dropping the issue. >> would that would require for the governor to require. >> romney says he'll only release two years of the tax autos president obama says he's disappointed by the two year prison sentence imposed on a russian punk band. two members of the group pussy riot were arrested. >> this video has just been released and may shed light on how a 21-year-old arkansas man shot himself to death in the back of a police car. >> and that man's family is questioning how they missed a handgun when frisking him. >> and video from a police officer's camera showing him daysing a drug suspect. the officer being use a.accused of using excessive force. >> more details on the top story. a police chase and crash on

880 in oakland. >> this is the story. >> traffic slowing nicely. we're going to show you what it looks like. >> the suspect was handcuffed and kept face down on the ground. police had guns pointed at the man. the car car overturned and several lanes of northbound 880 were closed creating a back up. and police say they tried to stop the driver because they suspected it was a stolen car. the pursuit happened after officers tried to pull the car over when this driver sped away. several cars were hit including this one owned by a union city family. the yuck boy was strapped in a

car seat and not hurt. they were on their way to six flags discovery kingdom. >> this baby was sleeping next to me. and i turned back, the glass was shattered and the car was upside down. >> and he hit us and there is a van, and a truck. >> what did it feel like? >> big bump. >> and no one suffered major injuries but the suspect put inside of an ambulance and will be taken later to jail. that car was pretty banged up. and they had to leave here in a taxes yeechl they seem to be doing okay. >> thank you. >> sky 7 hd captured another back up caused by a truck

between a suv. the suv was towing a boat. and this happened near scott creek road. lanes closed an hour and a half. no one was injured. right now, bart is back on track after reports of smoke shut down service today, white smoke coming from an electric substation prompted officials to stop service. trains at the stations stopped running. >> there is a compromise in the works at napa state hospital over how workers can now safely carry personal alarms. and fears were realized when a patient choked an employee with that device, abc 7 news is here now with the developments on the controversial lanyards. >> this is a head shaker.

guards will tell you don't wear anything around your neck but this week, issuing lanyards and it took a day before a worker was choked. >> napa state hospital executive work autos you pull down and it activates and if you yank, it breaks away. >> that is how it works and employees showed me what happened wednesday when an employee lanyard was pulled from behind. >> and this patient started grabbing it and choking him like so. >> and the employee is recovering and will be back to work. workers wondering why the hospital is asking them to wear lanyard that's don't break if they're grab frtd back. >> we're in a place where we have something dangerous. we're going to have to play out these next 10 day autos

this psych tech says it's just going to be 10 days because yesterday, the hospital ordered a batch of metal clips that will hold triggers. once in, any employee prefers the belt clip can use it instead of the lanyard. and there are some saying until then they'd prefer to die them around their belt autos we're looking at that. they're measuring against the belt clip and evaluated and we'll see what he can do. >> this hospital union reps say it should be a no brainer. >> it's their necks. it's our necks on the line. it's their necks right now. >> and a number of employees refused to wear lanyards and after advised by supervisors to wear them around their necks administrators decided to let employees come to work. there will be no action.

i'm told, for refusing. >> thank you. >> there is a major warning from a fire chief after an overnight fire killed two men and officials say the amount of stuff in the house kept firefighters from rescuing victims in time. amy holly field has the story. >> there are temperatures saying there was so much stuff there was a hard time getting to victims. >> if this took longer than it normally would that would be free of the debris. took about 20 minutes to get the first victim, then 10, 12 minutes to locate the second. >> she says it would normally take a minute or two. and both men inside died. >> loss of life is always disheartening but i'm confident that the crews here did the best they could in rapid response and a search to

