was sealed, and i guess the item inside had some candy residue appearing that it did come from the factory. >> the jolly rancher package says the candy is manufactured in brazil. hershey issued us a statement saying we believe this is accidental in nature and will be taking needed actions to prevent this happening the future, amy says she'll only be satisfy fd the company does review it's safety and packaging procedures. >> they offered me three bags of candy replacement. i was like i don't want anything. i want to know kids are going to be safe. >> hershey says food safety is the top pry at this time ti and believes this is isolated, and will not be issuing a precall. >> and thank you. >> falling up on a story you first saw here on abc 7 news, we have now obtained a

government ordered report on the death of a morgan hill dog. rachel chambers says her dog died after eating cheats made in china politicians joined the movement to ban the streets. the senator wrote i urge to you continue dedicating resources to find the source of the contamination. the representative askedded -- added the agency should make efforts to inform about the potential dangers of the products. del ms monty insists tests have shown it to be harmless. >> and want to update you on a story we brought thu week. the 12-year-old boy injured by a falling tree at a park and we now know will lose his right leg buzz of the trauma. weighs crush bid an oak tree while sleeping in a tent during a family outing wednesday morning.

this afternoon, doctors conducted a surgery to examine zachary's pelvis. friends of the family tell abc 7 news it's going to be the first of many surgeries still to come. >> this is a special little boy. it's been a devastating experience for us. >> and this is terrible. and his cousin was struck by the tree and only suffered minor cuts and bruises. >> and san jose police chief has given the city's new casino the thumbs up. minutes ago the chief announced the casino can open after months of delay and followed recommendations of faming administrators saying it could open once owners met regulations. the matrix supposed to open in

march. a ballot measure will ask voters to increase number of gaming tables. >> fbi has now joined an investigation by san francisco police into a widening scam targeting elderly asian women and getting more bizarre by the day. vic lee is in the newsroom with the story only on 7. >> this is widened. the mo becoming more bizarre. since three women from hong kong were arrested in may and charged with bilking victims out of $1 million, there have been almost a dozen new victims and suspects. the scams are now taking place in daily city and oakland. >> so far the loss is 240,000s ndz cash. in jewelry close to 90,000. >> and police lieutenant says that this 11 victims are elderly chinese women. in this video, the thieves

convinced victim she's possessed and say they can cure her by purifying valueables. the thief pretends to pray over it. the victim does check the bag, she finds valuables are gone. and says this new ring of thieves has a bizarre twist. >> this feels like they might have been drugged or put under a spell. >> and there are casing saying one thief applies pressure on parts of it like a tremt. >> this is probable hi a person nes how to use image work. >> this worker says the thieves are probably using the field of energy to calm them into a trusting mood. and says combined with reassuring words the thief might convince the victim she's her friend. >> there is a lot of great

points to make people calm. and yeah. they can press here and even middle of the lung. >> police will say they have good ones. now, with help of the fbi, investigators hope that they can make better headway in solving what they call this despicable crime. >> for some this is live saving. the difference of, you know what are you going to eat for dinner or how are you going to pay your rent? >> and one woman lost $91,000 and all of her jewelry. another 80,000s ndz cash. believing this is an organized crime ring from asia that comes here for a period of time, then goes back home. >> thank you. >> and pg&e may be avoid going

to trial over an explosion that killed eight people. settlements with two families were disclosed this week. they include a family that lost a mother and daughter in the tragedy. and neither terms being disclosed tonight. some 350 cases are still pending against pg&e. process is angering survivors. >> they're trying to say your trauma is caused by something other than this explosion that you ask your children ran from which is just disturbing. >> there is a goal is working through matters quickly and as fairly as possible. >> and pg&e says it expects to pay out $365 million to settle claims. >> and world's largest church has a new leader. the vatican just accompanied

the new archbishop with 500,000 in three counties, san francisco, and marin. and abc 7 news is here and he has made it very lear where he stands on same-sex marriage. >> that is right. when expecting the archbishop he gets a short list of three names. the pope doesn't have to pick from that list. in this case, we're told by a source that pope benedict decided to override the process picking. he will move across the bay to san francisco from oakland where he served as bishop. today, he made no efforts to hide his support for proposition 8. marriage protection act. >> we need to do everything we can to strengthen marriage, understanding it's a benefit for everyone. >> and he is said to be one of the leading are detectives and

