Than a dozen police car. Tonight the chp, Contra Costa County sheriffs office, and others are focusing on the white car without plates. Evidence teams combing through it. We are told at least 6 vehicle including 3 chp car connected to the crime scene. Now all sorts of thing on the ground. Black bag on the ground next to open trunk and tool box near the left front tire. About an hour before the shooting just 2 miles away the oakland side of the tunnel motorcycle crashed and caught fire. It was thought to possibly related somehow to the shooting scene. But there is no confirmation on that at the moment. 3 eastbound lanes of highway 24 for time on the west side of the tunnel. Shooting on the east side of the tunnel keep in mind. No word yet on the condition of the motorcyclist. Chp says the east bond wilder road off ramp likely closed until at least 10 30 so about hour and a half from now. Amber alert has been activated in the bay area for parental abduction out of elko, nevada. Children are 9yearold ramirez and 3yearold row sal east. Suspect are the 3yearold father martin and amber. The mother of both children. The children were in state custody. Couple may driving a dark blue ford mustang with nebraska plates or perhaps temporary plate. Police believe they may heading to mexico which could bring them through the bay are area. Abc 7 news has learned that the chp has completed the investigation in that deadly limo fire on the san m teo bridge. Conclusion no criminal negligence on the part of the driver or the owner of the lim limo. 7 News Reporter vick lae with story you see only on 7 news. Stretched limousine burst that flames on the san m teo bridge on the night of may fourth. Fire killed 5 women. Fore others survived by crawling out of a narrow opening to the driver compartment. This cell phone video shows the fire started in the rear of the limo. Witness say the back of the Lincoln Town Car was extremely low to the ground. Traveling across the bridge. Sources with knowledge of the probe told us that the air springs called balloon in the rear of the limo somehow deflated. Setting off a domino effect that led to the fire. This man manage as garage that services limousine. He explained what most likely happened. When the balloons failed. These are air spring not air shock air spring they carry the weight of the car. So now when there is one of them has rupture on it the whole car drops down to basically almost on the tire sought car with the weight bounce down too hard and ended up hitting the gas tank which is right in the spot her here. Might have hit the gas tank and then you see when it hit the ground it will create a spark. The spark likely ignited the fire. Once the chp discovered what caused the fire the agency began its investigation to see if anyone was criminally neglect. They focused on the driver brown and owner of the limousine company. Source tell us at the end of july the chp decided there was no evidence to press criminal charges against the 2 men. Then suddenly brown estranged wife Hernandez Brown said publicly that the 2 argued on the cell phone shortly before the fire as he was driving. Im sure he could have saved them. You know. About he was on the phone. Brown charged that her husband was playing music too loudly. And not paying attention. When the media interview surfaced investigators renewed the probe of brown to see if he was too distracted to react quickly to the emergency. Sources tell abc 7 news the chp reviewed his cell phone records and determined that he had not been on the phone with his wife during the fire. That there was no other evidence to charge criminally. Now the chp conclusion is that the tragic fire was a result of mechanical failure. They are expected to announce the findings next week. Now the state p uc tells us its waiting for the report before it considers imposing a 7500 dollar fine on the limo owner. That the p uc permit for that town car allowed only 8 people that night it was carrying 9. This is 7 news. Sky 7 hd was over a rescue this afternoon along the San Mateo County coast line. 19yearold man suffered serious injuries after falling from a cliff on to the beach below. Had he apparently been climb with friends. Helicopter flu the man to stanford medical center. Hurt pretty badly but ups hes expected to survive. In marin county today the man accused of murdering 4 women decades ago gave the Closing Argument in his own trial. Joseph is representing himself. Cornell was in court today and show what is happened. He needs an attorney. Glad he doesnt have one. Larry believes his sister was murdered by joseph. He was in the courtroom when the accused serial killer began his own Closing Arguments. We were not allowed to record audio but he started by complimenting the jury saying remind me of wedding reception. Something old. Something borrowed and something blue. At times the 79yearold rambled and repeated himself saying the case against him is weak. He was charged with murder of 4 women decades ago including 18yearold rocks an whose body found in fairfax in 1977. Dna evidence link him to the crime but he says i may have had sex with her but i didnt kill her. He then told the jury evidence is like the weather. Its always changing. Its up to the jury to decide are these the amusing of misunderstood old photographer or is this a scheme and depraved serial killer. He was trying to koyrpt the testimony of 70 witnesses and socalled rape journal seized as evidence. Man is done for. Just training to confuse the jury writ now. Buying time. Hes just pissing people off. Larry wants justice for his sister. He needs to go to prison treated lake he did the girls. Closing arguments will 10 on monday. In san rafael, abc 7 news. Late this afternoon superior court judge dealt major blow to california high speed rail project. The judge ruled that California High Speed Rail Authority failed to comply with the financial and environmental requirements that voters were promised proposition 1 a. Judge declined to medley stop funding for the project and hold another hearing to determine what happens next. Latest numbers suggest california job growth is slowing down. State Officials Say the Unemployment Rate was up slightly in july to the 8. 