get them the best response, humanly, as possible. >> take a look at the garage, firefighters say this is a snap shot of what it looked like inside. there is one firefighter says two of the three rooms had stuff stacked to the ceilings and in the kitchen, you couldn't get to the sink. >> i had a hard time walking through. the crews did an incredible job trying to attempt rescue. >> people in the neighborhood say that they can tell there was a possible hoarding issue here without going inside of the home. >> and when you look through the windows you can see piles and piles of thing autos firefighters say it appears one of the men did get up and try to escape. and neighbors say the other man was bedridden. >> they were nice people. one of them was real sick. the other one was a good guy and took care of the other one. >> firefighters say there were a couple rooms where there was stuff piled to the ceiling. and the chief says hoarding is

more common than you might think but called this an extreme case. >> and there, the weekend is upon us. let's get a check of the forecast. >> weekend. and there is some cooler weather, partly cloudy skies and there is a little bit of fog, of course, we'll be slow to cool down. overnight, this becomes mostly cloudy skies into tomorrow morning. there are high clouds and there might be a sprinkle or two in the wee hours of the morning near the coast but there is not a significant chance of rain so let's perish that thought. there are high clouds around into afternoon hours, high temperatures from upper 50s to 60s at the coast to upper 80s inland. and there is warmer on sunday

and from there i'll give you the accu-weather forecast. >> the government kicks off an important initiative today to help keep kids safer this summer. >> and facebook stock hits another all-time low. but it it the bottom? latest news coming up live from bloomberg west. >> and michael finney taking your questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact michael on twitter and facebook.com/michael finney abc 7. >> taking a look at the skyway. it's hefy and breezy out there as you can tell by the way the camera is jumping around. traffic on the left tried to make its way across the bay bridge. easier for drivers heading south to the peninsula and points beyond. stay with us.

this afternoon the federal government launched a crack down on children being left inside hot cars following deaths of eight children nationwide in just the first week of august. the look before you lock campaign reminds parents to double check vehicles before walking away. >> just doesn't have a profile that you can say rich, poor, young, old, smart, stupid thchl can happen to anyone. >> and one key tip to remind parents their children under the back seat leave the purse, brief case or cell phone next to the child so you won't forget either when leaving the car. >> there is more welcome news for chocolate lovers. a stud gee shows eating a coco drink or eating a chunk of dark chocolate can help brain health in older adults.

and doctors warn about changes to the diet. don't overdo this. >> business news, apple stock hits a high. facebook sinks to a new low. we're live from bloomberg west with today's after the bell report. hi, emily. >> hey, larry. the tale two of companies. stock hitting a record high $648 a share, facebook plunges to a record low, $19 a share. facebook's slide and two trading days became eligible to sell flooding with up to 271 million new shares. this has been one of the worst lock up explorations in history. and there is noshl network wiping $46 billion off the cap. and facebook plunged 50%, apple has risen almost 23% in

the same period, market value soaring past $600 kbrinl today in part because of a new report from jeffries that says the set in s.in production and could be on the market before the end of the year. that this mini ipad is in production. and meantime, nokia making two popular zynga game that's will be available free on the phone, nokia faces increased competition in emerging markets. also provides 100 million new users. >> and ibm says it plans more acquisitions in storage industry. and there is terms not disclosed and the deal will

allow ibm an all flash storage system. >> and a jury has started deliberations in the trial of doug whitman founder of whitman capitol. prosecutors say he used illegal tips from company molds to make trades on fwoogel. gsh -- google. and markets today, stocks rose after better than expected economic data. and your bloomberg silicon valley index higher on those shares. and all right. get this. it's no laughing matter but an ipad stolen from steve jobs house ended up in the hands of kenny the clown. he says he had no clue it belonged to jobs adding the friend gave to it him. the friend was arrested for

robbery. he allegedly gave a second ipad to his daughter, both have been returned to the jobs family. >> at bloomberg studios in san francisco, i'm emily chang, larry, back to you. >> thank you have a great weekend. >> and shaping up to be a terrific weekend. a cool down in there. >> there is a cool down with clouds around and sunny skies sunday, so today a sunny day. there is a live view from our sutro camera. if you can see puffs of low clouds and fog, mainly blue skies around the bay area. and let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. there are coastal fog around the coast as well. and there is well to our east over into the sierra there are scattered thunderstorms with lightning strikes and near

