we were able to fortunately go ahead and release the train. >> we had one of our mechanics on the scene edge gaming with the guests within 15 minutes and as best as we can determine, there was no mechanical situation whatsoever. >> reporter: it seemed to release okay and get down safely. the fire battalion chief tells me they have trained with the big crane used in the rescue, since this is a new ride, osha asked the amusement park to keep the crane on sight and have an emergency plan in place, and crews tell me they actually conducted a mock rescue scenario a few weeks ago, and they tell me that scenario actually turned out quite well today because they had something to work off of, they had a really good plan, and everything seemed to turn out okay. reporting live at six flag, abc-7 news. >> ama: now to san francisco, where a body was discovered in a backyard this morning. it was found behind a home on

car neilan way in indictment heights. here's the latest on the investigation. john? >> reporter: this is an unsettled sunday here in this area, which is a second cliewldded dead end street. the man's body was found behind the row of homes you see behind me. as late as 4:00 this afternoon, inspectors from the san francisco police department were poking around the brush and the hillside behind the homes. they still don't know the name of the victim who has gunshot wounds. there is a steep hill leading down to the row of town homes. the body was discovered in a concrete drainage gully. police don't know exactly how it ended up down there. one neighbor told us he heard gunshots around 11:00 last night but at the time he says it sounded lime fireworks. around 9:30 this morning another resident, who takes care of the landscaping here, found the body and called police. an hour or so ago we saw a

police car drive by bit basically officers are starting from scratch, checking the victim's fingerprints, hoping to come up with an identity and hopefully the circumstances surround his death. >> ama: a two-year-old boy in rodeo has been released from the hospital after his eye lid was nearly severed bay pit bull. thens department happened last night just before midnight on california street. the boy was at baby-sitter's house when a pit bull inside the home malled him. the boy was bitten on the head. he was taken to the hospital in a private car. and his eyelid was rye aattached this morning. the animal control has possession of the dog. >> a grass fire in by-should benecia state park. firefighters didn't let the flames spread very far. white smoke could be seen from across the car keen -- carquinez straight. it took over two hours to put it

out. fire officials say the fire was caused by someone but they're not calling it arson just yet. crews are making progress on a wildfire burning near ukiah in mendocino county. the fire gap just after 1:00 yesterday afternoon. you can see the plume of smoke in this video. the fire has burped about 400-acres and is now 55% contained. an amber alert has been issued for a missing 16-year-old girl who disappeared from the scene of a double murder at her home in monterey county. eunice soratto is 5'5", weighs 130 pounds, tattoos on her midding finger, back, and right leg. her boyfriend and his father may have abducted her. police believe the three may be heading to mexico in a 1990 white two-door acura intreg gra, 4fae963. >> a school superintendent has stepped down over allegation hetz harassinged a teacher

because she was pregnant. tom cooper resigned from the school district in santa barbara county. teachers say cooper talked about putting birth control in the staff lounge water in a statement cooper apologized and said he now realized some may have taken offense to his comments. >> and stay with abc-7 news for all the latest olympic results. on air we'll announce a spoiler alert before giving you results. on the social plat forms we'll post a link to results so you won't accidentally find out what happened. we sure to switch back to abc-7 news after the olympics every night at midnight for all the local news and weather. we won't make you stay up any later than you need to. still to come, horrible case of animal cruelty. why police believe someone intentionally ran over this boxful of kittens. >> the three little bears go dumpster diving. it's not a joke. one brave woman helped rescue the three young cubs.

>> go fly a kite. thousands head to berk lee for -- berkeley for the annual festival. >> leigh: looks like 90s will return to the bay area

spacially trained dogs joined search volunteers to look for a missing woman who sufers from dementia. maria janzen was last seen wearing a pair of yellow gardening shoes. this this second day in a row searchers focused on san pedro valley park. family and friend say she likes to walk in the park. a horrible case of animal cruelty in sacramento. police say man left a box 0 filled with kittens in front of an animal shelter and then ran over them. those little babies. six out of the eight kittens survived. officials at the shelter say witnesses saw the man leave the box in a gutter, and when someone tried to get his attention, he got in the car, backed up on the becomes and sped off. >> we don't understand. the reception building opens at 9:00 a.m. we were open. instead of just walking them into the building behind you, he opted to drop them off in the

gutter and take off without alerting anybody that it were out here. >> the shelter says they will bottle feed the kittens until their big enough for adoption. police are still looking for the suspect. >> a new mexico family came to the rescue of three bear cubs trapped in a dumpster. a woman dropped a step ladder into the dumpster and the cubs began climbing out. this isn't the first time the family saved the three bears from trouble. the family calls mama bear fertile myrtle because she has triplets every spring. >> nearly 25,000 runners made the way through san francisco during the city's annual marathon. the race began at 5:30 this morning near the ferry building, across the golden gate bridge and back. the men's winner is nathan krah of salt lake city, 2:26.45. the women's winner was devon crosby helm with a time of

