[ inaudible ] >> reporter: here's video of the man being arrested. officers are still working on charges he will face at leave stolen vehicle and evading officers. at this point, police tell us they don't know who this guy is or what his record is. what made him feel like he needed to run from officers for so long. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. 4:32. this morning investigators trying to determine the cause of a suspicious brushfire in los gatos. it started before 6:00 last night next to highway 85. the fire destroyed three cars and two sheds before firefighters were able to control the flames. residents were worried the flames were going to reach their homes. >> as soon as we saw it we got in the car and everyone else

was getting out of the building. we made sure we could get out okay. >> witnesses told investigators they saw several teenagers running from the area when the fire started. no apartments were damaged. victory for south bay muslims who had been trying to build a center for half a dozen years. the center would be built on a vacant lot. there were accusations of bigotry and intolerance during yesterday's packed planning commission meeting in san jose. the islamic community has been asking for a use permit to build the community center. the center would contain a mosque, hall and cemetery. >> we should not be held to different standards than other places of worship. >> i'm concerned about the traffic. >> the thinking is this has to be with being a bigot, it is not that.

the fact is these people live in a flood zone, rural area. >> it is about ignorance. >> in the end, the planning commission voted unanimously to grand the permit. opponents say they will appeal. this morning, san francisco police inspectors are searching for a person of interest in a diamond heist murder investigation. detectives released this sketch of a suspect they say he was the last person seen with the 28-year-old found murdered in his apartment on diamond heights beautiful two months ago. police say he had been bound and gagged last seen getting into a cab with the suspect in front of a castro street bar at 1:30 a.m. on june 12th. >> >> san joaquin sheriff's department trying to identify remains of a teenaged girl and fetus found inside a well near linden. police say they were likely two more victims of the so-called speed freak killers.

remains were found in march with the bodies of two others. the still unidentified remains appear to be those of a mixed race girl. shermantine is on death row at san quentin, herzog committed suicide in january. gay rights activists planning to protest at chick-fil-a restaurants across the country today in the form of a kiss-in to protest the company's ceo stance against same-sex . wednesday was a huge success for the restaurant chain the company says it set a one-day sales record as thousands stood in line for hours to show support for the restaurant. the ceo publicly admitted he was against same-sex marriage. san jose's police chief facing resistance within the ranks. budget cuts and shrinking

morale could lead the police officers association to take a possible no confidence vote for the chief. one police union board member is trying to get a vote. the communications director says the chief has a tough job now. >> the chief did not create budget shortfalls. the chief did not create the recession. the chief did not create the pension challenges we have over the next 5 to 20 years. what he dealt with, not through anything he has done is with a shrinking budget. >> item appears on the poa agenda. the board could decide to take it to a full vote or let the issue drop. mayor quan is distancing herself from a "new york times" magazine article that quotes her as saying certain police officers were out to get her. she said police were trying to send her a message when her car was immobilized two years ago for unpaid tickets. her statements in the article

about oakland and the occupy movement threatened to worsen already strained relations between her and members of the department. quan acknowledges making those comments. she says she was just talking about what people were saying, not what he believed. the times reporter kept trying to make her say things that put her at odds were police. in an hour the labor department will release the latest jobs report. analysts expect a fourth straight month of weak hiring. they expect the unemployment rate to remain around 8.2%. california's unemployment rate is the third highest in the country, 10.7%. time for a check of weather. mike said cool down, i felt here. >> did i encounter a little mist? >> you may have especially through the caldecott, driving into the clouds, maybe a little mist hanging around there the clouds are thicker this morning.

welcome to friday. mist is all you will find, no drizzle that means it is not falling from the clouds right now. most visibility at the coast 2 1/2 miles half moon bay everybody else okay. clouds are thicker and lower hanging than they were at this time yesterday. as far as 7:00, most of the clouds around the bay out to the coast, drizzle possible at the coast, temperatures hang out in the 50s like we are now. lunch, clouds back to the coast, 50s, 60s and 70s around the bay, 70s and 80s inland. as we head towards 4:00, one to seven degrees cooler than yesterday. 58 at half moon bay. by 7:00, you need a light jacket. as far as our cooling trend deeper tomorrow. warmest weather will be low 80s inland, upper 70s around

the bay, near 60 at the coast. let's get that first check of traffic. we made it to friday! traffic light now, no delays at the bay bridge toll. roadwork as you head towards the oakland maze northbound 880 to eastbound 880 lanes are blocked scheduled until 5:00 this morning. with this live shot not causing a problem for commuters on northbound 880 to eastbound 80 this westbound 80 traffic out of emeryville. low clouds and fog across the golden gate bridge right now you can see the lights across most of the span, not too bad. we'll check out the san mateo bridge off to a good start, no major problems, just roadwork in cupertino connection ramp north 280 to south 85 blocked until about 6:00.

