good morning. thank you for joining us i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. campus police are in the middle of an all-out search for a domestic violence suspect. the suspect escaped custody overnight following some sort of dispute. the suspect is still believed to be in hand kufs. officers are now sweeping the stanford campus. terry mcsweeney will bring a live report shortly. also new, all lanes of westbound highway 24 near orinda are open after a fatal accident involving a motorcycle and vehicle collided before 2 a.m. the driver of the motorcycle was killed. he may have been struck by another vehicle after the initial crash. authorities detained a person

at scene. an investigation is underway into what caused the accident. westbound lanes were closed for an hour. share the rolled, share your bart train. bart is about to start an experiment that could make things more crowded. amy hollyfield is live in the east bay. what is bart trying? >> reporter: katie, are you ready to try something new bart says it is willing to give it a try. how do you feel about skip this step, instead of parking your bike and climbing onboard the train, skip this step, take your bike right onboard with you. they are going to start this tomorrow. you can take your bike even bart. they are only going to do this on fridays just month. then they are going to be interviewing a lot of people to find out how it works. right now there's a bike blackout on bart weekdays from 7:05 to 8:50 and then in the afternoons to 6:45 you cannot

take your bike they think the rush hour trains are too crowded. however, bart officials realize allowing weeks -- allowing bikes would increase ridership. bikes are still not allowed on the first car even during the experiment. bike advocates hope people won't try to shove their bikes on a packed train. can we all get along? that is the question that is being asked. that's what they are going to try to resolve. a lot of people are saying they do this in new york, why not here. starting tomorrow fridays in august. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. this morning san jose police are looking for shooters who wounded two men last night before 8:30 near intersection of warm springs drive. two men in late teens suffered nonlife-threatening injuries.

their names have not been released. suspect goes away. this morning richmond police detectives are asking for the public's help in finding the killer who beat and sexually assaulted an elderly woman. she died tuesday night, six months after she was attacked. she was found bloody and barely conscious three blocks from senior apartments where she lived. investigators say they do not have leads because she never regained consciousness enough to answer questions. >> i don't go out late when it is dark. always i go with my children. >> the police department is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whomever is responsible. oakland's police chief has started moving officers assigned to community policing

to crime reduction teams in an effort to put more identifies on the streets. the chief previously said he would wait until after he unveiled his plan to the city council in september. yesterday, the city auditor released a report that found the department wasted two million dollars of taxpayer money on technology that was rarely or never used. monday, a federal monitor was critical of the department's compliance of court-ordered reform. san francisco police trying to explain why officers failed to search a homeless man's car after he admitted to having a rifle and shotgun inside. officers had encounters with robert johns twice. the first time he surrendered two guns. police officers placed him into psychiatric care after they say he threatened his family but they never searched his car. officers arrested him july 22nd. he a shotgun, 14 knives and

ammunition. >> think it is serious enough we are happy we got this weaponry often streets. in light of what went on in colorado a few weeks ago there's a lot of people making that connection. we don't know we have such a connection. >> the chief says he stands behind the decision not to search his car in june even though police had probable cause. investigators believed he plan to sell one gun. johns remains in custody. south bay has the strongest job market in the country. jobs related to high-tech and business investment are in high demand and the surge is becoming more widespread. according to the labor department the number of jobs in the silicon valley increased by nearly 4% in the last fiscal year. the san francisco, san marin region had the secondest strongest market increasing by 3.6%.

east bay 1% increase. 4:36. state finance officials hope to complete a much anticipated review of hundreds of special funds by tomorrow. they want to see if if more money has been hidden. last week governor brown's administration discovered leaders in the state park system hid more than 53 million dollars by not reporting it for a dozen years. officials are making sure accounts from the 560 special funds matches balances with what has been reported. finance officials acknowledge there could be as much as 37 billion dollars hiding inside state coffers. health warning for swimmers. east bay regional park district says the level of coliform bacteria in the water at shadow cliffs exceeds health levels but not enough to close recreation at the reservoir near pleasanton. swimmers are advised to not swallow the water, take a shower and dry off early after

their swim. high bacteria readings are not uncommon after hot weather. northbound lanes of i-5 are closed because of a raging wildfire near mount shasta. 350 acre fire erupted 1:30 yesterday afternoon 10% contained flames destroyed one building. 100 others are threatened forcing evacuation. the forest service is warning there's a high to extreme chance that fire will continue to grow. 4:38. we have a couple of warm days nothing dangerous. >> this morning just a little fog over my head, you could see the light shining through it. definitely out there, mainly hugging the coast trying to spill across san francisco redeveloping along the east bay shore wasn't thick, didn't get mist or drizzle on my car.

