the view from sky hd. a passing car hit him. he was dead when paramedics arrived about 1:45. police say the man had just finished having lunch with his wife at the nearby burger king. detectives say the driver is cooperating did not have drugs or alcohol in his or her system. traffic should return to normal in that area within the hour. and volunteers moved quickly to help free a humpback whale caught in a fishing line in monterey bay. a whale watching tour first spotted the distressed whale caught in a line yesterday. it recorded a team of volunteers authorized by noaa. sailed from lost landing to free the animal. lucky the humpback was able to free itself and rejoin its pod before the team arrived. but you can see all the netting around it. the team volunteers said they had to bull a crab pot buoy and 200 feet from the line from the water. about 30% to 50% of humpback whale population in the north pacific have entanglement scars. >> the journey to america stopped at sfo for a bunch of giant mill peeds being shipped to the san joaquin valley. you can see what custom and border protection agents found when they kplaed packages at the airport postal facility. the package arrived from germany and was mislabelled toy car model. federal law requires special permits to import exotic animals. the foot-long mill peeds, all 20 of them, are now at the u.s. department of agriculture. >> harvesting is in full swing in the central valley. peanuts are the most eaten nut. they're a high cash and water intensive drought. prices rising and almond farmers have increasingly diverted water from other crops to grow the almo almond. 80% of the world's almonds are grown right here in california. and they use up to 10% of the state's water supply. more on the harvesting from fresno county. >> reporter: long before you enjoy smoked almonds or have an almond joy, the nuts must first be shaken off the tree and harvested. the activity in almond orchards is nonstop during this time of year. the also mondays are then taken to t holler to be shelled. dennis says the almond harvest, like many other crops, came a few weeks early this year. >> we had a hot summer, a warm spring. everything came on earlier. and just kept going. >> almond growers have steadily increased their almond acreage to take advantage of high prices. this year, almonds purr chaszed grapes as fresno county's top crop. many farmers continue to pull out other crops to plant more almonds. fresno county ag commissioner les wright saw the value of almonds jump 16% last year. >> at the same time, we're losing acreage in peaches, plums, nectarines, big loss of acreage in raisin varieties. and they're being replaced by nuts, in particular almonds, pistachios. >> as worldwide demand for almonds rises, valley growers continue to increase the supply. >> we just planted a new block last week. something else new. here we are in september, we're planting almonds. >> reporter: products like almond milk have given the industry a big boost. in carruthers, abc 7 news. all right, scientists say having coffee and then a 15 to 20 nap is actually the best combination to make you feel alert. it takes 15 to 20 minutes for the caffeine in coffee to work in the brain. this according to researchers at the university of britain. they say the cough even if and sleep interact with a molecule in the brain which makes you feel drowsy. they found that a nap that ends as the caffeine clears the brain of the molecule has most people raring to go. >> hey, larry and cheryl. i like mochas, but i can't have caffeine and then go down for a nap. i just can't see how you could do that. just revs you up, right? if you're making plans for the weekend, clouds are around here, looking down the embarcadero. so many happening this weekend. right now on live doppler 7 hd, watching a lot of mid and high-level clouds moving in. courtesy of what was once hur taken marie. the green that you're seeing there is moisture up in the clouds. it's actually not reaching the ground, what we call virga. evaporating before it hits the ground. it's just way too dry. here's my beautiful view from the south beach camera. looking out toward the bay. temperatures, 63. san francisco, oak has had 68. 73 in san jose, 81 in gilroy. some fog over san francisco from our tower camera with the high clouds up above. santa rosa is at 79. still in the 80s around fairfield and livermore, concord. the highs so far today have been in the mid 60s to low 90s. most areas, cooler than yesterday, thanks to the extra cloud cover. from our east bay hills camera, a beautiful view from those clouds moving in. and here's at look at the forecast. high clouds and coastal fog tonight. mild to warm weather, right on through monday, which is your labor day holiday. if you have the day off, weather is going to look nice here. remnants of marie heading in our direction. that's why we've been seeing all the cloud cover today. and we'll continue to see harmless high clouds going into your saturday morning. but saturday afternoon, evening, things will start to improve. so tonight, we have the fog around, clouds around up on top. and tomorrow we you'll start to notice it brightens up. it's going to be a sunny, holiday weekend. pleasant weather, a wide range of temperatures. so let's talk about what's happening. temperatures in the mid 60s to mid 70s. clouds will clear for sunshine. it will be a beautiful day. if you're going to basically the art and wine festival, that usually draws thousands of people. clouds mid 60s and low 70s later in the day with plenty of sunshine. and if you're going to the oakland pride parade and festival, the weather couldn't be better. mostly sunny afternoon. tomorrow morning, it's going to be a cloudy one. fog down below. temperatures, upper 50s to low 60s. a mild morning tomorrow afternoon. 82 san jose. a warm one on the peninsula at 80 in redwood city. 68 in half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 70 degrees. we'll hold on to a little bit of fog and daily city. in north bay, 87, napa, a bright day on the east bay, a mild one, 75 oak inland. 89 livermore, 92 in antioch. we'll bump up the temperatures for labor day. low 70s to mid 90s beach weather. then cool it down next 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in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. all right, see you then. >> well, the dream of winning the u.s. open is on hold for the moment for a 15-year-old. >> a defeat certainly did not stop the capture of tennis fans in new york. >> wow. usually you hear chanting like that at tennis matches. the 15-year-old saw her run at the open end last night in three sets. ellis came in a match ranked 1208 in the world. and dias ranked 48th. >> first 15-year-old to win an open match since 1996 since anna kournikova. >> wow. the giants will have a real heavy hitter at the park when they take on the milwaukee brewers tonight. >> boxing legend manny pacquiao is not play pg he did put on a giants uniform today. he stops at the at&t park, part of a worldwide tour promoting his nextfight. both fighters will throw out ceremonial first pitches this evening. facemask ow plays basketball for a team he owns in the philippines. he's going to put that on hold as he preparis for his championship fight. >> still 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hive died. a team of federal and state wildlife wardens searching for more of the goo-covered sea birds along the eastern shoreline off hayward, san leandro, and oakland. they're discovering more dead birds than living ones. they rescued only one from this state boat. there's still mystified what the goo is. >> we have never encountered a substance like this before. we've never seen it. the bird folks have never seen it. the county's never seen it. it's a real mystery. >> reporter: rescuers from wildlife emergency services have been responding to reports of live reports in distress. this one like the others appeared to be suffering from hypothermia as a result of the goo covering their feathers. they've been unable to eat. >> they're really let's that are jurisdiction. low in weight. muscle structure about half to one-third of the weight they should be. >> reporter: a special team from monterey will go to fairfield tomorrow, site of the international bird rescue center, where volunteers have been working around the clock to clean and save the birds. the special team will begin performing necropsies to learn what they can about the cause of death and the nature of the goo. while the goo is showing signs of dissipating which dilutes it fishermen at san low landreau marina are facing the question whether to eat what they catch. >> you're going to eat what you catch? >> maybe. right now i'm just fishing. hopefully i'll catch something. >> this is fun, but still to be decided whether you're going to eat it? >> correct. >> reporter: the patrols will continue tomorrow as well efforts to identify the mystery substance and its origin. investigators are trying to determine who was at fault after a deadly traffic accident near levi's stadium. the scene this morning at great america parkway two vehicles crashed into each other around 4:45 a.m., one driver died. paramedics rushed the other to the hospital. traffic was diverted away from that busy intersection. also new details in a deadly accident that killed a pedestrian who was standing on a sidewalk in downtown santa rosa yesterday. police say a 73-year-old woman died when an suv flipped over and landed on top of her at third and b streets. witnesses say a volvo making a left turn clipped an oncoming suv and that caused the suv to flip. the 72-year-old driver of the suv and the 94-year-old driver of the volvo both had minor injuries. the victim's name has not been released. berkeley police are trying to find a person who left skinned boar's heads in front of two vegetarian restaurants. >> reporter: here's a picture of the skinned boar left in front of the herbivore restaurant in berkeley a mace that doesn't have any meat on its menu. >> disturbing. i'm vegetarian. >> reporter: the remains were found monday morning here. about an hour later another vegetarian restaurant also found a boar's head in front of its restaurant flacco's onned a line called the police department. >> it was definitely an unusual thing. it's nothing that i've seen or experienced in the almost 20 years i've been at the police department. i'm not sure if there is some specific intent behind it if someone was trying to prank somebody. >> reporter: when police arrived at herbivore's, the boar head was gone. they later figured that people who work for berkeley's downtown ambassadors cleaned it up. >> they truly are an ambassador for the city. definitely they went above what they normally do that day. >> reporter: police did find the one left at flacco's and turned it in to animal control trying to figure out where the animals came from, who did this, and why. police are looking into whether any helpful surveillance video exists from any cameras in the area. officially investigators say they don't know why someone would do this. but berkeley residents think it's safe to go ahead and jump to conclusions. >> because that's like -- i don't know offending the people that eat here. you know, trying to make fun of them because they don't eat meat. >> some vegetarians already think that people who eat meat are kind of the bad guys. and it's like there's kind of -- keeping up with that reputation. >> reporter: berkeley police say the person who did this could face a charge of violating the city's littering statute. hayward fire department rescued a cat after a man drunkenly set his own home on fire. the people got out safely. the man lit a newspaper, flames then spread. sky 7 hd was above the apartment on terrell avenue around 11:00 this morning. firefighters gave the little cat some oxygen and the cat will be okay or is expected to be. investigators say the intoxicated man set the building on fire by accident. breaking news in the new york area. these are live pictures of a massive apartment fire. you're seeing video from a chopper, live feed from a chopper. it is on the move. this appears to be -- this is the fire, this is video of that fire. it is spreading to other buildings. it is happening in new jersey, in the avalon edgewater complex. safety workers evacuated everyone to nearby schools and they say they believe they got everyone out safely. no word yet on what started this fire. as you can see, it is massive. no charges will be filed against a richmond police officer in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man back in september. the district attorney says officer wallace jenson was jest guide and acting in self-defense when he shot richard peavy peres. the police department is still conducting an internal investigation. that's expected to take several months to complete. the family has filed a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful december in this case. a pleasanton man has been arrested on suspicion of mail theft. police believe 46-year-old joe siff aveda stole mail yesterday. two witnesses identified him as the suspect. police say they found stolen mail and other property taken from porches around the neighborhood in thinks car. more than a dozen victims have been identified. the family of a terminally ill east bay woman who ended her life spoke out this afternoon in support of a bill to make that choice legal in california. lawmakers introduced the end of life option act today. under that bill californians whose doctors say they have six months or less to live could get a lethal injection prescribed by a physician. the measure comes two months after 29-year-old alamo resident britney menard moved to oregon and legally ended her life after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. her mother says having that choice made her final days some of the best of her life. >> she reached for my hand. she said "mama." given the hand of life we were dealt, this is as good as it gets, mama." >> some religious groups condemn aid and dying legislation saying it's against god's will. five states including oregon currently allow terminally ill patients to take their own lives. uc regents are meeting with money and tuition at the top of the agenda. governor brown and uc president janet napolitano are asking fellow regents to name them as the sole members of a new committee to study the system's finances. they hope to agree on how much state funding uc should receive. both are currently at odds. napolitano says uc needs the $220 million rather than the $120 million governor brown has promised. that money would be given on the condition uc doesn't raise tuition. all lanes of tully road near capitol expressway are open rupp now one day after a big gas leak that shut down a stretch of tully near east ridge mall beginning 3:00 yesterday afternoon. eastbound lanes reopened just after noon today westbound lanes last night. pg&e says a construction crew punctured a line. the evening commute in the south bay is a little different tonight. about an hour ago, cal trans turned on metering lights for the first time on southbound 85 between 280 and 101. they'll ob until 7:00. next wednesday they'll be turned on for northbound on-ramps for the morning commute. the morning meters will be on from 6:00 to 11:00 a.m. two hours longer than any other metering light in the bay area. the freeway traffic is the result of an encouraging good thing, the booming south bay economy. a new bill in the state legislature would make it easier for local authorities to convert car pool lanes into toll lanes and could potentially create new stretches along california highways that would use or charge a user fee. turning now to weather. we can take a live look from our exploratorium camera. nice day outside. >> yeah, it's clear out there. kind of a sunny day. a little on the cool side. checking in with spencer christian with an accuweather update. >> another lovely day. live doppler 7 hd, we began with patches of dense fog but that burned off. now mainly sunny skies. there's a beach hazard statement in effect, high surf advisory from friday morning at 6:00 to sunday morning at 6:00. wave heights hey exceed 15 feet. there will be breakers washing over rocks and jetsies, beach erosion is a possibility. rough surf. looking at the bay, 60 degrees in san francisco right now. 59 in oakland. low 60s san carlos san jose morgan hill. 57 half moon bay. east bay hills camera looking westward it's 62 in santa rosa. 57 napa. petaluma 59. 57 fairfield. 60 in concord. 59 in livermore. as we look over the bay from emeryville, here's you're first forecast. we'll see fog developing after midnight. areas of fog patchy fog. there will be lingering patches of fog. chilly with lows into the upper 30s. a mild afternoon is coming our way with highs ranging from low to mid 60s. and we may see some record heat or warmth by the weekend. i'll have the seven-day forecast in just a moment. the growing controversy over a deflated football in last weekend's championship game. this afternoon we dig into what is now being called deflategate. plus a bakery is being sued for refusing to put a slur on a cake. the person who filed the lawsuit says it's about religious freedom. at 4:30, new concerns about vaccinations due to the measles outbreak hitting california. dozens affected and even more could get sick. and taking a live look at your traffic on this wednesday, it is 4:12. this is the san mateo bridge. traffic is moving in both directions. a little heavier, oncoming traffic heads toward 880, that is eastbound traffic. when the flu hits, it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1.3 days faster. that's 30% sooner. call your doctor right away. and attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing, have serious health conditions or take 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underinflated by two pounds per square inch. >> deflating it is just a matter of taking this valve off the pump, stick it in the hole here, and the air is going to come out. that only takes a couple of seconds to remove a few pounds. >> reporter: pete is the athletics equipment manager at the college. >> if i take out more -- now you can feel the difference. there's more give. and i can stick my hands ss deeper into the ball. >> reporter: each team uses their own footballs which are allowed to be doctored slightly. but they have to be inspected and approved by a referee before the game. after that no alterations are allowed. the college's head football coach said -- >> if you have a quarterback that may have a small hand, a deflated ball may be of value to him. receivers, i'm not sure. in 45 years i've never heard a receiver tell me, deflate the ball so i can catch it. >> reporter: ow this went down is puzzling. >> the ball goes through the ref's hands, coach's hand, ball boy's hand -- no one knows who denated the balls or how it happened. >> reporter: and this -- >> how much does that have an effect on the game? the score was 45-7. deflated ball -- you're not going to change that score. >> reporter: regardless of what the nfl finds the patriots are still headed to the super bowl. analysts say it's possible the team could be fined or have to give up one of their future draft picks. >> belichick again. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 our own wide receiver mike schuman takes a closer look at the issue from the perspective of a former nfl player. two former professional wrestlers are suing the league that made them superstars saying they were forced to perform while seriously hurt. evan singleton known as adam mercer claims he's disabled because of brain trauma. veto veto says he suffered migraines and memory loss. wwe's lawyer says it's been ahead of other professional sports in treating concussions. a bakery fighting a legal claim after it refused to inscribe a gay slur on a cake. thousands of customers are coming to the defense of the bakery in denver. the owner says a customer asked to have the slur written on a bible-shaped cake. she says she had to draw the line. marjorie silva said she would make the cake but not write that message. the customer canceled the order then filed a religious discrimination complaint. >> did feel that it was not right for to us write hateful words or pictures against human beings. >> people have sent in messages proall across the world supporting the owner of the bakery's decision. a state agency will hear this case in march. holograms in the real world may no longer be the talk of the future. during a surprise announcement microsoft revealed it's working on the microsoft hololens. the headset, packed with a built-in screen can project holograms into real life and overlay them onto objects or walls. users of the futuristic device will be able to blend the real world with their own creations. the project has been in the works for years. microsoft hasn't announced when the hololens will hit stores. >> we might not be here but appear to be here? >> yeah, i like that thinking. wasn't as foggy today as yesterday in the bay area. you sure could see a lot of fog in the san joaquin valley from outer space. nasa tweeted this picture to the national weather service, that is a lot of fog. >> the latest on our accuweather forecast and what's to come? >> not a hologram, a real spencer. >> i'm using my hololens to look for rain i don't see it yet. clear skies. here's live doppler 7 hd. we have cheer skies that have lasted till now, will likely last into the late-night hours. a live view looking out over the golden gate. these are our forecast pictures. dense fog develop. warmer weekend coming our way with possibly some record high temperatures for late january. and this dry pattern continues massachusetts next week. here's our fog forecast. notice overnight fog from the central valley will still through the carquinez strait in delta once again, developing in patches of dense fog that will no doubt pose some challenges for early morning commuters. and on we go to the pacific satellite image. a fy high clouds pushing into our weather picture ahead of this week, and dying cold front. still high pressure is holding on and will continue to hold on and in fact expand over the weekend or into the weekend, giving us an extended dry pattern and warmer weather coming our way by the end of the week with the possibility of record highs. early next week, a slight chance of rain around tuesday, maybe tuesday into wednesday of next week. then beyond that notice it drys out again into the end of the week. and basically the end of the month. so we may not get any significant rainfall for the remainder of this month, although we're hoping that next tuesday's little chance of rain amounts to something. overnight look for mainly lyly lyly clear skies, passing high clouds areas of fog developing over near the carquinez strait in delta. lows overnight mid to upper 30s in inland valleys. chilly in napa, throwlows 36. morgan hill 39 mid 40s around the bay. then tomorrow another sunny and mild day with high temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 60s in spots. 67 in oakland and morgan hill. 66 at fremont. 66 santa rosa. 65 at half moon bay. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it gets even warmer as we get into the weekend. look for highs in the low to mid 70s over the weekend, including some 70s on the coastline. and if in that range we may see record highs for the calendar day. temperatures will taper off just a couple of degrees on monday. it will be mild with highs up to about 70. coast, inland, bay. there will be further cooling a few degrees on tuesday, wednesday. and on tuesday, wednesday we have that slight chance of rain. but i emphasize slight. it's not looking like something that's going to call for us to carry our umbrellas those two days. >> all right thank you spencer. up next, a second chance for some really cute little pickuptypies that were tossed out with the trash. how they were saved and what's up next for them. new after 4:30, one woman's controversial stand against leggings. why she's vowing to never wear them again and says other women and girls shouldn't either. ♪ ♪ ♪ first impressions are important. you've got to make every second count. banking designed for the way you live your life. so you can welcome your family home... for the first time. chase. so you can. there's a new twist to the second annual san francisco boat show. it's on the water. more than 100 boats and yachts are docked in mccovey cope's temporary popup marina and pier 48. a variety of workshops will cater to all ranges of sailing skill levels and educate people on different kinds of boats. >> we call it discover boating. and we have samples of every type of boat for people to come and experience and learn about it in a nonsales environment. it's a great place to come if you've never considered boating and find out if it's going to fit your lifestyle. >> the boat show kicks off tomorrow morning at 11:00 and runs through sunday. three terrier puppies left for dead in a trash bag could soon find loving homes. take a look at these little guys. they're alive thanks to a couple walking their dog at pleasant hills posso negal park. the couple's australian shepherd started sniffing around a knotted-up trash bag and the couple noticed the bag was moving. they found the pups inside took them home to feed them before taking them to an animal shelter. contra costa county animal services is investigating what they're calling a serious case of neglect. >> we find abandoned dogs. usually not with puppies like this. so the fact that they were in a sealed bag it makes it really a traumatic kind of thing for the dogs. they eventually would have died if they hadn't been found. this is a serious case of neglect and cruelty. >> stop biting your brother. the pups, adorable seem to be doing well. they've been moved to the east bay animal rescue and refuge in clayton and they'll be put up for adoption. >> i love those faces. ahead of valentine's day the san francisco zoo wants to help you get the perfect valentine gift for your ex. listen to this. the zoo wants you to adopt a hissing cockroach in the name of a former love. don't worry, the gift will be sent anonymously. for anyone who hasn't experienced bad romance, the zoo has several charming residents who could benefit from adoption including a red panda. just to be clear zoo officials want you to know adoption packages do not include any actual live animals but your donation will be used to support the zoo and its animals. still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00 measles continues to spread across california. the latest numbers and how most of the cases are connected to a trip to disneyland. and parents are demanding answers after a young autistic child was found tied to his seat on a school bus. the first lady letting some very unusual things happen at the white house today. we'll tell you why these kids live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. news making headlines, this mysterious gooey substance in the bay is killing more birds. california fish and wildlife officials sent out this tweet. bird rescue continues today. wardens launching boat to inspect bay water and shoreline. the number of dead birds is now up to 200. most have been found along the east bay coastline. wildlife officials say the goo is starting to dissipate. they say it's not petroleum but they're still not sure exactly what it is. california state lawmakers today introduced the end of life option act. if passed that law would apply only to mentally competent patients with less than six months to live. the family of alamo resident britney then nard joined lawmakers in support of this bill. she moved to oregon to end her life after doctors diagnosed her with terminal brain cancer. we'll hear from her family in a live report at 5:00. now oregon is the latest state to have a case of measles traced to an outbreak that started at disney land. parents are urged to vaccinate their kids. abc news reporter ted rolands has the latest from los angeles. >> reporter: the disneyland measles outbreak has spread to four states and mexico. five disney employees are among those sick. three of the five are recovered and back at work. disneyland is trying to contain the virus releasing a statement saying in part, cast members who may have come in contact with those who were positive are being tested for the virus." the outbreak is renewing the debate over vaccinations. many of those getting sick, according to health officials, weren't immunized. at huntington beach high school not far from disneyland 23 unvaccinated students were sent home for three weeks because another unvaccinated student came down with the illness. >> i thought that's a requirement. why are they allowed to go into school without having that? >> reporter: california allows parents to opt out of immunization requirements for person alba leaves. autism fear is a reason some don't vaccinate their kids. doctors say that is a bad decision. >> i vaccinate children all of the time. and i know that there's nothing that i do in terms of protecting their health that has as much value as vaccinations. thankfully the science is in. and there's absolutely no connection between vaccinations and autism. >> reporter: in 2000 the cdc declared measles had been eliminated from the united states. since then there has been a slow progression back with the virus last year. there were 644 documented cases in the u.s. a denver family is outraged this afternoon after a school bus driver tied their 3-year-old autistic son to his seat. authorities say the driver used ropes and belts because the 3-year-old easily comes out of the harness. the denver public school district has placed the driver on administrative leave after watching the video of the incident. district officials say the bus driver could be fired. indonesian investigators today said there's no evidence of sabotage or terrorism in last month's crash of an airasia jet liner that killed all 162 people on board. the country's transport minister says radar data shows the jetliner climbed at least three times faster than a normal ascent, then the plane stalled and plummeted into the java sea. >> when an airplane stalls especially its left wing it can end up spinning. that spin may be unrecoverable. >> moments before the plane vanished from radar the pilot asked to climb to avoid the storm. approval got delayed because of heavy air traffic. the pilot never sent a distress signal. officials recovered the black blockses but have not release in addition new data yet. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has expanded efforts to free two japanese hostages isis has threatened to kill. abe arrived in tokyo after a tour of the middle east where he consulted with the region's leaders and instructed officials to use all possible diplomatic channels to get those host ans released. the islamic state group posted a video yesterday of a knife-brandished masked militant with the two captives demanding $200 million. a federalthe ohio man was arrested outside a gun shop near cincinnati last week. fbi documents show cornell planned to wage jihad by attacking the capitol with pipe bombs and shooting government officials and employees. cornell is being held in jail without bond. the highest-level u.s. delegation to cuba in decades began two days of negotiations in havana today. officials from both countries are discussing immigration issues, including the security of charter flights between miami and havana rooting out fraudulent passports and cooperation on potential search and rescue missions. the talks will also focus on re-establishing a u.s. embassy in havana and a cuban embassy in washington, d.c. for the first time in 50 years. republicans are sounding off today after last night's state of the union address. in his speech president obama took credit for the economic recovery and offered up his vision for the last two years in office. abc news reporter karen travers has the latest. >> reporter: president obama took off with the traditional post state of the union road trip. back home republicans drew lines in the sand on his proposals including a call for big tax increases on the wealthiest americans. >> raise taxes, it's going to make it difficult for us to come to agreement on how we're going to reform our broken tax code. >> reporter: last night was the first time president obama delivered a state of the union to a republican-controlled congress. he showed a bit of swagger taking credit for -- >> the growing economy, shrinking deficits bustling industry booming energy production. middle class economics works. >> reporter: and later in the night, this buzzy moment. >> i have no more campaigns to run. my only agenda -- [ applause ] i know because i won both of them. >> reporter: the president laid out a very aggressive agenda, showing no signs he would shift his priorities to accommodate republicans. >> veto threats and fantasy land proposals from the white house will not distract the people's house from the people's priorities. >> reporter: making the rounds on morning tr today, vice president biden disagreed the president's agenda is dead on arrival with gop majority. >> they're going to have to decide whether or not they're going to actually step up help the middle class, the tax cuts, education. >> reporter: and with that agenda, president obama laid the groundwork for what could be an epic showdown with republicans over his last two years in office. the first lady spent today reading a little dr. seuss. she read from "oh the things you can do that are good for you" at the white house. michelle obama and the kids then practiced some physical fitness moves. the reading was part of the first lady's let move initiative, an effort to reduce childhood obesity. >> the hats are awesome. the late amp cup cop could do more than get you through the afternoon slump, it might keep ohio healthy. from our bay camera clear skies ahead. although there will be fog overnight. you can find a new frontier. there's nothing stopping you and a lot helping you. technology that's with you always. this is our promise. it's never been better to wander because wherever you go, you'll find us doing everything we can, so you can. ♪ i can't stop laughing when i see this. master corporal jeff davis filmed himself driving and lip synching to taylor swif's "shake it off." it's taken the internet by storm. the video was part of the dover, dell police force social media community outreach and has it ever reached out. over 20 million views on youtube. the 19-year veteran of the force says he's enjoying his ride. >> it's a little much. but it's fun. just shows that we're human. and to put a little light on everything that's been going on in the news now. >> davis knew every word by heart because his 10-year-old daughter is a huge taylor swift fan. and he might be as well. he says she plays and sings taylor swift songs all the time. it's no surprise this video is going viral. workers at the zoological wildlife foundation in miami saw this monkey consoling his companion. the sad-looking one on the left is anjelica. her buddy is toby. the zoo posted this video on instagram saying anjelica was upset because she was in a time-out. it's not clear what the little monkey did to get in trouble or why anjelica and toby are wearing those outfits. we don't have any of those answers for you. >> christian just emerged from his time-out. >> frequent and well deserved i might add. here's doppler 7 hd, sunny skies, rain has taken a time-out, a long one. it doesn't look like rain's coming our way for these a week. tomorrow nationwide look for thunderstorms along the gulf coast. most of the remainder of the nation will be dry except the pacific northwest where seattle and portland may get a little bit of damp weather. across the state of california tomorrow mainly sunny skies high clouds mild to warm conditions. we'll see highs in the low 70s. and 60s in our region across the bay area tomorrow. after a few patches of dense morning fog we'll see hazy conditions in inland east bay but generally sunny everywhere else. high temperatures ranging from low to mid 60s on the coast. mid to upper 60s along the bay shoreline and inland. high temperature range for the week ahead in san jose, an idea of the warming trend that will basically blanket all of the bay area. but check out san jose on sunday. a high predicted high of 74. if that happens that will be our record high temperature for that date january 25th for san jose. so there may be other record highs on sunday if we get this big warmup that we are expecting. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 taking a stand against leggings. one woman's controversial fight against the tight leg wear and why she says she wouldn't ever wear them again. the secrets that couples hide from each other and why men are some of the biggest offenders. eating insects is considered a delicacy in many parts of the world. but now the joy of eating bugs is spreading. consumer reports have partnered exclusively for a look at the when the flu hits, it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1.3 days faster. that's 30% sooner. call your doctor right away. and attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing, have serious health conditions or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. the most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. call your doctor right away. don't lose another moment to the flu. when there's flu, tamiflu. if you load up on coffee throughout the day you might consider keeping it up. a new study finds drinking lots of coffee could cut your risk of cancer. four or more cups a day, a ten-year study found you may reduce your risk of getting skin cancer by 20%. the coffee has to be caffeinated. the study is published in "the journal of the national cancer study." >> start when you start trembling, that's not a good idea. are you a secret spender? a new study says 1 in 5 americans has hidden a purchase of at least $500 from their significant other. not only that but about 7 million americans have a bank account or credit card their spouse does not know about. ama? >> what, come on. >> the survey from creditcards.com also found men are twice as likely as women to be secret spenders. >> larry. now to a social media firestorm. a woman is sparking hot debate about wearing form-fitting leggings in public. she says they entice men and she will no longer wear them. here's abc news reporter aditi roy. >> reporter: rihanna's done it. so has olivia wilde. whether a fashion statement or just cure comfort, some women wear leggings as pants. now one woman in oregon is taking a stand against the hip-hugging garments claiming leggings inspire lust. >> women today wearing leggings often can cause men to think of them sexually or lust after them. >> reporter: veronica partridge says she's vowed to stop wearing leggings in public after asking her husband's opinion. he told her it is hard not to look at women wearing leggings. >> just really wanted to be honest and say, yeah, actually. i know men talk about it all the time i know how men think. it's not the women's responsibility, but i appreciate the idea of a woman saying, i'm actually going to try to cover myself up in a way. that might help you not think of me sexually. >> reporter: blogging about her decision, she writes, "if it is difficult for my husband to keep his eyes focused ahead, then how much more difficult could it be for a man that may not have the same self-control?" she's not the only one. a "huffington post" article asked men what they think. the responses? "i personally think it's hot." "i won't take you seriously as a person." >> it's the letter trend. you have it being acceptable for the first time in history for women to wear leggings wherever they want. >> reporter: verrononicaveronica's blog post went viral, over 30,000 facebook shares. and sparking comments like not wearing leggings is not a magic bullet that will stop men from looking. >> i cannot control how a man thinks of me. but i don't want to encourage or entice those thoughts. >> reporter: despite the firestorm on social media veronica says she's not trying to start a movement just sharing her story on how the tight pants are too snug for her comfort. >> what do you think? you can share your opinion on our abc 7 news facebook page. >> i don't think this is going to slow down sales at lulu lemon any time soon. >> probably not. >> it may add to them. have you ever tried a chocolate-covered ant? or perhaps scorpion? >> insects range from delicacies to common staples in many parts of the world. and "consumer reports" is partnering with 7 on your side michael finney for a report on the food craze. >> when i was a kid my favorite aunt bought chocolate-covered ants. chowing them down. michael, want some? i did not want some. for centuries insects have been included in traditional dishes all around the world and actually in dayton ohio too. we all know mexican tequila lacks a certain something without that worm. now consumer reports have taste tested insect-laden food marketed right here in the u.s. >> reporter: when we see someone eating bugs it's usually on a reality tv show. >> you're really going to have to eat these giant madagascar hissing cockroaches and this blood salsa filled with maggots. >> reporter: new fad companies are hoping americans overcome the ick factor introducing cookies and snack bars made with cricket flour. the chapel bar. >> we rinse then, throw them on the sheets, then we cook them and mill them down to flour that goes into our energy bar. >> reporter: the bar contain up to 40 dried ground crickets. according to the bar manufacturers, cricket flour has two times most of protein than beef and 15% more iron than spinach. in a blind test, "consumer reports" food experted answered the all-important question. how does it taste? they sampled six snack bars from two manufacturers as well as some cookies. could they detect any traces of insect? >> did anyone get any off notes in this bar? >> no. >> no. >> i didn't get any. >> nothing unusual in the taste. >> no. >> for the most part the parse had simple straightforward ingredient listings. fruits, nuts honey, flax and crickets. >> reporter: as for the cookies, they tasted more of coconut than crickets. "consumer reports" advises that because crickets are closely related to shrimp, people will shellfish allergies should avoid products containing cricket flour. it is worth noting cricket flour doesn't come cheap. regular flour to 3 to 6 cents an ounce, cricket flour costs $1 an ounce. just to be clear, you're not going to be handing these out as part of your finney monday free stuff? >> i'm not guaranteeing that. >> no promises. >> walk through the news room handing those out. the assignment desk guys will eat almost anything. up next the effort to keep one san francisco neighborhood clean has been so successful the program is spreading. the difference it's making and where it will likely go next. >> cricket flour. coming up new at 5:00, decision day for a former bay area police commander. he learns his fate for taking advantage of a neighbor. the simple plant that is forcing one bay area park to call in an army to get rid of it. female announcer: get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. the year end clearance sale ends sunday at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ next week san francisco supervisors are expected to approve the money to expand a program that seems to be a win-win for the city. port-a-pottys have been set up in the tenderloin to help keep city streets cleaner and help the homeless at the same time. carolyn tyler joins us live from city hall with the details. >> reporter: larry, these are more than your typical port-a-potty port-a-pottys. for one thing they are solar powered. for another they have attendants who are paid to keep them nice and clean. louis lopes was tired of seeing his neighborhood being dumped on literally. now he's noticed a dramatic change. thanks to this mobile toilet. one of three so-called tenderloin pit stops operating over the last six months. >> the best thing they ever did. you know you can see people in between the cars doing their thing, but this is really good. it cleaned up the whole thing. >> reporter: the pit stops are set up 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. tuesday through friday in the three neediest areas of the tenderloin. >> much cleaner. much cleaner. >> reporter: the bathrooms are staffed, monitored, and constantly cleaned. san francisco public works says every five minutes, someone is stepping inside. >> they need more of these. >> the results have been very, very favorable. both i think for public works reducing the amount of services we need to respond to but also serving people who really need to go and don't have a place to go in the area. >> reporter: on average, there are 50 requests for sidewalks to be steam cleaned in the schedule every day. supervisor jane kim, who worked two years to get the pilot program in place says cleaning requests have dropped 60%. and more than 2,600 gallons of water are saved every month. >> because it's actually turning into an environmental program we're eligible for other funds because we're conserving water in the city. >> reporter: the program is expected to receive approval next week for an additional $200,000, which will allow the pilot to continue until the end of june. and for one more pit stop to be set up, probably south of market. thanks for joining us for abc news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. the terminal prognosis, it's hard to understand until it's in your life. >> the new debate over the right to die. the husband of a bay area activist and what he hopes will be her lasting legacy. he was a police officer, and she knew what he'd been doing. >> not just an officer, a police commander. how long he's going to jail for taking advantage of a neighbor. also action table for two. how the governor and president of the uc system are hashing out tuition increases. plus, how these goats are saving a north bay hillside. i'm meteorologist sandy patel. record warmth and a rain chance in the seven-day forecast. a bay area woman drew national attention to dying with dignity. now her husband is taking up the mantle. >> britney was a californian. we lived in this state. and she would have prefer to have had been able to pass away peacefully in this state. >> good evening. i'm all may dates in for cheryl jennings. >> the family of a terminally ill bay area woman who moved to oregon to exercise her right to die there went to the state capitol in sacramento today. brittany maynard's husband and mother stood side by side with lawmakers trying to change the law. abc 7 news reporter erer laura anthony is in sacramento. >> reporter: this is a very emotional press conference here at the capitol. britney's mother told us her daughter did not have a suicidal bone in her body. but given a terminal diagnosis, she just want eded a say in how she died. >> stand up and make your voice heard. even if it shakes. like mine. >> reporter: through her tears the mother of britneytany maynard told reporters her daughter wanted to die at home in the bay area. instead maynard and her family moved to oregon because ending one's life is not legal here. >> we'd left friends we'd left our supportive network. yet britney and i felt appreciative of her legal right in oregon that she could decide when enough was enough. >> i certainly feel as sick as i am. >> reporter: the 29-year-old maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on january 1st of last year. brittany, her husband and parents moved to oregon so she could qualify for what's called an aid in dying medication, one she used on november 1st. >> recognizing that we had to move to oregon she felt was a huge injustice. and so i made a promise that i would do what i could to help this