2:44.05. >> a key decision that could affect your visit to the local post office. plus, the effort to help save an east bay girls life and how you can help. get ready for the work week. meteorologist leigh glaser has the forecast. >> mike: the 49ers put on the pads and jim harbaugh held an unscheduled press conference afterwardsed, suspending building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone.

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>> the united states post office faces a wednesday deadline to pay a $5.35 billion loan payment. the money covers retiree health benefits. postal officials asked congress to help out. usps can probably meet the payment but down the road is another matter. >> the postal service has said they're going to continue to pay employees and pay their bills and their subcontractors. so in some respects this default is symbolic. >> i think got to be some closings and consolidation. that's modernization. doesn't need to be as draconian and quickly as necessary right now. >> the postal service offered retirement packages to employees

and wants to eliminate saturday service to save money. >> two tech titans are set to go to court in san jose in a patent disspews. apple is suing sams subject for allegedly copping the ioffend decline and skoaling technology. a jury will be selected to hear the case in court. apple is demanding $2.5 billion in damages and intends to ask for injunctions blocking the u.s. sales of samsung phones and tablets powder by the google operating sim. >> a request for bone marrow. vomits filled out forms and swabbed cheeks to register as a blood donor. >> it is extremely important that we not only get latinos,

but we get african-americans, cause indications, because the more people we get on the registry, the higher the pull goes which means it increases the survival rate for patients with leukemia and circle sell aanyplace ya. >> marrow donation does not involve long needles in your spine. it's very similar to a blood donation. >> we want to thank the people who are helping bay area foster kids in need by liking us on facebook. our new friends including lily from clear lack, margarita, and you can help make a difference for these foster kids and get mentioned on the news. just like abc-7 news on facebook right now and $1 gets dough nailed to the abc sleep train dream campaigns. >> hundreds of kids and adults look to the skies in berkeley. check this out. lots of colorful kites were flying high at the 27th annual berkeley it kite festival. there were kite building lessons, competitions, and candy

drops. the annual kite festival is one of the largest in the nation organizers say 35,000 people were expected to attend and looks like the winds maybe were just right. >> leigh: they were just right. not overly gusty. winds out of the northwest up to 20 miles-per-hour. which is perfect kite-flying weather. and anything over that they're going to be all over. the tentacles will be all over the place. beautiful weather across the bay area. the fog bank sitting off the coast but did manage to push off nicely this afternoon. live doppler 7hd showing you that as well. it's clear the malin headland down to ocean beach but we're picking up. daly city, to moss beach, and half moon bay, just a little bit of patchy fog, all of this will migrate inland later on this evening. it was thanks to nice northwesterly wind component that gave us a nice clearing this afternoon and warmer

temperatures. today's highs climbed into the upper 80s to low 90s income extreme east bay location. antioch, 089. 91 in cloverdale. 65, san francisco. 61, half moon bay, and san jose, 78. currently we're still warm inland with 85 in concord. 90 in antioch. 62 in san francisco. 83 in santa rosa, and san carlos right now, a little bit of light fog there. -- not fog but low cloudiness creeping in. 72 degrees. here's a look at our highlights. we're going to keep things clear this evening. the low cloud will redevelop overnight tonight and bring some coastal drizzle in. it will be a sunny, mild day for monday afternoon, and then as we head into mid-week wednesday and thursday, get ready for nice warming, back into the 90s inland. so, as far as lows are concerned. clear early, then the low clouds

move in much of the bay area uniform. mid-to-low 50s. with oakland, 55. overnight tonight, 53, for san francisco. interior east bay, where your still holding the 80s and 90s right now. probably dip down into the mid-to-low 60s for overnight lows. here is the setup. high pressure will continue to build inland. could bring us a little more fog on tuesday. so a little slight nip our temperatures. that day, and then by wednesday and thursday, rebuild in, and that's when temperatures start to warm back into the mid-90s across east bay locations. we're going to keep a close eye on this low. it's start took bring monsoonal moisture in through the sierra, and if you have camping plans you may see an isolate thunderstorm or two. we clear the fog back by 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. look for 60s at the coast, and out towards the delta, lloyd 0 to low 90s.