tahoe area, widely scattered showers and there could with more intense tomorrow, temperatures 62 degrees in san francisco. and 78 fremont. 68 in oakland. and 94 at our hot spot, antioch. clouds and fog increasing and sunny skies and warmer sunday and monday. there is what's happening tonight. fog at the coast and increasing clouds and there is lows into mid to upper 50s this, is coming our way. this low is off shore and still lifting northward and dragging up moisture just a stream of clouds. and there is some moisture content. high clouds moving through the bay area and very early

morning hours and what you'll have are cloudy skies and that will fuel more thunderstorm activity. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies in the south bay. high temperatures into upper 70s to low 80s, 72 in san mateo. redwood city, 76 in palo alto. and there is 60s in half moon bay. 63 tomorrow, and north bay highs into low 80s. there is 69 in oakland. 74 union city. not like today, mid to upper 80s and here is the accu-weather forecast. there sunny skies sunday and monday. highs into low 90s, then, starts to cool down just a

little bit into mid week next week. there is a pleasant week ahead, sunny skies and dry all the way through. do prepare for clouds tomorrow. >> looks nice, though. thank you. >> love the forecast. yes. >> and tom hanks taking on a new project involving a former president, details just ahead. >> and a parody taking the internet by storm starring a look alike of a bay area engineer. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 a major decision could park a big online shopping spree here in california. >> taking a look now at traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza have you fast track you're going to move through here but if you don't you're going to have to wait a little bit to clear the toll gate. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

tom hampkz taking a look at a u.s. tragedy and whitney houston's final film hits the big screen. >> details in today's report from on the red carpet. >> the stars of "sparkle" shined on the red carpet. the film is a remake of the 1976 classic. she plays one of three

daughters in a former girl group during the 1960s, whitney houston plays their mother in what turned out to be her final film. >> any good work from any of us is in great part due to whitney's willingness to see we all shined in this moment. >> "sparkle" hits theaters today. >> halle barry's custody battle, she wants to move her 4-year-old daughter to france. her exopposes the move. tom hanks is working on a movie based on the assassination of john f kennedy. now to new jersey and the home of the boss. it's a bruce springsteen look alike contest for tiny rockers. and there is first prize

included a month of free child care. >> mission to mars now has a music video of course. >> that is tremendous. and that is supposed to be a look alike to nasa flight engineer known as the nasa mohawk guy. and i just feel like i should stop watching. and he is from oakland and they're going viral on you tube with this. so far over 800,000 hits seems like they're on the way to

millions. >> that is a drop of the bucket. >> i know you're a big fan. >> aren't we all? >> there is more including radiation worries on treasure island. problems with the city -- where the city wants to build homes. >> and taking a look at wealth. which cities are on track to become the richest. >> new device helping lifeguards do their job.

we're following breaking news. sky 7 is live over maplewood avenue. there is a shelter in place order, police check out a device here near middle field road. the situation began around 2:45 this afternoon. and we only know it's a suspicious device. residents being told to stay inside. you can perhaps see the fire department is at the scene. we'll bring more information as soon as we get it. >> there could with a glitch in san francisco's plan to put

high rises on treasure island. showing higher levels of radiation that had been disclosed and it's more wide spread. we're live on treasure island with the story. wayne? >> that is right. welcome to treasure island. it's windy and sunny and green and radio active. and this does put a wrench in the works and gives fodder to critics. >> there are reports saying as much as enough radiation, 400 times standards for the site were found sox think they it's significant enough. >> if you believe the signs and a report treasure island is glowing with more radiation in places than a report in 2006 said. this is enough to throw

another wrench to build towers here for 20,000 residents. maybe it's a convenient excuse to shell the project from tony hall. hall described it as an impossible empty promise and says the city, state and the navy knew about the radiation all along. >> people have to wake up. they have to wake up. and the fantasy island spin has been going on 20 years, time to tell people the truth. >> this authority did not return our phone calls today. we did hear late from the california department of public health. it told us it did not consider clean up activities being conducted to be dangerous and says it will be keeping an eye

