we'll bring you any more information as soon as it develops. >> three people are expected to be okay have a downed electrical live wires fell in the downtown area. traffic is finally back to normal after the area was shut down for more than three hours. shortly after 4:00 this afternoon, wires from a muni bus broke off and fell onto the street. three people were hospitalized including a woman who was behind by the wires. market street was closed as was a part of fifth street. everybody is back up and running smoothly. >> on to politics, hours before we go to the polls. a new report reveals exactly how much a few big donors have spent to influence california's elections. this according to a media partner, a non-partisan project forcenter of investigative reporting. more from nannette miranda in sacramento. >> reporter: california watch called them rain makers, elite club of people and special interest groups influencing elections with their checkbook. it's on the state's top political donors spent over a billion dollars over the last decade, biggest spender is california teachers association, $118 million. farma doled out $17 million and pg&e donating almost $67 million. >> it's been that much because th are getting something in return this is buying them access and influence. they won't be spending this money. >> all three of the top donors defend their spending. some teachers say it's the way to get their viewpoint across and educate voters. >> i'm strong on unions. >> farma says they must advance patient care to keep the u.s. competitive. pg&e points out, $46 million of the $67 million it spent was just proposition 16, making it harder for public agencies to enter the power business. prop 16 lost but the company still makes political donations. >> they think it's pore that their viewpoint and concerns of our customers and employees and our shareholders are all remitted. >> despite the pg&e loss, big money didn't mean victory every time. hollywood producer steven bing spent $50 million topping the california watch list of individual voters for a measure to pass big oil to fund alternative energy and he lost. still the campaign elite they almost got their way with the top hundred donors giving five times as much to winning candidates as they did to the losers. 55 cents ever dollar went to initiatives that won. some were contributing to both candidates in the same race but different parties. >> to hedge their bet. regardless of who wins they have the influence. >> the one thing you do have is a vote. that is important to xu are a ballot in every election. in sacramento, nannette miranda, "abc 7 news." now, she messaged the burlingame teachers association found to be the biggest donor, second and third largest is former ceo of univision and a wealthy stanford scientist. we have the full report at abc7news.com. >> late today the justice department announced it is sending monitors to alameda county to look out for possible voter discrimination. it's not clear why but it may have something to do with the new rules in its elections, rules that are now tomorrow to early voters and changes that will lead the change in the polarized political landscape. mark matthews explains. >> reporter: outside this store most voters knew very little about the top tier system. >> no, i don't. what do you mean? >> reporter: many of rest don't like it. >> i don't like it. i like it the old way. >> just a few people. i don't think it does any good. >> i think we should be given all the choices, not just the top whatever two. >> reporter: here is the deal. on the primary ballot, california voters will get all the choices, every candidate running for particular office lob the ballot. two candidates that get the most votes will meet in november. >> the people who are being affected by the top two aren't the voters, they are the candidates. >> what it has done, it has forced candidates to reach out to voters who normally would not be contacted, independent voters to try democratic candidate is running for congress against incumbent pete stark. >> it's meant more work and more shoes for doors that we have knocked out. >> swallow has a big hurdle to overcome. pete stark has been in congress for 40 years and people know him >> under the traditional system we would have been confident and faced off the republican in general. >> reporter: under the top two system, he will likely face a fellow democrat in november. >> in this particular election for this district i think it helps our opponent. >> a political analyst says it will take a couple election cycles before we know how voters respond but at a time stark's congressional district. 27% of the voters are registered republicans, not enough to elect a republican member of congress but if they got behind one democrat or the other, certainly enough to make a difference. mark matthews, abc7 news. here is reminder, stay with us at 9:00 for the latest election coverage and results. you can also go to abc7news.com for continuous up to the minute returns as soon as the polls close. we'll tweet results throughout the night and follow us on twitter. >> new details in the sexual assault accusations against pablo sandoval. we know there was a meeting in a bar on thursday night. that stretched into friday morning. from there was a he said, she said kind of story. he is playing tonight for the single a team and karina rusk has the latest. >> sheriff investigators say the woman accusing pablo sandoval of sexual assault was with sandoval and small group of people thursday night at club in downtown santa cruz, they confirm this is where the third baseman was hanging out before he left early friday morning. >> he was downtown in a small group