7 8. 7 . Of all california added more than 38,000 jobs last month. Here in the bay area we lost 2300 jobs. Biggest cut in the south bay and the east bay exploratorium did have some gains. Now that we note eastern span of the bay bridge will open over Labor Day Weekend in a couple of week heres the question. What happens to the old one since it will no longer be needed. Wayne with more on the bridges big pair down. They say we are disposing society easy come east go. But when it comes to bridges we still sent mental apparently. I knew it. About we are going to miss this old bridge. Reporter its roughly a week and a half now until the eastern span of the bay bridge obsolete and abandoned at least by cars. And if you assumed demolition would be easy here comes project p. R. Man gordon to warn usff very complicated. Millions of parts to joan. Structure 8 and 1 quarter mile long. Reporter back in the 1930s the entire bay bridge cost 77 Million Dollars to build. 7 inflationary decades later the eastern span alone will cost almost 300 million to bring down. The deconstruction if you werent to call that it will take place in 3 different sections simultaneously by 3 different contractors working from the top rate down to the mud level at the bottom of the bay. Strangely enough in the top section the first piece they take off is likely to be the last one they put on. Studying how the original east span was built to almost take it apart in reverse order. Much more carefully because we are more environmental. The bridge steel has lead paint. Roadbed has gasoline and concrete. Watch dog agency will be on hand to make certain that none of it falls into the bay. As to what might remain. Yes we want to leave a little for history. Reporter spokesman randy showed us one possibility of park in place of approach maybe nice memorial or appear. These are artist conceptions. Dump questions. New memorial be seismically sound. Yes they will be because it has nowhere to go. Except the history books. In Oakland Wayne abc 7 news. Is ac transit offering extra bus service to east bay bart station to help people get across the bay bridge or the bay rather during the shut dow down. Bart will be operating trains around the clock during the closure. And San Francisco bay ferry is expanding its schedule. Now if you need to drive during the shut down, down load abc exclusive ways app. Traffic app we have and remember to follow us on twitter at breaking news. 7 news bay area pardon me. Well keep you up to date the entire weekend now the bridge will be closed for 5 days over the holiday weekend. That closure will start late in the evening on wednesday august the 28th. The bridge will reopen by tuesday september 3rd. Thats the day after labor day. Again ac transit will be offering extra bus service. A number of ways to get around go to our web site for complete information on the big bay bridge shut down and reopen keep you up to date. More to get to tonight. Radio prank gets personal. Coming up next why you could say things are looking up. Now for san diego embattled mayor. Pulling out the welcome mat. San francisco resident take a stand against those large tour buses around town. Sandy is here with the weather. Yes we may see active weather here in the bay year. Let you know showers thunderstorms might affect the weekend plans coming up. Plus techie head to the movies today to see if art accurately im mates steve jobs accur[ male announcer ]ve jobs what is performance . 0 to 60 . Or 60 to 0 . [ tires screech ] how a car performs in a quartermile . [ engine revs ] or a quartercentury . Is performance about the joy of driving . Or the importance. Of surviving. To us, performance is not about doing one thing well. It is about doing everything well. Because in the end. Everything matters. The best or nothing. That is what drives us. Additional 1,000 firefighters joining more than 600 state federal firefighters already battling a big blaze in idaho. 100 square mile fire has forced evacuation of 1600 homes near the Mountain Resort community of sun valley. Arnold schwarzenegger tom hanks and bruce willis among the celebrity who have vacation homes 30. Forest service ordered emergency closure for portions of the Tahoe National forest. Those areas are near wildfire that has now burned more than 1 square miles. The fire is burning 10 miles northeast of forest hill. Heavy smoke blanketing parts of the Sierra Nevada foot hills sacramento valley, reno as well as lake take the hoe. Every day thousands of tourists flock to San Francisco painted ladiesal month square to take in the spectacular view of the city. Its remarkable spot. But residents there are sick and tired of the tour bus that flock to their area and block their driveway. Ruining the picturesque set that go they live n. Fv now what they are doing to try to change tha that. Scene made famous on the big small screen back drop for debate playing out in real life sang fran. Sue lived near the painted ladies for 20 years. She and heral month square neighbors presented their concerns about tour buses to mta. We want ban in the historic district. Multimillion dollar victorian with the city sky line behind them are one of the city largest tourists draw. Neighbors say the massive double decker double park tour bus bring traffic noise and pollution all day every day. 10 bus in 11 minutes. Starting at 10 the 30 sunday morning. Just try that out. How would you like to live in the neighborhood in which 10 bus. A bus every minute sunday morning. Last summer the city board of supervisor passed leingts to limit how loud tour guide sound system can be. About a dozen tour