on it. >> residents forced out of homes in eastern san diego county because of a wildfire are being allowed to return today. and there is a rare look from a water dropping helicopter this, is video performing a drop over the 22,000 acre that broke out on sunday. today, orders were lifted for the communities of ranchita and none burned. state officials believe lightning was the cause of the fire. >> the president called for mitt romney to release more of his tax returns today. and this pressure saying he paid more than 13% in taxes each year over the past decade. the on yamma campaign called for romney to release five years of returns. and the republican camp saying

the president is more interested in his opponent's tax returns than putting people back to work. >> there are three members of a russian all girl punk band sentenced to two years in jail for what moscow officials call hooliganism. a song critical of vladimir putin drew those charges. and the case has drawn outrage from music celebrities and diplomats around the world. >> a survey predicts people in singapore the richest in the world. and this projects annual income of $138,000 for singapore residents by 2050. this predicts americans will be the fifth richest in 38 years with a six-figure average income of $101,000 per

year. >> and i headed to new york for an interview with katie couric on the set of her new talk show "katie". she and her staff are in full production mode. >> what is the biggest challenge facing you now going forward? >> learning to work in a whole new venue. i had people out in the plaza in the today toed show. i opened and talked to people. but to have people sharing at you the whole time and i get a lot, energy from the audience and they're so nice and enthusiastic but it's just taking getting used to. some of the time there is a commercial break i feel like i should be entertaining them, i should sing, juggle or tell a joke, i'm just standing there and they're sitting there and sort i feel like what should i be doing? just getting ajusted is the

difference. and having an hour show where i'm the only person on the "today show" i had colleagues that i worked w on "evening news "oit was 22 minute buzz very structured. and little cross talk but this is an hour just to figure out how much i can get in. i want it to be packed with information. you still have to pick things you're willing to leave out. and there are 44 minutes that is also slightly -- when you're tackling a big subject. >> is the idea you're going to stay with one subject per show? or is this still a work in progress? >> the answer i think is c. work in progress but i think it will be as long as the subject, or individual requires. if hillary clinton wants to

talk about her experiences as soos i'm not going to be like coming up next divorced dads or whatever. and there are some topics and maybe interview that's can be done well, in less time. so this is going to be dictated by the topic and person on the particular show. sometimes we'll have two segments, sometimes three. and i think that we'll see it -- see how this plays out. >> and it debuts september 10th here on abc 7. i asked her one of the questions posted to our facebook page. she's going to answer that coming up tonight at 6:00. >> what is it about? >> you'll have to listen to find out. >> and she said i can't get inside insight. >> she was terrific and down to earth and a lot of fun. >> and there is coming up a

remote controlled life guard? promising to reach swimmers faster when human lifeguards are at risk. >> there is today's q and a just ahead, i'm taking your questions and you can contact me on twitter at m finney and at facebook.com/michael finney abc 7. i'll answer your questions live in just a little bit. >> from our east bay hills camera, we'll see high clouds arriving and i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> taking a look at traffic on the golden gate bridge this, is sort of one of the instant slow downs just a moment ago things seemed to be moving well across the bridge here, but you can see traffic backing up trying to get into marin county. stay with us.

this won't get noticed for a brait sun tan but the newest life guard on the beach could make body surfing safer. it's called emily. and this is controlled from the shore and allows human lifeguards to reach swimmers faster. >> they remove -- remote controlled floatation device similar to a smaller version. and this is powered by thrust

from the water shooting through internal jet. it's remote controlled and will go speeds of 20 miles per hour. >> that is reaching the person in trouble long before the life guard can. and is being used around the country now. last week making a ocean rescue in oregon. >> a group of little leaguers from indianapolis stepped up to the plate to help out a competing team at the little league world series. the team learned their roommates didn't have enough clothes or shoes to go around so those kids called on their parents to to organize a donation drive. they connected more than enough for the ugandan team. and you know petaluma is still alive and well and you can watch their game coming up against tennessee on sunday. >> and this should be fun to

