Controversial. Her decision, that the killing was justified. Given his training and experience, he believed honestly and reasonably he was faced with ado or die dilemma. Reporter she showed the similarities between a real ak47 Assault Rifle and the replica that 13yearold andy lopez carried just before being shot and killed. Its been almost ten months since the shootings. Today she announced no charges against the deputy. She said the shooting, while tragic, was selfdefense. Members and supporters of the Latino Community were outraged at what they describe as an injustice. He was a kid he was shot because he was a kid carrying a toy gun where kids play that is an injustice that cannot be permitted this is like killing him again. This is killing like stabbing his parents in the heart again. My hope is that, while people may not agree with my decision, they will come to understand the basis for it. Reporter in making a decision, District Attorney ravage also published a 51page synopsis here in my hand, explaining the decision and going into some of the Details Behind the decision. Among some of those details, that the deputies warned the young man loudly at least twice, according to witnesses, to drop the weapon. Another revelation, however, was that it was only a matter of seconds between the time they pulled up and the time they opened fire. Live in Sonoma County, wayne fre freedman. Lopezs family released a statement that says, in part, this cowardly political decision sends the tacit message that Law Enforcement officials who use Excessive Force in Sonoma County will not suffer meaningful consequences and instead will enjoy immunity from prosecution. A series of shootings marred the fourth of july. Nearly a dozen people were shot over five days, and police are investigating whether they are gang related or violence triggered by idle summer days. We are joined from the hawll of justice with that story. Reporter the violence seems to be sporadic, the shootings quick, the victims all ages. In one shooting, a 10yearold child was hit and two other shootings the victims were in their late 40s. Now, no arrests have been made. The latest shooting happened at about 10 00 this morning. They just killed jig so i ran up to the corner, seen his body laying on the ground. Keith zin was known in the neighborhood as jig. His friends here say he did not deserve to die. Just taking his daughter to School Every Day and go home and be with his wife. And they killed him. Reporter jig was shot this morning on a corner facing a new apartment complex in the bay view. He died later at the hospital where family and friends gathered. Residents also heard about the murder early this morning in the Sunnydale Housing Development in near by ingleside. Almost everyone we spoke to knew about the shootings, almost all in the bay view. 11 people were shot in 7 shootings, 4 died. The first was the afternoon of july 3rd when two were shot on connecticut street near 23rd. The violence continued saturday with three shootings nearby. Three more on sunday and two fatal shootings this morning, the one in the Sunnydale Housing Development and the last one on ironwood way. Police tell abc 7 news they have yet to find a in any of the shootings. The victims dont have a whole lot in common. The age ranges are very different. Where the incidents are occurring is different. Reporter herbert only wanted his first name used. Hes been in the bay view for some 24 years. Hes seen this kind of violence before. For the summertime, it seems like this is when the violence really picks up. It could be because a lot of the young people is not working or doing anything. Reporter police tell us theyre beefing up patrols in the area, making sure everyone knows theyre out here in mass. Vic lee, abc 7 news. A concord man will go to jail for the deadly mauling of his 2yearold step grandson. Three family pit bulls in martinez attacked thee ed ttodd. In april he was convicted of child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter. Today he was sentenced to a year in jail and three years of probation instead of a long prison sentence. More relieved. The last four years has been hell. I dont even mourn for jacob because of this case, i vnts been able to. I miss jacob. It was just an accident. I didnt expect any of this to hp happen. The family, including the boys mother, asked the judge for leniency. Check out what screeners found inside a mans shoe at the Detroit Metro airport yesterday. That is a knife tucked into the lining of the shoe. Police arrest the man. The tsa spokesperson said it would have been fine for the man to traveled with the knife if he had put it in the checked luggage. The tsa is concerned about the rise its seen in another kind of hidden weapon called a credit card knife. It looks like a credit card, but then it folds out 0 with a sharp steel blade inside. So far, this year, the tsa has confiscated 491 of these weapons using body scanners and metal detectors. More details this afternoon on a deal between the Corinthian Colleges and department of education. The school agreed to sell 85 campuses and close 12 others. Corinthian owns multiple colleges. None of the bay area campuses is closing down. You should know that. But a number of federal and state authorities have been investigating claims that corinthian falsified records and deceived prospective students. The company has more than 70,000 students across the country. Evacuation orders have been lifted for People Living near this fire. Campgrounds remain closed along 128. So far the flames burned more than 6400 acres since friday. Crews report the fire is about 35 contained. Most of that fire has burned some hard to reach areas. Investigators are still trying to figure out how it