>> woke up out of a sleep to see what we'd been working for the last 12 years up in flames. >> the teen 'had no injure es and was arrested on the scene. police had a hard time putting out the fire because of a severed gas line i mentioned. firefighters had the fire under control in the afternoon. and setting two fires in san francisco, david diaz was in court today. last year convicted of mantse manslaughter for the death of a partner. now he faces two new charges for setting a house and vehicle on fire. prosecutors revealed the victim was the current boyfriend. police are investigating whether diaz was also involved in other arsons set in the castro since september september. and a rare january brush fire racing dangerous ousously close to several homes. it moved up the a hillside in the rockaway beach area after it broke out about 3 350shzhtdñ this morning. firefighters went door to door evacuated houses. residents were stunned when fighters nocted at their doors. >> 20 minutes. you might want to get out of here. there's a fire. of course, stunned. a fire? it's wintertime, isn't it? >> rare this time of year to have a brush fire. firefighters stopped the fire by 7:30 before it reached any houses. no one hurt. burned about six acres. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. amazing pictures now of the pilot whose plane was in trouble using a parachute to save the day. not in wait you think. the parachute was on his plane. yes. incredible picture of the pilot deploying the plane's parachute for the emergency landing. the pimt picked up the plante in wichita, kansas and picked up an extra fuel tank and headed for hawaii, but crash landed often of maui. abc's news laura joins us with the story. >> reporter: this is where the pilot stopped over the weekend to pick up that extra fuel tank. the president of the company here told us he won't speculate on what happened to morton's plane until he speaks with the pilot, but he told us over the past 25 years he's installed 1,200 of these tanks, and never had a problem. this coast guard video shows the seconds before the sirius sr-22 loses engine power in mid-air. 250 miles from maui and the parachute deployed. first the plane faces nose down until it's stabilized and lands gently in the ocean. coast guard directed the pilot to fly near a cruise ship. that's when the 28 norton was pulled safely onboard. he said a few words when he arrived mow think is morning. >> coordination with the coast guard and all of america more than impressive. >> reporter: he flew out sunday. >> everything is long-range fuel tanks in aircrafts we can take apart and put in containers. >> reporter: richard orton hooim is the president of sky view aviation, which installed the extra fuel tank calmed a ferry tank like this one under the sirius over the weekend. orton himes says the temporary was was tested before taking off. a simple system that works on gravity a. tank this level, another tank here. one in the middle simply to explain. you open the valve. the fluid in this tank will move down to this one. correct? it's called gravity. >> reporter: the company morton works for in seattle released a statement you aing they had adequate reserves but the fuel was unable to reach the engines for various reasons. in hawaii morton declined comment on whammed. the national transportation safety board investigates the incident. in tracy, laura anderson, abc 7 news. add another business to the list of places inect if the with measles. the dave ever ever buster's and experts awindow exposure to measles is very short. only about two hours or so. experts say most people who have been vaccinated should be okay but a heads up if vaccinated in the early 1960 ps's. >> there are some vaxen-aid the with the first vaccines who might not be fully protected. and they should probably go check with their providers and see whether another dose might be indicated. >> now, this brings to tleep the number of south bay locations where people were possibly exposed to measles. also visits a costco and gilroy the day before. doctors want you to look for symptoms up to 21 days after exposure. we need your help. a missing teenager in needs of medicine. he ran way from mope from the 2,000 block of evan lane last thursday. they that type i diabetes and needs insulin twice a day. he's 5'11" and last seen wearing a pittsburgh steelers hand at black sweat shirt. if you think you saw him, call 911. and a big detar because of b.a.r.t. construction. it will be completely closed to the vehicles and pedestrian the next nine months. bus line 77 will be re-routed. an ex-tense will run below the intersection. construction reached the half-way point and running ahead of schedule. b.a.r.t. service could begin as early as fall 2017. someone defaced the new $1b1 anti-muslim ads on san francisco muni buses. a couple weeks ago the ads began to run. drouing pair levels between the -- this week is reported they've didn't defaced and a message of stopping say the speech. the super hero in question the first muslim/pakistani/american super hero. and a block shut down as police investigates city's ninth homicide of the year. it happened just around the corner from allendale elementary school. officers arrived to find a man with a gunshot wounds. rushed to the hospital but sadly did not survive. police have not made any arrests. looking for help to save the life of;aihñ his partner. frank, the kea 9:00 dog, his canine dog, diagnosed with lymphoma, a form of cancer. the sergeant said the german shepherd started limping recently and we toocts the dog to the vet where he -- the treatment is so expensive, stit will cover some of thes 10ds,000 cost but he has to come up with the rest. without it frank has just two months to live. >> comes home with me every day. like a member of the family. and 2 was pretty sad when we found out and we'll do everything we can to keep him around for as long as we can. >> the city will help cover some of the costs but not all. the sergeant start add gofundme page to raise money. donors pitched in about $4,000 of the $10,000 goal. much more to come here for you at 5:00 this monday night. >> we won't be grading papers unless that can be done during the workday. >> no grading papers, no lesson planning, no supervising clubs. how teachers are redefining what it means to be on the job. also ahead, why the doctor won't be in for students at uc campuses across the state. plus -- >> oh, i'm using gas all day long. the prices definitely affect me. the good times have certainly been rolling right along at the pump, but is the bottom now in sight? and flight cancellations because of the weather. michael finney on who's really paying the change when the flu hits, it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1.3 days faster. that's 30% sooner. call your doctor right away. and attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing, have serious health conditions or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. the most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. call your doctor right away. don't lose another moment to the flu. when there's flu, tamiflu. the situation heating up between the teachers union and new haven school district. today teachers start add two-week long protest of sorts after negotiations over health benefits stalled. the new haven unified school district serves 12000 students in union city and parts of heyward. for more abc 7 news reporter live in union city. >> reporter: hey, dan. once that bell ring what's do you think teachers do at the end of the day? they correct paper exams. they do a lot of planning, but not today. now, teachers here have been without a contract since june and this is their way of guesting not only the district's attention but parents as well. students left this elementary in union city at 2:05 this afternoon. shortly after the teachers followed. >> i you'vely stay here until 8 8:30 at night. basically a message to the administration we are serious. >> reporter: work to rule means teachers do no more than the minimum required by the rules of their contract. >> we won't be grading papers unless that can be done during the workday. >> our teachers have spoken loud and clear their primary concern is the health care funded first and thend talk about salary increases. >> reporter: teachers are concerned if health care costs skyrocket, the proposed salary increases won't be enough to cover them. the district acknowledges, this could potentially happen lop health care costs were sleetly lyslightly down last year. >> if the salley didn't kmooetmeet a proposed it will come out of their paycheck. >> reporter: this action continues two weeks. >> the kids lose out but i understand their point of view. >> reporter: no progress in negotiations, the union will have a strike vote in the spring. in union city lee ann menendez, abc 7 news. and at the student health centers, a one-day strike tomorrow, that will affect all ten campuses. in the bay area picketing at various schools. the first time in deac kads doctors have gone on strike against an employer. charges the university with unfair labor practices. uc is encouraging the union to get back to the bargaining table. bestowing its blessings on storts teams at candlestick park for decades. soon an iconic statue will need a new home. commissioned in 1973 will soon be removed from the middle of the stadium to the bus zone. sky 7 over candlestick park earlier where demolition begins in the coming days. it's not clear yet when he will end up. wondering how low the price at the pump can go, seems we're about to find out. the latest lundberg survey says gas prices may have bottomed out. it looks at wholesale price, gone up in the past ten days. that increase starts showing um at the pump soon. for now, driver are enjoying the lowest gasoline prices since march of 2009. naturally a price is $2.07, regular. >> every time my tank gets to about half full i come and get more because i'm afraid it will go back up and i want a full tank. >> well a good streak. gasoline prices have fallen every week since july and compared to a year ago, drivers are saving $1.24 a gallon. the blizzard of 2015 is bur bearing down on much of the northeast tonight and affecting air travel nationwide. take a live look now at san francisco international airport. the airport is reporting a total of 51 cancelations, and delays of flights to and from the storm. airports in oakland and san jose have one cancellation each because of the storm. at least 6,500 flights nationwide are cancelled and may not take off until wednesday. >> a massive blizzard is causing a major problem out on the roads. connecticut officials plan to close all highways in the state in about an hour. driving will be banned in new york city later tonight, and the city subway system is slitting down. hundreds of schools and businesses closed from maine down to washington, d.c., and as far west as ohio. some areas can expect up to three feet of snow. now, coming up next on "world news tonight with david muir" a look at huewho will be hit the hardest, following our news on abc 7. and a line outside in union square. comments include, only organic during the storm and must be all out of kale. major airlines waving change fees for passengers scheduled to fly in or out of the blizzard zone back east. >> not fun pip costing airlines to make the changes. a study shows it costs passengers a lot more. >> and michael finney is here with a look. >> isn't it funny how the consumer ends up paying? >> every time. >> we always hear how much it's costing the business. an industry research group says it costs an airline an average of $6,000 to reschedule a flight. however, passengers on each flight together pay $58 grand. the reason is simple. snuck a snowstorm, may have to pay for additional nights as a hotel and more meals out. the biggest cost is lost income. stranded often means missing work. research by the industry group maps flights $500 million due to cancelled flights last winter however, passengers lost $5.1 billion due to storms, and had to deal with being stuck. there may be some consolation for air passengers, however. at least one travel kpip says airfares are going down. the study by expedia.com says ticket prices should drop by about 11% this year, and it's not just because of lower fuel costs. expedia says the growth of discount airlines like frontier and spirit should help drive prices down. when low-cost carriers offer nor flights, the big airlines are inclined to reduce prices to compete. if you're waiting for a tax refund this year beware. the irs has scammers waiting for your refund, too. crooks are using stolen social security numbers and other personal data to pose as tax payers. they 2350i8file fraudulent returns early in the season with their address. the feds have intercepted 19 million fake returns since 2011. the irs warns you should avoid giving out your social security number or carrying it with you. and here's the big tip here. if you file early you beat the bad guys to the punch. so you get your real return. the second one comes in and the irs says, what's up with this and figure it out. >> good advice. thank you, michael. >> sure. turning our attention to our weather. talking about what's happening back east, terrible. around here, gorgeous. >> and spencer christian keep an eye on that. >> wish we could chip some of. ♪ in the sierra where it's badly needed. right here need run. all we're getting is clouds. clouds are thickening moving up from the south as the weak storm system off the coast of southern california is producing light rain and scattered showers in the l.a. area now. 1/10 to 1/4 inch. not much out of the system, that's how it looks now. current temperature readings of 62 in san francisco 1 in mainly, and mid to upper 60s in inland locations. the view from the rooftop across the bay and embarcadero. forecast features. cloudy tonight not as chilly as last night. spotty sprinkles occur early torng and end late in the day and a dry and mild remainder of the week. here's how the satellite image looks. see the weak storm off the coast of california? picking up showers around l.a. and other parts of california. poushing moisture to our region but may not hold up. the forecast animation. overnight clouds moving up from the south. a chaps of light showers in the early morning hours down around monterey bay and into the parts of south bay. ends by evening hours. so don't think we'll get more than spotty sprinkles or some light isolated showers oucht of this. the sierra especially central sierra look for little if any accumulation. especially around lake tahoe from there, valleys southward maybe slightly more snow out of the system but nothing significant in accumulation. overnight, increasingly cloudy skies, and low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 40s. much miter then we saw this morning with mid to upper 30s in the inland locations. on coast lows in the low 50s tonight and tomorrow look for mostly cloudy skies. a little bit of haze around tomorrow, in the early morning hours, we have our greatest chance for some sprinkles but we don't expect any measurable rainfall. maybe 1/100 inch, not much more. high temperatures tomorrow in the low to mid 60s. by the afternoon precipitation that develops probably ending. seven-day forecast. another mild and milder week ahead. sunnier skies on wednesday towards the end of the week. high temperatures climbingp the upper west. near 70 on the coast. 70 around the bay and inland nap mild, dry pattern continues into early next week. maybe not at mild as this past weekend but closer to what we just had over this past weekend twhan we consider the mid-winter norm. this is anything but the mid-winter norm. >> so true. spencer, thank you. coming up, a former 49er is among three retired super bowl champs taking on the nfl. what they're saying, and why? and a 3d anaty lab. new at 6:00, a unique learning experience and the technology that makes it a repeateder, dialing change coming to the area. in five days dial one then 415 and your number for a call to come through even in dialling to the same area code to the neighbor across the street. the change comes because san francisco will soon be a dual area code city. starting in march any new phone number had begin with 628. three former football players including one with the 49ers are asking the national football league to fund research on marijuana treatments from brain injuries. a 49er and this man played for several teams now lives in cornell. and also played for many teams went to klemp at ucla. the three men say many former and current players use mrn northern treat pain from injuries on the field. in an op-ed todayed men say there is a compelling body research showing that marijuana can help treat pain and brain injuries. the three players want commissioner roger goodell and the league to lead the way. world class soccer is coming to san jose. the u.s. women's national team will flayplay against ireland at the new stadium may 10th. the two teams compete on it's road to the 2015 world cup. it's the new home of major league soccer san jose's earthquakes. abc 7 news sports anchor mike shumann spent the day there. more at the news at 6:00. stay tuned. and from soccer to hockey and a spectacular goal at a competition this weekend pap 22-year-oldly.s the puck off the ice between his legs and does a full 360 degree spin whipping the puck past the goaltender. he plays for the tampa bay lightning. where this type of spinning shot is illegal. >> slick though. oh. now to the search for a soul mate and the tv show "the bachelor." >> i cannot believe what we're about to do a mud run in wedding dresses. >> yeah. what? the bachelorettes debt get down and dirty for a date with prince farming. the battle came to the bay area. find out who came out on top tonight at 8:00 and stay tuned for abc 7 news at 11:00 for a look behind the scene. that tonight here on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> a mud run wedding dress. one of the hottest players in the nba. bringing magic every time he suits up. and coming up bringing wiza at subway, a great meal starts with a great sandwich on the new "simple 6 menu." with six of our best six-inch subs, like the tender turkey breast plus any bag of chips and a 21-ounce drink for just $6 every day. hi in the abc 7 newsroom, coming up at 6:00, easing a crowded commute. why getting a sticker was anything but easy for an east bay family. the discovery of dozens and dozens of new species and why it demonstration there's a lot to learn about our fragile planet. that's all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. ama and i will see you then. thank you. and curry urging kids to stay active and healthy. >> the all-star at the international community school in oakland now teaching kilgds the importance of staying fit. >> looking sharp. hall of famer payton oakland native leading several activities parts of the healthy week. >> no whatter what you do in leitch, to be able to take control of your health and make the smart choices that you feel good about yourself inspired every single day to get better in the classroom, at home, with your friends and most importantly, you can encourage each other in that process. so that you're all on that same mission together. >> doctors are also at the international community school to talk with the children about the importance of a healthy and balanced diet. very nice. and all-star clay thompson received recognition today for historymaking performance friday night. the nba named him western conference player of the week. >> friday's win hit all 13 of his shorts. including 9 for 9 beyond the arc. on this monday night, the breaking news. the blizzard of 2015. more than 50 million americans affected. the worst of this about to hit. tonight, states of emergency. up to three feet of snow. wind gusts could reach hurricane strength. flights cancelled coast to coast. and tonight, the new worries about power. ginger zee and rob marciano, our entire team on this. also tonight, a major development in the patriots scandal. is there now a person of interest? how the nfl is responding tonight, just as the patriots fly to phoenix for the super bowl. breaking news straight from a script. the fbi sting tonight. an alleged russian spy here in america. his handlers, their code words, and who were they spying on? and the spectacular escape. the plane out of fuel, plunging toward the ocean. the parachute and the cruise ship below.
firefighters responded to 911 calls a little after 10:00. the fire went quickly to two alarms. a fire that was tough to fight. a ruptured gas line kept giving the stubborn blaze life, shooting flames to the attic of the pizzeria. this is the other than of the once thriving pizza shop i. woke up out of my sleep to run over here and see what eave been working for the last 12 years up in flames. >> reporter: firefighters brought in 18 pieces of equipment including ladder trucks and doused the fire with heavy doses of water hoping it would help. they clamped the two-inch metal gas pipe. fire fighters were able to stop the fire from reaching af= tattoo shop in the same ground-level building. >> they had to kick my door in, and to see if anything flames went into the shop. >> reporter: see this white mercedes-benz wedged into the pizza shop? firefighters say that's what caused the blaze. a 16-year-old girl was driving the car erratically down a back street. police pursued her through several stop lights. joann wiggins saw the chase from her bedroom. >> it was like a if were you in a racetrack. it was so loud. and fast. >> reporter: the driver apparently lost control and plowed into the pizzeria, ruptures the gas line. the teenager escaped unhurt and was arrested. the fire was put out a little after 12:00 noon. vic lee, abc 7 news. developing news out of san jose. police have take tuan drivers into custody following a crash that killed a pa ennsylvania december snishgs pedestrian. they they may have been racing. they don't know if she was associated with the trucks at the scene pap crew is on the scene and we'll brick you a live report on abc 7 news at 5:00. happening on the east coast. the blizzard of 2015 is underway. looking at a live picture of times square. not as busy as normala massive storm slams much of the northeast. live at times square, crossroads of the world, not very busy. snowfall up to three feet expected this evening and into morning. a national weather service issued a blizzard warning for a 20-mile swath of the northeast from washington, d.c. to the tip of maine, and as far west as pittsburgh. right now, new york is under a state of emergency. we'll have a look at these storms, the impact and a live report from new york city coming up at 4:30. the big storm is having a dramatic impact on air as well as ground travel. >> yes. at least 3,000 flights were canceled today. and roughly the same number expect ford tomorrow. >> and the bay area, 51 flights canceled at sfo and one each at mineta san jose and oakland international airport. >> our reporter nick smith has a look at the effect on bay area travel. >> i know they can't help the weather. >> reporter: and you need look no further than the departure board to see how powerful airlines is when it comes to mother nanature. up and down the east coast. philadelphia, even chicago thousands of travelers stopped in their tracks. >> i was going in try pai toaipei through san francisco. >> reporter: and brenda mancuso is only half the way home. >> flight in new york cancelled. they put me on a noon flight. an e-mail said it was cancelled. >> reporter: she isn't the only one. dozens of negotiating with ticket agents passing time with apads or -- >> i'm trying to go to newark. >> reporter: language this manike this man a voucher given to him by the airline to compensate for an unexpected layover in san francisco. a storm thousands of mile aces a way packing enough of a punch to be noticed state wide. >> booked me on a flight to dulles. i hope to a train to new york from there frrt you're. >> reporter: if you're expecting someone or leaving your yourself, call the airline first. incredible ripple effect around the country. >> absolutely. our weather here, though, spectacular yesterday. >> can't beat what we're enjoy enjoying. we have the forecast. >> a sharp contrast. showing how calm conditions are here, despite the increase in clouds but that's nothing compared with what's happening over in the north atlantic, the coast a big storm building on the radar image and looks like we'll have we can expect blizzard conditions from new york to boston to bangor. 15 to 30 inches of snow with winds gusting 55 to 65 miles per hour, and away from the coast in the interior areas winter storm warning in effect, 18 to 24 inches of snow will fall. winds will gust from 30 to 40 miles per hour. follow the storm with the timeline. overnight, see most intense effects of the storm felt just after midnight tomorrow and continuing mid-morning hours before the storm finally pups way. meanwhile, back here in the bay area, calm conditions. the first forecast as we look northward from the tower calling for mostly cloudy skies and spotty sprinkles tomorrow. that's in the morning hours mainly spotty sprinkling by afternoon tomorrow mostly cloudy hazy and not much rain to speak of. high temperatures from 60 to 66 degrees. a long are look at the forecast late perp. >> spencer, thank you very much. a man accused of setting fire to his boyfriend house and vehicle in san francisco was in court today. david diaz pleaded not guilty to those charges, and another charge for possessing and incendiary device. last year he was found guilty of manslaughter for the death of a sexual partner. he set that man's body on fire. a jury found him guilty of arson in that case but the judge threw out the arson conviction. san francisco prosecutors say the judge's decision weighs heavily on the recent arson charges. kg4 >> add insult to injuresy what the judge did after the jury spoke in this case. but add insult to injury is the judges setting aside in dismissal the arson charge. >> police are investigating if diaz was also involved in several other arsons that happened since december in the castro districts. investigators are trying to determine the cause of a rare january brush fire that forced the evacuation of 80 to 90 homes in pacifica early this morning. the wind whipped blaze moved up a littleside in the rockaway beach area. it broke out about 3:positive in30 in the morning. >> they were very nice. you might want to get out of here. you have 10 to 20 minutes. that's a fire. stunned. a fire? it's wintertime. isn't it? >> reporter: firefighters stopped the fire before it reached any homes and no homes damaged because of quick work by firefighters. it burned about six acres. a deadly shooting in east oakland that happened just after noon from around the dproern allendale elementary school. officers shut down the block to collect eford and talk to witnesses. this was the ninth homicide this year in oakland. add another business to the list of places visited by a please measles patient. the infected american visited dave & busters in mill peete ispitasmilpitas. visitors didn't see overly concerned. >> i'm from the older generation. e you know we all had measles as kids. i don't flow if the strain worse, better or what but i'm not overly concern about it. >> dave & buster's has its own entrance and the man did flot go into the adjacent mall parentally. this brings to three the number of locations where people were possibly exposed to measles. he also visited a costco the day before. looking for symptoms of measles 21 days after exposure. contract negotiations prompting tough tactics by teachers in union city. teachers enforcing a work to rule action for the next two weeks meaning they'll do no more than the minimum required by the rules of their contract. when school ends teachers won't collect homework or exams outside of the school day. the teachers union hopes this will pressure the school district to meet their demands. and california nurses final iced a contract with kaiser permanente. three-year deal covers 13,000 nurses increases pay by 14% over three years's time. the nurses planned to walk out for two days last unique week. ed the humane society is looking for who abandoned these puppies last week. they were discovered by a couple walking their dog. fortunately, these little dogs are okay, and being housed as a facility in clayton until they are old enough to be adopted. drivers in san jose are facing a new detour because of b.a.r.t. construction. this intersection closed to vehicles and pa december preensennsylvania december treens snishgs pedestrians the next nine months. running below the intersection. b.a.r.t. service to san jose could begin as early as fall of 2017. a north bay park that's become popular with the homeless shut down today. boyd memorial park in san ra zell is closed for the next 30 days. mayor gary phillips reeves complaints from people in the community about the homeless presence there. someone set a fire in one of the bathrooms last week and reports of crime and drug use. during the closure, crews will renovate the park, trim vegetation and tear down those bathroom. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you 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troubles about 250 miles out forced the pilot to take action. the coast guard instructs him to fly towards a cruise ship before using the parachute. after the plane hits the pilot emerges from the cockpit then deploy as life raft he had onboard. a few minutes later the pilot is drifting in the ocean towards the cruise ship that picks him up. >> roger. >> reporter: a few hours later, four people were rescued after another small plane ran out of gas 11 miles west of oahu. three adults and a child hoisted to safety in a dramatic ocean rescue by the coast guard. >> two survivors in the basket. >> reporter: parachutes for airplanes approved by the faa in 1993 and accredited for saving hundreds of lives. the plane in this instance was built with a parachute. >> that made all the difference. coming up at 5:00, abc 7 news report laura anthony looks at the plane's fume system to see how the pilot ran out of gas so quickly. enjoy the super low gas prices, because they may come to an end. predicting at price of gasoline may have hit bottom and may start to rise soon. the survey points out wholesale prices which rose in the past ten days. the average price of regular $2.07. drivers filling up at this arco station, knew a price hike was coming. >> going to go back up? >> probably will. >> what are you going to do? >> guess taxes and death. you know? >> i live for lift and uber and deliver food for caviar and am using gas all day long. prices definitely affect me. >> the price of gasoline is still at its lowest level since 2009 plummeted by $1.247 from this time a year ago. and pressure to shut down a tracker. realtime traffic guidance and warnings about issues including congestion, car accidents and cops. sheriffs nationwide believe the user committed reports about officer's locations make it a danger to police. police also say it could help criminals safely guest away after robberies. the company thinks carefully about police and security. looking for a little help to save his partner. a canine diagnosed with limb foam mae. the 7-year-old german shepherd recently became sick before a patrol shift. his handler took him to the vet when the discovery was made. the treatment is expensive but can allow him to live out a happy life. without it he'll have just two months to live. >> he comes home with me every day. he's like a member of the family, and it was pretty sad when we found out and we'll do everything we can to keep him around for as long as we can. >> the city will help cover some of the costs but not all. the sergeant start add gofundme page to raise money. donors pitched in about $4,000 of the $10,000 goal. a new york woman could not save her dog sadly, so she spent their final days together living life to the fullest. this is lauren watt and her 160-pound mastiff giselle. the two have been inacceptable since they met on a tennessee farm 17 years ago. last summer giselle noticed she was limping. turned out she had cancer and lauren decided to hit the road every weekend and celebrate their friendship, through the fall and winter they went on several canoe trip hit the beach. sweets doughnuts and ice cream. had a great time. giselle passed away january 7th. lauren poefrted the story online to inspire other animal lurchers to embrace life even with death staring you in the face and received thousands of e-mails from others thanking her for the inspiration. she'll never regret that time spent with giselle. >> no. time to turn to the weather and what's ahead for the week. >> spencer christian, outside live with us with a look at the akook weather forecast. hoping for rain? a chance? >> hoping and watching. inging we see clouds increasing but they don't look like they're promising much in the way of rainfall. an increase in moisture as clouds thicken overnight. the storm producing these clouds is down to the south. just off the southern california coast where it's producing light rainfall right now. showers around l.a. and other parts of southern california, but under 1/10 of an inch. back to the bay area clouds increase. current temperature readings mainly in the low to mid-60s, although cooler in napa and petaluma. temperatures dropped into the mid to upper 50s. a live view from the roof top camera. forecast pictures. cloudy skies tonight. a !sprinkle, that's all we'll squeeze out of the clouds. we're not, but alldrz÷ the clouds will dpliver erdeliver and dry and mild the remainder of the week. that system a weak disturbance moving northward off the southern california coastline and it's driving some clouds and moisture up into our area early tomorrow morning. we may see light showers in monterey bay and parts of the south bay. later in the day notice rainfall and shower activity and spotty sprinkles diminishing and tapering off to nothing by early tomorrow evening. so don't expect much in the way of measurable rain out of this and not much in the way of measurable snow in the central sierra. little ifny accumulation expected especially near lake tahoe in the central sierra. however, farther south the valley southward, maybe a little more than that but no major accumulations expected at all. overnight back in the bay area look for increasing clouds. low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 40s. a few low 50s. san francisco 512. 51, half moon bay. 50 in oakland. tomorrow, mostly cloudy day with the best chance of spotty sprinkles or light isolated showers in the morning hours. by afternoon, clouds still lingering. it will be a hazy day, a little sun peaking through, but not much at all is expected later in the day in the way of sprinkles or showers. high temperatures generally in the low to mid-60s from coast to inland. here's the accuweather seven day forecast and notice what is shaping up this week bp another mild dry pattern much like last week and temperatures increase towards the end of the week, into the weekend, high temperatures saturday and sunday right around 70 degrees much like this past weekend. we'll see upper 60s on the coast. might be another great weekend for getting out enjoying the beach or other outdoor spring-like activities as we coast into midwinter. dan and ama? >> craig spencer. and a big win at the s.a.g. awards for viola davis. and new amp 4:30 a hot new investment for venture capitalistses cashing in on the new green economy. and a live look outside at traffic across the golden gate bridge moving smoothly on your monday afternoon at 4:22. right-hand sigh, traffic heading to the north bay. stay with us. back aft want to know how hard it can be... ...to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled... ...copd maintenance treatment... ...that helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you 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return this thursday night right here on abc 7. and mark your calendar for oscar sundays. the big awards show is february 22nd right here on abc 7. your oscar station. talking about honors coming off a historic performance, warriors guard clay thompson wins the wrchs conference player of the week. friday he scored an nba record 37 points in a quarter. in the third quarter against the kings he went a perfect 13 for 13 from the field. and 9 for 9 from three point range. he followed friday's game way mere 31 points in a win over boston. so you can see he slumped after that. >> right. >> this was thompson's third player of the week honor. this season. he's hot. wwe is using one of the biggest action heroes ever to promote its wrestle mainian event this month. the professional wrestling organization announced today it will induct armed schwarzenegger into its hall of fame during a ceremony on saturday march 28th. the event is open to the public, and comes the night before wrestlemania at the stadium. a wwe press release says schwarzenegger has big a big fan since the '70s and made several appearances over the years. just ahead, a monstrous storm blowing into the east coast. preparation underway as the storm closes in. plus the series of threats for air travelers over the weekend and why experts say they're almost always hoaxes. and a disturbing discovery this morning. what was found on the white house lawn? and taking another live look out at your traffic. san mateo bridge, as usual, traffic on the left-hand side coming towards us is a little bit heavier. that's traffic coming when the flu hits, it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1.3 days faster. that's 30% sooner. call your doctor right away. and attack the flu virus at its source with prescription 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places where people were possibly exposesed to measles. dave & bufrt erster's and went into a costco and a walmart a day earlier. he tweet fundamental 100 unvaccinated people are exposed to measle 90 will get. from an interview i just did with abc's dr. richard besser. amazing tale from a pilot. ditching his plane near hawaii. crewing from a nearby cruise ship pulled pilot to safety. we have a close are look at the pilot's dramatic emergency landing. a live report on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> be sure to tune in for that. travel around the country severe because of weather hitting the east coast. times square. not what it usually looks like. people are bundled up and few and far between. abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has a look at this monster storm moving in. >> reporter: the flakes already falling, and the worst is yet to come. >> it is a serious blizzard. it should not be taken lightly. >> reporter: from philadelphia through new england, this massive blizzard is expected to bring up to several feet of snow. >> i'm hoping for less but ethink we're really going to get hammered. >> reporter: a key concern, the wind, with gusts predicted to be above 50 miles an hour, bringing whitesout conditions and the potential for widespread power outages. >> this will most likery be one ryly lily be one of the largest. >> reporter: only salt trucks snow plows and emergency vehicles will be allowed on the roads toint. the same in connecticut. >> i have signed a travel ban for the entire state. >> reporter: also in preparation, lots of cancellations from flights to votes on capitol hill and nba games postponed, and with so many schooling and businesses closing tomorrow, now the last-minute lines. >> hot chocolate here. thank you for waiting. >> reporter: and this scramble to stock up ahead of the storm. >> you should stay home if you can. you should only go out in the case of an absolute emergency. >> reporter: and the worst of the blizzard is expected to start aaron 10:00 tonight and concentrate through 10:00 tomorrow morning with some areas expecting two to three inches of snow every hour. in new york marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. there will be no jury selection tomorrow when the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect tsarnaev because of the impending blizzard. wednesday's session could be cancelled as well. the 21-year-old tsarnaev faces the death penalty for a bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. the feb febbi is leading the vin investigation. this delta-bound aircraft from los angeles diverted to dallas-ft. worth. two other planes in seattle also evacuated and searched because of online 73mthreats. all three cases, the flights were searched and cleared. all incidents were apparent hoaxes. >> we landed on the runway and immediately stopped and then the captain came on the speaker and told us there had ban threat specific to our own flight. >> the creased vigilance came after authorities with guns searched two flights following a threat on social media. experts say threats like these are invariable hoaxes because real terrorists don't usually give a heads up. and a civil serviceman responsible for the drone that crashed on the white house grounds overnight. agents recovered the two-foot copter dleen went count on the southeast side of the executive mansion just after 3:00. the white house was locked down until the device was examined and cleared. the man reportedly told the secret service he was using the broen recreationally and did not mean to fly it over the white house. president obama and the first lady are in india. state senator mark leno is the latest politician to try to regulate the use of e-cigarettes. he says they're designed to hook another generation, but users say they're a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes. abc benews 7 reporter join us. >> reporter: san francisco has already enacted restrictions as have more than 100 city nationwide but california only state law bans the sale to minors. today state senator leno offer adds new bill. along with this shop in san francisco a map indicates customers from all over the world have been here. they come to buy the battery operated devices that heat liquid nicotine that's inhaled or vaped. state senator leno says the e-cigarettes rn tobacco products that should be regulated. >> amazingly, a multibillion dollar industry wholly unregulated, untaxed operating on its own and we know there is great risk to public health to individual health of these users users. >> reporter: that risk is, is debatable. a study published last week in the new england journal of medicine found users who turn up the heat on the vaporizers are exposed to high levels of formaldehyde, but this shop owner says that's not what regular users do. >> it's kind of like saying, you know cars are dangerous. if you drive them at 800 miles an hour around the curve when eating a bagel. yes, the same thing. if they test it in a manner they're not supposed to, of course it's going to be dangerous. >> reporter: the fda called for a thorough review. nothing finalized. uc-berkeley scientist says he supports the fda getting involved but also thinks the devices may be useful in helping traditional smokers quit. >> it's better:y think healthwise, than smoking cigarettes. even though it's probably not totally safe. >> reporter: this former pack a day smoker is now vaping at a low level. senator leno wants to make sure he and other users can't do it in bar, restaurants, public transportation or anywhere smoking is banned. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. well still to come here at 4:00, it's been standing guard outside candlestick nearly 40 years. tonight, the possible fate of this iconic statue. i'm michael finney. today on the q&a just ahead. i'm taking yores on twit around facebook, which means you can contact me at facebook.com, and over on twitter @mfinney. i'll answer your questions here live in just a little bit. i'm spencer christian looking a look live from the east bay hills. clouds at various levels of the atmosphere and maybe a sprinkle or two tomorrow. the accuweather forecast is coming up. and a live look at traffic on this monday 4:37 your time. through walnut creek. this is 680 on the right-hand side, traffic is flowing moothly soundbound. your northbound traffic is where it is tied up a little bit and cars are moving slower. it's been blessing sports teams at the iconic candlestick park for decades. commissioned in 1973 soon removed from the middle of the stadium's bus zone. over candlestick park earlier where democrat politician beginbegins in the coming days. it's not clear where st. franzcis will end up. maybe in a neighborhood. a quick sneak peek of behind the scenes of "the bachelor". >> mud is my thing. i like getting my hands dirty and being outside. >> whoa ooh! >> find out what lengths these bachelorettes will go to do win chris' heart. what happened when everybody came to the bay area and everybody got dirt pip we have the dirt on what everybody had to say this seize. join us for "the bachelor" and news at 11:00 for a look behind the scenes. and spencer outside enjoying the weather. >> our weather hunk outside with the forecast. >> not getting dirty. not in that fashion. although that looked pretty interesting. a camera view, showing clouds from the south. i mentioned earlier the weak storm in southern california kicking clouds in our direction and these are those clouds. not much in the way of rainfall is likely to occur tomorrow. a live doppler and clouds increasing. long range setting our maps in motion. notice next chance of rain after tomorrow's drizzle may occur in about a week. perhaps by next tuesday and then after that we dry out again. this is a very dry pattern in which we are locked. nationwide tomorrow, most of the country sees calm weather, but up in the northeast, that blizzard pounding the north atlantic coast from new york to bangor. paralyzing travel conditions not only in the northeast but nationwide. back across the state of california, lots of clouds in the northern two-thirds of the state. mainly sunny and warm down south, highs in the throw mid-70s. see low to mid-60s in the bay area. mild conditions. we expect spotty, sprinkles, or perhaps light isolated scattered showers tomorrow in the morning hours tapering off by mid-day giving way to cloudy, dry, mild conditions in the afternoon. you may see a few rain drops early tomorrow but we don't expect much measurable rain. certainly no significant relief from our drought conditions. >> spnser thanks. all right. stit ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a warning for women battling breast cancer. the problem that may you have going back to your doctor. and michael finney. just ahead questions and answers about holding people responsible. including who's at fault when a= package is okay buddy what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorite too... and fruity... oh yeah, and frosted! okay, but...what's you're most favorite of all? hmm... the kind i have with you. me too. imagine this predicament. doctors in canada may shoon have to make a heart wrenching choice that could determine which 3-year-old twin survives. the sisters of ontario canada are battling a genetic disorder that affects liver function. their adoptive father mike is a match and can donate liver tissue, but he only has enough to save one of his daughters. the wagners are desperately searching for another compatible doan brer it's too late. if not doctors decide which one gets their father's life-saving transplant. >> oh man. all right, well salt may not affect the risk of heart disease after all. >> in fact skeptics are on the rise. jane king is at nasdaq with today's wellness report. >> reporter: a new study suggests salt may have little or no impact on the risk of heart disease for older adults. a study in internal medicine studied people 74 and older all free of heart disease. followed them ten years and found in significant difference in rick for heart disease between those who consumed more salt. skepticism about vaccines is worrying public health officials. large outbreaks of infishs deceasing like the measles in disneyland has become more common in the past two years. many parents are worried about a possible link between vaccines and autism, debunk by science. others don't like multiple shots for a child and what it may do for their system. and sign up for a new drug from a pharmaceutical company that invects into the fat under the clin. ed fda is scheduled to rule on this drug in may. meanwhile, breast cancer patients know little about their illnesses. many women didn't know what kind of tumor they had. they didn't impact the outcome, knowing more could help them understand their treatment. here's to your health. andancy p answering ges by facebook twitter or e-mail karen g. asks, i asked my landlord to fix something. can i not pay next month the rent? >> yeah you can. a lot of rules. either buy hold rent or repair it and then deduct those costs from your rent, but you can only do this for problems that affect your health and safety, and they're serious about this. it's like you've been without heat for a month and get the heater fixed. items like that. you might want to move forward with this. i'm not telling you not to, but prepare yourself so you should talk to a tenant the union in your county or a -- you know, an attorney, think about talking to an attorney. you don't want it to just do it. if you just do it it can ricochet back hard. >> okay. danielle via facebook asks my employer maim immediate my w-2 using a window envelope that showed my social security number. what should i do to hold the company responsible? >> it's legal. can't take them to court. there's nothing to be done, other than you should ask them. point out, hey, this happened. i think you should give me credit monitoring for a year. maybe two years. and then if you want to if you really wanted to go for it talk to your local d.a., maybe the attorney general and say hey, they're doing this. tell them to stop and see if they'll jump in doond that or also just edukate themselves as well. >> you can't do that. >> no, no. completely illegal. a twitter users tweeted, can i sue the people who dliv elder my package damaged? >> whew. well if it is the posts office no. specifically it's illegal to sue the post office because of a damage package a late package, anything like that. u.p.s. and fedex, for instance you can probably go to small claims that only up to 100 on them, also you bought insurance they oent go up to $100. contact them first and then file a report and go through their procedures, if it doesn't work you might want to try small claims court. >> thank you michael. >> sure. and sports. patriots touched down in arizona ahead of the super bowl xlix sunday. the team arrived in phoenix a short time ago. there they are. coach bill belichick and several players will meet with the media tonight. this morning tom brady and other members of the team addressed a crowd of well-wishers at boston's city hall before they took off for arizona. no one at the rally made any reference to the deflate-gate controversy. the seattle seahawks met with the media a few moments ago. coach carroll says no adjustments to its game. tomorrow both the seahawks and patriots address thousands it of reporters for the nfl's annual media day. you can bet there will be deflate-gate questions then. >> yeah. contingent of more than 60 people to the bay area on the way to arizona. second year in a row they've traveled to the host city in an effort to put on the best event possible in the super bowl held at levi stadium next year. super bowl rtxlix fans meet with the proing, tas part in skills events like distance running and field goal kicking. >> fun. coming up next the world of high-tech and pot clubs combined. why hundreds bathered in san francisco's knob hill neighborhood and it could mean big bucks for the marijuana industry. and in the newsroom, new at 5:00 and havings attack buss in san francisco. and defaced and get this, some people are happy about it. we'll explain. and a former 149or among three super bowl champs taking on the nfl. what they're and let's look at tonight's primetime lineup here op abc 7. at 8:00, the bachelor followed by castle and abc 7 nupz at 11:00. a giant asteroid is heading our way today. the asteroid which meshes about 1800 feet across will miss us by poor three times the distance between the earth and the moon. it will be the closest nine ent couldn'ter by a giant space rock in another asteroid flies by in 2027. some bay area venture capitalists are venturing into new territory. marijuana. today it was something like an episode of "shark tank" as people pitched ideas hoping to get funding to are their pot projects. abc 7 news reporterer is live in san francisco with a closer look. >> reporter: ama a report put out earlier today that says they estimate legal pot sales in the united states jumped 74% last year to 2.7 billion dollars. that growth possibility is one of the main reasons why all of those venture capitalists were hanging around with those pot industry entrepreneurs here at the fair montd. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: josh hill is an entrepreneur from emeryville pumping hi product. refined hemp oil. >> move on to your next table. >> reporter: as part of what looks like a speed dating session he goes from one table of potential investors to another to get them interested in backing his company with capital. the active ingredient in these v.i.p.s is cb did is something that has an array of uses. >> great treatment for epilepsy. a lot of parents are moving to medical cannabis states to get medicine for their children. >> reporter: the refined oil can be useed by manufacturers of other products like marijuana edibles but these days much of the growth in this booming industry doesn't have much to do with the marijuana plant or its sale anymore. >> we're you would call an ancillary industry. go back to the gold rush people said, who made the money in the gold rush? the guy selling the picks and shovels. not so much the guys digging up the gold. >> this man is here to help sell something that will grow at home or wherever. >> water for you. sets the light for you. all you need to do make sure there's water and food. >> reporter: the legalization of recreational marijuana in states like colorado and washington helped boost this industry last year. troy dayton is one of the organizers of today's event. >> the market grew 74% last year. making it the fastest growing sdrip in america. >> reporter: much of the rest of the country is still in a legal gray area with a risk for investors and with risk a big possibility of a reward, why they are all here. for abc 7 news. >> thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins now with cheryl and dan. a pedestrian killed in the south bay. learning about arrests and talk turned to industries rating. in the peninsula. a popular pizza restaurant up in flames. it started way teenage driver in an expensive car chased by police. if you've been to the great mall recently you may have been exposed to the measles virus. we explain what's going on. plus -- >> have you handled other emergencies like this before? we're hearing from the pilot who used his parachute to ditch his plane over the pacific. and the police dog who needs a little protection of his own. a terrible crash in the south bay. two cars collide and a bystander is killed. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. in police custody may have been racing in the street. where this happened near edenwood drive where abc 7 news reporterer davis louis joins us with the latest. >> reporter: cheryl, can see eastbound is still open to traffic right now but police have the westbound lanes closed right now because they're still actively investigating what happened this afternoon. sky 7 hd was overhead shortly after this accidented happened just after noontime today pup can see, two cars involved. two silver vehicles traveling westbound. police are saying they were speeding but the two drivers apparently lost control, collided the two vehicles and then smashed into a guardrail along yerba buena road and hate paedestrian walking along the ss complained for a long time speeding cars is a problem. one woman said she's really having problems trying to communicate to city hall it was really like a traffic signal. you see what happened here. she pointed out previous accidents about a year can or so ago, another accident along here in which one or two can killed. we can see what a serious problem this is and how bad the consequences can be. that's the situation here. live in san jose i'm david louis, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. another mishap involving cars. a popular san bruno pizzeria went up in flames blamed on a teenager's careless joy ride pap call just after 10:00 this morning, a call from 911, at seniore's pizzeria. the scene earlier at the el ka nino royale the 380 turnoff. a 16-year-old girl was driving erratically down a back street. police started chasing her and she apparently lost control plowed into the pizzeria rupturing a
all service between concord walnut creek stopped dead but now bart single tracking trips in both direct the stations. passengers can't expect 20 mpt delay roughly. now this all began just after 5:00 p.m. sky 7 hd was above the scene as a train was taken out of service at the pleasant hills station when part of the train wheel came off. damaging the track and the third really. working to repair it but can't say when full service will be restored. but of course commuters hope it will be done in time for the morning rush. >> now we manufacture to the napa quake. more after shock an more damage discovered as the renal tries to get back to something reassembling normal. one of the 2 south bound licenses of highway 29 forced to close near the george butler bridge. officials found some damage. bridge rae opened at about effective okay today. now here's the carmel monastery in oakville. north of napa that had extensive damage we now learn. priest who live here have been forced to move out. it's that bad. one wall topple in the quake. part of the ceiling caved in an as you see here there is extensive cracking throughout the building. >> this is the vintner collective tasting room on mane street in nap a.the oldest stone building in the city. you can see the corner of the building was has crashed down on to the sidewalk like this. they continue to eval safety of schools homes businesses all over napa tonight. laura begins our coverage. of. >>reporter: it's all hands on dpebing at restaurant in downtown napa where employees grabbed paint brush to help the owner get back in business. >> we have to open as soon as we can. like a lieutenant of the businesses here in town they don't have about earthquake insurance so we do really need to open. >>reporter: the restaurant is housed in the old first national bank building. fortunately it was retrofitted with the steel supports more than a decade ago which means the damage is mostly cosmetic. >> the concern is the outside bricks. >>reporter: linda jordan academy is in a yellow taking building. biggest concern is fall brick. that is why jordan is told she can reopen the salon thursday morning. as long as everyone uses the back door. >> this way tell the students still get the hours go to the state board and employees able to work and we are still going to be functional. >> it was built in the 1880s. tell it's been in our family since about him if 64 or 65 something like that. >>reporter: gary pierce has more serious problem on his hands one that is not likely to get fixed any time soon. sunday quake knocked his late 19 century home completely off its foundation. >> moved about 2 pet forward about 8 inches to the left depending on how look at it left or right. >>reporter: among those to see if it's saved structural engineer from simpson strong tie. bay area company that specializes in earthquake retrofitting. >> maybe 18 to 20 inches. depending on the condition of the structure it might be possible to jacket back in place. >>reporter: if it can't be saved pierce home will likely have to be demolished. in nap a-laura anthony abc 7 news. >> mean time officials now lacking to president obama for earthquake relief with the city council in napa vote to go apply for federal disaster the money. the city decided to wave permitting fee and planning review in order to speed up the process. there are about 800 outstanding requests for home inspections. public work craw still fixing 120 water mane brack in napa. 6 40 people remain without water and take few more days before service is fully restored. >> it has been rough. the cleaning and drinking. >> we are assume when we go out an fix the site we have identified the problem is solved. we are financing as we fix them turn the water become on we find other problems. >>reporter: the state local inspectors continue to add up the damage to see if it wrists to the level of a national disaster. and tonight we hear firsthand from one of the youn youngest people injured in the earthquake and certainly perhaps the most serious from his hospital bed at the uc davis medical center in sacramento 13-year-old nicholas dillon says he is fortunate to be alive after pile of bricks from a collapsed chimney crushed him at his home in napa during asleep over. nicholas says he was jolted awake by the quake. checked on his friend and tried to get out of the house. >> i started crawling to get to the door and just as i put my right knee on the floor the chimp think collapsed on my back and i stumbled a little forward tell on the floor and i was laying there during the earthquake and then i was screaming for my mom's name and she fell trying to get to me and l i was lying on the there are for maybe 30 minutes to an hour until fire map came then the paramedic showed up afterwards. >>reporter: terrifying. nicholas underwent a 9 hour surgery at the hospital in order to repair a crushed pelvis. but it looks like nicholas is on the mend which is just grit to see. >> tough young man. >> more on the after shock we mention. so far today there have been 5 of them of magnitude 2 or greater. the strongest one hit at 5:33 this morning. 3.9 item mrer and struck as matt and christian were anchoring the morning news. watch. >> we just had a relatively big one right now. 3.9 after shock. >> now we just 1 at 6:12. 2.8. >> a lot of people did feel the shaking and have been calling the newsroom. >> it was definitely a strong jolt. just getting ready for the day and i felt a real just a sudden jolt then some shakin shaking. >> house started like shaking going around in a circle like it did the first earthquake we had. >>reporter: everyone told us the after shock was much shorter than sunday earthquake and few reported anything falling off shelves. experts at the u.s. geological survey in menlo park say we can expect the after shock to continue. >> these tape of event will continue over the next few days and weeks. probability of events between 3 and 5 over the next 7 days is roughly 14 percent so we can expect a few more of these. >>reporter: experts say a quake larger than sunday 6.0shacker can not be ruled out but here's the good news. probability of that happening is less than 1%. so certainly unlikely. >> stretch of road in napa that began slumping after the earth quake now grown in a full size sink hole. this is craig court broken water main blamed for caiingt the sink hole and neighbors without water since sunday. water service continues to be a problem in napa. sky 7 hd video of leak on home wood avenue where you can seawater bubbling through crack in the asphalt. napa had 120 leak like this. 6 40 customers tonight have water service still. at all. it will take a few more days until restored but pg&e reports electricity is now back on for everyone after several thousand people were without power. l state agency began sending fraud investigators to napa. happens every time there is a disaster. to western people about unscrupulous contractors and insurance adjust twhors take advantage of the situation. and the first place they hit was the mobile home park which sustained serious fair daniel. vic lee has that story. >>reporter: investigators for the state department of insurance and contractor license board reached out to residents whose units damaged or destroyed by the quake and fire sunday morning. 4 homes were in rubble. 35 others needed significant repairs. >> out here to make sure you are not victimize twice. >>reporter: investigators spoke to patty fry who will be looking for a contract or. >> i'll definitely be careful after this harsh warning that there are scammers out there. >>reporter: she said she would be redoing all the hand out she received from the investigator investigators. the these hand-outs warn residence of contractor who ask for large down payment or those that don't have worker comp which makes you liable if the worker get hurt on your property. miguel unit was hit hard. listing in the front with extensive damage in and out. other concerns. mobile home was just sold. >> supposed to close escrow on september the third. guess what? >> i'm so sorry. >> thank you. >>reporter: neighbor josephine taylor almost a victim of a contract or scam after the loma quake in 1989. she hired a contract or who placed these concrete block underneath her unit saying it had moved on one side when it had not. >> then he came in and said it's 5000 later. >>reporter: taylor suspicious she called police. they came and arrested him. >> unfortunately when the disaster like this happen unscrupulous people swarm in. and take advantage of these people. they are looking to easy money to make. >>reporter: ironically this taylor case the reinforce block for free may have spared her home from any damage this time. vic lee 7 news. >> throughout napa tonight people are busy cleaning up quake debris. here's a man shoveling a shattered bit of masonry on to huge pile of throw away at napa high school. 48 hours or so school reopen tomorrow. disposal bin were rae moved from the site today and still available at several napa park and other facilities so people can make use of them. >> more ahead this busy tuesday night coming up next. shocking new image of the calf drought. we south bay reservoir that have nearly dried up. >> also. huge dangerous waves are pounding the california coast tonight. homeowners are preparing for to it get even worse. sand ya is here with the forecast. >> yes. sigh surf advisory up for down there. back with the detailed look at the local weather that goes from warmer today to hotter coming up. >> thanks sand yeah. and open for business. napa valley winery have a message for anyone thinking of driving up winery have a message for anyone thinking of driving up for a visit. >> the off ramp on sex 80 north bound is back open after a deadly crash. we were up over the scene in benetia a where the chp says 2 cars collided 3:40 this afternoon. one car veered off the road and hit a canal before it stopped. chp says all 3 adults inside were wearing the seat belts and the car air bag did not work. but man and woman in the front seat as well as the man in the back seat all died. >> madera continue lifted evacuation order for people near a bass like. fire spread rapidly through timber and brush east of the like. cal fire spokesman says crew appear to be holding the blaze at 50 acres with 10% containment. cal fire says they stay on it until they can get a better line around the fire. now all although evacuation order lifted only residents allowed back in the area. >> san jose city council voted today to declare a drought emergency putting the city if compliance with the state call for 20 percent reduction in water use. reservoir are low. here's the down side. less water is used the revenue drops for water agencies and rate hike could be next. david louis has the story. >>reporter: driving down this expressway if san jose you can't help but notice the dry pond. situation is similar down the road haend the water district offices. the purpose is to replenish the ground water tapped one source for our drinking water. >> all the ground water remen issuement ponds are dry because of the drought. we don't have enough water in the rest voyeur or imported world trade center to keep them full this year and many that's a great remind they are this is very serious drought. >>reporter: without rainfall and run off levels keep dropping at the district 10 reservoir seen from sky 7 hd this area is the lowest at 1.9 percent of capacity. year ago it was at 37 percent. nearby reservoir at 6 percent. this reservoir in the hills is at almost 26 percent. less time it rained in the area was on march 27. the detroit has the district vote to go spend 3 million dollars from reseven to keep conservation rebate programs going. but the pair docks encourage customers to use less water hurts the revenue and budge society later this weak planning starts on next year bump it and rate hike are possible. >> we have some of our cost have gone up and some gone down and there will be actual water sales and actual water revenue take all that into account you know it could be l i would say 63 cents would be kind of higher number rather than lower number. >>reporter: that 63 cents per household per month on ample. consumer see increase coming. some more concerned than other others. >> honestly i haven't thought that much about that. i try to do as much as i can and teach my kids be as conservative as they cab. >>reporter: washington would be the breaking point for you if it went if up a dollar to 5 dollars? >> probably 5. >>reporter: in santa clara county david louis abc 7 news. >> storm surge from hurricane hundreds of males offshore is bringing rough surf and high world trade center to the southern california coast line tonight. high surf advisory is in effect. surfer died early today lifeguards warning people to stay away from the beaches this week. still hundreds of people showed up along the shoreline to witness the waves. malibu pier was closed to the public because of high surf. some pile on supporting the were damaged by the waves. all right sandhya is watching that situation down south filling in for spencer tonight. >> they have seen some sets as hay as 11 feet down there. yes. take a look at some of these storm reports. high surfal the southern california coast. so far we have had 4 reports one of those as you just mention dan shutting down the malibu pier because of the damage to the pilings. and we will continue to monitor that for you. of here in the bay area showing you clear skies. by morning things will change a little bit. sutro tower cam are show you san francisco just amazing how good the visibility is. 64 in san francisco. 64 oak land. half machine bay 59 degrees. here's view from the emeryville camera looking across the bay with no fog to report here. lights of sutro tower visible. mid 60's north bay. santa rosa no virginia the 0still warm in fairfield. here's a look at the financial district from our exploring camera. fog by morning warmer wednesday thursday and looking at sunshine high cloud for the holiday weekend. touch cooler than where we are going the next couple of difficulties. so today you probably notice clouds this morning really quickly cleared away. high pressure building in. allowed quicker burn off. temperatures came up. numbers in the mid 60's to the upper 80's. we take that heat up as we head towards the next few days. get you in 90's there closer look at hurricane marie it has weaken considerably now category 1 winds of any miles an hour it is going to continue over the colder water but good almost 7 40 miles away we see some big waves in southern california which is why the high surf advisory is going until friday at 6:00 p.m. dangerous swimming serving concussion and wave set continue on the order of 10 to feet feet. be careful especially if starting the holiday on friday. the same hurricane generating the twels along -- as well as along our coast license. they are expected to build so there's a marine statement through thursday for the time being the hair swel expected tomorrow with strong rip current and long shore currents. south facing beach in santa cruz county sonoma county most at risk. you have to keep that in mind tomorrow morning mid 50's throw 60's. a little bit of fog around. most areas start out clear then in the afternoon you need the sun screen and shores and. t-shirts. look at the temperatures. 74 in oakland. 88 in nap a.83 santa rosa. san francisco get up to a warm 70 degrees. 78 half moon bay. 84 santa cruz 77 degrees accu-weather 7 day forecast we take it up tell 70's for our beach 40 and saturday for the holiday weekend but the temperatures start to slip and by sunday everyone running cooler. looking great. not take hot not too cold. any out door plans looks fan takes ticket i'll be laboring on labor day. >> i will not be joining you. >> still to come at 9:00. not a blade of grass in sight. what the 49ers are doing this time to fix ...we need to break up. is it the biting? cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. >>. >> driving around beware. major seismic safety project lead to big freeway closure in two daytime. cal-trans will close the northbound lanes of interstate 280 between 101 junction and king veet in san francisco at 2:00 p.m. on thursday. not going to reopen until 5:00 a.m. on tuesday. the 4 day closure will allow cal-trans to replace 2 bridge hinges near chavez street over crossing as part of a seismic safety retrofit project. south bound lanes stay open to similar closure happened earlier this year as you may recall. l not a blade of grass in sight at levi stadium. we could see crew were primarily focus on the dirt this afternoon. 49ers tore up the field once again for the second time in less than a week. after more complaints about the sod. media partner at the mercury news say the team will take the next few days to decide whether to use the same kind of sod or another kind of grass commonly used at other nfl stadiums. theners should have the field ready for the home opener against the bears on september 14. >> stay here with me coming up another 30 minutes of 7 news at 9:00 coming up. tourism trouble for the napa vaechlt impact the earthquake is having on the wineries. >> serial stow away. yes it happened again. bay area woman who loves airports. is back in trouble with the law. >> and do airline passengers have the right to recline? how leg room flight divert add flight. welcome home! woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. ranked highest in customer satisfaction. ikea kitchens. >> good evening once again. labor day weekend is typically one of the busiest in napa so tonight winery that escaped earthquake damage are worried that visitors who see image of broken barrel and crumbled buildings will simply stay hom home. tiffany wilson explains they are open for business. >>reporter: napa valley vine attract tourists from around the world especially over labor day wean. >> grapes are ripe. ready to harvest and it's just it's jaws wonderful time to be here. >>reporter: today in the province wipe ri cricket. winery says 80 percent of the bottles on site so the look of foot traffic hurts tremendously. >> we need people to come. we need people to come. >>reporter: wine related tourism supports countless other businesses in the area. including this restaurant kitchen door it escaped with minimal damage. >> we are open for business no now. life there's go on. >>reporter: over at the roost owner patricia a worries tourist will cancel the plans out of earthquake fear. for her tourism is a life line. >> it's how i eat. you know this is what feeds my family. >>reporter: she lost about 30,000 dollars worth of merchandise during a week she expected to make big money from harvest crowds. >> devastating. the timing is horrible. >>reporter: today just few customers come through the store. >> thank you so much. >> most of the road closed dow down. it's tough but we have made an effort to keep coming in and supporting really cool people. >> we want you here we need you here because of this could be the final nail small business could have fen please come to napa we need you all of us because it's it's going to be rough. going to be really rough. >>reporter: although still cleaning up, napa wants the world to know they are open for business. in napa, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> well as you can clearly understand looking at all the pictures and hearing from the people newspaper napa the need for aid is urgent. here's how you can give where you live. simply text the word red cross at this number on the screen and 10 dollar donation will appear on your next cell phone bill. that easy. now you find a gallery of photo from the napa earthquake and tip how to prepare for the next disaster. continuing coverage there too and you can give breaking news alert by following up on twitter at this web site. we will also be back at 11 over on channel 7. >> done it again believe it or not. serial stow away mary license hartman arrested today at sky harbor airport in phoenix. airport employee spotted the 62-year-old in the baggage claim area and they called police she didn't have a ticket. that's how she tend to do things. she had been warned to stay away from sky harbor after trying to get past security there 10 days ago. well the troubles started in february when she made it on to flight to hawaii. she was caught before that plane took off and three days later she tried again but caught then again on february 20th. march 18. march 26. and april 7. you get the idea. now earlier this month she successfully sneaked on to plane in san jose and was then arrested when it landed in l.a. st days after release she was arrested again at lax. now this business in sky harbor airport in phoenix. all right next to the crisis in the middle east where is relevant and hamas agreed to halt the seven week war in gaz gaza. people celebrating in the streets after word of the new cease fire unlike previous cease fire this one is unlimited in time. hamas declaring victory but the deal doesn't meet the demands of hamas but israel egypt open the border for the demand to disarm. it does however