mirkarimi today and is here with detail autos i've obtained documents to show how, and why the scandal erupt sod quickly. ross mirk leemy tells me he's ready for testimony tomorrow, facing charges of official misconduct after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count. he admitted grabbing his wife's arm, causing a bruise. >> i've been living this every day for over six months. and so i'm looking forward to this, i haven't had an opportunity in this kind of forum and medium in taking the stage we're unable to explain from beginnings until where they want me to go. >> the team is now stepping up criticism of next door neighbor ivory madison, reporting the incident to police against the wishes of

mirkarimi's wife. >> this is a comic book authored by. >> i vory madison. >> she's a publisher and comic book author owe she writes the line between justice and vengeance is a thin one, one has to begin to wonder what's happening here? is this case really based on facts? or based on fiction? >> i team obtained dozens of e mails and they are heavily redakted but we can piece together new details. >> this happened yesterday. >> the day after the argument madison convinces his wife to document the bruise. >> this is the second time this is happening. >> madison writes to a friend she let me take a video of her crying and showing the bruise. in an e mail she wrote the same day they shot the video

lopez never mentions going to police in fact, telling mad wri son please send me information from the therapist. looks like ross is doing research, too. in the days to follow, madison sent out long messages to people whose names have been blocked out, apparently embellishing what happened. lopez toldz me what happened when he grabbed her arm but addison writes ross was being violent enough she wound up running out of the house and saying to him in the street "do you want me to call the police"? in front of numerous passers by. >> all of these stories about pushing and grabbing that being that i was going outside, and that is not true. that never happened. actually... >> where did that come from? >> i don't know. it's imagination of someone. >> documents show madison's husband provided his phone to

police so they can see his text messages. but there is a gap. no messages on the crucial days, january 1 when his wife made the bruise video through january 5. >> that calls into question what are they not telling us? who else was involved? what is the nature of what they're up to? >> this used to be taken up tomorrow evening. >> i wonder if your mind is gone here, what will you do if you lose your job? >> i'll get back to you on what plan b or plan c is. and i was elected by the people of san francisco. i'm determined to fulfill what i was elected to do. >> i reached out to madison and her husband but heard back from the lawyer saying no one would be available to comment today. if have you a tip for next investigation e mail me through our web site or call.

>> and thank you. >> tomorrow will be an interesting day. lopez i apparently willing to testify at the hearing stt city pays for a plane ticket. she's been in venezuela and has been given perm yaigs yigs to stay until august. her attorney says if the city wants her to testify it should be willing to fly her here and back. and breaking news in san francisco bay. sky 7 sent thus video of a rescue near emery point. rescuers pulled a person from the water after the sail collapsed on the boat there. that is not an official crew. people in that motor boat worked for a company called bay green and they towed the boat to shore. nice there. no injuries here. >> and in napa county firefighters able to put down

this brush fire that ignited when a tree fell over power lines. residents are evacuated. 65 firefighters from calistoga and cal fire responded to this blaze and this is just north of cal stoga. air units were called in. crews are still on the scene and making sure hot spots don't reignite. >> deputies investigating a shooting triggering a search for a gunman. this happened in the 1600 block of mateo street in ashland. this is a live picture, you can see there is still police activity at the scene. abc 7 news joins us live with the late vest developments. vic? >> there is an unincorporated area. and the street is where this happened. now, deputies just a short time ago moved in to the apartment they had surrounded and found no one was inside. they had been at the apartment building which is about two

blocks behind me, all afternoon. let's go to sky 7. i can tell you what happened this afternoon. the sheriff's office tells us a man was shot in the face and deputies surround that had apartment. you can see a lot of deputies on the second floor, we can only assume they thought the shooter was in there. we saw a deputy with a bull horn, we can only assume they're trying to communicate. there is a canine unit. the dog had been there pretty much all day. sargeant nelson told us that there had been no arrests. so again, deputies went inside of the apartment building on the -- on the second floor, and they found no one there. and they thought maybe the shooter was there. so sarnlent nelson tells us they have to follow other leads that is what they're doing. >> and there is a second

