captioned by closed captioning services, inc. good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. ross mirkarimi is at a hearing now on whether he should be allowed to keep his job. >> in the wake of his conviction in a domestic violence case in which he bruised his wife's arm. amy hollyfield joins us from city hall. >> reporter: good morning. commissioners did not want to sit silently today, they have questions, tough questions for both sides. supporters applauded as ross mirkarimi walked into a haerg room with a confident smile and with his mother and wife by his side. the ethics commission will

recommend today whether he should keep his job. an attorney for the city was ready to deliver a 40 minute long closing argument, spelling out why mirkarimi should be fired. but, a commissioner quickly interrupted with questions about the commission's power and the evidence. >> how can an active domestic violence be transfered into saying that is a misconduct in relation to his office? >> reporter: the defense also faced some heat from the commissioner who scolded mirkarimi's attorneys for what they wrote in legal briefs. >> you didn't do your client any favor by starting off your brief by saying at the end of an unnecessary protracted dog and pony show. is that what you consider these proceedings to be? >> umm, respectfully commissioner, no, absolutely

no >> reporter: lots of questions and interactions. both sides did manage to get their arguments in. the panel plans to deliberate over the lunch hour and issue its recommendation while commissioner are deliberating there will be rallies on the steps of city hall and in the plaza for and against ross mirkarimi. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. searchers are still looking for a 6-year-old presumed dead after he and another boy were swept away at yosemite national park. the tragedy happened yesterday afternoon. a family from southern california were cooling-off in the merced river near the foot bridge. currents swept the two boys away. the 10-year-old boy's body was found 150 yards downstream, cpr could not revive him. the 6-year-old has not been recovered. >> yosemite officials dealing with a health danger after a man visiting the park died and another person became sick from a virus spread by

rodents. health officials believe the two were exposed to mice droppings or urine while staying at curry village and contracted the junta virus, there have been four cases this year. avoid areas where wild row denies may be. keep food tightly sealed, remove piles and junk and seal holes. to learn more, including symptoms go to abc7news.com under see it on tv. this morning authorities are investigating another attack on a worker at napa state hospital two days after we told you about the new safety measures to protect employee as the -- employees at the mental hospital. there are concerns the alarms can pose a risk of strangulation. we are told that is what happened. a patient grabbed the lanyard and tried to choke a male tech last night. he was sent to the hospital. he was not seriously injured.

>> the state is taking blame for today's -- tuesday's computer glitch at the department of motor vehicles. the glitch shutdown the system for several hours was blamed on at&t and verizon it was discovered that a router at dmv headquarters caused the problem. another router at the state failed that shutdown the network that links libraries, child services and dozens of other departments across the state. the state insists the two router failures were not connected to the multi-million dollar revamp from a few years back. facebook stock rebounding slightly after dropping to an all time low this morning. shares plunged as 271 million new shares became eligible for on the first day that the post ipo lock-up period ended meaning early investors can now sell their shares. the stock hit a low of $19.69.

down 20%. first day trading was marred by nasdaq glitch an an unimpressive earnings report followed cause the stock to spiral down. right now facebook shares selling at just over $20 a share. in san jose, samsung scheduled to make major announcement in a few hours. the mayor and the governor will be at the 3 p.m. event at city hall. samsung is in a legal battle with apple over several patents. we where getting our first look inside the newly renovated memorial stadium at the university of california. the bears football team is holding its first practice in the stadium today. they've been working on fields nearby, while the 80-year-old facility received a 321 million dollar earthquake retrofit and facelift. cal officials say the upgrades will not only benefit the

athletes but the fans as well. >> we have massive circulation improvements, restroom, food, beverage, sound, light, scoreboards to upgrade it for the fans for the next 50 at the same time restoring the historic elements. >> there have been concern the state would not be finished on time. officials say that stadium will be ready to for the homeowner on september 1st. crowds of petaluma residents gathering now because in less than an hour their hometown team is going to play its first little league world series game in pennsylvania. terry mcsweeney is live at the theater which is broadcasting the game live on espn. you can see from the crowds, they are excited. >> reporter: very excited. they say baseball is the ultimate team sport seems like everybody in petaluma wants to play a role the game starts 12 noon this theater sold out $15