next, investigation expands into the fatal police shooting of a florida man along the central california coast. belmont burglary caught on camera. police say showing the video to the public helped them nab the suspect. even veteran cops are shocked by in photo, a gun toting 6-year-old in stockton.

good morning. welcome. thanks for joining us on this friday. you are looking live out over the bay and the bay bridge in the background. bay bridge the scene of a police chase. mike will have more information about your cool down. >> chase took an hour. tips from the public lead to

the arrest of a burglary suspect after the crime was caught on camera. belmont police arrested 32-year-old john bentley at his home after they leased a video. the video shows a man walking out of the home where the burglary was committed, loading a suitcase into his mercedes and driving off. he lives near the crime scene. he was still in possession of stolen items from the hope, including that suitcase. this morning, -- this morning highway 1 in santa barbara county has reopened. it was closed for several hours after police shot and kill a man following a long high speed chase. the suspect got out of the suv with a again and threatened two police officers -- with a gun and threatened two police officers with a gun. authorities received calls of a man brandishing a gun at other drivers. a 5-year-old stockton boy is in child protective custody

after police discovered a photo him sitting in a child safety seat holding a handgun. police state was being used as wallpaper on his father's iphone. police say one of the guns they recovered appears to match the one in the picture. >> because what is going to happen is, this kid is in this type of lifestyle growing up with guns, drugs, potential gang violence, they are going right into that lifestyle. >> police found several thousand rounds of ammunition, more than 10 grams of cocaine and 100 ecstasy pills. 4:44. alleged terror plot continues to unfold this morning. next, investigators say three suspected al-qaeda operatives plan to launch attacks in the u.s.. >> the billions the irs may have unwittingly refunded to identity thieves. a wayward seal found in hawaii.

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50s at the coast, 60s and 70s around the bay, a few 90s east bay valleys. the rest of the country, still hot around st. louis, dallas, phoenix. 100 to 106 there. low to mid 90s eastern coast. 81 portland. all major airports around the country and all of them are showing green that yellow around minneapolis dipping into nebraska where we expect severe weather today. all major airports here on time. with extra clouds there may be delays at sfo. flight checker abc7news.com. 4:47. investigators in spain have arrested three suspects they believe are al-qaeda operatives. they say they had explosives

with plans to fly to launch their new attack. they had timers and enough explosive -- explosives with them to blow up a bus. at least two of the men had been practicing flying light aircraft believed to be motorized paragliders. the suspects may have intended to use the innocent-looking pleasure craft for a deadly purpose. >> you can see under the by lot there's room where they could put explosives in the past as we've seen a suicide vest where he would carry the explosive on his body and perhaps detonate as he flew into a crowd, a stadium where he could make that terror attack that would create fear. >> the paraglider would add to the already creative but lethal bomb delivery systems. at the united nations today, the general assembly plans denounce syria for attack on its own people an

pep low and damascus. also demanding that president assad's regime keep biological weapons warehoused. the resolution is expected to easily pass. kofi annan resigned as u.n. envoy saying the country was never willing to embrace his plan. investigators for the irs say they may have added more than five million dollars to identity thiefs who filed false tax returns for 2011. 1 1/2 million fraudulent returns went undetected a million more were discovered in time in one case a single address in lansing michigan was used to file more than 2,000 tax returns, more than three million dollars in refunds went there. in another case hundreds of returns were deposited in a single bank account. firefighters battling a growing wildfire in shasta

county near reading hope to have a handle on the fire by sunday. right now it is 20% contained. 300 firefighters continuing an all-out assault since it broke out wednesday it shutdown the freeway almost 12 hours. flames are threatening 100 homes. investigators the fire has destroyed one building and appears to be human caused. let's check in with mike for a look at the forecast. it is ironic that st. louis has been as hot as phoenix. >> same amount of humidity too. corn not sprouting ears almost like the dust bowl days, for us cooler, more humid this morning you may notice when you step out and a little breezier gas mileage was less driving from east to west into that sea breeze as came into