83 for san san jose, campbell. coast, 60s in the north bay, look for 90s. 81 for pet human half. oakland tomorrow, 74. 78 for union city. '90s concord. the seven-day forecast, slight dip because of the fog on tuesday, and then mid-90s by mid-week, interior east bay, and -- i see mike shumann. >> he's not bringing you weather. >> i'm available. >> leigh: we know. >> ama: shu is here talking sports. >> mike: not two ahead. the 49ers put on the pads for the first time. it's time to shine. the top draft choice, a.j. jenkins, came to minny camp out of shape and didn't get a great

first imexpression sass a result he was chowd out by the media. he had to learn what it takes to be a pro, and jim harbaugh defended his young receiver. >> for those the describes, pundits, so-called experts, who have gone as far as to say that he is going to be a bust, you know, should just stop. i recommend that. because they're making themselves look more clueless than they already did. go on record, a.j. is going to be outstanding football player. >> mike: got to love a coach who defends his player. >> giants lineup changes daily. panda on the dl. scutaro, and burris designated for assign; but didn't faze the dodger. up one in the fourth. cruz drives in a run. two rbi.

2 or men in blue. dodgers' ace, clayton kershaw, striking out seven, including brandon belt in the seventh. mark ellis, bringing in cruz on a single. 4-0 dodgers, never shut out the giants in two consecutive games in san francisco. kershaw went the distance, getting pagan to ground out to end the game. dodger sweep the g-men, didn't give often ryan in the final 20 innings. 4-0 the final. as in baltimore where you get to watch the game and get family portrait. baltimore, behind for the wild card spot. weiter, the shot in the third, 4 or o's. a's couldn't fig out the rookie pitcher chin more strikeouts in one game by a tie wineees player in major league baseball history. orioles avoid the sweep with a 6-1 victory. >> nascar's afamed indianapolis motor speedway for the brickyard

400 and a familiar name in the winner circle. never a good thing when your engine is on fire. 30 laps to go, jimmie johnson passes greg biffle for the lead and would hang on to win his fourth career brickyard 400, tying jeff gordon as the only two nascar drivers to do so you get to kiss the brick at indy. >> let's go to the senior british open. fred couples and bernhard langer neck in neck. couples goes out in fashion, making consecutive birdies, including this 25-footer on 18. 3-under 67, two, stroke victory, add as first open championship to his masters title in 1992. pga, canadian open. scott piercy made this chip on 15 puts him in the clubhouse at 17-under. mcgert, needs this par putt on 18 to force a playoff. can't be short on that put. 54-hole liter, garrigus, need

this birdie to force a playoff. comes up short again. scott piercy wins for the second time in his career. >> fine round of the lpga evian masters. what a day for park. five birds on the back nine, including the final three holes to win the tournament. the nice 30-foot birdie on 18 to seal the deal. first win since the 2008 u.s. women's open. olympic update. spoiler alert. if you don't want to know the results from team u.s.a. today, look away and come back when the music stops. ♪ >> more from jim harbaugh and hot rods in sonoma at 11:00. >> tkú

>> ama: coming up at 11:00, the latest on james holme prepares to be arraigned in court. encouraging news for the economy as house sales jump tonight at 11:00. the "the dark knight rises" is number one for a second week in a row. the latest in the batman series. but in another $64 million this weekend for a total of 289 million in just ten days. but the movie is still lagging

behind the staggering numbers of the predecessor, "the dark night" ice age is second with 13.3 million, the watch opened in third with 13 million. revolution, the fourth film in the franchise, in fourth. and ted, with $7 million. that's us for us at 6:00. our next newscast is at 11:00. don't pouring but our cool new alarm clock app for the iphone. download it for fro from the

>> right now, hollywood heavyweights stir up some supernatural trouble in "the watch." >> that's not true. >> we are nothing but outstanding citizens in this movie. >> sigourney weaver gets into politics. >> it's very, very juicy, delicious stuff. >> working it, with "the babymakers." >> i like to say there are bank job movies and our movie is a sperm bank job movie. 33 and "happy endings" gears up for another go! >> i can't believe we're starng a season three. it's kind of mind-blowing. >> we're rolling out the red carpet now. >> hi, i'm sigourney weaver, and you're watching "on the red carpet." >> welcome to "on the red carpet" from the historic ford theatre in hollywood. i'm rachel smith.