along with her. though went to the resort in aptos. >> more than just the two of them? >> correct. >> the 21-year-old claims it took place at sea scape resort in aptos and reported it 4:25 friday morning. >> she contacted at an undisclosed location in santa cruz. she was not at the resort when we spoke to her. >> they contacted had him and he drove his porsche to the office and he is fully cooperating with them. his attorney issued a statement, he voluntarily met with the sheriff's department rae89d to consensual personal relationship that took place on that day. yesterday, the slugger had this brief comment. >> i know i guys going to ask about this question. the process is going on so i can't talk about it. >> reporter: today the accusations are generating a lost opinions in downtown santa cruz. >> it happens to so many women it goes unreported, so i believe the woman until otherwise. >> if it was consensual, the girl is going for his money. >> sheriff's office will not comment in f alcohol consumption is part of the investigation and is not saying they are reviewing surveillance video but they are examining all the evidence. >> once it is all collected. it will be processed and then forwarded over to the d.a.'s office. >> pablo sandoval is playing with the san jose giants? stockton tonight and could be back with the san francisco giants on friday the same day sheriff's investigators hope to turn the case over to the district attorney. onto the weather a rare june storm caused some serious problems. today's rain believed to be a factor in this collision between a car and pickup truck in pittsburg. four people were hurt. investigators say they had to rescue people trapped inside the car. pickup driver was not hurt. and harding park, a tree came down on the golf course but it did not stop them from playing on. quite a few people were surprised by the rain. two women shared one umbrella. one person used her a bike helmet. another guy was using a newspaper. one person with a jacket. another using a notebook. everybody trying to stay dry, if only they had listened and heeded the warnings of spencer christian who joins us with an update and look at live doppler 7-hd. you told us! >> thank you for pointing that out. let me tell you what is happening. you can see that the rain is essentially ended here in the bay area. there are a few spots of moisture so there could be a few scattered isolated showers overnight. in the sierra there was snow earlier tapering off to a few scattered snow showers. rainfall totals, not so impressive like san rafael with .02 inch. 0.2 at half moon bay. .13 in san francisco. .15 in san jose but these are not likely to increase overnight only a couple scattered showers ahead. so is it still january or june or can we expect some true pre-summer-like weather? yes, we can. coming up, an emotional day in court. >> let him stay there the rest of his life. >> a san francisco woman addresses the convicted xirl of her husband and two sons gunned down in a case of mistaken identity. >> starbucks going on a spending spree and swallows up a company. keeping g g ♪ [ kari ] i used to serve my country in the u.s. army. ♪ then, i was hit by a drunk driver and lost my legs. but that didn't change a thing. because i still serve my country, i just wear a different uniform. [ male announcer ] citi is joining kari miller to give back to the paralympic military & veterans program. join the movement at citi.com/everystep and help citi help u.s. athletes make a difference. together, every step of the way. back to breaking news that startearted our newscast. a possible hostage situation. we understand a suspect fired a gun at deputy with the alameda county sheriff's department. this happened at 40th avenue at east 18th street. fire department has been called out to 500 block of hyde street. we understand th is staging area for what may be a hostage situation. we have a reporter en route and we will bring you more information at 9:00 or 11:00. >> san francisco family spoke out in court for a man convicted of three members of the bologna family. edwin will ra most will have to wait until next week to find out how much time he will spend time in prison. vic lee reports there was not a dry eye in the courtroom. >> it wasn't about him. it was about a relief of pain that i've been holding for four years. >> those four years of pain that tortured danielle bologna the wife and mother of the victim came out with a fewery ri in the courtroom. with her hands shaking. at times weeping. bologna still spoke in a strong voice, looking directly at edwin ra practice most, i lost my family and our house and all the memories we sharedn our home. my pain iss so deep you can't imagine. she held up family pictures of her husband tony and two sons. they were some of the same pictures she showed us when we interviewed after ramos was convicted. bologna wanted ramos and see and feel what he took away from her. >> even when i showed the picture of son, that is when he put his head down like it was real. he looked up, no emotion. it was callous cold. >> the 14-year-old daughter and sister of the victims got up and spoke. she talked sadly how much she missed her father and brothers. i hate you with all my heart, she said and know that your daughter will know that her father is the murderer. >> ed walsh expressed condolences but still maintained his innocence. >> i didn't do it. hopefully one day -- >> all of the pictures we showed you of the bologna family was given by danielle that felt comfortable they would not jeopardize her safety. the judge intends to sentence him to life. he delayed the sentencing so his lawyers can file a request for new trial. san jose water