dozens of officers including the chief were at the hospital with the family last night. >> there is no wall you can put up for that. it cuts through the heart. like i said whit does that to one of our officers it does it to all of us, we all feel it police are now heading a multi agency investigation. >> there does appear accidental however there are things we'll be focusing on during the investigation. one of those things will be how firearms were stored. >> neighbors say they're saddened by the toddler's death but also wondering how it could happen in the home of a police officer. >> this should have been secure, locked away. unloaded. perhaps. >> this question overshadowed by a profound sense of grief. monique says she often saw preston. >> to think there is only going to be one now. so this is very sachld i can't

imagine what they're going through. >> officer co-workers say he has their full support. >> we need to take care of brandon and the family z making sure they have what they need. it's a difficult time for them. >> and there is a weapon that was not a issued weapon but they're allowed to carry their own handgun as long as they are approved. >> and thank you for that update. abc p news learned hans riser convicked of killing his wife in 2008 will be back in court next week. and faces a wrongful death lawsuit. he led authorities to her body from n.a remote part of the oakland hills in exchange for a lighter sentence. the lawsuit seeks unspecified damage for disstress caused by the killing. he was sentenced to 15 years

to life in prison. >> and convicted murderer scott peterson filed an appeal asking judges to overturn his conviction. owe was sentenced to death for the deaths of his wife, laci peterson and their unborn son. he maintained his innocence. his attorney says the client was dedeprives of a fair trial because of incorrect rulings and juror misconduct. >> san francisco prosecutors say they have new video evidence against the san francisco couple accused of killing their teen-aged daughter's pimp. the district attorney says barry guilton, his cousin and williams conspired to hunt down and kill 22-year-old calvin snead in june saying there is video showing the three meet brg that murder. then dreefing off.

>> shows three individuals coming together and there is a weapon well. know for telephone sight we placed three individuals near the murder. >> prosecutors say sneading killing was a vigilante. but investigators say he was a gang bheb a dangerous life. >> san francisco district attorney says he's taking a wait and see approach before deciding whether to charge mayor ed lee with perjury. lee testified before the ethics commission that he never spoke to any of the supervisors about suspending sheriff mirkarimi over mirkarimi's domestic violence case. a city official says the supervisor said that lee had consulted her about whether to suspend the sheriff. the district attorney wants to see evidence. >> if the evidence surfaces after we have sworn testimony to indicate that purr jury has taken place, we'll evaluate

whether it would be appropriate to prosecute. >> the commission will hear from mirkarimi's wife, who will return from venezuela to testify on behalf of her husband. >> and six teenagers none of them old enough to drive were badly hurt when the car they're in plowed into a tree. police say the taens were on a joyride when that happened and that is now the 15-year-old remains in critical condition. firefighters had to use jaws of life to get everybody out. the other teenagers ages 13-is a are suffering nonlife threatening injuries. abc 7 news news learned police found beer in the trunk of the car. the parent who owns the car says the beer was his and the car was taken without permission. >> he just woke up to screeching and then, a crash. and then, we went to-to-my parent's window and heard screaming and yelling. just horrible.

the sound of the car crashing. >> investigators say results will reveal whether the driver was drinking. >> an update to breaking news during abc 7 news at being. lawmakers voted to move forward with plans to build the first bullet train system. this plan just in the last hour it received exactly the 21 votesness troy allow sale of voter-approved bond money to start willed building the first stages of the rail line. 16 senators voted against auj saigs. the state assembly allowed sales to move in order when thaiking -- they took their vote, yesterday. critics called the project too expensive, and unnecessary. >> fbi joining the investigation to find out who aimed lasers at airplanes land agent sfo last night pointing east, came from between the dunbarton and san mateo

bridges. we're live now with the story. >> cheryl, fbi would like to us strongly remind the public about the seriousness of the crime. it used to be prosecuted under the general heading of interfering with operation of an aircraft. but in february became it's own crime, punishable up to $250,000 in fines and five years in prison. >> faa says there is a sky west jet and a virgin america air bus reported having lasers pointed into the cockpit last night ai. light potentially blinding to the crew. the sky west pilot saw it come asking alerted air traffic control. >> there is san francisco, laser almost underneath us now. >> probably a pinpoint laser used for power point presentations. what happens is that it spreads out higher and fatherer way. what may seem like a faint light to you in the cockpit gets almost