he told me he believes a child is better off with a father and mother. >> that tells me both are important. not just to manufacture the baby but they're both important in the life of that child. child needs influence of a father that only a man can give, and influence of a mother that only a woman can give as a mother and without that, something is missing that the child needs. >> tonya freedman disagrees. they have a daughter. >> i think every child deserves loving parents. and we know that that doesn't have to do with the sex of the parent but ability to love, and care for a child. >> and there is a 32 year parishioner in the castro district. >> well, this drives some people away? >> i hope not. and and particular faith journey is what it is. >> the 56-year-old san diego

native says there are many challenges ahead but vowed to work hard to bring parishioners together. today he also dressed issue of sex abuse of by priests which he called shameful. >> and we have had a result in this problem and made progress in doing so. >> and he will oversee several diocese and reno. he will be ordained in october and he has connections to the bay area and his father was born here in san francisco. >> coming up tonight we're live on location with a film crew reenacting the oscar grant shooting. the controversial scene is in the can. >> lunch trucks are back. there are food vendors returning to a neighborhood where they've not always been welcome. >> the saying goes garbage in,

garbage out. but what if you can't get the garbage in, i

there are new details in an ongoing production of a controversial event in oakland. the movie supposed to depict the shooting of oscar grant. we're live now with more. sergio? >> yeah. this is a film that began production earlier this month and, like most are usually tight seal on information but today, we did learn that film

makers have successfully been able to recreate moments when a police officer pulled a trigger on the platform. in the first hours of the new year, january, 2009, riders aboard a southbound bart train captured this disturbing incident on their camera phones and this police officer pulled his side arm and fired at oscar grant as he laid face down. grant's family says that they're happen yeet film is in the works because they want the public to know more since he was killed. >> no matter how the media or attorneys for mezer lee side tries to demoralize him and make him into a monster he was not a monster. >> the scene of the shooting. was filmed last weekend, and that is according to a source familiar with this case on set. this weekend, filming is scheduled to continue at the san leandro station where his mother says police tried t

collect camera phones from bart riders. saying the film lays out tw days leading up to the death. >> i'm having high hopes for this movie. i believe that this is an opportunity for the world to come to see oscar 48 hours before being murmureddered. a young black man just living live. >> administrators have granted full access to the production but some questions are being raised about money bart will be collecting from producers. one spokesperson has not released information about charges associated with permits and staff overtime related assuming the family says they're not happy bart is making money from the film. >> they know what happened. they know my son was murdered. senselessly. it should be done free. >> this is a production and has notable hollywood talent attached. including academy award winner octavia spencer and oscar

winner forest whitaker, a producer on the film n oakland abc 7 news. >> and there is food trucks scoring a major victory this week in a turf war with restaurants. diners loved variety, and nearby restaurants say they cannot compete with the low overhead. >> can i get two daniel burgers? >> julia is the owner of soul on wheels, one of half a dozen food trucks. it's inside city hall that food strucks -- trucks won a major vikt rye hopefully this will be a first step in breaking down barriers and legitimizing the truck autos after a challenge, forced a two-month hiatus, the board of appeals overwhelmingly voted to bring trucks back to the corner of front and vallejo

streets at the edge of the financial district. >> i that i area is lacking in food. and... diverse food. so to bring food trucks in to serve the community is a wonderful thing. >> the truck owners say they're excited to bring variety back to the neighborhood, the people who own restaurants are not very excited. >> this is the city not looking at it that way. >> pretty says he pays thousands in rent, the food trucks just show up, paying parking meter as. >> i've seen customers coming in and using our bathrooms or sitting outside our restaurants and having lunch. because they don't have seats interest there. >> and there is a wait staff is getting grumpy. >> slower lunch tips for everyone. >> that is despite promises that the trucks won't sell

hamburgers. >> they told us they weren't going to do any food competing with us with which is krit. -- considerate but this is still taking away business. >> a spokeswoman says trucks will be back soon and restaurant owners say they're bracing for it. >> and trucks do better business when whether is nice. >> and this is heating up. western sky there is low clouds and fog at the coast beginning to push past the coast towards bay now. and there is a look at live doppler 7 hd. and we've got clouds pressed up against the coastline. they have been much of the day. from time to time, there are clouds pulling away today, it's 58 degrees in san francisco. 65 in oakland.

