ago. and as we said, waves of runners taking off for the next half-hour or so. three lanes of the golden gate bridge are going to be closed until 9:00 this morning because they are going to cross there. several city streets will be closed. the marathon will wind its way throughout the city after crossing the golden gate bridge. runners are going to go through golden gate park, they are going to go past at&t park before crossing the finish line at cupid s arrow near the ferry building. now here they go, this next wave of these runners. we will be keeping an eye on them throughout the morning. we have some developing news out of contra costa county. a two-year-old boy is at children s hospital in oakland, this morning, after being malled by his babysitter s pit bull last night. family members tell us he does not have life-threatening injuries but he was bitten on the head. officers with contra costa county animal offices arrived on california street shortly after that inciden
and let the officers inside. their policy is to take custody of the dog, but this morning we are waiting for animals service to confirm they did so. mean while the boy s family tells the news they had no idea the babysitter even had a pit bull. we hope to have more on the developing story this morning. contra costa sheriff s investigators are trying to piece together events that led up to the shooting of an eight-year-old man and 22-year-old man at a west pittsburgh home. this morning both victims are recovering from the shooting at local hospitals. witnesses say a man got out of a car on franklin avenue and shot into a home, then drove off. abc7 news reporter, sergio quintonna, has the details. the little girl was rushed to the hospital. her mother didn t want to appear on camera because she s worried for her family s safety but she doesn t know exactly what happened because she wasn t home at the time. how did you find out what happened? they called me on the phone
disfigured by illegal fireworks. 12,000 people are injured by fireworks yearly, half of them children. in oakland there s a zero tolerance for setting off any type of fireworks. usher said people who use them will be fined or arrested because of the grief they can cause. you get people killed, you get peoples he homes damaged, destroyed, you affect people s lives. this is one area that allows the sale of save fireworks. people come from all over the area to purchase them. we need to remind them they set off the fireworks in cities where they are legal. and where they can be handled safely, as well, especially for the children. we take control of everything. they around allows to go into it, they aren t allows actually to even light it. there are fines up to $5,000 for using illegal fireworks and the sale of those fireworks can land you in jail. in the newsroom, abc7 news. caroline: this holiday weekend we are experiencing warm weather with more on the way. hund