make a call for israel to ease the blockade on gaza and open the border crossing for aid. palestinian died in the attack and tens of thousands now homeless as a result of the fighting. >> san dio man killed in sir why while fitting for the militant group isis. according to cnn 33-year-old douglas mccain was killed in a battle between 2 extremist groups. his uncle says the nephew converted to islam several years ago. cnn reports counterterrorism investigators have been looking that mccain for some time before his death. isis is the group that has claimed responsibility for the beheading of american journa journalist james foley reese evenly. >> now to the passenger plane forced to land bus of mid-air fight in the cabin two passengers battle in the seat over leg room. david curly explains what caused the stl fight. >> it all started on flight from newark to denver in economy plus where you pay for more for extra room. woman in 11 b couldn't recline. because man behind her in 12 b put a 22 dollar piece of plastic on the seat back to keep her seat from reclining. l source tells the man refused to remove the gadget so the woman stood up and threw a cup of water in his face. face off that prompted the landing in commit where both passengers were removed from the earthquake but not charged. the man was using these. they are called the knee defender. on this flight we had wreck to show the frution straition seat back quickly that's where the knee defender come in. slide them on to the tray and they sit right in there and when rick try to bring the seat back again it won't come back. the problem is the airline don't allow the use of these knee defender. >> these aren't about getting more space. he should know he invented it. >> the idea is to let the person in front of you know that you are back there. >>reporter: this as the flight is more and more crowded and there is less room. look at the incredibly shrinking cabin. carrier squeezing your leg room. couple of decades ago 34 inches in coach. down now to 32 or 30 inches. some low fare operators even cut that to 28 inches the all to squeeze in another row. >> this is all about profit. problem is we as passengers suffer. >>reporter: already squeezed but look at this seat. nearly standing up on your flight of the future. david curly abc news new york. >> didn't if he it was that tight. the company that make e knee defender big boost after the scuffle. it sales rose staptionally. american delta united south west all banned that device. till can understand why when you see what it does. >> coming up next at 9:00. are you trying to decide whether to get the home or business retrofitted? after this napa earthquake? for over 60,000 california foster children, extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. joining the soccer team. getting help with math. going to prom. i want to learn to swim. it's hard to feel normal, when you can't do the normal things. to help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that, for most kids, are a normal part of growing up. not everyone can be a foster parent... but anyone can help a foster child. about. >> we continue talking about the fan a earthquake and aftermath. more than 100 buildings in the wine country napa specifically were so badly damaged they were red tagged as unsale. even more worrisome some were retrofitted to stop this kind of destruction. we look at retrofit that didn't seem to help. >> historic napa county courthouse this building in downtown napa and this former home of the laundry building have two things in common. all suffered significant damage. all were retrofitted. richard is with the superior court. >> well it's very tragic. we know that in the oldest part of the building 1870 portion significant damage. how much of it is cosmetic and structural we don't foe yet. >>reporter: the laundry is the oldest building in napa now home to wine tasting room. much of the brick facade came crashing to the ground but the owners say the inside remains largely intact. >> retrofit that was done in 99 certainly kept the whole inside absolutely untouched. >>reporter: mary is professor of architect at uc berkeley. she says retrofitting has its limits. >> when we ask for a building to be retrofitted we are not saying that the building should be functional and operational after an earthquake. simply that retrofit involves making the building safer so people don't lose their lives. >>reporter: no doubt blamed on the earth quake. think the story might be different had the quake struck at noon instead of at 3:20 in the morning. tom is director of the san francisco building inspection department. he says without a doubt people should receipt are fit the homes and offices. >> first of all when you do it tell if you don't do it stephanie repair. >> if the city permits and back up from scratch exactly the way it was before. >>reporter: if the home wasn't harmed it's a good idea to document what you have now by walking through your house with smart phone rolling video. i'm mechanical 7 on your side. >> good advice. come up here next. use of drones in the aftermath of a disaster and video that has given new hope to me hey can you fix this? you bet! that's our new 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replay shows if very close. decide not to rae view it. scoreless in the sixth. buster goes deep off del rose a.16th of the year. no no to the 8 per game fears batter. justin. slap it down the right field line goodbye perfection. goodbye no hitter but standing ovation from the giants and just went final it's a 1 hitter for matt who struck out 13 in a 3 nothing victory. >> crushing loss for the a's crushed by one of the former players. chris cart whor turns in king kong whenever he sees green and gold. poor first pitch check this out. oh, my. she spiked it off the mound. one more look form good but release point needs work. this was the johnny show. base hit center field. gentry 1 nothing a. that was good. this is great. chris carter lane driv drive. have no fear johnny is here. amazing diving catch. that's perfection. that perfection. nice. top 4. reaches out. double to left up against the wall and he's flying scoring from first. they cut off the throw make it easily. 2 nothing jason give way to lieu in the 8. chris carter hits to it carter country. if anybody remembers this show back in i think the 70's. ball lands above everything. 32 of the year 3 run pwlation. a's fall. beating the marlins and move game up on oakland in the west. you probably never heard of her before but 15-year-old cc of atherton just put herself on the national stage. she won a match at the u.s. open. last time 15-year-old won at the open it was anna 3 years before she was even born. picket newspaper the bottom of the screen here taking on the 12 seeded player and going for broke with a back hand winner down the line. up in the third set. match point up next and she find the net and upset is complete. and reaction here is priceless from cc. she runs over to her family and friends. is hugging everybody. after the match the san francisco born player said she was in complete disbelief. >> crazy to think i'm actually here right now with all the other people. i never thought that i would be practicing l or sharing a court with a player that i watch on tv frequently. it's crazy but i love it. >>reporter: st she's tremendous. michael jordan. federer team up to create a tennis shoe i believe it's one million dollars a piece. i don't know. 150 dollars something like that. any way here's federer wearing the sho shoe. must be the shoe. the shoes. second set. will draw federer to the net a little long on the lob. federer plays it any way. between the leg and hits him in the back. any way federer goes on to win jordan gets a laugh. 49ers waiting and waiting and still wait to go find out if and when and for how long smith may be suspended while the commissioner ponders the niner have to prepare for regular season. coming up soon. force in the pre-season by all accounts tremendous shape nearly impossible to block training camp behind him are dan and cory. they have been solid. ready to go in and assume a bigger role as soon as somebody tells them it's time. >> not like i'm really worried about when it happens or if it happens we all get rep. not like one person getting the re rep. i don't think it's really that big an issue. >> we went through it last year. we lost him for a few games and scooter cory they stepped up big time for us and going to have to be like that again and big shoe to fill but that's why we play team defens defense. >>reporter: just the one more pre-season game on thursday night and then the niners will prep for the regular season at some point they hear about smith we presume but we wait. 7 sports brought to you by toyota. >> if when any day now. >> couple things with the nfl and the browns is another guy wait to go hear about suspension and whole team is basically in limbo would because you can't man for them offensive player for the niner niners. star defensive player if you are out him for 6 or 8 games you have to know at some point. he's a lynch pin. >> he's the most impactful defensive player. >> other problem is grass at the new stadium. >> that's a larger issue. others will handle that. >> good stuff thanks. >> that is this edition of 7 news at 9:00 o'clock here on tv 20 for all of us here, thanks so much for watching we appreciate you are a time as always. abc 7 news continues on line on twitter facebook always. abc 7 news continues on line on twitter facebook mobile device and and that's how g tribes overtook early agricultural civilizations. oh. that's an interesting answer, miss edison. is it right? 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more. >> 6 days after hit-and-run driver killed 14-year-old ivan cruz alameda county sheriff says they have arrested the man behind the wheel. 34-year-old sunny anderson of san lo wren.so he has been in custody in jail since late last wed on other charges. >> we gained information that he was at a home of an associate in newark and with the help of newark police department and the police dog, we made entry into the house and found him hiding in the garage of that home. >> he sped through the intersection at east 14 and ashland near san leandro tuesday night. he was the driver. car traveling south in the north bound lane at high speed. just before it hit ivan who was in the crosswalk riding scooter. >> we spent considerable amount of time looking through all of the evidence, all of the reports and today we chart sunny joseph anderson with murder, we charge, as well as multiple other felony. >> anderson has long list of prior felony conviction that is include car theft. theft from an elder. receiving stolen property. multiple count of animal cruelty and burglary n.1999 then 18-year-old anderson was convicted of abusing and slashing to death animal at hayward petting zoo. 10 years later he was convicted in the severe beating of 7 74-year-old woman during a burglary at her home. >> we just wanted to say thank you to the community. and everyone who help get this person off the streets. before he injured of another in the person. >>reporter: anderson will be arraigned tuesday afternoon in hayward. if convicted he faces life in prison. ivan funeral services are set for next tuesday. in san leandro. in dublin, laura anthony abc 7 news. san mateo woman faces manslaughter charges tonight for running over an elderly woman at drugstore. according to police 21-year-old sonya was in a walgreens drive through line when they changed her mind backed out running over an 84-year-old woman. about she was under the influence of marijuana and possibly other drugs police discovered. this tragedy highlights the danger of drivers who are under the influence or just distracted fight see it ever day. distracted and not just on medication but a phone. whatever. >>reporter: san mateo police say nearly one-third of all drivers killed in crashes state wide since 2011 tested positive for drugs. >> appreciate interat church in san jose say they are amazed large cross survived after fire tore through the building. the churches untouched by flames. fire crew lifted it from the church this afternoon as parishioners watch in awe. yesterday fire quickly destroyed the building because made of wooden timber. yet the cross also made of wood and century old somehow survived. >> it's amazing the cross is intact. that's a sign that she wants to be up there again. >>reporter: statue him national and bibles survived the fair. >> passengers aboard a flight to san francisco returned to dulles airport in dc late today when the plane they were on blew a tire on take off. united flight 1564 quickly circle back to dulles and did land safely. but the plane was unable to taxi back to the gate because of mhanical problems. emergency vehicle responded and the airport closed the runway. no one hurt. and the flight is currentlyen rut to the bay area. >> today international animal rights group called for improved equipment and safety procedures at san francisco zoo after the death of baby gril a.16 month old guerrilla crushed by a hydraulic door november 7. it's automatic designed not to stop. they issued a statement calling the doors inherently dangerous. they asked the zoo not to use what it considers outdated and unsafe technology. frequent visitors to the zoo were also upset by the loss of the young guerrilla doesn't put the zoo in a negative light. >> you can tell it's an old zoo but i think they are doing a good job with what they have and making improvements. >> much of the zoo seems pretty old t.but it's there are some great parts of it and the animals seem well cared for. like we always really love coming here. >> guerrilla expert now in san francisco investigating the cause of death. terri maple spent last nature checking out the struck tower and the hydraulic door. >> frainers coach harbaugh rarely seems to enjoy answer questions from reporters. not his favorite thing to do. he was even less excited about it today when some of the questions concerned federal drug agent swooping down on team doctors after the niners big win in new york. many wayne has more now on the investigation focused on the use of prescription pain medicine. >> first came the raid then today from coaches like harbaugh the denial. >> hadn't thought anything about it i don't know anything about it. >> total surprise he said when federal drug enforcement agent stage inspection on several teams including the 49ers before they left new york after yesterday victory. the agent were lacking for evidence of mishandling or abuse of pain kill rs by team doctors. if there's smoke could there be fire. >> i don't know. but when it started but i know the our trainer jeff ferguson spends a lot of time in terms of documentation and inventory. >>reporter: nfl playing with tell masking pain part of the culture. it's the center piece of suit filed by 1200 retired players including jeremy newberry who played for both the 49ers and raiders. they say rampant use of pain killers caused addiction and/or began daniel. former player jd hill part of the suit too. >> we would never know what we really were taking at times. and i could stand by that on oath. >> if nothing else what we appear to have here is a change of focus. where the federal government was looking at performance enhancing drugs now it's looking at how doctors treat their patients, the players in their workplace. >> by this investigation i think that it's trying to point out that the players health is more important than getting them back on the field. >> that despite pressure to play however subtle or overt f.expected for a player to do that, take that stuff. >> no. no no expectation of that. >> if i's suggested to a player. doesn't take it. what's the response? >> it's not suggested. >>reporter: as to what the dea agent did or did not find yesterday, unknown. from santa clara wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> researchers think they figured out what is killing millions of sea star along the pacific coast. cornell university scientist blame the death on type of virus found in invert brat. researchers notice the mystery disease last year that causes the sea star to dissolve and arms to fall off. experts believe the virus has been smoldering in sea stars at low level for decade. it was spotted in museum sample as far become as 1942. >> more to bring you here on this monday nye. coming. big new plans unveiled for what we now know as candlestick park. coming up. you see exactly what kind of shops are about to go in. >> and not a drochlt the drought impact on one california town and how that is all 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can walk down new and shop. it's going to be good for me. i'm ap shore. >> along with the construction of homes and retail already under way on the former hunter point shipyard, the community is being transformed. the candlestick outlet mall includes 6,000 new homes. 30 percent affordable. promises 3000 permanent new jobs without reach for local hirings. >> i call this the economic engine. drive this community and already is happening. >>reporter: and the mayor says this helps fulfill a promise. >> people really here lifting their lives up and being part of the transportation. not a victim of it. >> candlestick is scheduled to be demolished perhaps imploded next year. and it is place the new shopping mall could be completed by the end of 2017. in san francisco, carolyn tyle tyler, abc 7 news. golden state warriors proposed traffic management plan for the new arena they hope to build in san francisco. it will hold 18,000 people in the mission bay district in the far from at&t park. the plan calls for increasing parking rates and shortening parking meter time to discourage drivers. also plan to have special shuttle additional bus train service with bigger boarding platform. plus valet service for bicycle and special app to help you plan your trip to the arena. >> few hundred people live in small town of east port ar areville without world trade center for most. detroit drought hit the town pretty hard. well ran dry just taking a shower or washing clothes has been a real challenge but today the county brought in some hel help. and kate valentine has the story. >> running water isn't normally considered a luxury. but for those whose well have gone dry in east porterville this is a welcome sight. >> a lot of people don't have water right now. >> nearly 600 hos in this area have no water. office of emergency services has brought in these portable units offering free hot showers to anyone in the community. the temperature hear doesn't matte matter. >> i just want to take a showe shower. >> you didn't care if it's cold. >> i don't care. just want to take a shower. >> showers are at the church open at 5:00 a.m. except sunday at 1:00 p.m. private security has been hired to monitor the showers along with janitorial staff to keep them clean. 30,000 dollars each month is paid to keep them ope open. emergency services manager andrew lock say they are concerned about people taking cold sponge bath through winter most. >> we are hopeful we will see the people using this and restoring quality of life for the folk. >> people need to bring own soap and towel but for the first time in months they can have confidence when they turn the faucet, water will stream out. abc much of the condition try facing another several days of really frim id weather. take a look at video coming in tonight from buffalo, new york. if yes it's snowing there coming down tonight at rate of 1 to 3 inches hour. in our part of the country. worst weather we could find where some high whipped which elevated the fire danger in southern california. really close to our neighborhood. not whole lot. it's chillier than it has been. >> feels pretty cool out there i got a text in indiana felonies like negative 2. snow blowing everywhere. >> goodness awful. we like our chilly weather. >> he would kill for this. not buffalo. >> thanks for that. if right now -- lovely town. here live doppler 7hd where we have a few high thin clouds moving overhead right now. probably see more high cloud tomorrow but no precipitation yet but we do have a frost advisory for this area north of the bay year from clover dale sea ranch northward frost advisory in effect to 8:00 a.m. tomorrow and quite cold air. parts of the bay area this morning cool to chilly conditions in some parts of the bay area. 57 right now in napa. not very chilly at all. 46 in petaluma. 43 in fairfield. 49 at san mateo so we see temperatures dropping in some spots especially in our inland valley tonight. right now nice clear view of coyote tower from the camera right here in downtown san francisco. forecast feature chilly inland valley tonight. high clouds sun in mix tomorrow and chance of rain wednesday through saturday and we like that because we need the rainfall. here's composite image. frontal system confronts us with the next chance of written and hit a dome of dry air that diminish the ability to produce a lot of rain but still we get some wet weather. start the forecast animation at 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. we see clouds thickening during the day. spots of moisture popping up here or there. rain won't arrive in a wave until overnight tomorrow night into wednesday morning. so by 5:00 o'clock wednesday morning, morning commute begins. showers going on and will continue into the midday and afternoon hours as areas of scattered light showers and they start winding down late wednesday night so by 11:00 o'clock wednesday night we expect rainfall total to be generally between about 5 hundredths inch to 15 hundredths of an inch but north bay mountains may see up to 3 tentth which is not a lot of rain but wetter than we have been of late. let's resume animation now wednesday night into thursday we see some more showers and light rain coming in and cloudy on friday. more wren on saturday. several chance for written on wednesday through saturday and that's pretty good. we won't get it all in one dose. overnight chilly conditions in the north by valley. low drop down to the mid 30's. places like santa rosa and nap a.see low mid 40's in many other location. up to 50 at half machine bay. low of 52 in san francisco. then tomorrow with filtered sunshine and high clouds passing through the bay area. high pressure ranging from relatively mild 60's range on the coast to upper 60's low 70's both around the by and inland. hears accu-weather 7 day forecast. after tomorrow the active pattern continues rate that the weekend with a little dose of rain fall and showers here and there and that will be 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one of 38 horses seized by santa clara county after the owner was charged with two counts of felony cruelty to animals. 