company joined together to form the San FranciscoTour Operators Association most of them dont even go throughal month square any more. This old map hop on hop off tour shows the route on hay street. New route on this route. Few San Francisco base tour that still go through post card row park blocks away and have the tourist walk to the square. We love tourism in San Francisco. Just not in our neighborhood. An theres a point at which it becomes isolated within the 1 after another. We love you we love you just move over. Sudden will he we cant take visitors to the nabbed they want to see. New plan will go to the the board at later date. In San Francisco abc 7 news. You may remember a scene from the wizard of oz where surrender dorothy was written. San diego Radio Station hired sky writers to dot same thing. Spell out surrender bob over 3 areas of the city. It is a message intended for embattled mayor bob filner. More than a dozen women accused him of unwanted advance. Sky writing sponsored by that local Radio Station. Sending a message to be sur sure. Sandy is in for spencer tonight. Weekend upon us. Kind of foggy in spoychlts absolutely. Very thick too. Along the coast where a little misty this morning. We hang on to the fog. All right. We add in the possibility of some showers and thunder. Dont worry the weekend is covered. You will be able to get a chance to enjoy the nice weather before the unsettled conditions possibility moves in as you check out live doppler 7 hd. Still clear inland but the fog sitting rate near the coast lane and its with us as we head into tomorrow. Some reason the graphic arent advantages. See what is going on here. Okay. There we go. A look from our exploring camera. We look towards the financial district here. Transamerica pyramid and redo have the fog there. 59 San Francisco right now. It is 61 in oakland. Redwood city pretty mild 71 degrees los gatos in the 60s. Golden gate bridge camera see a little fuzz why iness there. We have some fog around. Temperatures right now in the 60s from Santa Rosa Napa to novato. Pretty mild still in concord. 74 degrees. East bay hills camera giving you nice view we look towards San Francisco. See the fog there. Bouncing cramp so breezy outside. Look at the forecast mild to warm for your saturday. Getting hot inland on sunday. There is a thunder threat that begins sunday late night. We talk midnight. All the way in through the midweek time period. Thats when we see the biggest possibility of seeing unsettled weather. System that is going to bring it out ahead of it. Drawing up sub tropical moisture. We saw the high clouds today. See the highds again filtering the sun over the weekend. As the low gets closer to the coast line and just lingers there. It will start to pull up a little more moisture and by monday afternoon you can see showers and thunderstorms in the Sierra Nevada. Northern california mountains. A little bit of green showing up just west of the golden gate. Cant rule out the possibility of some showers here locally. Or even isolated thunderstorm. Best chance of thunder looks like wednesday. Tomorrow morning mild again. Temperatures mainly in the 60s you will notice but few upper 50s coast side and north bay fog around near the coast. For the afternoon high clouds sunshine nice mix 89 morgan hill. 87 los gatos. 83 in san jose on the peninsula. You see 81 in palo alto menlo park. Mid 70s for millbrae. 65 on the coast half man bay and fog will be around well in the afternoon. 63 in daly city. 70 downtown San Francisco. North bay upper 80s. Santa rosa napa 85 in san a are fell. 60s coast side. See the fog hanging back here mid 90s in clear lake. East bay temperatures right around where you should be for this time of year. Even slightly higher than normal 77 in oakland. 80 degrees in fremont. Inland spots baking in the summer warmth. 92 degrees in livermore. 91 in concord. 90s for fairfield. Accuweather 7 day forecast close to 100 degrees. Inland by sunday. Upper 60s coast side more cloud cover. Cooler weather monday through wednesday and thats when if i were you i would start looking for the umbrella just in case you might be dodging some drops during that time period. Maybe isolated thunderstorm or 2 dan. Interesting. Very iting. Plot thicken. Yes. Still to come on 7 news at 9 00 oclock. L apple creation. First the movie now this. Steve jobs bigger than life. But does that mean statue in but does that mean statue in his hone f. A. Cup el of fans have their way a giant and i mean giant steve jobs statue may built in the bay area. The 2 men launch add crowd Funding Campaign today onnd i go go to raise money for the sculpture we are tag abt. Its estimated to cost at least 5 50,000 dollars so far campaign has raised 250 dollars. Long way to go. The 2 want it to be built the same size as the statue of liberty. Statue gets built it wont be the first one. 3d Software Company in budapest commissioned this statue in 2011. Video courtesy of this. That campaign coincides with today release of the movie about steve jobs and in Silicon Valley interest high to see how the tech legend is portrayed on the silver screen. Business Technology Reporter david louie spoke with some movie goers tonight. Review mixed about the movie jobs but in Silicon Valley where people work at apple or new people who did during jobs life time the movie rings true. Its pretty honest because i have heard avenues pretty tough guy to work for and they certainly didnt hold back in that arena. Some of the stuff he did, looked like a jerk. However not one person offered praise for Ashton Kuscher portrayal of steve jobs. Im trying to build apple and they are taking it away from me. They credit the film for not trying to smooth out rough edges of visionary difficult to work with. Very tough. He was very committed with real vision. Maybe a little rougher than not even realize based on the movie. But then again i heard stories probably very real.