started. And cal fire continues to deal with hot spots as crews are try to surround the fire. Officials say the fire burning near polk valley is 90 contained. It started last tuesday. The flames have charred 4300 acres. The fire also detroited two homes along with seven other structures. Investigators are also looking for the cause of this fire. Officials expect digging by wild pigs caused a levee to collapse. That flooded five homes and farmland. People sloged through kneedeep water. Crews finally stopped the water by turning off a control valve. Those pigs can do amazing amounts of damage. Lets focus on the Weather Forecast as you go back to work. Spencer christian outside checking it out. Weve had variable conditions today, areas of sunshine but weve had low clouds and fog drifting in from the coast and high clouds from the east. We even had sprinkles reported around livermore but no measurable rainfall. You can see areas of moisture over the bay area right 0 now, but most of that moisture is evaporating in the air before it hits the ground. Meanwhile, areas of scattered storminess move through the sierra. Its the clouds and moisture from that activity moving through the bay area sky right now. Here is a live view suit row tower, high and low clouds moving in from the coast. Its 65 degrees in San Francisco right now, oakland 68, mid70s at san carlos, san jose gilroy 82. Another view from our emeryville camera. Interesting cloud formations, mid70s in santa rosa, navarro 69. 87 in livermore. One more live view, a familiar sight of the golden gate bridge. Well see fog and low clouds increase and high clouds as well. There will be areas of clouds and fog lingering in the monk but afternoon mainly sunny with high clouds continuing to drift through the zie. Warm inland but cool at the coast. Spencer, thanks so much. Still ahead, fire damages a highly acclaimed restaurant in the south bay. What investigators are saying about what happened. Plus, getting rid of the scratches on your car. Doesnt that make you crazy . Schaech on your sides Michael Finney finds out what works the best. New at 4 30, stunning drone video shows fireworks from inside the explosions. Should there be any regulation over all of this . And lets take you outside on this monday after the long fourth of july holiday. Traffic zipping along nicely, which is great to see. This is in san jose at 280 and highway 17. Not a bad way to start the week after a holiday, at least on this stretch of bay area road. Sheryl and i will be right back. Oh hey there laughs hmm. Youre that grumpy cat. Well i know how about some honey nut cheerios . Humans love them. Moms, dads, kidswell, all of em. Not even a smile . Huh. Maybe someone should tell your face. Ohhh that is your face. angry cat purr ah part of a good breakfast. For almost everyone watching everybody eating what they want all day oh this tasteless cardboard brings me nothing but more shame turning every turn until i find something right and it. Takes my breath away covering novato, oakland, awful the bay area, this is abc 7 news. [ speaking spanish ] in mexico, an earthquake interrupted a Live Television broadcast this morning. At least five people are dead. The 6. 9 quake was felt as far north as mexico city, through central guatemala and as far ouj south as el salvador. The quake damaged dozens of homes, triggered a number of landslides in the guatemalan state of san marcos. A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a deal that would compensate former nfl players for concussionrelated claims. Last month the nfl agreed to remove a 675 million cap on damages, more than 4500 pliers have filed suit, some accusing the league of fraud for its handling of concussions. A famous restaurant in loss gatos is closed today after being heavily damaged in an Early Morning fire. Such a shame. The fire on village lane is getting the attention of foodies around the world. Thats because man res sa is michelin twostar restaurant. Reporter it didnt look good for man res stssa about 3 30 this morning. A huge fire seemed to be devouring the restaurant. But its locate noext a fire station. Firefighters pounced on this one quickly and called in extra help with the second alarm. When the smoke cleared, the restaurant was still standing. The damage really is the roof. The damage on the inside is smoke damage and some water damage from the fire fight. Reporter another lucky break, the restaurant was closed all weekends for cleaning so no fresh food was lost in the fire. And firefighters say the staff was able to cancel this weeks food order. Firefighters dont think that that cleaning crew left behind anything that could start a fire. I think that the cleaning crew might have done their business and been gone for a couple of days. No evidence of any equipment related to that kind of an operation hanging around. One firefighter tripped on debris and was hurt during the fire fight but is expected to be okay. The owner of the restaurant is out of town. His staff and pr representative refused to comment on the fire. But residents of loss gatos says the restaurant brought quite a presence to this town. Puts us on the world map i suppose. Little high end but part of the culture. This was a hot spot for even people from other countries and other states. Its kind sad to see something go like that. I know they worked real hard to keep that business. Sorry to see it. Reporter fire investigators paying close attention to the rest raubts gas meter outside the building. They say it was on fire when they got on the scene. Theyre trying to figure out dwr and whether the fire started outside the restaurant or inside. In los gatos. President obama is pushing to place quality teachers in schools that need them the meest. The