50 51-year-old roberto has been under scrutiny for months. as neighbors complained that the horse were his under fed had ribs showing and showed signs of breaken back and legs. for the past month he told me he was feeding the horses and caring for them. >> they need food thinks why i provide food. 2 times a day. >>reporter: investigators had him under watch for 6 months discovering that he had been suspected of animal cruelty in other counties. >> there is documents that we filed with our warrant that relate to incidents in stanislaus county apartment other counties so yes its to seam like this is going on for some time. >>reporter: 38 horses seized in better shape than 12 others sold last month by him to the equine rescue center. they were moved to this county one died because of advanced parasite infestation. neighbor living next to one of his corral said some of the horse were his in bad shape. >> i witness a number of horses whether hooves looked like elves curled up at the end which is really bad for horses and then when he finally did trim them it was a butcher job. >> he's currently in jail in san mateo county on unrelated charges. the county will begin taking applications wednesday to the adocument the horses. but because of abuse and health issues it will not be a simple process. >> they will take special care we are lacking for either organization or individuals who have experience with horses and had been able to take the time that these horses will need. >> in san martin abc 7 news. >> parents of an american aide worker beheaded by isis over the weekend spoke about the death of their son. peter cast forker army ranger changed his name to abdul changed to islam he was kidnapped. his parents read a statement. >> in 26 years he has witnessed and experienced firsthand more of the harsh reality of life than mess of us can imagine. about but rather than letting the darkness overwhelm him he has chosen to believe in the good. >> he was the fifth werner held by isis to be killed. >> missouri governor nixon state of emergency and activated national guard in advance of the grand jury decision in the brown case. nixon says the guard would assist state local police in case there is civil unrest when the decision is announced. no indication announcement is imminent. grand jury is deciding whether ferguson police officer daryn wilson should face charges for shooting brown last august. prosecutors said they expect the grand jury to reach a decision in mid late november. >> charles manson getting married. according to the associated press the 80-year-old mass murderer has gotten a license to marry 26 year burton who left her home in the midwest to be closer to manson. this is manson most recent mug shot from heene the walls of cork ran. doesn't give specific wedding date. burton goes by star gave an interview year ago in which she said he and manson plan to marry. but he said it wasn't true. kim has 90 days to get married or they have to reappl reapply. she maintenance several web site proclaiming manson innocence. >> bill cosby facing barrage of sexual because charges from decades ago. women are coming forward with shocking claims. latest speaking out today while he remains silent. here's cecelia. >> all of a sudden i feel drugged. >> she's the latest woman to join the fire storm. a next thing i remember is waking up in bed the naked next to cosby. >>reporter: joan says it was 1969 when friends introduced her to the comic. then starring in his first sitcom. she says it happened twice. why go become a second time. >> because i saw no way out. >>reporter: she says she never told anyone why not good to the police? >> i didn't think anybody would believe me. it's me the saying something about bill cosby who is like a god to everybody in the world. he's mr. wonderful. he's mr. jello. >> recipe open the box. >>reporter: now 64 she jones a chorus of reignited sexual abuse claims against bill cost by. last week former actress bar were wrote app article saying that he drugged raped her in 1985. >> nobody believed me. >>reporter: in 2006 cosby settled civil quais a woman who claimed he drugged and assaulted her. the settlement did not include an admission of wrongdoing. the cosby revving to answer questions in this recent npr interview 30. have been serious allegations raised but in recent days. you are shaking your head no. >>reporter: today cosby lawyer saying they did not intend to refer in any way to the settled case but standing by a previous statement calling the women andd saying cosby does not intend to dignify these alleges was any comment. abc news new york. >> facebook apparently wants to be your friend at the office. financial times says menlo park company is working on new project called facebook at wor work. site would look the same as it does now but would it separate work 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[announcer:] mucinex keeps working. not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. let's end this >> this is arguably most famous kiss of all time. embrace ago woman in times square after world war ii, the sailor. researchers reveal that 10 second kiss can result in the exchange of 80 million bacteria why. not what you wanted to hear. if you are worried it sounds like infection wait to go happen. scientist say it take as lot of kisss to significantly change your mouth unique collection of microbe. >> unique technology in the bay area could keep us safe from threats along our coast line. threats ranging from terrorism to human trafficking. >> when we first caught a glimpse of the wave glider researchers were using the drone to track the movement of great what it sharks. now it's mission may soon be shift to go a different kind of predator. >> they create a system that can monitor all sorts of different things. >>reporter: gary is ceo of lakewood robotic. sunnyvale company has just joined forces with the arrow spice giant boeing to create a kind of seagoing security fence. >> starts with vessel detectio detection. illegal fish poaching. illegal trafficking. drug trafficking. >> first it helps to understand how the seagoing drone work. instead of a motor the wave gliders employ a rack of under water wing that harness the ocean swell to propel it forward. solar panel open the deck power sophisticated equipment and on board compute computer. designer roger heinz says this combination has unsinkable communication platform that stay at sea for months at a time. >> ability to stay out there. so this is what we call the frontier. it's a thruster and rudder. >> newest version now fitted with a thruster that power the wave glider in calm water and help steer it more effectively. other innovation include sophisticated software that allow the vessel to recognize and remember obstacle. the strategy envision small fleet of ocean going drone outfitted with camp are and real time satellite communication. john is a retired admiral with the u.s. coast guard advising the company. >> with this technology it gives us the opportunity to do particularly in a net work fashion that it will be is to augment our force in such a way that we get we get we say more bang for the buck. >> since electronic are rechargeable the company says they control shipping lanes for months at a time providing early warning for threats ranging from storms to drug trafficking to terrorism. >> what we can do with our technology is to attack surface vessels in the area letting somebody know somebody is in your border and you may want to go check it out. >> really interesting. company goal is to deploy fleet of surface detection drones known as sentinel off the california coast and get that done in about a year time. >> up next. on 7 news at 9:00. >> street performance by xheetd an margaret joe. >> bay area native if you can an margaret joe. >> bay area native if you can see her can't say thank you enough. an margaret joe. >you have made my life special sby being apart of it. 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experiment ever. project is called link nyz and replace public pay phones with console that provides free wi-fi. also be able to place freedom phone calls. paid for with advertising that appear on tablet like screen. construction is set to begin next year. they still have pay phones in new york? >> yes. >> abandoned pretty much every wlichlt oneless check on the weather. >> spencer is here. drop a dime. tell the us the forecas forecast. >> whether he is a pay phone. >> here's live doppler 7hd we have hay clouds manufacturing through the bay area right now but it does appear clear out there from ground level. look at the season today percentage of normal afternoon rainfall total. all bay area location well below the average this time of the season but santa rosa is particularly dry only 29 percent of the norm so we certainly need lots of rain area wide state wide for that matter. state wide dry conditions once again and fairly mild today that includes the bay area where we see passing high cloud and high pressure ranging from mid 60's at the coast to upper 60's and some low 70's right around the bay inland. hears accu-weather 7 day forecast. we have periods of rain this week beginning tomorrow night and into wednesday morning. so wednesday we have light rain showers. also thursday. dry but cloudy day on friday and more rain will fall on saturday. not big rain storms but all adds up and all helps. >> good. >> we need every drop. >> we do indeed. >> thanks very much. >> comedian margaret show took her act open the road but not in the unusual way. >> no really she set up at the corner of san francisco hit and ash bury street to perform for free. >> she did it to collect money clothes and fad for homeless peep. she sang an told yolk some people dropped off money and others took what they needed. >> she takened high school in san francisco did it to remember robin williams. >> it's really for me to celebrate robin williams life. he was such a philanthropist and i grevd 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brooks played 3 snap after that. coach harbaugh was asked if there is an issue. >> we have addressed it an and had those conversations and onward. >> can you be specific. >> fight when you say you have the conversation. >> yes i can be specific. i can be very specific. uses something i don't want to share share with you or share publicly. >> mane whale today the one year anniversary of the raiders last victory against the texas 365 days. fell yesterday loss in san francisco. chiefs thursday night at the black hole. quarterback derek hit the wall like most rookie. some are calling for him to take a game off but derek disagrees. >> obviously with any season there's always bump and bruise bruises. but as long as i'm out there, that's a good thing. just keep playing. captain skip on anything. especially playing the quarterback position. >> look like the bidding soon begin for the service of free agent pablo sandoval. panda will meet with the red sox tomorrow. team said to be all in on wooing the giants third baseman. panda arrived at logan airport where he was tweeting. sandoval excited to be in boston. to met with the red sox. now the giants can match any offer he receives an boston has a lot of cash so stay tune. thompson led all score netting 24 for the cardinal. after the steal does it herself to give stanford one point lead. down 3. time running out. amber the 3. l it's good. we good to over time t.make the go ahead jumper with a minute 38 left in o t. 17. stanford too much and ending the champion huskies 47 game win streak with 88-86 victory. sox out of town so long i can't remember what they look like. 16 of the first 21 games on the road but i met a young woman who can give you every detail of the player's face. fan add you las vegas. you have bates ick fan that goes to gichlts maybe autograph collector then 14-year-old veronica. >> i started drawing them. out of my love for hockey. >> she became a sharks fan in 2010 and fell in love with the sport. she was taking an art class at the local center and the teacher realized she had skill. >> she's one of the people that definitely has god given talent for. so she pushes it more than she will totally blossom. >> really encourage me to keep going. i found i really, really enjoyed it. homeschooled and mother noticed early on that she was gifted. >> she had a passion. she draw a lot at home and then teacher moved her to adult class. >> decided to graduate from drawing animal and landscape to the men in teal. started with pictures on line. >> i try to find one that compliments them but also when they are playing on the ice and working l then you get expression and intensity in their face. her portrait done with black and white with shading. gelie first sketch at 12 and multiplied from there. >> i worked myself through this program i tried to challenge myself each time. >>reporter: the portrait are amazing and likeness. when she asked for the players to sign them, they are impressed. >> nice to see fans do things like that. it's great when they the take the time to be proud of the sharks and have the passion. >> she's somebody that that is young and has such talent. it's cool. >>reporter: veronica made a connection most 14-year-old never have with the players but one more porrait she can't wait to do. >> marlo hoisting the stanley cup that would be really, really cool to draw. >> all right after teasing me about sitting my forehead on her canvas she crank this out for finished prosecuted. she wants to get in graphic art animation in college of course we wish her the best. amazing talent. all right. this sports report brought to you by toyota and she also plays the piano. if that's not enough of her artistic ability. >> 14. >> 14 years old. >> it's all shading. >> unbelieve aichbility incredible the details. >> put the picture up during the glass at the game. skate by and there's his picture. having a lot of fun. >> good for her. >> thanks shoe. >> thanks for joining us 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out of that unit. neighbors we spoke with were completely stunned by the events that unfolded. debra lives just two units down from where the shooting happened. >> sirens on all sides of the house. i looked down the street and there must have been 20 police cars blocking off this road. >> reporter: san jose police responded to this apartment unit on center road at around 6:45 last night at the request of a family member. they were there to checkup on 57-year-old scott dunham but things went horribly wrong. >> what could have possibly have been going through that would make him do something so -- how do you go from being a nice person to a killer. >> reporter: police say dunham fired on officers upon arrival killing officer michael johnson. officers fired back but didn't know whether they hit dunham. within minutes police and s.w.a.t. had the building surrounded. neighbors were quickly evacuated. >> we're going to take you down the stairs and protect you on both sides. when you get to the bottom, make an immediate right turn and go into unit 116. >> reporter: it wasn't until 3:30 this morning when police found dunham dead on his balcony by using a robotic camera. >> officers were obviously crying, grieving. they will do so quite some time. >> reporter: a san jose councilman visited the crime scene today. grateful for johnson's service to the city. >> most of all appreciate the men and women in uniform who put their lives at risk and who sacrifice for our own safety and welfare. >> reporter: residents counting their blessings. >> all in all, i'm here the neighbors are here, everyone is safe except the officer and the gunman. >> reporter: chris ngyuen abc 7 news. >> flags were lowered to half staff to honor officer johnson, including those at city hall and police headquarters. governor jerry brown said the flags at the state capitol would also be lowered. >> officer johnsones family issued a statement saying quote, we love you mike. our husband son brother, uncle and hero. >> a memorial to officer johnson is growing outside san jose police headquarters. now a long-time friend is talking to abc 7 news about his effort to contact johnson last night when he first learned about the shooting. abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington continues our team coverage. >> reporter: flowers are placed outside the san jose police department in memory of fallen officer michael johnson. johnson was a 14-year veteran with the force. he was shot and killed last night while responding to a call. the devastating loss has left fellow officers shaken. >> officers were obviously crying, grieving. they will do so for quite some time. as will many of us in the department. you know, our hearts our prayers go out with the family are michael our brother. >> reporter: early this morning police cars lined up on center road in a procession to lead his body away from the crime scene. frank saungtntiago saw the heavy police presence. he was worried about his long-time friend. >> i text him and said hey, are you okay bro? i never got a response. >> reporter: the two trained together in martial arts. santiago described him as a great friend who worked hard and loved serving his community. >> outside of the school, outside of his uniform, he's just a normal guy. the biggest heart you can imagine. >> reporter: today agencies all over the bay area wear a black band over their badges. condolences are pouring in. johnson's own police department tweeted a solemn good-bye. it says rest in peace fellow officer michael johnson number 3718. this is the first police officer to be killed in the line of duty since 2001. officer jeffrey fontana was spot during a traffic stop. in a strange coincidence fontana and johnson were in the same police academy staff. flags are at half staff at the san jose police department. the police officers association released a statement calling the suspect a coward and added even while grieving other officers did their duty to make sure nobody else was hurt. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. san jose police officers are receiving condolences today from fellow officers around the country. here's san francisco police chief greg sur. >> it just doesn't get any worse than this. going to do your job, going to help and not making it home. you know i mean it's just -- it's just -- it never gets any easier and it happens all too often. >> the chief said he reached out to san jose's chief last night and offered to send some of his officers if san jose's department needs any help while the funeral service is under way. the attorney general is offering her condolences to officer johnson's family. she issued this statement saying yesterday's tragedy is a grave reminder of the risks that our law enforcement officers take each day when they put on the badge to protect their communities. a statement from governor jerry brown, officer johnson will be remembered for his courage and dedicated service. we join the entire san jose community in mourning this tragic loss. >> do stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage of the story. we will continue to bring you updates online at abc7news.com and on twitter. other news the santa clara county sheriff's deputy fired his gun today while responding to a drug call. sky 7 hd was over the scene in the 3600 block of swygart road where authorities say a deputy shot at a person in a car who was trying to run him over. deputies had been called to the scene after getting a report of drug-related activity. the driver did not hit the deputy and then drove off. he's still on the run this afternoon. deputies did arrest two people in a different car at that scene. in the last hour vallejo police wrapped up a news conference to update us on the case of a southern california woman said to be kidnapped and held for ransom. >> we learned today she is in fact safe. the case has captivated attention from the bay area to huntington beach. take a look at this video. it shows huskins walking with police outside of an apartment building in huntington beach. wayne friedman joins us live now from vallejo. this has been a very unusual case to say the least. >> reporter: unusual and still mysterious. vallejo police talked but didn't say much. they said they don't want to jeopardize their investigation. they did confirm denise huskins turned up this morning down south. they didn't say when she's coming back and didn't say if she's coming back. let's begin with the lead investigator vallejo police lieutenant kenny park. >> a lot of the facts are still coming in. we have minimal facts that we're still trying to figure out. again, we're confident that we're going to be able to piece together this puzzle and have a better picture of what really occurred, how it occurred and when it occurred once we speak to miss huskins. >> reporter: denise huskins turned up at huntington beach this morning at her mother's office. at 9:30 she contacted her father and said she was safe, that the kidnappers had dropped her off. here is more information from her uncle, jeff cane. >> who and why, you know, who did this and why did they do it. you know those are the questions that i would like answered. >> there's nobody that's a person of interest at this point. everyone is. there's nobody that's been eliminated. we are talking to anyone and anything. >> reporter: persons of interest and a lot of interested people. the big question now is when will vallejo police speak with denise huskins and where. there was one indication she would be coming back up here to the bay area and another they might be going down there to talk to you in southern california. bottom line, they expect to speak with her face-to-face before the edged of this day. wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> a lot more questions than answers in this case. on to the weather and get ready for a warmup. we may have record temperatures coming. >> spencer christian is here with our accuweather update. >> well the warmup started today. it's nice and pleasant and breezy near the coast under blue skies. here's live doppler 7 hd, we've got sunny skies around the bay area but may see some patches of fog late tonight. right now we're looking at blue sky over san francisco from our exploratorium camera. it's 65 in san francisco right now, just under 70 in oakland mid-70s at san carlos, san jose and morgan hill, 61 at half moon bay. check out this view of clear skies, clear western skies i could say from our emeryville camera. it's currently 75 at santa rosa napa 73 upper 70s at fairfield, concord and livermore. here's our projection for tomorrow as we look down into the bay from mt. tam. we'll see highs in the upper 70s to mid-80s tomorrow. notice in the second column the record highs for tomorrow's date in all these locations. san jose is expected to tie its record tie for tomorrow's date of 81 degrees. gilroy expected to tie tomorrow's record of 87 degrees. so it's going to be quite a warmup but the warmup won't last long. i'll give you a look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, home sweet home. the new affordable housing now open for some of san francisco's most vulnerable residents. and facebook's mark zuckerberg takes the stage in san francisco. the new offering from the networking giant. and the just-released details we're learning about the three americans who were on board that doomed flight that crashed in the french alps. checking your traffic live, this is the san mateo bridge on the right-hand side. traffic a little lighter heading on over westbound to the peninsula, a little heavier coming eastbound. that's your left-hand side, traffic coming toward us but moving in bo the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me. no, not while you're driving. and, right now, you can get a one-thousand-dollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. seriously, pinch me. 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25 apartments in this building are set aside. plus there are 45 for families. residents will pay 30% of their income for rent. we are told the nonprofit developers mercy housing california and bernal heights neighborhood center received 5,000 applications. >> we used to think it was insane when we got 1,000 applications. now it's stepped up. clearly buildings like this make a difference. >> reporter: this used to be a muni bus turn-around, so with the city owning the lantdd, that made it more simple to develop. >> this is in a line of housing that hasn't been built in an aggressive way for many years but we have lots of needs. we've got thousands of people on the waiting list and our commitment is to take care of as many as possible. >> reporter: in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. facebook's almost annual f-8 conference is under way in san francisco. today founder and ceo mark zuckerberg kicked off this two-day event by unveiling the next phase in facebook messenger. it's called messenger platform. zuckerberg says the app can create and share content in line and independent of the news feed. >> now you're going to be able to easily finding different services that help you say anything you want better, and you can create content, you can share it directly into messenger. your friends are going to be easily able to reply and install the apps that you're sharing with them. >> zuckerberg says more than 600 million people use messenger every month. tonight at 6:00 reporter jonathan bloom takes us behind the scenes at the f-8 conference which is expected to draw more than 2500 software developers this year. a new report out today is tainting the entire seafood industry. plus exercise could help cancer patients. jane king has those stories and more in today's health and wellness report. >> reporter: the associated press says the global seafood industry is tainted by the use of slaves. many of the fishermen were from myanmar. of the major restaurant chains and supermarkets contacted by the a.p. wouldn't speak on the record but did issue statements that strongly condemned abuse. there is a recall based on one of the suppliers saying spinach may be contaminated with listeria. americans have fallen out of love with diet sodas possibly for good. sales of low calorie soft drinks have fallen 20% in the u.s. in the past five years. that's according to euro monitor. this year they're on pace to fall another 5%. and finally, exercise has been shown to aid cancer treatment. a study done by duke university and reported in "the new york times" says aerobic exercise slowed the growth of cancerous tumors and made cancer more sensitive to chemotherapy. from the nasdaq i'm jane king. here's to your health. time for aur check check on your weather. >> spencer christian basking in the glow once again. >> i'm basking and it's glowing. we will have at least one more day of this and it may be glowier tomorrow. a live look at doppler hd sunny skies and not a cloud to be seen anywhere near the coastline. there's go to a live view looking out over the bay. these are the forecast features. record highs are possible tomorrow in some locations. coastal cooling begins on friday. it will be cooler in all areas on saturday. satellite image shows a big ridge of high pressure dome of warm air dome of high pressure, a mass of warm air bringing our temperatures up to their peak during this little warmup tomorrow and then temperatures will start to drop off a little bit on friday. but here's a look -- i'm looking at temperatures tomorrow. notice low to mid-80s inland low 80s around the bay. up to 69 at the coast and half moon bay. record highs are possible. but then on friday the coastal cooling begins with that onshore flow. fog returning to the coast. it will be much