per person to watch the team play its first game together. already this team is the pride of petaluma. >> unbelieve available! -- unbelievable. >> reporter: since saturday's victory over hawaii there has been one topic in the town of petaluma, their boys of summer. >> we are so excited here in petaluma. >> reporter: for others in petaluma, it is more than exciting, it is family. tracy's twin brother is one of the coaches of the world series team. >> i think the whole county in northern california is pulling for us. petaluma is everybody is aware of what this team is doing, making history. >> reporter: it is knowing that your cousin made history. look at this last out at saturday's game the third baseman is his first cousin cole, recording the out that the team into a

conquerer's convulsion. >> always smiles every time they win a championship game, i'm very excited for him. >> reporter: eight u.s. teams out of 4500 made it. the championship game is august 26th. no matter what happens between now and then this team has already done petaluma proud. >> means a lot because nobody has heard of petaluma we are here in sonoma county the first city as you get into sonoma county >> reporter: this is the line waiting to get in, $15 per person to see the game the money going to help the families of the players get back there and stay there as long as the team can last. championship game august 26th. we have family of some of the players still here. they are inside, wayne freedman will be talking to them. we'll have the results of today's game coming up at 4, 5 and 6. go petaluma! terry mcsweeney, abc7 news.

go petaluma! you can watch the petaluma national go up against connecticut at noon. >> that game airs live on espn. i wish we could stop everything and watch that game. >> i wish we could. we have to move on with more news of the day. still ahead, nationwide outbreak of west nile virus. federal officials calling this the worst year ever for the disease. hundreds of cases are confirmed, including two dozen deaths. take a look at this, a boy learns a tough lesson after getting stuck in a very tight spot. the delicate rescue operation, comingor

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. overseas several american troops killed in a helicopter crash. a tell ban spokesman says insurgents shot down the helicopter in the kandahar province this morning, four afghans were also killed. nato says it is investigating and they've not commented on the taliban's claims. in contra costa county, vector control officials are not going to reschedule a fogging in an antioch neighborhood that was cancelled because of weather. mosquitoes infected with west nile were found in an area bounded by wilbur, a street, east 18th and hillcrest. officials say they will monitor the neighbor and

determine whether fogging might be necessary in the future. the worst outbreak of west nile in the country is in texas right now some worry about the danger from the chemicals used to kill the mosquitoes carrying the virus others point out west nile can be deadly. scott goldberg reports. >> reporter: the little pests always are hugely annoying but this year in mosquito country the consequences of their bites go well beyond the itch. >> just killer killer headache. >> reporter: catherine in texas, nearly 700 other americans have confirmed cases of west nile virus, 26 people have died those numbers just scratch the surface. >> from that you can estimate as many as 12,000 people have been sickened by west nile in 43 states half of the cases are in texas. >> reporter: the reason it is so bad, the winter wasn't cold enough to keep mosquitoes from breeding it is now a summertime threat. >> the people who tend to get this worse are people who are

50 and older, healthy, active spending a lot of time outside. theoung seem to handle this >> reporter: in dallas where more than a dozen have died they are about to attack from the air. in north carolina on the ground trucks spraying toxic clouds some worry might be more dangerous than the virus. experts say the best way to fight the bite, is to avoid being outside at dusk and dawn use insect repellents, cover exposed skin and don't let standing water stand around. 80% of people who get west nile won't have symptoms. one out of every 150 will have neurologic problems, those are the cases that worry doctors. scott goldberg, abc news, new york. already seeing clearing flight arrival delays over at sfo, warmer weather on the way temporarily for today, i'll

update you on chances of thunderstorms for the weekend. study out today that finds surprising results about pregnant women and the risk of undergoing chemotherapy. we've her the saying the dog ate my homework. what about the dog ate my money. why this critter is now in the dog house.