deadly accident in three months in antioch is renewing calls for improved safety measures in that area. a 17-year-old died after being struck by a freight train bound for oakland. she happened to be friends with a young man who died in that spot in april. she's being remembered as a popular girl with a positive personality and neighbors are demanding something be done. >> the police station right there you would think there is something else you can do. >> she was a cool person. she was a person to kick it w you know? everybody liked her. she was just happy. >> california public utilities commission are investigating this incident. they had no comment for us tonight. >> 4th of july is a week away. authorities are out to get powerful fire works off the streets. abc 7 news accompanied a team of investigators as they acted on a tip and raided two homes

and they had their guns drawn. they weren't disappointed, hauling out wheel barrels fell of professional-grade fire works. and there are fire works with names like you tom bomb. >> last year we stood by professional shows and afterwards, moved up to hills above bay point. the show afterwards from the backyards was bigger than professional show. >> and two people were arrested. a 19-year-old and 45-year-old face felony charges. >> the mayor of oakland is defending her crime fighting initiative, jean kwan admits she was wrong but insists this is the right strategy. mark matthews is live to explain why. mark? >> this got heated today. the mayor back from a trip having tochl plain how this

statistic is based on faulty information. just back from brazil this, is the first time the mayor addressed the controversy that blew up in her absence. the fact the initiative for fighting crime is based on faulty information. >> i probably should have taken more time toan lies the data. i didn't. >> this turns out murders are spread out over a greater area. mayor kwan stands by the strategy for police enforcement in certain parts of the city. this now identifies top 10 area autos there are limited resources. we have to do the best with what we have. >> assistant chief says crime is up for the year but has been trending down for the past few months. >> that is why it's important for us to stay the course. >> critics contend there are

other crime-fighting strategies. gang injunctions and curfews. >> people know this plan ain't real. she didn't support the curfew ordinance. >> saying police administration support for the mayor's plan is simply political. >> what else could you say? if your bosses are standing up there? i'd give you the correct political answer, too. >> asked about gang injunctions the mayor said they'd have to be targeted, same for curfews. >> i would support a curfew aimed at hot spot areas. i don't think there are resources for a citywide curfew. >> resource is a big issue. there are 600 officers before the recession there were 800. and kwan says that is how many the city needs, and no strategy can makeup for that

deficit n oakland abc 7 news. >> and still ahead here, a key witness admits changing her story in the beating of a former south bay priest as prosecutors try to make their case without victims' testimony. >> and time to build and buy. some of the biggest developers on the west coast offering a optimistic view on state of the industry and economy. >> and there is southeastern arizona hit by a dust storm. i'm spencer christian and i'll give you a look at this coming up. >> and later tonight grand canyon of the pacific. the dramatic ups and downs of the ocean floor just off the golden gate. stay

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. the district attorney called seven witnesses in the high profile priest beating case in san jose. abc 7 brings us up to date on developments. >> this woman mary eden is a key prosecution witness. she testified today that she saw will lynch strike father lindner twice on may 10, 2010 but under cross examination admitted the story changed from what she told authorities. >> i don't think she saw anything. i think she told police the truth when they got there. she was interviewed and said the only thing she was will walking out. she didn't see the beating. >> this district attorney is having to try the case without hearing from the father himself because the judge struck his testimony from the record after he took the fifth

as protection against self incrimination. abc 7 news says the prosecution will relie on photos taken after the assault. >> if a jury wants to convince others to vote guilty they'll say take a look at this, take a look at what happened. to this victim. >> there is a break in testimony. the judge cleared everyone from the courtroom except for the jury and attorneys its something not happening this trial yet and i have never seen. so i didn't know what to make of this. i was taken aback. >> when the judge went back on the record he stated jury tampering is a crime and admonished spectators. before breaking for the day the prosecutor replayed videos she presented in opening statement to illustrate motives for the assault. the interview with our media

partner includes him describing in graphic detail how father lindner raped him and his brother as children, one juror seen wiping tears. lynch is expected to take the stand on friday. >> and on to something different. major announcements from google. the search giant kicked off it's development conference. abc 7 news was there for the two-hour key note including some surprises. today we're introducing nexus 7. it's a beautiful tablet. >> it's a new tablet made to reach, watch and listen to content from google play oo. just like your coffee table, newest stuff is on top it doesn't match the ipad in features but the tech editor says that is not the point. >> they didn't seem like they're going after apple but ama on. >> it's the same size and price as amazon's $200 kindle

fire. and. >> there is a small computer designed to live in the home. this plugs into best speakers in the house. >> the gadgets run a new version of android called jelly bean. google will tell you when to leave based on how long it will tell you to walk to the bus stop and when the next bus arrive autos every developer here will walk withway with one of the tablets and a new android phone and a nexus cue but there is another thing many are lining up to pay for. >> what twonts see a class. >> what a demo streamed from a tiny device with a camera and microphone, google glass captures life as it happens.