cooler at the coast on friday by 10 degrees or more. it will cool down around the bay but some inland locations may top 80 degrees on friday. look for clear skies and cool conditions. we'll see upper 40s to low 50s in inland locations and low 50s will be the lows around the bay. tomorrow afternoon look for highs in the south bay in the mid-80s, up to 84 at san jose which would tie the record high for that date, for tomorrow's date in san jose. on the peninsula we'll see upper 70s to right around 80 degrees at redwood city mountain view on the coast mid to upper 60s. even with fog approaching. downtown san francisco will have a high of 74 tomorrow. in the north bay we'll see highs of 80 at santa rosa 80 at napa 79 at sonoma. over on the east bay look for mainly upper 70s. but around 80 at castro valley and fremont. and the inland east bay will be our warmest region of the bay area overall with highs in the low to mid-80s. up to 84 brentwood, 84 livermore. actually that's equal to the warmth we'll see in the south bay as well. there is cooling beginning on friday, especially at the coast and around the bay. it will be cooler on saturday, a breezy afternoon coming our way on saturday but pleasant, up to about 80 degrees inland. then we'll see high temperatures remaining in that constant range sunday through, oh about tuesday of next week and then finally we'll get a little more cooling on wednesday of next week. a lovely week ahead. no dramatic shifts one way or the other. still no rain, i'm sorry to say, but it will be beautiful. >> well, if it's not going to rain. thank you, spencer. up next, a setback for san francisco's film community. the announcement just made by hbo about the show shot here in the city. and new after 4:30, from taliban custody to military custody. the trouble now facing the american soldier who spent five years as a terrorist prisoner. and taking a live look at our traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza you can see a little bit of the backup, but if you have fastrak you are just flying straight on through and ov an hbo show filmed in san francisco is getting the boot. the network announced it is cancelling the series. it ended its second season three days ago and will wrap up with a final special to close various story lines. it followed a group of gay friends living in san francisco. it received critical praise but never pulled in a big audience. it took advantage of rebates in san francisco offered to film in the city. now the san francisco film commission released a statement today thanking hbo for filming in the city. the show created hundreds of local jobs. some sports news the san francisco giants are now among the most valuable teams in all of major league baseball. new rankings out from forbes show the yankees are baseball's most valuable team worth $3.2 billion. the dodgers are right behind them. there's a little bit of a gap but $2.4 billion. red sox $2.1 billion and the giants said to be worth an estimated $2 billion. forbes said the giants have doubled their value in just over a year. that's what happens after you win three championships in five years. the a's, by the way, still seeking a new stadium near the bottom worth just $725 million. well the warriors won their first pacific division title in 39 years capturing the crown last night with a win in portland. >> just to put this in perspective, since not all of us were around in 1976 but steph curry's father del was in junior high school the last time golden state won the pacific division. steph, once again the star last night with 33 points. the warriors as they have been all season long the best team in the nba. curry the front runner to win the mvp award. he has seen the lean times and really appreciates how far this franchise has come. >> my sixth year thinking back to the '90s, we haven't done it as a warriors franchise. it's a big applicator.ccomplishment. obviously we have more goals inspect mind but this is a good step for us to win a division and keep it moving. >> so the playoffs are coming in a few weeks, it's going to be fun. last year we had the warriors owner in the studio during the finals and were half joking saying it would be nice to have the finals at oracle arena. it's no joke any more. the warriors are the team to beat. >> we love it. abc 7 news does continue. up next the story for every parent of a teenage driver. just how big of a problem distracted driving is for young people behind the wheel. first, high-rise headaches. the problem facing new skyscraper construction in san francisco. and midair mystery. the new details we're learning about the flight that c at 4:30 here's the news making headlines where you live. san jose police officers are mourning the loss of a fallen comrade. officer michael johnson was killed in the line of duty yesterday evening while responding to the call of a suicidal man. johnson was a 14-year veteran of the force. he's the 12th san jose officer to die on the job in the department's history. abc 7 news reporter david louis tweeted this photo of the memorial wall. he writes johnson's photo will be added to the wall. we will have a live report with reaction from fellow officers at 5:00. the family of brightright-to-die advocate britney maynard's family released a video recorded before she died. laura will have a full report at 5:00. at least three americans were among the victims of the crash of germanwings 9525. search and recovery crews are scouring through the impact site in a remote part of the french alps looking for important clues to identify the cause of that crash. marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: search teams scouring the steep remote crash scene in the french alps for the victims, the up with 50 people who were on board germanwings 9525, all presumed dead including three americans. two of them a mother and daughter from virginia. yvonne and emily selke's family releasing a statement expressing their grief calling them two wonderful, caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. >> we extend our deepest condolences. >> reporter: investigators are making progress in trying to figure out what caused the airbus a-320 heading from barcelona to dusseldorf to quickly drop before slamming into a mountain. the cockpit voice recorder was found intact and is now being analyzed. >> we just succeeded in getting an audio file which contains useable sounds and voices. >> reporter: the french president said the casing for the second black box was also recovered. the flight data recorder was not inside. >> in a really severe impact it's not that hard for it to break free. >> reporter: search teams working desperately to find it as well as the remains of the victims being mourned today around the world. we've now learned one of the american victims, yvonne selke, was a government contractor. her daughter emily a 2013 graduate of drexel university in philadelphia. the state department hasn't released the name of the third american who was on board. marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. there is major upheaval today in yemen. it appears the city of aiden is about to call into the hands of shiite rebels. it comes after yemen's president fled his palace and rebels took over the international airport. it is the country's economic hub. the shiite rebels captured sanaa. a warm welcome on capitol hill for the new president of afghanistan. he told a joint session of congress that his country owes a profound debt to the more than 2200 soldiers killed in afghanistan since 2001. he also promised to be a good steward of continued u.s. assistance to his country as it rebuilds. the speech comes a day after president obama announced he would leave 9800 american troops in afghanistan until at least the ending of this year. abc 7 news anchor cheryl jennings interviewed president ghani last month. bowe bergdahl is being charged with desertion. military prosecutors accused bergdahl of abandoning his post in 2009 before his capture by the taliban. he faces a court-martial on three counts desertion avoiding military service and misbehavior before the enemy. the charges come after a lengthy investigation following bergdahl's release in exchange for five taliban figures last year. he could receive life in prison if convicted on all charges. legal analysts say it's likely he will reach an agreement that could avoid prison time. sunnyvale police have arrested a taxicab driver and his roommate for the sexual assault of an intoxicated passenger. the driver and his roommate were booked into santa clara county jail sunday evening. an offduty police officer said he saw both men push a woman out of the cab. he called on-duty officers to pull the vehicle over. the woman said she had been drinking and was given more to drink during the cab ride. she also said she was sexually assaulted. firefighters today helped two people trapped inside a burning home get out safely. sky 7 hd was over the scene just before 9:00 a.m. crews thehad to rescue two residents after they were unable to get out of the house because of heavy smoke. firefighters put out the fire a short time later. no one was hurt during the rescue. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. the highway patrol closed eastbound 80 between fairfield and vacaville after a truck spilled a tar-like substance on three lanes about 8:30 this morning. this is video taken by sky 7 hd. reports say the trailer was heading to a resurfacing project when its trailer disengaged and dumped the substance on the lanes. that backed up traffic for hours while that substance was being cleaned up. now to a high-rise headache facing new construction in san francisco. a shortage for glass for the windows on all of those skyscrapers. lyanne melendez joins us to tell us why. >> reporter: larry, any time there are problems at the ports, you know you're going to have delays in getting what's inside those containers, and that's exactly what has happened here. when you think about it, larry, these ports along the entire west coast including the port of oakland and of course those in southern california they all represent about 40% of u.s. international trade. who knew a labor dispute at the ports would have an impact on the construction of a few high rises in downtown san francisco. take 399 fremont seen here from sky 7 hd. today builders worked on finally installing their glass systems after weeks of waiting for them to arrive from china. the dispute over a new contract for dock workers caused serious delays. the worst months were january and remember when on average 20 ships were waiting at the port of oakland. now that an agreement has been reached, things are slowly improving, but the backlog is still bad in southern california. >> there is still significant congestion there. this morning there were 25 ships in san pedro bay awaiting berths at the ports of los angeles and long beach. >> reporter: that affects the port of oakland because most of those ships then stop here. >> we're hoping to be at normal operation at the port within four to six weeks. we're getting there. productivity has increased significantly. the wait times for truck drivers overall are improving. >> reporter: another building, 299 fremont, hasn't installed a single window. these construction companies buy the glass from chinese companies at a significant discount. but now without the glass that wraps their building much of the inside work can't continue, resulting in costly delays. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. coming up the bay area based company getting ready to cut a thousand jobs. but first, downed trees, smashed cars power outages. the wind-whipped problems in southern california this afternoon. looking down toward ocean beach, nothing but clear sky, although a little hint of coastal fog is developing right now. tomorrow, record heat is possible. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. and at 4:36 we are checking your traffic on the golden gate bridge. flowing in both directions. on the right-hand side, that's your traffic heading up to the ♪turn around!♪ ♪every now and then i get a little bit 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funnel cloud right there. >> right. >> and every so often we get what looks like an explosion. maybe it's a transformer but there's also a long line of cars, traffic desperately trying to get out of this area. the national weather service says this is a life-threatening tornado near tulsa moving east at 45 miles per hour, and it appears to be dragging a lot of stuff in its wake. you mentioned the hail size -- >> golf ball size hail. >> and the national weather service has advised everybody in this area to take cover and get in a basement or a storm shelter because these things are so unpredictable. >> it's hard to tell. >> it's hard to know whether those are explosions or what's going on. clearly, if you're in tulsa right now, it is a scary situation. >> and 10,000 people are without power. a funnel cloud definitely, definitely for sure spotted. it's hard to tell from our monitors here in the studio. >> we'll keep you posted throughout the course of the afternoon on abc 7 news. as we go to spencer spencer do you have any thoughts as you look at this? >> a dangerous situation there. i'm going to show you what's happening in that area right now. there have been severe thunderstorms. let's go over to the doppler radar right now. severe thunderstorms throughout the region during the last couple of hours. you can see the line of storms from around oklahoma city up through tulsa going into parts of arkansas and missouri. so these are widespread thunderstorms but the tornado warning is in effect right now for tulsa until 6:00 p.m. a really dangerous situation. the winds in a tornado can exceed 200 250 miles per hour, twisting, blowing debris all through the air. large damaging hail stones swirling around as well. so we'll just keep watching this to see how it develops. hoping it will wind down and ease up sometime soon. looking at the national outlook for many to we'll see more thunderstorms in parts of the southeast tomorrow, from the south atlantic coast down to the gulf coast. rain showers up in the northeast, snow showers over parts of the great lakes and dry and calm over the western two-thirds of the country. that includes california where tomorrow it will be sunny and warm just befreverywhere. 90 in los angeles tomorrow 95 in palm springs, 88 in fresno. here in the bay area we may see a couple of record highs. san jose is expected to reach 84, which would tie the record high. morgan hill is expected to reach 87, which would also tie the record high for tomorrow's date there. as you can see, inland highs will be in the low to mid-80s in many locations. we'll see upper 70s around the bay and upper 60s along the coast. we'll have a rather significant cooldown on friday and further cooling going into the weekend. so one day of potentially record warmth. >> it's remarkable, tornados in tulsa. back east it's just been a miserable winter with all the snow and the cold and we're just delightful. >> nothing here except for just a drought and warm weather. >> we're really fortunate. trending today, a bus that got swallowed up and swept away. look at that. up next we'll have the incredible video. you just have to see that. first, wells fargo says fewer homeowners are falling behind on their mortgages. why that's now turning into some bad news for some people. i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. formaldehyde in a san francisco based bank is cutting a thousand jobs and closing one of its offices, citing an improving economy. wells fargo today said it's closing its home lending service office in milwaukee because fewer homeowners are falling behind on payments and seeking help keeping their homes. the company says it will close the office in late july and inform the 1,000 employees of their job opportunities within the company, of other job opportunities within the company. no job cuts are in the bay area. wells fargo kbloidsimplies about 265,000 people. h.j. heinz is buying kraft creating a colosses that will be the fifth largest food and beverage company in north america. that deal was engineered by heinz owner, brazilian investment firm 3g capital and warren buffett's berkshire hathaway. they will have revenue of $28 billion. the cover for harper lee's follow-up for "to kill a mockingbird" looks a lot like the old one. she unveiled the art. the new cover is a moody illustration featuring an oak tree in front. it also shows a train in the distance. the new novel begins 20 years after "mockingbird" left off with protagonist finch returning by train to her native alabama. scheduled to be released on july 14th. the consumer product safety commission is now investigating lumber liquidators. a major discount flooring company. >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here with today's consumer news. >> reporter: federal regulators are concerned about reports of high levels of formaldehyde in some laminated flooring. tests showed formaldehyde in chinese-made flooring sold by lumber liquidators. the consumer product safety commission will test the flooring to see if levels are high enough to ask for a recall. lumber liquidators say the floors are safe and is cooperating with the ves. ford motor company says it has a way to rein in those speed demons on the road. this is provided by ford and shows how its latest s max car will automatically obey speed limits. the car was technology to scan rolled signs that will adjust the throttle to slow down if that's next. however, impatient drivers can still speed up just by pressing firmly on the gas pedal which is probably what they were doing before. nobody likes robo calls on their cell phones and thousands of consumers have signed a petition saying just that. federal law bans automated calls to cell phones without the owner's permission. bet you didn't know that. however, banks want to be exempt from that rule. they say they may need to contact customers if there's an emergency, like a fraud on their account. however, nearly 200,000 consumers signed a petition saying no robo calls at all. if there's an emergency those consumers say let a human dial the number. >> i don't want a robo call if there's a fraud detection on my account, i need a person to tell me what's going on not a computer. thank you, michael. well, as you probably heard, a popular boy band is losing one of its members. >> michael was very upset about this. there's also amazing video out today. this bus literally being swept away. here's what's trending. >> some incredible video from northern brazil. passengers escaped after a bus got stuck in this sinkhole. moments later it's just swallowed up and swept down a raging river. fortunately all of the people on board were able to get away unharmed. can you believe that? heavy rain hit brazil yesterday. march tends to be the tail ending of the country's rainy season. >> wow. if you have a teenage daughter, she may be devastated this afternoon. >> tears maybe. chart topping boy band one direction says zane has left the group. last week the singer flew home from a tour stop in the philippines saying he was too stressed out. fans of the band will be glad to know one direction is not breaking up, the group will continue playing with four members. one direction has a concert at levi's stadium in santa clara on july 11th. >> being young rich and famous is so stressful. call it the garage sale that will ending all garage sales. >> billionaire oprah winfrey is planning to auction off some of her favorite things as she sells the contents of her chicago home. you can bid on anything in the house in person or during an online auction. >> she's planning to close her production company in chicago and move it to los angeles. the proceeds of the auction will benefit the oprah winfrey leadership academy for girls in south africa. the academy tries to prepare disadvantaged high school age girls to be future leaders. you want to go get some oprah's stuff? i have a feeling it's going to be costly. well up next is your teen texting an talking behind the wheel? the new study on distracted driving every parent needs to hear. i'm cheryl jennings. coming up new at 5:00, the controversy over wildcats. the deal that's been reached between activists and school officials capturing ferial animals. and michael finney on m some parents in san diego county are furious. the homeowners association where they live has banned any wheeled toys so bikes, scooters. >> they are governed by an hoa, home openerowners association. anyone caught using wheeled things will be fined $50. >> the property manager defends the rule saying it's in place for safety but kids and parent alike say it's just not fair. >> $50 for riding a skateboard or scooter or bike? what is that? >> they're safe with their parents supervising and not causing problem, i don't understand why it would be an issue. >> homeowners say it's frustrating when other hoas just a few streets away allow wheeled toys. property management did say it would look to changing the rule for sidewalks. a new study for teenage drivers shows the effects of distracted driving are much worse than previously thought. >> they founding distractions factor in 60% of moderate to severe crashes. tiffany wilson has the story every parent should hear. >> reporter: teenage drivers talking, texting, tuning upe turning up the tunes. these behaviors and others caught on dash cam. they analyzed nearly 1700 videos showing teen drivers in the moments before a crash. the study found nearly 6 of 10 drivers were distracted. that statistic more than four times previous estimates from police reports. >> we're hoping that our central findings of the study will make parents more aware of the magnitude of the problem and the potential for disaster. >> reporter: car accidents are the number one cause of teenage deaths in the united states. while california bans texting and any phone, even hands-free for teen drivers, officials say even chatting with friends sitting next to them can cause a young driver to lose focus. >> when you get two or three, especially three teenagers in a vehicle at the same time bad things tending to happen. >> reporter: aaa recommends state laws restrict passengers to one nonfamily member for the first six months of driving. tiffany wilson abc 7 news. >> thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with cheryl and dan. >> the courageous work of officers there at the scene may well have saved other lives. >> the tragic shooting death of a san jose police officer could have been worse. tonight we're hearing just how intense that situation was. shots fired both ways. officer down. suspect possibly went down as well. >> also ahead, a woman at the center of a vallejo kidnap case turns up in southern california. and -- >> please make it an american health care choice. >> a powerful video reignites the right to die debate. san jose's mayor says the death of police officer michael johnson has led to the city's darkest hour. family and fellow officers are grieving. >> it's heart breaking. you know he's a brother of ours. he's going to be missed. >> in a statement the family says we love you, mike. our husband, son brother, uncle and hero. >> flags are at half staff at the state capitol and across the state. thanks for joining us, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. today has been a day of full mourning in san jose understandably. officials say officer johnson was ambushed shot and killed without warning as he responded to check on a man threatening suicide at senter road apartment around 6:45 yesterday evening. that man, 57-year-old scott dunham opened fire at officers as they arrived at his complex. >> johnson, a beloved 14-year veteran of the force was mortally wounded. >> it's been extraordinary work by officers who were there under extraordinary duress that may well have saved other lives. >> a robot equipped with a camera found dunham lying dead on his balcony at 3:30 this morning. police do not know how or when he died. >> there's a good possibility he was dead the whole time. there was no contact or dialogue or communication with any of our officers after that. >> more on the shooting suspect dunham in just a moment. first, let's talk more about officer mike johnson. he was a 14-year veteran of the force. he came in contact with a lot of people who are in mourning for his death today, both in his work life and his personal life. abc 7 news reporter david louis has been putting together a look at this highly respected police officer. david, a real loss at so many levels. >> reporter: a deep loss very much so, dan. the johnson family, including his wife and his father, who live here in the san jose area, are in seclusion today. they have asked for privacy as they deal with their grief. but we were able to connect with other people who knew him quite well, and they call him one of the truely good guys. there are stories behind all these flowers people are leaving in memory of mike johnson. his long-time friend frank santiago, saw a side of him when they trained off and on for 13 years at a south san jose judo academy. johnson was a black belt in judo and jujitsu. >> the biggest heart that you