talk about a tight squeeze. a young boy in southwest china found him specific in a bad spot after he got his head stuck in a hole on a stone balcony. crews first tried to squeeze him out that didn't work so they brought in the jaws of life. they finally pulled him out. he's crying. after doctors gave him a once over he was reunited with his grandmother doing fine just a few tears. >> he's not going to try that again. >> no. i can see what his parents are saying. >> why did you do that? >> exactly. if you like the clouds they will come back right now they have left as we talked about they would, sunshine over san jose now. as we look from mount sutro this morning you can see a one

finger of fog across the golden gate heading through alcatraz to oakland where it is starting to repeal from the east bay shore. doppler shows how quiet it is. it is spinning up there, looking for precipitation may find some this weekend, right now, at least through tomorrow afternoon it is going to be dry. going to be warmer, clouds moved back to the coast faster today. everybody in the 60s until you get to fairfield, concord, antioch, livermore los gatos low to mid 70s. monterey bay inland more sun, 60s to 72 in gilroy. faster sunshine warmer this afternoon mostly cloudy, comfortable tonight clouds increase and conversely decrease in temperatures through the weekend. today one degree warmer in san francisco, 64, san jose 80s, two degrees warmer. concord and fremont four

degrees warmer than yesterday. most of the east bay valleys upper 80s to low 90s warm spot brentwood 93°. 69 berkeley, low to upper 70s across the east bay shore. upper 70s to mid 80s in the south bay mid 80 being los gatos 83°. lower to upper 70s peninsula. coast pockets of sunshine near 60°. mid 60s downtown south san francisco, 68 sausalito, low 60s beaches north bay more sunshine than yesterday upper 70s to low 80s valleys. upper 60s to mid 70s for everybody else, mid 80s to near 90 inland. better chance of thunderstorms around palm springs 107, a few stray storms around the sierra 101 yosemite, 83 tahoe warmer in the central valley also during the afternoon triple

digits. most of us in the 50s tonight clouds pushing back in 60s around antioch, clearlake and cloverdale. the next 24 to 48 hours, low pulling from us retrograding to the west that's why we saw the sun faster today, highs to our southeast in between a spin, pulling up the moisture from tropical depression hector and that's why we'll see an increase in clouds and a better chance of thunderstorms on either side of the bay on the ocean or up in the seer from saturday and tomorrow heading that way -- watch out for thunderstorms for us temperatures gradually taper cooler than average next week. there's a new european study that says there's growing evidence that pregnant women with cancer can undergo chemotherapy treatments and not put babies at risk. the study followed more than 400 pregnant women diagnosed with breast cancer. they found little to no

evidence of negative health infants on infants. the group found infants weighed less but were not at higher risk of birth defects, blood disorders or loss of hair in the past doctors have told mothers chemotherapy could harm their baby and they were advised to terminate their pregnancies. for the best story ever. arnier 10-year-old beagle from florida is in the dog house for devouring $300. while his owners slept, arnie was cruising the house for a midnight treat discovered the money in his owner's purse and went to work he chewed and chewed and topped with only $25 left intact. >> she came flying out of the bedroom, saying oh no. it looked like he tore every bill apart and swallowed it. >> the family was saving the money for their daughter's

swim lessons. turns out arnie has a track record committing the same offense 7 years ago when he chowed down $100 that time it came out in one piece, literally going to eat his owner the of house and home. >> they should just give him dog food, put the money away. still ahead. >> one man celebrates his 70th birthday in a big way. >> not just jump once the good cause behind

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-- michael finney shows you the best nonstick pans. >> [ unintelligible ] right now we want to thank those of you who have contributed to the sleep train dream campaign one dollar donated for every like. thanks to leslie s san jose. yaki of santa rosa to like us go to abc7news.com and click the thumbs up button or i should say the facebook page. your like can make a difference. >> >> a michigan man marked his 70th birthday by jumping out of a plan he didn't do it once with >> larry jumped 70 times. he's been skydiving for 46 years, 10 years ago he rang in his 60th by skydiving, 60

times. >> he made it safely. he plans to continue the trend and push himself as long as possible. he jumped for a very good cause. >> raising money for a charity that provides trained dogs for the blind that. is live, don't you think. >> absolutely making the most out of it. if you like sunshine even at the coast will get a few peaks this afternoon, -- a few peeks this afternoon. the best chance of thunderstorms if we get any in the bay area north bay and down south if you see lightning or take pictures send it to us. send it to us. thank you for joining us. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.