watch. >> nice weather today. and there are very warm and thunderstorms over the sierra. thunderstorms this afternoon, tomorrow they should be more wide spread and perhaps intense. taking a look at highs of 95 in yosemite. 96 chico and sacramento. 99 in fresno. 90s in los angeles, pretty warm there. and there is a typical summer spread in effect. high temperatures from only 57 at pacifica to 69 across the bay in oakland to 90 inland east bay. there are is a 30 degree or more spread. there is a food festival. and there is vendors creating a vibrant community.

there is partly cloudy skies and temperatures upper 50s and milder by mid afternoon. by 3:00 mid-60s in the city z at 7:00 will be breezy and cooler with temperatures of about 61. enjoy some food! >> chow down. >> yes. yes. >> and we want to thank those of you who contributed to the foster kids dream campaign. and there is stephanie m from walnut creek to. like us on facebook click the thumbs up button every like will help make a difference. >> there is a new lawsuit ended making part of silicon valley more bike friendly. some are questioning whether it'sness rism we'll have a live report just ahead. >> can a used car dealership force to you pay more money if

you already bought a car? i'll have the answer to that and more of your questions from facebook and twitter and e mail coming up.

there is an effort in sunnyvale to make it more bicycle friendly allowing to sue if harassed or injured by a driver in a traffic accident

and phone shallly collect triple damages and how is this law being received? >> this is everyone we talked to say they hadn't heard of the law. it's been in the works for the last year. sunnyvale has been making efforts and installed 80 miles of lanes over the last two years and this new law takes efforts to a new level. and some bicyclists raised interesting questions and they're curious about how this will work. some wondered if it's necessary. leaders say it would make it possible to secretly in civil court against the driver and if they bring a case to court and win, the driver could be liable for triple damages and court and attorney fee autos there is a car oriented network. there is no way they can

compete with a vehicle when a car is in a situation of violating rules of the road. so this does help to raise awareness. >> and this this is fashioned after ordinances that have gone into affect in two other cities, los angeles and berkeley. sunnyvale bicyclists say they have been in a few different accidents but they say it's because drivers are not paying attention, and it's not because those drivers are trying to injure riders so a lot of the bicyclists were wondering how often this law would be used. i did talk on the phone with the author of berkeley's law. he says to his recollection it has not yet been used in court. >> and michael finney is here

now answering questions that people sent him and we'll start with gina h asking how can i file a claim reporting a pot hole i hit and dented my rim. >> that is a good question. they are actually responsible for any damage there. it's tough to collect. here in san francisco many cities do it like this, you go online and to the city attorney office. there is a claim against the city. there is a form, fill it out and hit send and there are sometimes they'll pay, but generally they deny it and that starts a potential lawsuit this next comes from joyce h. a friend used a gift card. the server told him he had to pay sales tax in cash s this legal? >> how weird is that? >> that doesn't make sense. >> that is odd. >> they can do it because there are aren't any rules on

what a gift card with pay for or not. i never heard of this before. they probably legally can do it but why would they want to do it? send me the name of the restaurant we'll ask them that in person that. is too odd. you're supposed to show up with pocket change? >> matthew asked i bought a car and now they're claiming they under charged me and demanding i pay or return the car. can they do that? >> they can. if you take a look... >> that is odd. this is back in the day. car dealerships would be open late at night before the internet or weekend. they'd cut a deal and perhaps information you gave them is no longer correct or maybe you lied to them. they had to roll the car back. and that is still the rule today so somewhere will be written this is not in effect until after paper work goes through and they give themselves 30 days now there

is some dealerships, bad guys will do this with every deal saying you made a mistake because you're out there and you love the car. best way to find out if it's legitimate like made a mistake is you just say fine, i'll bring the car back. because they don't want to take a car back. so this is interesting. >> yes. >> just so odd. >> i say, hey, you're out a thousand, bud, sorry! >> thank you. >> and still ahead, helping children with life threatening illnesses. taking you inside of a camp where children can make friends with others just like them. >> and this is move in weekend for cal. and nervous parents. it's mr. finney coming up at 5:00 why this is an emotional time for parents, not just

because kids are leaving home.