work. as far as conditions now you can see quiet here in the embarcadero down towards the bay bridge at one point you couldn't see the top of the bay bridge gives you an idea of the ebb and flow of what we are dealing with. we have very quiet conditions with live doppler, just sitting there and spinning, waiting for the precipitation to pop and it is going to be better tomorrow that we may see drizzle in the morning especially long the coast. 50 antioch and mountain view the rest of us in the 50s around the monterey bay and inland low to mid 50s. today about one to seven degrees cooler than yesterday. san francisco 65, oakland and san jose, 72 and 82. concord drops seven degrees. cloud cover increasing through the morning as we head towards

noon it will pull back to the coast then sea breeze will start to kick in stronger keeping the coast in the 50s. 60s around the bay, 70s, 80s, 90s inland. let's start in the south bay, 78 milpitas, low to mid 80s for everybody else. on the peninsula low to upper 70s. millbrae 68. 50s along the coast daly city 58. mid 60s downtown south san francisco, sausalito 67. 74 san rafael. 76 vallejo. beaches cloudy upper 50s. richmond and berkeley stuck in the upper 60s. low to the mid 70s for the rest of the east bay shore. mid 90s from san ramon valley to brentwood. 63 monterey, 72 santa cruz, 85 morgan hill.

scattered thunderstorm possible around palm springs at 106. we have a chance of an isolated storm out and east of the bay area tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow will be the coolest day in the forecast we drop another four to 10° away from the coast slow warming trend will begin sunday couple degrees everyday until temperatures get back to average next week. no major accidents. roadwork on eastbound 80 through berkeley cleared right now. the middle lanes just roped during mike's report right here look -- just reopened during mike's report right here. caltrans crews are on their way everything should be open by 5:00. contra costa county, also good start this friday as you head southbound this is the north main exit, southbound 680 good towards highway 24 the connection ramp, no problems through the san ramon valley. can't find any problems

anywhere just roadwork not bothering too many folks. live shot in 280 san jose, this time headlights are northbound on 280, heading up towards cupertino this is 17 just right out of the santa cruz mountains moving across your screen. you can see traffic light right now. we'll also check out the ride in the north bay, southbound traffic moving well past the marin civic center drive time from novato to the golden gate bridge, 20 minutes. this morning list are trying to determine if a blown tire caused a deadly crash involving a double decker bus near litchfield, illinois, 55 miles north of st. louis. the bus slammed into a concrete pillar after the driver lost control one passenger was killed, 38 were hurt. the vehicle is owned by mega bus the largest cubside bus operater in the u.s. traveling from chicago to kansas city.

americans are smoking fewer cigarettes but using more loose tobacco and cigars, because they are cheaper. the cdc says the use have wiped out the declines in total cigarette consumption. loose tobacco is used to create roll your own cigarettes enough was sold last year to make 17 1/2 billion cigarettes. health officials say best way to stop people from using the alternatives is boost the price. looks like suntans aren't just dangerous. researchers guano 'tising dark patches on fish like you -- researchers began noticing dark patches on fish like you see researchers say it is skin cancer. longtime fishermen say they've noticed the patches for several years. the area lights under the earth's biggest hole in the ozone layer australians have

the highest skin cancer rate in the world. that seal that showed up in hawaii is on her way to the bay area. the seal was found on the north shore earlier this week. they usually live in the waters around russia and alaska it is the first time a wild fur seal has been discovered in hawaii. the sausalito center will take care of the animal. the city of san jose has a generous donor to thank for two new soccer fields the gift of about four million dollars maybe the largest private donation to the city by a local resident. the complex is already in the planning stages. the fields will have a professional quality artificial turf. the donation covers the original 3.1 million dollar cost of the project with a surplus to add a second field. the city council will accept the donation next week.

environmentalists say california's solar energy policies are helping prevent blackouts this summer. the group says a growing number of homeowners are taking advantage of new options, including leasing panels. every customer takes a little pressure off the state power grid. california public utilities are required by law to use renewable resources to produce 30% of our energy by 2020. it is 4:57. we are tenning to follow breaking news. -- we are continuing to follow breaking news. more on the police chase that had sparks flying across the bay bridge. why california nurses are kicking in a million dollars to help the governor's tax initiative. slumber party in the middle of at&t park. terry mcsweeney

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-- good friday morning. thank you for joining us, i'm eric thomas. and i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >> reporter: good morning. we've got video of this chase you have to see this. a car that led police through four different counties in a pursuit that lasted an hour. chp got the call that local police needed help 1:45 this morning, chasing a stolen car. they pursued him through solano, alameda, contra costa and san francisco counties. they put outstrips he did run over them but kept going driving on his