>> and you have a camera always with you. >> that is going to take technology to the next level. getting people out of phones and into daily live autos it's not finished but r but google is selling a preview version of $1500. there is no shortage of taker autos what are people going do with this project? and these things about privacy. they need to address that. sooner, rather than later. >> that is pretty cool technology. >> i know. >> and there are temperatures on the way up. >> there is more video from southeastern arizona for the second day there is visibility by this habub, translated in

arabic meaning dust storm. and there is visibility reduced here to under a half mile because of this the dust storm. winds gusting around 25-30 miles per hour and this just continues. moving from the bay area over to the area of thunderstorms which have whipped up winds. and second day of visible has been reduced in this area. so there is a large part of southern arizona covered by the dust storms and strong gusty winds, back here in the bay area, calm weather and sunny skies from coast to inland. current readings at 82 degrees, 81 in concord, warm weather continues. our highlights, patchy clouds may develop but there won't be

a strong marine layer there. mild to warm again, tomorrow, and there is slightly cooler over the weekend. there is a large ridge of high pressure bringing us this nice quiet mild to warm pattern. there is a steady one as well, starting at 7:00 there is some patches of coastal fog. by afternoon, sunny skies again from doft inland and mild to warm. there is a mild night foremost of the bay area. there are lows into low to mid-50s and cooler near the coast where lows drop into upper 40s, tomorrow, sunny skies into the south bay. highs into upper 70s to low 80s. there is highs ranging from 76 to 78 at los altos and there is mild with low to mid 60s,

downtown san francisco, there is 67 degrees tomorrow, 62 into sunset district. there are highs to about 81 in clear lake. and near east bay highs there is 69 in berkeley. and 82 pleasanton. near monterey bay, highs into mid to upper 70s from watsonville to santa cruz. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a cool down friday and saturday. still mild to warm and then, warming up again sunday into monday. mid to upper 80s inland monday and next wednesday. 4th of july, low 60s on the coast. there is little change in that pattern. >> thank you. >> okay. >> still coming up a colorado wildfire that continues to spread. >> andñ!ñcús

a run away wildfire doubled in size in colorado

tonight tonight the president says he's going to visit on friday. this fire consumed about 24 square miles on a march towards colorado springs. 32,000 people have been asked to evacuate or have been forced to evacuate. and over a thousand firefighters are on the lines. >> i've never seen anything so scary. >> there are cops yelling at us to get out, get out. running around the neighborhood. it was insane. >> a big challenge tonight when thunderstorms are expected to create more shifting winds, other fires threaten boulder, colorado. >> in other news today a new free hiv testing program comes to the bay area just in time for national hiv testing day. there is one of only two dozen nationwide selected for the project.

and estimates over a million americans are affected with hiv and 20% don't know. >> in this area there is a high rate of people that are in a under served population. a lot of times they're not deemed authors right away its not the only program offering free testing. san francisco aids foundation is teeming up with wall greens to offer free testing from 3:00-7:00 tonight through friday. >> california's high school drop out rate. numbers show the school system is making great strides. >> tonight the last minute maneuvering for final passage of a new state budget. >> and why some builders have developed an optimistic new outlook on the west coast economy. st

we're getting a look at where graduation rates stand

across california. efforts tracked students over four years and results just released today. abc 7 news has been poring through data and joins us now. >> we're doing better. the rate in california is now 76% and there is room for improvement the summer program focuses on helping high school students who need extra academic help. notice how many of them are english learners there are similar programs state wide so there is no coincidence the rate increased. the figures show hispanic students did better. >> this helps you with projects and gets to know yourself, as well as others. >> it's called summer youth academic and employment

program, running for five weeks. the goal to keep students on track for graduation. >> this keeps them in school and sooner they understand how well they do in school today, and how that relates to how successful they'll be in live in general. and this, the better they do. >> there are programs making a difference in the rai. but education trust west says despite increase, latinos and african americans still lag behind. >> roughly a third had latino students aren't graduating in four years. >> charles acht li is take advantage of the program but says some just give up. >> they just say it's not worth it anymore. and with our economy, they