our worst visibility along the coast. we'll keep our fingers crossed across that like yesterday we won't have flight arrival delays. jet stream north governed by high pressure that means quite a spread of temperatures now the moisture trap in the lower layers by that sinking air clouds around the bay and coast through 7:00, clear inland mainly in the 50s santa rosa could drop to 49° over the next couple of hours. by noon 70s and 80s inland. showing up around 66 in oakland, 58 in san francisco, lunchtime temperature. 4:00, low to mid 60s along the coast in san francisco, 70s around the bay shore, 80s to near 90° inland. 60s and 70s around the bay. 50s to near 60 along the coast. tomorrow temperatures drop two to four degrees. two to eight degrees of

cooling saturday. saturday and sunday, below average mid 80s inland for the warmest spots. mid 70s around the bay, near 60 at the coast. frances has traffic. good morning. bart reporting no delays as well as ace train number 1 moving on time. if you are thinking about taking bart, bring your bike should be okay. 680 walnut creek good southbound towards highway 24, all lanes of highway 24 reopened following much earlier fatal accident. san mateo bridge good to go both directions no problems westbound out of hayward. one more stop in the south bay, problem-free for headlights moving northbound on 280 up towards cupertino this is highway 17 out of santa cruz mountains heading towards downtown san jose. 4:40 now. hanging by a thread. next, a hiker clinging to a ledge is saved in a dramatic

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sedans. toyota will notify owners by mail. two men are okay after being rescued from the water off san francisco's ocean beach. they were among the bystanders who waded into the surf late yesterday afternoon to rescue a different group who got caught in the riptide one was a 13-year-old boy with everyone made it assure except the two good samaritans. they were pull out by firefighters and lifeguards. they were fine. frist know sheriff says he's never seen anything like it. one of his deputies executed a death defying move to save a hiker losing his grip. he is from santa barbara after a wrong turn and a couple of falls he was stranded two days. he was hurt and beginning to lose his drip on the small he was on. he thought he was about to fall to his death then he saw

half a dozen rescue crews. he tried grab a rock as he started sliding. a deputy saw he was about to fall the deputy sprinted up the side of the mountain grabbed bishop and pushed him back on a safer spot. he was taken off with a tether line he's expected to recover. president obama signs off on possible covert aid to rebels in syria. what is involved, next. new information there may have been warning signs about the alleged colorado move think theater shooting. details coming up. growing excitement over this weekend's landing on mars. going where you have probably never gone before. how doctors may be able to give you a pill to find out what is

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the microclimates are out once again temperatures will look like yesterday within a couple of degrees 60s along the coast in san francisco, 70s to near 80 around the bay, 80s and 90s inland high pressure still sitting over the high plains. all major airports have got green that means running on time severe weather north of denver today. california all airports on time. flight tracker any time you need it, abc7news.com. we want to update you on breaking news from stanford university. police in the middle of a search for a domestic violence suspect. police tell abc7 news that suspect scott foster escaped

custody overnight believed to still be in handcuffs in his late 30s and weighs 200 pounds, 5'8. police are warning residents con campus to lock windows and doors and stay inside while the search continues. terry mcsweeney is gathering new information and will bring us a live report from stanford coming up shortly. abc news has obtained exclusive report about james holmes suspected shooter in the movie theater massacre about warning signs and whether the university could have or should have taken action. tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: this morning, questions about whether there were warning signs before james holmes allegedly carried out the colorado movie theater massacre. the psychiatrist, dr. fenton who was treating holmes at the university of colorado was a key member of the school's threat assessment teams. documents show fenton wrote

the policy on threat assessment. denver affiliate reporting that by early june dr. fenton notified other members of the team about her concerns about holmes' behavior. but june 10th, three days after holmes bought an assault weapon the ph.d student told the university he was quitting. according to what -- to sources the larger assessment team never had a formal meeting and never intervened, thinking they had no control over holmes once he left. experts say the exit should have been a red alert. >> you should intense efforts not walk away. under those circumstances, most well trained threat assessment teams would have gone into action. >> reporter: listen to what the chancellor claimed this week. >> to the best of our knowledge we did everything that we think we should have done. >> reporter: those words are being challenged as those close to the victims wonder could this tragedy had been