a child diagnosed with a life threatening illness means the family is feked for a lng time and they need support. >> there is a place families can get that support for free neeft bay thanks to the tailor family foundation. >> every birthday is important to children. here in livermore they can celebrate with their families and new friends. this is jack's camp. the tailor family foundation provides this camp for free for children diagnosed with brain tumor autos who has brain cancer? >> me. >> this is my sister, we tried different things for it. i just slung then grew. and slung and grew.

>> this is my brother now there is a little bit of problems with hearing and his brain doesn't work as well, but we're happy he's survived. >> i think i met someone with the same brain tumor as me. it's pretty rare. so that is cool. >> the retreat is offered by the foundation providing a crucial level of support for families so stressed out by their child's illness. >> we came to camp before ashley's second surgery. and we didn't know anybody going through what we're going through. >> the camp director runs a support group for the adults talking about the illness having a ripple affect on the family. >> this is a sibling maybe being left with family members or friends while parents are at the hospital. and financial stress because parents want to be with their child not be maybe at jobs or lose their jobs because of this. >> the camp is personal. melissa's son wasn't even three when diagnosed with

multiple brain tumors and she had a new baby. melissa is my niece. >> this is a feeling each time you get to tell the story to someone who understands. and just doesn't want a one minute version with a happy ending. they want to know details. >> mitch turner's son, aidan was dying notioned with four, his baby brother celebrated his firj birthday while aidan was having surgery. >> it was difficult fr me. i thought i can't do this anymore. seeing how much fun and joy aidan has and friends he has, i was like, i can't deny him that. >> mitch and i work together at abc 7. >> this foundation created by barry and elaine tailor, related to jack of jack's camp. jack diagnosed at age 24 and did not survive, sadly. but he won't be forgoten

thanks to the camp named after him. >> i say there for the love of jack. these families are together. and have this support they never had. >> and children who survive tumors honor his memory every time they come and enjoy camp. >> i think it's great to have everybody here and your family here. and it's just great to get way from the house and tv. >> this place is wonderful for everyone with brain tumors and families just come here and play! and have fun. >> cheryl jennings abc 7 news. >> this is truly remarkable place. and we invite to you join us sunday for a look at the incredible work being done by the foundation. it's a special report hosted by our cheryl jennings called just like me. and this is also on our web site and look under see it on tv. >> some of the kids are so mature, their responses.

>> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> and want to remained you about our alarm clock app. you can down load it for free and get news headlines the moment that you wake up. >> thank you. oakland staggering homicide rate and the new strategy unveiled to help reduce the gun violence in the city. >> also major decision that could spark an online shopping spree in california. >> clouds rolling into the bay area, will we see a sprinkle is in the accu-weather forecast is coming up. >> sky 7 hd is live again over palo alto. there is a shelter in place in effect in one neighborhood. >> we first told but this about half an hour ago. the bomb squad checking out a device found on maplewood avenue. >> there are no other details about what it might be.

and there are residents reporting being stold to stay inside until police give them an all clear. we'll have more information as soon as we can get it to you. and good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> other top story now, a major new effort to try to stop killing in oakland. >> that is right. being called cease-fire that oakland officials hope will reduce the number of shootings in the city. it's bad. so far this year, 73 people have been killed on the streets of oakland, six in the past week. and abc 7 news is live to explain what this so called cease fire is all about. >> good evening. city has been down this road before. and implementing a new strategy only to see limited or no success but this time, they say it's different. and called cease-fire, saying it's unlike anything they've seen before. >> as a person living and working in the city of oakland i've seen lots of plans come and go. >> today,ea