blinding. >> the faa says at 10:25 sky west flight 6269 reported the laser at 4,000 feet and 14 miles east southeast of palo alto. and just four minutes later virgin america flight 211 reported a laser about 13 miles east of palo alto. and lasers directed at cock pits are dangerous but landing and take off are the worst possible times, with other aircraft ahead, behind, and on the ground. >> this is kind of like on, off the freeway that. moment is the critical part. on the freeway it's easy to drive but getting on and off, that is the tricky part. same thing about coming in and out of the airport. >> yes. it's i a safety concern. >> this toust says he hears reports of similar incidents back home. >> as the plane coming into land in sydney they point lasers at the plane. >> why do people do that? >> they're idiots. >> and this call came in last

night and went outlooking for lasers. the helicopter was unavailable at the time. they tell us they'll be out, again, next couple lights patrolling the bridge area looking again for those lasers. at sfo abc 7 news. >> and there is san francisco commuters will have to find other ways to get around because construction is shutting down the line on carl street between willard and stanyon streets. and there will be three more weekend shut downs this summer. this is part of a project carrying light rail car as cross the city. >> coming up, investigation into alleged abufs mentally disabled patients. how did it go undetect sod long? >> and thieves with a piece of baseball history from a local high school. >> i'm sandhya patel. warmer weather is headed to

the bay area, i'll let you know when mid-90s will show up coming up. >> thank you. and sprucing up water front bringing a bird that has never been seen in this area. 8taúes0pp

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. one person treated for exposure and 70 workers evacuated after a pipe sprang a flaek a newark plant this morning. the leak capping just before 9:00 a.m. at the oil facility on smith avenue just west of i 880. sky 7 was overhead as workers streamed out of the plant. and crews and a county hazmat team responded but determined there is no hazard to the community or surrounding businesses. records show evergreen oil fined nearly $22,000 for a

fire and explosion injuring one worker. >> and quick burning grass fire inside of a park scored an acre of grass this afternoon broke out at about 2:30, burning an old orchard inside kelly park in east san jose. firefighters had to haul trucks into that area to fight the fire. the fire gave off dark, black smoke that could be sfreen a mile away. so it looks worse than it was. and there are no structures involved and the cause is under investigation. >> smoke interest a pit fire burning led to arrest of a homeless man. police say the 30-year-old had a warrant for assault, and was taken into custody in sugar loaf mountain. police found him in a tent burning the fire. he was treated for smoke inhalation and dehydration. >> new information about alleged abuse of penally disabled patients in an

unlicensed nursing home. there is taifd louie live with more. >> the large house operated as a board and care facility. activities there so low key, no one knew who live there'd and it never appeared on radar screens until someone detected neglect. this was a mysterious place, cars parked oud outside and grills left outside by the garage. owe one had a clue what is going on inside and no one knew 225 dogs were inside. >> he. >> we had no idea right here? no. >> they kept to them selfs? >> they d they did. >> these are mug shots of the four of the five people. the district attorney says they face felony charges of elder abuse and misdemeanor charges of animal neglect. however, steven dism says there is no licensing

requirement for a board and care center in the county ai. dozen people lived here on mattresses seldom bathed or had clothes washed. officials say the residents were all immigrants with various mental illnesses. existence of the facility appeared to be by word of mouth been the vietnamese community. and michelle will you says immigrants are often unaware of rights of the disabled. >> and the families are at risk and many families come to the united states and not aware of the rights that individuals with disabilities have. compounded bon that -- upon that is the language barrier. >> and the five operators of the facility will appear in court a week from monday. the residents are now in the care of adult protective

services. in san jose, abc news. >> thank you. >> california voters will decide in november whether to medically alter food that should be clearly labeled but the finance department is warning approval comes at a cost. saying it will cost $1 million a year. and that it warns there is litigation challenging the law. saying information is worth the price. >> right now the food is not labeled in order to avoid it, you need to be an informed consumer. i think most people are eating it without realizing that they're eating it. >> the measure would prohibit labeling or advertising the foods as natural. >> and coming up new at 5:00 a plot lefty grove is missing. he was born in rodeo grew up

near richmond known as lefty and goofy. a plaque dedicated to him. here is a picture of the plaque. there it s whoever stole it has had to work hard for it. it's two three three feet and bolted into concrete, estimated value of $1,000. it was noticed today so anyone with information is asked to please call the novato police department. >> and birds never seen before are at this point praying tonight. there is off spring occupying above pier 80. and as luck would have it this is one of the few operational strains on the water front. and to keep guests safe it's been shut down. the is a six foot wingspan to swoop in and dive. it's been a slow, steady come back since ddt was banned in

1972. >> that is a great picture. and a big fill more jazz festival is back this weekend. and fill more street will be trance formed for the largest prejazz festival h year's festival featuring two dozen bands on three stages including a tribute to late, great etta james, you can enjoy the music free. it's expected to draw about 90,000 people, 12 blocks of muse yiblg, arts and crafts. >> and weather just going to be spectacular. >> yes. and i call it jazzy weather. >> nice. >> and this is going to be mild and sunny in san francisco. beautiful weather and temperatures into 60s so should be good for the jazz festival there. and let me show you a live picture from our mount tamalpais camera. you can see ocean beach. and there is a silver of fog there. around ocean beach and alameda county fair is the last weekend in pleasanton going to be warm there.