66 napa and there is 74 in san jose there is a warm 85 in antioch. these are the highlights. there is a warming trend that holds through next week. our close up looping image shows that we did have a little coastal eddie and there is clouds away from coastline from time to time today. but they're back, now. looks like back for a while. there is low clouds and fog pushing he locally inland. there is area was fog around and some drizzle into early morning hours near the coastline. like today. overnight looking for lows to drop into mid-50s and cooler up into north bay valleys. 51 in santa rosa. then, tomorrow, sunny skies just about from coast to inland much of the day. into south bay, highs around 80 in san jose.

82 in campbell. peninsula, 73 in san mateo. 77 in mountain view. 63 half moon bay. san francisco, downtown, 68 degrees, sunset district, 63. lots of 80s, including 87 in calistoga. there is 72346 fremont. east bay upper 80s to almost 90s that is almost in brentwood. and near monterey way bay, 72 watsonville. there is kicking off tomorrow morning at 10:00 it will be sunny skies with temperatures of 68 degrees warming up to mid-70s by noon. back down into 70s and going to be a lovely day and here is the accu-weather forecast.

sunny skies through the week. high temperatures by monday into low 90s inland. upper 70s to 80s around the bay. that is going to be a steady pattern just remaining the same throughout the week. >> thank you. >> and here are some of the people we want to thank for taking part in the abc 7 dream campaign. and each clicked the "like" button and for every new like, a dollar goes to help bay area foster children. just go to facebook.com and your like could help change someone's live. >> really could. coming up nation's top military officer deplied to the bay area. >> and why the u.s. has

a south bay nonprofit wants the state to return nearly $500,000 it donated unless lawmakers discover they raised money to keep the park open after the state parks department announced budget cuts would close it. it turns out the parngs department had hidden away $54

kblinl to keep 70 parks slated to shut down, off the chopping block. the foundation joined other private donors to ask for their money back. >> we don't think people were negotiating with bad faith but it is very dismaying to have this happen. >> state senator mark leno tells abc 7 news they'll take up the issue of what to do with donations sometime next month. >> and tonight's money matter there's is a big day on wall street. dow shot up 187 points. a big surge just before 10:30 our time. and the dow industrials closed above 13,000 mark for the first time in two and a half months. s and p 500 reached its highest level since may 4th. despite a good showing for stocks, facebook continues to slide. and it's thousand sunk to a new low, down another 12% today, and off by nearly 38%

since going public 10 weeks ago z chevron reported a 7% decline in profits because of falling crude oil prices. and there are gas prices remaining high. the marketing units did 80% more business. >> and when we come back tonight a question of freedom of speech. revealing obscure rules of staging a public protest in san francisco. what is off limits, where police draw the line. >> also we'll follow up on investigation into laboratory safety of the university of california. uc is now off the hook in a death of a lab assistant. >> big city mayor as cross the country going to battle over a controversial restaurant chain that is coming soon to the bay area. stay with us. abc 7 news at 6:00 continues.

now a fight over free speech. activists asked a court judge for an injunction to prevent the police department from enforcing old, obscure laws they limit where they can protest. and abc 7 news is here now with an investigation. >> and stories of a fascinating look at old laws that both sides admit are outdated. and as it stands now, your right to peacefully protest vary depending on what park you're standing in. ringelling brothers got a permit to hold this promotion in union square last september. and they didn't want a few activists protesting treatment of circus animals to spoil the event. >> don't touch my property. >> let go. no. no. you let go of my property. >> this video shows a police officer and a park ranger moving in and taking control

of the banner. they have difficulty deciding what laws they're breaking. >> you're demonstrating on private property. do you have a permit? >> this is a public square. >> it does not make it a public forum anymore? >> correct. >> and the officer threatens to arrest them for violating a code that says it's unlawful to obstruct traffic of pedestrians or vehicles but that doesn't apply. the sidewalk is clear. >> and we're not obstructing anyone, sir. >> the officer uses another part of the code writing two tickets for violating 7.08 d setting out areas on parks during permitted events. according to the ordinance union square cut down the middle. andestern half is prohibited. >> in san francisco we value

free speech. and this makes no sense. >> in this case not just limiting to eastern half of the scare but this pen far from the audience. >> people are here and this is free speech zone. >> and this means we have a right to speak but means we have a right to compare messages to the people who who we want to convey this to. >> rules under the code vary from park to park. no protesting including in steps leading down. smaller portion is the public assembly area. most door lowers park is off limits to pro testors. >> so we start here, going 50