prevented? tahman bradley, abc news. president obama has signed a so-called intelligence finding authorizing covert aid to syrian rebels. the white house is declining to comment on reports that the cia is helping give aid to syrian rebels and the state department is supplying radios. syrian opposition activists say regime forces have swept through neighborhoods south of the capital in a deadly overnight military operation. syria's news agency says army forces have killed and arrested a number of militants. mike joining us with the forecast. a little cooler, can we cool down now? all this heat. >> yes hard to sit home in the air conditioning and sit and wonder how much money you are spending, but it feels good. free ac for everybody this weekend. good morning. here's some of the clouds

hanging around the marine layer just a little deeper and more fortified with moisture no mist and drizzle reported right now. doppler is showing the cloud cover and how extensive it is. but it is not picking up any rain or drizzle we are off to a dry start this morning. temperatures mainly in the 50s until you get to antioch and livermore, 61 and 60. santa rosa the cool spot, 50 you may drop into the 40s the next couple of hours. low to mid 50s around the monterey bay and inland. today the same concord 91, san jose 83, san francisco 67. fremont 81. oakland 73, one degree warmer today and santa rosa about five degrees warmer that's where we see the biggest change. south bay 80 milpitas, 87 loss -- 87 los gatos.

sausalito 72. mid to upper 80s north bay valleys. 70s east bay shore. low to upper 90s east bay valleys. low to upper 80s from hollister, gilroy, morgan hill. traveling the state look how hot from 99 chico, 101 sacramento, 100 yosemite. 104 palm springs. fresno 106. 85 tahoe, 74 afternoon sun san diego, l.a. about 80°. tonight like this morning, possibility of drizzle along the coast, most of the clouds into the bay inland mainly clear 50s to 62 in antioch.

let me load the seven day forecast one where we'll have significant cooling trend. there you go going to drop a couple of degrees tomorrow, saturday and sunday nearly 10° cooler around the bay and inland steady monday, tuesday, wednesday. is our traffic steady? really steady. no major problems. here's a look at the golden gate bridge not much fog into san francisco, westbound 80 for headlights moving through berkeley, drive time only 18, 19 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. a major connection ramp closed in cupertino both directions of 280 to 85, as well as 85 to 280, connection ramps are blocked until 6:00 this morning. they usually pick it up before the scheduled time but detours are in place if you are heading through cupertino.

right now everything flowing well 101, 87 and 85 good on the peninsula as well. this weekend nasa has a date with mars. the curiosity rover is preparing to land on the red planet after traveling 125 million miles give or take. the spacecraft carrying the rover will perform a complex landing on the surface of mars. an astro biologist in mountain view is nervously awaiting its arrival sunday night she will be analyzing data from top of the rover that laser can shoot beams far gets seven meters away she will be performing chemical analysis of pictures of plaza -- plasma clouds. >> were will be able to say that rock or target is interesting and we should go there and maybe dig. >> curiosity is scheduled to

land 10:31 p.m. sunday. after landing the rover will spend two years studying whether the area has environmental conditions favorable for life many you can see a mock-up of the rover about the size of a mini cooper. a company says it has received fda approval for a digital pill that sends information to your doctor from inside your body. it carries a sensor the size of a grain of rice that can transmit real-time data from a patch on your stomach to your health care provider. helping doctors make rapid adjustments to make cases and treatments. it passes through your digestive tract. a similar pill has been available in europe since last year. young woman being called a hero after strength and courage. lauren's father was working on his car when it fell on top of

him, crushing him. his 22-year-old daughter lifted the 2 1/2 ton car off her four. -- off her father. she has lifeguard training she was able to get her father's heartbeating again it had stopped. he's still in intensive care but his doctors say he's going to be okay. we continue to follow breaking news on the sanford campus. huge police search on for a domestic violence suspect. residents are being told to lock doors and stay inside. terry mcsweeney is on the scene with the latest. taking a stand. huge crowds coming out in defense of traditional marriage and popular fast food chain. six flags reveals when the superman ride will open, days after a glitch that left a dozen passengers stranded. latest on the investigation into a near @