believe it's pointless. >> data is collected by the state using a tracking system put in place only in the past four years. >> chronic absentyism have seen a big corpsation between early absent teeism and droppouts. >> san francisco board voted to pore more money into summer programs and money coming from both the district and the city and san francisco saw a gain in its rate. it's now 86, 82%, higher than the state's average. >> that is fantastic. >> the governor expected to approve a bill that would makeup the new state budget, relying on voters to pass hikes. democrats passed a bill giving initiatives top billing on the

ballot. and there is been shown voters tend to mark the yes spot. >> this is a important measure because there is an opportunity to end this deficit. >> this also includes a measure reducing child care coverage and eliminates the healthy families program. a move republican dz not support. >> this action is tuning to me, reaching a level goitsing to hurt so many people. >> the cuts are an effort to help fill the $16 billion deficit. the governor face s a deadline to sign the bill and this would take affect july 1. >> many of the state money problems began when people started losing homes to foreclosure, but the market is showing signs of a rebound tonight. national association of realtors index of home sales agreements now reads 101, one point more than what is

considered to be healthy for the first time in two years. and there are builders from the west coast. >> the recession gutted the industry. >> for a while we had a perfect train wreck of everything that could have gone wrong, did. >> at this conference in san francisco, home builders say things are looking up. and projects starts will be up 2% this year up from $434 billion but new home sales will be bigger. >> much bigger number than that. and there are sales for a lot of builders that are up n cases more and interest there are orders around 31%. >> this just started this year, i think february was a change

for the industry in four, five months have been strong for new home activities, particularly in northern california. >> cautiously optimistic we're putting optimistic into the terminology. >> and the ceo joined hilton talking about the new normal for builders and buyers. they say buyers coming out of the wood work and growth still depends on job growth. >> there is locational driven. >> there are good indicators they're on the road to recovery. there is not been a better time to buy a new home. >> what can buyers expect? there is more opportunities to personalize a new home, builders eager to make the sale. >> coming up assignment 7 reports. >> the grand canyon of the

pacific. a draw

scientists released an animated fly through of the ocean floor, a look at dramatic mountains and ravines that makeup what some call an underwater grand canyon. tonight a look at the latest tools to help preserve

critical eco systems. >> when you head out beyond the gronld gate you're heading into the gulf of farallons. 1300 square miles of underwater habitat protected by logs. we're only just beginning to learn what natural wonders may be here. >> there is a map and we found new structures we didn't know are out there before. >> maria brown is superintendent and mart of -- part of a coalition creating this an nation. these are the most-detailed images of the sanctuary. they were turned into a video with nairation to help the public understand what is here. >> they emerged from the sea, they're a bed and breakfast for a quarter million sea birds just beyond the islands on the edge of the self there is a steep wall of ravines and canyons that plunge more than 6,000 feet deep. this is done with a technique

called multibeam it bounces off the sea floor and brings back an image allowing to us see the release of the sea floor. >> north and west of the farallon islands the project revealed details of more canyons and huge, shallow banks creating underwater islands. and scientists believe this may be critical for a wide variety of creatures. this area is miles south of cordell bank where this was taken two years ago. full of spectacular live and a new area hold promise of similar diversity. huge schools of fish. sponges and deep-sea corals. the federal government is searching all u.s. waters hoping to find this kind of environment. >> coral reefs provide habitat for fish. that is important. we protect these areas. we have a strong, healthy ocean environment. that is going support ocean

industries such as commercial fishing. >> exploring is challenging. conditions can be harsh. now, the scientists have a detailed map. next step will be a expedition in the fall. >> in order for us to protect the sanctuary we need to know what is out there. >> if you'll like to see the fly through there is a link just click on see it on tv. >> and we have more ahead, still coming up michael finney. >> why your child is more likely to be a victim of

tonight money matters stock prices make a welcome rebound good, news on home

sales and factory orders drove the dow jones up today to a 40 day quiet period following facebook's initial stock offering expired today allowing analysts to give reviews. most gave it a neutral rating one said it should get back to the price of 38s adds share and there is now maybe the time to buy a new car, new car prices have fallen 500s ndz the past year, it's due mainly to the fact that auto makers have recovered from last year's earthquake. >> and an alarming trend in identity theft becoming more prevalent. >> adults stealing identities of children. and there is for something sm, it's nearly a perfect crime. a survey of 27,000 children signing up for identity protection found one out of 10 of them were already victims.

