Main lesson is to be prepared. Olga and cecil had never been to the site where the cypress freeway collapsed. Her husband carmen smith was trapped in his car for four hours. She said the people that first came to help were the people that live here. The people without uniform. I started to think [ inaudible ]. Reporter her husband suffered a broken back. He died earlier this year. Dozens gathered to remember what it was like 25 years ago when the freeway collapsed, killing 42 people. But others were saved by the west Oakland Community and first responders. David byrnes can never forget the aftershock. Its pitch black, youve got sights and sounds of vehicles crushed and the aftershock would hit and you would take a deep breath and collect yourself and go okay, im still alive. Reporter dr. James betz was a young surgeon who performed an amputation under the collapsed deck to save a 6yearold boy. The area in that part of the cypress structure was about four and a half feet tall from the base and we were about 40 feet elevated. So it was about four and a half, i knew i couldnt begin to stand up. So we were all crawling around. Reporter today, oakland and other cities in the bay area are better prepared to deal with an event like the loma prieta earthquake. Still, they say its on all of us to do the same at home. Look, folks, if you thought this was bad, the next one, this is just a drop in the bucket. Reporter in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. A moment of silence will be held in about half an hour at 5 04, the moment the earthquake hit 25 years ago today. You are taking a live look now from an earthquake commemoration event in San Francisco. A number of dignitaries will be there on pier 15 later this evening. The design of the marina earthquake memorial will be unveiled. We will bring you live pictures of the commemoration coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. In other news today, abc 7 news has learned the man accused of an inappropriate touching of girls in two east bay stores is under investigation for similar acts in Southern California. 20yearold Christopher German is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts against children under 14. He was identified from Surveillance Video from a target store in hayward and walmart in san leandro. Police say they received an anonymous tip from a Southern California city after the surveillance images were released earlier this week. Police are investigating a report that five people were sexually assaulted at a Fraternity House near uc berkeley. The attacks reportedly happened last weekend at a Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity thats not recognized by uc berkeley. The victims say they were given a date rape drug before they were assaulted. Students Say Something needs to change. Its pretty ridiculous. I havent heard of Something Like that ever happening. What happens here at berkeley represents on me. I really hope that our school can be better than this. Needs to step in. I think this isnt necessarily a new issue. I think its gotten worse in if city, especially this year. The assault report comes weeks after the arrest of 20yearold Eugene Quillen, who is suspected of assaulting a woman at another fraternity last month. Now to the fight against ebola. Nina pham, the nurse diagnosed with the virus after treating an infected man, is sitting up today and eating in her room in a special Isolation Unit. That news comes as president obama pointed a point man to lead the federal response to the fight against ebola. Abc News ReporterMarcy Gonzalez has more. Reporter today as president obama reported ron klain to oversee the countrys response to the ebola virus, nurse nina pham began her first full day of care in a specialized Isolation Unit at the National Institutes of health in maryland. We fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital and will do everything we possibly can to make that happen. Reporter as her colleague, amber vinson, continues her treatment in atlanta, vinsons family is coming to her defense. Her uncle telling abc news that while Health Officials did give her permission to fly despite having an elevated temperature, vinson did not feel sick when she flew from dallas to cleveland and back in the days before she was diagnosed. She certainly would not have done anything to put the other passengers who were on that plane or her family at risk. Reporter the other 75 Health Care Workers who may have had some contact with Thomas Duncan who died from ebola at this dallas hospital last week now being told not to use any kind of public transportation. But before that ban went into place, a Lab Supervisor who handled some of duncans samples boarded a cruise ship, the carnival magic, which was supposed to stop in belize and mexico, now instead being sent back to texas. With that passenger who is not showing symptoms in quarantine as a precaution. You see a ton of people that are crying, just a lot of questions of why the person was here. Reporter today, secretary of state john kerry tried to arrange for a helicopter to land on the ship to evacuate that passenger but belizes Prime Minister denied the request. Experts stress there is almost no risk to passengers on board. Marcy gonzalez, abc news, dallas. A new Ebola Response coordinator is a former white house insider who served with two Vice President s, al gore from 1995 to 1999 and joe biden from 2009 to 2011. Before that, klain served under attorney general janet reno in the clinton administration. Hes a lawyer with degrees from georgetown and harvard law school. One thing missing on his resume, a medical background. But the white house says that role is intended to coordinate the actions of various agencies, not on how to best stop ebola. New pictures in from team bentley. He is nurse nina phams dog. Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center is caring for him while shes in the hospital. You see bentley playing ball and settling in his crate with his chew toy. Time for a check on the weather. Spencer christian is away. Meteorologist drew tuma is here with an accuweather update. Not as bright as yesterday. Still a fine fall friday across the bay area. Live doppler 7 hd will show you we are tracking some showers in the pacific that are trying primarily to push into the north bay but as of yet, they have stayed offshore. Not out of the question over the next couple of hours around san to rosa and cloverdale, especially, to see a few sprinkles. Live outside from the east bay hills camera showing you oakland in the foreground, San Francisco in the background with high harmless clouds out there. Temperatures mainly in the 70s. Along the coast sitting at 66 degrees. And the north bay is where we expect any shower chances to be in the evening hours. Temperatures all across the bay area, you do see are in the low to mid 70s so a very comfortable evening on tap. And showing you the bay bridge, equally as nice with the first forecast showing you temperatures falling into the 60s as the sun sets at 6 29. The Morning Hours could see a few sprinkles but by the afternoon, we expect plenty of sunshine. Ill have the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Travis ishikawa hits one into right. The giants win the pennant oh, yeah, the giants are heading back to the world series for the third time in five years. Travis ishikawa won the game with a bottom of the ninth home run. The fan who caught the souvenir ball decided not to keep it. Frank burke of oakdale returned the ball to ishikawa last night. Daniel brown with the mercury news shared this photo with us. And colin resh shared this picture of travis with a big smile on his face as he posed with the ball. One happy man. Everybody has giants fever today. Last nights win was especially exciting for Asian Americans. The heroics of one of their own won the game for the home team. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee is live in japan town with the story. Hi, vic. Reporter hey, thats all folks here in japan town are talking about, Travis Ishikawa, the hero of last nights game. In japanese, his name means river rock. He was the rock last night and that river was overflowing with excitement and emotion certainly for Asian American fans. This was the home run that won the game for the giants and propelled them to the world series. Absolutely chaos. 43,000 people standing up cheering as wildly as i was. Ishikawa reporter the homer was made by a player who almost quit when he had a long rough slump in the minors. Travis ishikawa. I think he just grinded and stayed with it and i think thats kind of the japaneseamerican experience. Reporter it was particularly special for Asian Americans of all ages. How did you feel last night when you watched him . Unbelievable. I must be like japanese. It just makes me feel really great. Hearing his story after the game, almost quitting baseball, how hes struggling a lot was really inspirational. Reporter he was born in seattle. Hes 31. Hes a fourth generation japaneseamerican. Hes had his ups and downs. He has played for five teams. But last nights homer put him in the National Spotlight in a sport where you rarely see a lot of Asian Americans. I was very surprised, then i kept telling my dad how surprised i was. Reporter two Asian Americans were Prominent Players in this playoff series. Dont forget colton wong was the big hitter for the cardinals. His gameending homer sunday night instilled new life into st. Louis. The number of Asian American role models in Major League Baseball has just grown. Now theres suzuki, colton wong, ishikawa. I just feel really proud and i feel excited for them and happy for them. Reporter 12yearold jocelyn wong summed it up well. It makes me proud. It makes me inspired. It makes me want to go out and it motivates me. Reporter vic lee, abc 7 news. How cute are they. Well, we have more ahead. We do. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, the gridlock this morning heading over the bay bridge. It was more than just a bump in the road and you better get used to it. Also, when it comes to credit card problems, see why even president obama isnt immune. New at 4 30, the growing fears over ebola in the bay area and whether experts feel they are warranted. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook and will answer them live a little later on. Checking your traffic on this friday, looking at the skyway in San Francisco, traffic on the righthand side heading toward the peninsula, 101 south, not looking too bad. More traffic on the lefthand side. Thats approaching the lower deck of the bay bridge. A warning for this weeks traffic commuters faced a huge traffic mess coming into San Francisco on the bay bridge this morning. It could be that way again on monday. Drivers had to slow down as they crossed the three left lanes of the bridge just before the fremont street exit. The gridlock stretched back to highway 24 near childrens hospital. Traffic advisory signs showed the drive time to San Francisco as 59 minutes. Thats about double the time it normally takes to get into the city. Cal trans is carrying out remedial work on the bridge. You dont have to come to a complete stop. Lets take a look from the emeryville camera. You can see where traffic is slow, very slow heading into the city. No immediate end in sight to all that snarlup. Cal trans says it might take about 60 working days to finish the project. President obama says the United States must do more to stop Security Breaches for credit and debit card users. Today the president signed an executive order creating newer and more secure technology from governmentissued debit and credit cards. The kind that transmit federal benefits like Social Security to millions of americans. Today, the president also shared a story about his own recent credit card troubles. I went to a restaurant up in new york. And my credit card was rejected. I guess i dont use it enough. They thought there was fraud going on. The president says fortunately, the first lady had her card. They didnt recognize him . Come on. Really . Spencer christian is away today. Thats right. Meteorologist drew tuma is here with the accuweather update. The clouds are thickening this afternoon and we are awaiting some showers. Not everyones going to see them but you may need the umbrella later if you are headed out and about. Live doppler 7 hd right now will show you much of the bay area is dry. We are watching for some light showers that are in the ocean right now trying to push onshore and i this i the best bet for anyone to see some showers is going to be in the north bay. Santa rosa, cloverdale and about the next couple of hours or so but you can notice theyre very light, very scattered, and really no significant rain is forecasted in the next 24 hours. Temperaturewise as you step outside right now, comfortable as could be. 72 in San Francisco, 75 in oakland, san jose, also at 75. Half moon bay, one of the coolest spots we have on the map right now, coming in with a temperature of 66 degrees. Taking you live outside on the rooftop camera, showing you a pretty nice sky this afternoon. It will be fairly dry across much of San Francisco and the south bay. So the forecast features do call for a chance of showers overnight tonight, mainly in the north bay. Much of the weekend will be mild and dry and we tracking another chance for rain early next week starting monday afternoon. So our satellite and radar will show you we are watching a cold front that is approaching from the west, but its essentially falling apart, weakening. The showers are just diminishing before they even reach california. So there is the chance of a shower but right now, it looks few and far between. Our forecast animation will show you later on this evening you do notice some pops of green in the north bay but watch as the shower chances stay mainly in the north bay. They never will reach as far south as San Francisco. Watch as the front falls apart. The clouds will exit early tomorrow morning and by saturday afternoon, we are tracking loads of sunshine. Quite a different story as we take a look at hawaii and our tropical pacific satellite. Hurricane ana right now, a weak category 1 hurricane with winds at 75 Miles Per Hour moving to the westnorthwest and early tomorrow morning, will bring soaking showers and gusty wind to parts of hawaii, the mainland, and close to honolulu, where they will get rain but they will miss a direct hit. Ana will stay well south and west of the island chain so they will just get some soaking showers over the next 24 hours. Back here in the bay area, overnight lows, well see mid 50s in the north bay with showers, mid to upper 50s around San Francisco and mid 50s in the south bay with plenty of clouds. Highs for tomorrow, well see 70s across the board starting in the south bay. 77, san jose. 76, cupertino. Plenty of sunshine out there. Heading to the peninsula, 75 redwood city. 65 for pacifica. San francisco, 71 degrees downtown. Plenty of sunshine. North bay, some Early Morning clouds turning to sunshine. East bay, in the 70s. 77 oakland. In the east bay, comfortable, under plenty of sunshine. Sunday morning, we have the nike womens Half Marathon looking great for the runners. Cool and cloudy with temperatures starting out in the upper 50s. Good luck to all the folks participating early sunday morning. The accuweather sevenday forecast shows you after morning showers early tomorrow morning, the weekends looking great. We are tracking a chance of rain on monday and then its dry and 70s for the rest of the sevenday forecast. We are looking good this weekend. Thank you so much. Up next, meet the real olivia pope who inspired the abc show scandal. New after 4 30, a special bond girls now share after this moment. And bears fans, get ready. Abc 7 is the only place to watch ucla play at cal tomorrow. Coverage begins at 12 30 on abc 7. , , now, more and more americans are discovering that shredding galbani mozzarella yourself inspires moments that are simply better. Mmm, galbani sfx kiss . 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