company officials are defending a proposal fol increase water rates by as much as 44% over the next three years. california public utility commission had a special hearing. it will be higher if the company gets the okay. conservation efforts have cut into the earnings so they need to increase rates to keep up with the high cost of service. >> big deal for a san francisco company. a company has been sold to starbucks for $100 million. if they get approval. there will be laboulange goods in every starbucks pastry cases in the country. love it when you say french, right? the weather, we don't know. >> i forgot, but it's wet. >> the french is concluded for tonight. >> here is wide view in english from our high definition east bay camera in emeryville. there is still a little bit of a bright glow in the sky there. things are mainly dry around the bay area. here is a look at our live doppler 7-hd radar image. we have a few green specks around the ocean, but no measurable rainfall. around the bay area right now, temperature readings are pretty uniform low to mid 50s and winds are still a bit brisk but not gusty as they were earlier in the evening and late afternoon. wind advisory has been cancelled, but we do have gusts up to 21 miles an hour. 20 mile-an-hour gusts and 22 mile-an-hour gusts at novato. this is what is coming our way, isolated showers overnight. clearing and breezy conditions on tuesday and warmer days ahead on wednesday and thursday. satellite shows the cold front that brought us today's stormy weather. it's pushed well to the east, out over the sierra. we still have patches of moisture behind the front as you can see. for that reason we are saying there is a slight chance of showers tonight. forecast in the sierra 11:00, overnight we'll still see a chance of a little light snow showers around the 6,000 foot elevation. we do have a winter weather advisory until 5:00 tomorrow morning for the central sierra. we could see four inches above 6,000 feet. this may impact travel on highways 80 and 50 but doesn't look major. bay area, partly cloudy, few patches of moisture around. low temperatures in the 40s to right around 50. tomorrow, sunny skies, breezy again, pleasant day, high temperatures generally in the mid 60s around the bay. upper 60s to low 70s and mild inland locations. similar highs around monterey and highs in the upper 60s to right around 70 inland at gilroy. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast, warming up a bit on wednesday and thursday with high temperatures inland around 80-82 degrees. low 60s around the coast. cool down on friday and saturday but warm up again on sunday and monday. it will dry seven days ahead. temperatures are still below average for this time of the year but certainly not cold but on the low end of mild. >> but pleasant in any language. >> exactly, pleasant. >> are you sure? 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[ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. good and gluten free. this is lesson students won't forget. seniors in brentwood thought they were going to have fun with paint and an animal. school administrators were not amused at all. >> marcos says he was among 80 seniors that participated in a prank that crossed the line from harmless fun to serious vandalism. >> we didn't think it was too harmful. we knew it was just paint. >> they said not graduate. he provided these pictures showing the senior antics last thursday night. a small group took a step further by chaining up a ram. >> they crossed the line. >> the principal says he has identified 25 of the students that participated. many received 35-day suggestion pensions which means they can't take the final exam and that could jeopardize their graduation. >> assigned to those that have been identified as being involved. >> others things the consequence of having clean up after themselves over the weekend was enough. >> it doesn't fit the crime. it's washable paint on the ground. they even offered to clean it up and they did. >> they should be able to graduate. >> that is really tough for me. as a parent i can't imagine my kid going all year and making a mistake at the end. >> they were harmless kids. they didn't hurt nobody. >> to add insult to injury, there was a second incident last night. members of a entire class spray-painted all over the windows here, that wasleaned up by the end of the day as for the students suspended, many of their parents will be meeting with the principal tomorrow afternoon. laura anthony, abc7 news. the if it was hard to find a cab this morning in san francisco, here is why. dozens of drivers were participating in a cab caravan to lombard street. they were protesting what they call unfair rules and regulations including a small fee that adds up quickly in an increasingly cashless business. >> making drivers pay the processing fee for credit cards. that is not fair. this is something the cab companies should be picking up. >> many of those drivers say they will air their grievances tomorrow at a meeting of the board of directors where taxi regulations top the agenda. special park in marin has a new lease on life tonight. fund-raising help save china state camp park. as wayne freedman tells us it's a lot more than a recreational area. >> reporter: for one year, ticking of this clock has had a symbolic value. it tells the story of this snack bar, centerpiece where time stands still. china camp state park. >> frank quan is as much as part of the park as the buildings. he is the last resident what used to be a fishing village. his people has occupied this same house in the park since 1890. state oth the snack bar he rinse. imagine frank's concern when he learned that china cam