and what is more disturbing is that neither children nor parents are aware of this. >> there is a is 10-year-old riley loves reading harry potter books. >> this is a trap. it's hard to get out. >> twice, thieves have stolen her social security number, someone used the number to start home gas and electric service then defaulted on the bill. another happened before she is born. >> there are no checks by the banks or reddit agencies or social security administration the first time the number is used. someone was able to use and get store credit under her social security number before it was issued. >> and there is riley's

mother. >> i've traveled the world looking at policies and technology solutions to protect these crimes so when it happens to my daughter i felt, gosh, as a parent i've been falling down on the job. >> the checks of 27,000 children found almost 11% had their numbers stolen and that is up half a percent from the year before. used to obtain credit, lease an apartment or buy a house. some of the homes ended up in foreclosure leaving a cloud over a social security number. most won't realize this until they turn 18. and apply for their first card. >> this is a realtime. they're not after tooth fairy money. they're after a clean record. >> this incident forced riley to grow up, fast.

and michelle put together this video. ♪ [ music ] . >> there are a number of things you can do to protect the number. we have some links for you on abc 7 news.com. just look under 7 on your side. >> there is more information. there is a report out finding the highest number of complaints reported in california. advocates say id theft cost each victim $82. the number jumped to $786 per victim last year. one possible reason is that it's taking longer for victims to discover the debt. the california research group offers tips to protect your data. you can use a low limits credit card and see if you can

limit the way companies share your information. >> one of the major problems is that is trusting information with private businesses. we're asked to give a lot of information. we don't always have control on how that is stored. >> the group warns social network users are almost twice as likely to fall victim to id theft. >> touching base about the forecast. >> yes. spencer? looking good out there. >> it is. this is how good this afternoon by way of time lapse there. is a view looking at the golden gate. you can see there is affect of the wind on the bay waters. lovely day tomorrow, state wide, sunny skies, dry conditions into central valley. there is hot into the desert there is sunny skies and warm again.

highs low to mid-80s, up to 85 in antioch. 80 up north and 70s around the bay z here is the after the. -- here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll cool down but remaining mild into the weekend, warming up monday, and throughout next wednesday which is 4th of july, lovely. warm weather. >> we like it. >> great weather for outdoor activities. yes. >> thank you. >> history made today at at and t park. >> giants leap into firstús

coming up tonight at 9:00 hope you can join me then two. men stole a car then rammed it with a cop car twice. that is just for starters. and a human birth like you've never seen before from contractions to final moment of delivery. it's coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> there is larry beil and this is a big deal. >> this is their equipment

truck broke down. there is so much to save yoer with the giants today, return of vintage tim lincecum. the first three-game shut out of dodgers in the 123-year history of the giants-dodgers in the fird, wild pitch. hector sanchez scrambles and fires timmy getting blasted by chad billingsly and holds on for that. there is the proof. right here, ball right here. and there is a little flare, they're going to drop in. and there is is a score, cheater, there is brian wilson saying this is one of the best they've seen by a catcher.

there is a full extension. there is a base hit to right. it's a 3-0 game there is an 8th and final strike out of the game. there are split finger fast ball. 3-0, the final. three game, three wins. three giants shut outs. >> it's hard to do. and first of all have you to get three starters on top of the game. that doesn't happen. and there is a good stuff. and this is a skmaimpk it's a good command. >> how about this? giants 7 and a half games back in the dodgers a month ago. now they're tie atop nfl.

and there is a four-game start. it's amazing. and there is a's racking up a grand total of two hits today. there is a a scale up the wall and there is marker making just one mistake and there it was. it's gone and there is ichiro flail waig in the second. there is strike out and three hits allowing the difference today. you win it. and there is a bad man. and this is 9th of the year. there is penalty kicks.

and considered the best player in europe with good scoring chances and regulation time that. is just wise. there is a the game going to pks. there is a 4-2 final. spain moving on to finals once again. and they never got the kick. they lost, 4-2. >> thank you. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us. >> see you at 9:00 and 11:00. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

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