feet, winding up on a tennis court. here is the boundary. i can protest. on this side, breaking the law. >> this is allowing protesting on these areas but prohibits this in the ten tral portion of the park including fountain and paved areas but the fountain has been gone for years. >> where is the fountain? >> i don't know. in 20 something years i think that i've seen pictures of them. >> the city attorney says it will defend the rights to all parties as free speech. >> if there is an issue coming up in the code sh you know you're going to sit down with clients and policy makers to update the code. >> there is speech going to the core of our democracy. and the basic principle of

free speech is that cure we don't like is more speech, not silencing speech. >> that part of the code is 40 years old. and has this been used any other time? five years? or even 10 years? i asked the courts but no answer to have. it's time to clean up the city code. and call. >> oh, boy. >> and thank you. >> interesting stuff. following now on the investigation we reported last night, criminal charges against the university of california over the death of a ucla lab assistant dropped today. our investigation conducted by center for investigative reporting raised concerns about safety training in the uc labs and revealed there have been at least seven accidents if four years. and this could have been

slapped for millions of dollars in line and instead agreed comprehensive measures and establish a $500,000 scholarship in the name. criminal charges remain with the professor. >> and the fire storm surrounding the fast food change chick-fil-a expansion into the bay are heated up. it's all because of comments against the ceo. restaurants are opening next month in walnut creek. chick-fil-a is trying to get a permit to open one in mountain view. >> welcome to franchise america fairfield sti. it's been a form until dan kathy

the president of chick-fil-a opined on the subject. have you heard this yet? >> i think we're imbiding on god's judgment when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> with controversy comes opportunity. first from chicago mayor. >> the values are not chicago value autos from boston mayor, thomas manito. >> i don't believe a company speaking out against gay rights has the opportunity to operate in the city. >> then, yesterday, san francisco mayor tree chimed in on this tweet. and i recommend they try not to come closer. end quote. and for every new quote, it seems to expand. what began as same-sex marriage now turned into a debate about free speech and

government boundaries. today, new york city mayor bloomberg weighed in. >> where goflt is too big is where government starts to tampel on freedoms and this is trempeling on the freedom to marry whoever you want is the same as trampling on freedom to open a store. >> and one woman says she eats chicken she keeps politics on the side. >> you're not going to protest here today? >> i'm hungry. >> coming up tonight you're going to hear from the top military man, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> why the u.s. has not gotten

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a show town between rebels and government troops in syria is imminent arks apparently. the regime's forces are massing overwhelming firepower to crush those that remain. abc 7 news political reporter talked to the highest ranking general in the u.s. military about a possible american response. >> when u.s. supported military action waits to protect the civilian

population from slaughter what. we're seeing in syria now, is slaughter w out u.s. intervention. troops bombarded the city in what reports say is the most severeus violence the city has seen since the conflict began 17 months ago. he is being hit with artillery, mortars and fighter planes. thousands have fled but unlike libya there is no international response to prevent troops from killing civilians. tonight the chairman told me syria presents a different situation. >> we have been discussing a range of options for some time. and the carnage may look the same but general dempsey tells me the situation in syria involves tribal and religious issue that's did not exist in libya. there is no unified call from

arab league. >> this situation is more complex. >> when asked about why the u.s. will not intervene, white house press secretary said there is also china and russia's refusal to oppose assad. >> we've been blunt about disappointment with the russians and chinese. and the fact they've vetoed three meaningful resolution autos relief agencies have pulled out, pulling for safety of workers and ap is reporting tonight that a 6-year-old boy was killed by syrian border guards trying to escape into jordan with the family. >> mark, thank you. >> still to come tonight some consumer news. a family paying for a yard recycling bin they never received. >> michael finney

of course no one should have to pay fr a service they're not getting but a san jose family has been doing that for years. >> and michael finney is here with their story and managed

to get to the bottom of the list it took a while. dispute is over a garbage pail. and unwinding something going on this long? well, that is anything but simple. >> linda enjoys time in her garden. tuck wade in the corner of her yard are two garbage cans. a black one, and a blue one. and missing is a yellow can for yard waste. >> we never had a yellow can. never had a green waste can. no one in this complex had a yellow can. >> yard waste is left on the curb, picked up by homeowner's association. yet, she discovered her family has been paying for a yellow can it never had. and her late mother suffered from alzheimer's.