president hosted a group of teachers for lunch at the white house to talk about the administrations education priorities. The president announced an initiative to make sure every student an effective teacher. The president credits good teachers with helping him succeed. When i think about my own experience the only reason im here in the white house is because of extraordinary teachers as well as a pretty extraordinary mom and parent grandparents. Everyone around this table probably feels the same way. The president s new initiative is called excellent educators for all. The Education Department plans to invest more than 4 million to help states and districts create plans to help place teachers. Well, theres nothing more appealing than a bright, shiny car. If youre looking to wash yours, it can look good but if the paint is dull or the paint is scratched, it doesnt look too hot. Consumer reports tested products. Heres Michael Finney. Reporter many new cars and suvs come with dark plastic trim that ends up looking dull and faded over time. And those shiny new cars usually end up with a few scratches, too. Consumer reports tested five plastic trim kits and three scratch repair kits. Theyre essentially paint pens with clear coating and they fill in the scratches. To test, panels were especially painted just like a new car is and lightly scratched. Then mark applied each of the products as instructed. All three filled the scratches as promised and made them look less noticeable. From this angle. But viewed from the side, they look more like a bad coat of clear nail polish. For the plastic trimmers, mark used old dull car panels, each product was applied to a section and the panels were put on the roof to face the elements. Some didnt last very long. The maguires ultimately black plastic reor storer and the back to black looked completely faded by day 45. The turtle wax premium grade trim restorer looked faded by 57. But these two stood out from the pack, the like new for 18 and the 15 renew finish. Still looked great after 70 days. So what can you do with those scratches in your paint . Consumer reports says fine scratches can often be polished out. Quick scratch remover for about 15 worked well in its tests. Im Michael Finney. 7 on your side. Spencer christian with a look 0 at todays accuWeather Forecast. Its not too bad, little warm. Its going to cool down a little bit for the next few days slightly. Then well get another warmup over the weekend. But things are nice and pleasant now. Here is live doppler 7 hd, a mix of clouds at Different Levels of the atmosphere and moisture drifting over the bay area, coming mainly from the sierra. Boy, there have been some showers it yshower showe showers, were right in the middle of this presentation. Overnight lows under partly cloudy skies, in the mid to upper 50s, mild overnight. A low of 63 in antioch and on we go to highs tomorrow in the south bay. Look for highs in the upper 70s to mid80s, about 85 at morgan hill, on the peninsula well see mid70s to upper 70s, upper 50s to about 60 on the coast, downtown San Francisco a high of 65, up in the north bay highs generally in the upper 70s to around 80. Over on the east bay, highs from upper 60s to mid70s and over the inland east bay mid80s to about 90 degrees at brentwood, which will be the warmest spot. Now, were going to give you the sevenday forecast early, but im going to go back and show you some i meant to show you at the top. A steady pattern like we have right now through are friday, then temperatures will start to bounce back, especially inland over the weekend. Then by monday well see mid90s inland. I wanted to start with this. I dont know how it skipped ahead. Mainly sunny skies across the bay area now, lots of high clouds, maiply high clouds drifting in from the sierra where weve had scattered showers and thundershowers. Its weakening as it passes westward through the sierra foothills. Then the moisture drifts over the bay area, pretty much evaporates before it hits the ground. But there have been sprinkles reported around livermore. Have to mention the possibilities of sprinkles tonight. This is how it looks right now. These are our forecast features, fog and high clouds during the overnight hours, sprinkles possible. Cooling trend through wednesday, pretty much like we have now, cool at the coast and mild to warm inland but no extremes. Then warming up over the weekend. Then heres that animation i showed you earlier, 11 00 p. M. , well see a continuation of the pattern thats in place right now, high clouds drifting through the bay area, moisture pretty much evaporating before it hits the ground. That would give us a day tomorrow that features sun and high clouds but it will be pleasantly mild, just a little cool at the coast with highs there only in the upper 50s to around 60. Next time you see me, ill try to have my stuff in the correct sequence. Dan and sheryl . All right, thank you. Works fine. Coming up next, a teen willi agers decision to finish a heartwarming well show you the amazing backdrop caught an camera. Another look at traffic in a different part of the bay area. Now the san mateo bridge. Just like we saw on 17 and 280 in san jose, its moving great on the san mateo bridge in both directions at this hour. Stay with us. Abc 7 news at 4 00 continues. [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. 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A 15yearold girl and military family hit the road literally this weekend to salute our veterans. They gained so many friends and admirers along the way. Rhianna mirren carried an American Flag through the florida keys with her wrunger sister and her dad. The family ran miles a day for six days. When we were running there was this man who w