there is another live picture from our camera showing a view of lake tahoe. the tahoe valley airport reporting a high of 76 degrees, sunshine tomorrow giving way to partly cloudy skies. 81 degrees. sunday, sunny, 83. it's a warming trend for tahoe and a warming trend for the bay area. we head into your saturday. live doppler 7 showing you clear skies across the bay area. just patches of fog and that is near the coastline so that is shallowing out and that have means we're going to see warmer weather. 90 in antioch. most of the bay area running warmer this afternoon compared to yesterday. there is fog along the coast tonight. sunny skies and mpler saturday. and there is warmer weather headed in for next week. temperatures mid-90s, here is what is going to bring us heat. large area of high pressure. hot air mags has been bringing central and eastern united

states unbelievably hot weather there. there is humid adds well, records sent this, heat wave continues. heat advisories and warnings and watches up from the central u.s. up into the east coast. they'll get relief around sunday heading into monday. and there is some thunderstorms there. they're going deal with heat this, bubble is going start to shift towards west coast and there is warmer saturday. and so, tomorrow morning you'll mts fog just confined to the coast. it's shallow. so it doesn't get far inland. temperatures into 50s except 49 degrees in clever dale. and tomorrow afternoon it's lingering into afternoon and there is 60s coastside. 90 and there is a wide range

of information for everyone out there. 68 degrees tomorrow, and part of the day. 63 degrees, 86 degrees in nappa. oakland up to 72 degrees, 90s in concord. 92 degrees in fairfield. 90 degrees. and 79 in fremont heading down towards south bay. san jose there is a mild 84 degrees. monterey bay. 75 in santa cruz. 88 in morgan hill. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is low to mid 60 as long the coast. low 90s inland. warmer, tuesday, wednesday, mid-90s inland. mid-60s coast side. cooler thursday, friday. but this is what summer is about. there is a wide range of conditions, summer climates at play. >> thank you. >> we have breaking news out of south san francisco. firefighters right now are fighting a brush fire on the southern side of san bruin quo

mountains. sky 7 is almost there at the blaze right now. >> and there is cal fire saying a fire broke out at 4:45. there is no threat to structures and they have not called for evacuations at this time. >> dozens have been called to help fight that fire and just put calls out for them and that could be a sign the fire is still praeding. we're going to keep an eye on this for you. stay with us throughout this newscast. abc 7 news.com and on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> ask up next, how about a little wine with your cheese? tonight's finney's friday free stuff taking you to wine country. >> i'm there! and coming up at 6:00 millions love the hot new book "50 shades of gray". there is a hotel offering their own version. the story tonight

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tonight finney's friday free stuff includes a trip to wine country. >> and let's go. >> we're going to go to it. okay. wine and cheese finishing up this long holiday week. >> yes. >> and this is avino is a company allowing members to get wine up to 70% off of retail. they're going to give you $10 credit towards an avino purchase and a wine tasting in st. helena. that is $35 worth of wine, you're going to get that. then, check this out,. >> what is this? >> from gourmet amor. this is a brand new gourmet shop over in hays valley. and what they've taught me is that i never want to go anywhere unless they have a wine excuse me air, cheese

cave. and that is pretty good. there is a french cheese. kind of a sharp flavor. not like a cheddar but there is a sharp edge and it is fabulous. we're going to get a $10 value for this weekend only. so you feed to get in on it, quick. >> wow! >> and there is right there or any time you can log on to abc 7 news.com to get it and more green stuff there are two additional items being get those. >> and we'll be right back.

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>> yoo action. a link to help stop a horrific crime. >> fight against smart phones and one company is doing that could help stop the problems. >> ask a woman's effort to protect her computer leads here into a scam. how you can avoid getting ripped off tonight. >> here is a story makes sense in the world or not really. >> that is a massachusetts couple paid off their mortgage in pennies, there it is. 62,000 of them weighing 800 pounds he says he began saving every penny he found the day they bought the home in 1977 and says he is just happy to have the pennies out of his mortgage-free home. >> yes. he's got an extra room, i bet. >> and that is going to do it for us. world news is coming up next. and i'm cheryl jennings. >> and for everyone here, thank you. we leave with you a look at sky 7 hd. the fire burning in san bruno mountains. we're told no structures are threatened and firefighters are staying on top of it and we'll valentine latest at 6:00. >> we'll see you then.