she suspects the billing dates back five years ago. when mom was paying the bill. >> the point is being billed for something you never had. >> she called the garbage company. the next bill arrived and the charge was on there. she crossed it out, and requested the company credit the charge back to her. >> so two months later a get a bill for yellow waste can and a penalty charge for amount i did pay. >> so once again, she phoned the garbage company. >> she said okay. we'll send someone or there to look at the can. i'm going what? this is a nonexistent can. >> she decided to call 7 on your side. we took her concerns to the city of san jose. the city immediately called linda. >> and oh. yeah. a relief. >> regulations call for san jose to only cred i yait back

to the date the mistake was decision covered but the city gave her three years worth of credit, a total of $155. >> and i'm on a fixed income. that $150 is a lot of meals for me. >> the city of san jose declined to go on camera and by phone said the customer is happy, we're happy. the issue is resolved. this is unusual. when looking into it it was clear to us that we needed to clear her account. >> thank you, thank you. >> you're welcome. and we're delighted to see her happy. >> yes that. is terrific. >> back to update the forecast. >> yes. there is happy to look ahead. this afternoon, so lovely there. is a time lapse view that is looking north. lots of blue skies. sunny skies around the bay

area and there is a patch of coastal fog. mid to upper 70s around the bay. upper 80s to almost 90s inland and there is sunday, san francisco marathon. it will be cool with low clouds and fog and by 9:00 in the morning temperatures into upper 50s and by 1:00 p.m. temperatures into 60s, here is the accu-weather forecast. from sunday true next week, high temperatures inland around or above 90 degrees, upper 70s to 80s around the bay. mid-60s on the coast. >> thank you. >> just mentioned san francisco marathon taking place this weekend. you might want to avoid driving in the city sunday morning. there are signs up along embarcadero warning of street closures from saturday night until sunday. muni will reroute lines around

the course. and here is a look at the course for you. it starts near the ferry building and taking runners along northern water front through golden gate park. >> still to come here it may be july, but you can kind of feel football in the air. >> 49ers training camp going on now and new faces that could

join me tonight at 9:00, men and the grocery store. there is a new trend so what one enterprising owner is doing to accommodate that change. >> we mentioned facebook's tumbling stock. what it means to the man who owns more of it than anyone else. >> and there is some football. >> did the 49ers add enough players on offense? so many questions opening training camp with first practice. 49ers counting on more catches

than drops. the 35-year-old moss sat out all of last year but said he'd be wearing red and gold. >> i love the gape of football. i love being in the locker room, being around the guys being here is, like i said these guys are young and i don't feel my age around these guy autos no one on one date yet. we're not there just yet. and somewhere in the courting stage. we twont team functions and stuff and spent time together. >> 49ers shocked nfl. nobody expected a 13-3 record. head coach knows his team will not speak up on anyone and the schedule is tougher. and there is prop operation is

key. >> it puts us in a preparation to win is hard work. >> and they believe they have talent to get there. >> there is no question we've gotten better. i think we have gotten better not just in the sense there is a year under our belt but we've gotten better, more depth. >> that is a rough off season for 49ers linebacker arrested on a dui in january. last month, smith stabbed during a party in his home. he's recovered and did practice tochd he had an impressive season and there is a record 14 sacks. today since that stabbing, smith said he was sorry. >> i just feel like after incidents that happened just for me, i feel like i set some

fans and everybody looked at down. just focused and i'm ready to go. >> there are first place giants host dodgers tonight. it will be matt cane and a's in salt more, exploding with four runs in and there is chris carter, his 7th of the season. 5-3 in the 5th. jared parker went five innings and struck out eight. barely did not last long, two outs in bases loaded for set. smith brings everybody home with a bases learing double right now. a's leading 8-6 in the 8th. robert gurero at hp pavilion tomorrow night. and coming in at 145 and three quarter pounds and he put his

little scuffle. nothing major this, figures to be one of the toughest fights of his career, he's moving up 12 pounds in weight. that is going to be a good test. looks like they're into it. >> and no one got poked with a flag there, too. >> yes. yes. >> and all fun and games until someone gets poked. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> and don't forget to down load apc 7 news alarm clock app putting bay area news, weather and traffic at your bed side. and from all of us ear, thanks for watching. >> be safe out there.

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