report out slamming a facility for the venl mentally disabled saying it amounts to neglect and mistreatment. in conjunction with california watch part of the center for investigative reporting vic lee has been following this story from the beginning and is live now in sacramento. >> and this is only the cover and a couple pages from this confidential report the entire report is about 500 pages long and this is compile prd inspectors from the state department of public health. officials told us they did not want to comment on a report leaked but this report states the sent jer in danger of losing funding and specifically, medicare. >> two week as yog there was an investigation into the department of developmental services. in particular, in-house police

force, office of protective services. now, this scathing report blasting the center, the largest of the five facilities for people with intellectual disabilities. the report is a damning indictment says health inspectors found conditions impacting quality of care. patients abused, neglected and mistreated. the report said that the ops failed to insure evidence that all violations and injuries were investigated. and this says the center is at risk of losing federal certification. state senator mark leno auj yord a bill requiring o.p.s.to go to outside law enforcement to investigate major crimes. >> if to lose accreditation this would with upwards of $100 million a year. >> this is on the heels of an investigation last month by

abc 7 news and our media partner california watch that say staff member was shooting patients a taser at the developmental center. the health department reporting that it includes a plan to correct violations. administrators say they've made changes but admit more needs to be done. written statement says in part both executive director and clinical director have been replaced. and there are several employees terminated. leslie morrison has been following the center's checkered history. >> we're shocked and displayed about -- dismayed about the report. it reflects a blatant disregard for patient rights, dignity of people with disabilities and discloses horrific incidents of abuse and neglect. >> the o.p.s.and in-house police department have been under fire for years for reportedly conducting lax

investigations into abuses and deaths. he was fired and he pleaded no contest to a charge of possession of a load weapon but... he was never charged in the taser assault. the d.a.is now reviewing this case. vic lee abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and in san jose tonight there is a quick afleft a store killing. michael paul howard is accused of killing a man at a safeway on tuesday. despite arrest pressure is growing on police to do something about a sudden rise in violence. abc 7 news is live with the story tonight. sergio? >> yeah. and just less than to minutes. city and county leaders will be marching with members of our lady of guadalupe parish. you can see there are quite a few people here for that march and there is a lot of candles set up.

this is as detectives make a quick arrest in one of the city's latest murders. police arrested a 27-year-old michael howard in his home accused of homicide in the death of juan mun yoz. paramedics found munoz outside of a store. >> they realized he was vaim of a crime suffering from a stab wound. >> he was the 31 person killed in san jose in 2012 in a year that has seen four more murders in a city. an arrest may be some criticism hurled at the chief by assembly woman campos thchl week, she panned of a letter to step in to help police. a department she calls overcharged. but cops say officers have different roles and city police and any help could have to be tightly coordinated. >> they've been used successfully to assist in

investigating primarily traffic-related incidents so the police department can redeploy resources to criminal investigation autos it's not clear if the city would have to reimburse for chp back up. at our lady of guadalupe church, community members are participating in an event organized by the brother of nora campos. >> nothing against the police department. they're doing a great job. unfortunately they're being spread too thin father john will be heeding the program leading means more than just putting police officers on street corners this is about getting to know a group of officers that we have a relationship with. >> and tonight we're learning more about the victim of the stabbing the family of that victim put out a statement

thanking the community for support and describe the victim as someone studus in that statement they write he had one more year to finish and n.pursuing his dream of working for the irs events here, it's going to march that starts reporting live in san jose, abc 7 news. >> and the brazen robbery in a jewelry store this morning was all caught on tape. there you can see four men burst into hb jewelry store. police say they got way with more than $200,000 worth of jewelry. >> they told to us get down on the ground. if you move, you know, they'll kill us. then... they started breaking

my showcase, started shoving jewelry goods into the bag. >> this took less than two minutes. police hoping images will help them track down the thieves. the robbers seen heading westbound. >> tonight pg&e is facing a lawsuit that could put money in your pocket. it's a class action looking for reimbursement for millions of customers. we are in the newsroom tonight with the story. >> and refund to customers could be about $25. attorney who filed a suit says it's not about the money but whether we should let big companies rip off people. the suit says four million pg&e customers should be reimbursed for fees paid between 1997 and 2010 and says a consultant hired after the

explosion found $100 million supposed to be used for safety was not. >> that went to bonuses and stock payments. it went to millions of dollars paid in bonuses to the ceo. >> some of the money supposed to be used in san bruno. eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed in a 2010 pipeline explosion. >> in 2010 pg&e collected $5 million to make repairs. they didn't spend a penny on repairs. the same year, they paid out $5 million in executive bonuses and compensation. >> this resident is one of two plaintiffs named on the suit representing all customers. >> they keep raising our rates. saying that this is for our safety. and they haven't done that. they use it for profits. i think that should be used for our safety. >> and there are allegations

put forward today. we intend to defend ourselves in court. >> how many times do you have to ask a big corporation to do the right thing? what do you need to do? seems like they need to be hit with a lawsuit. >> there is anyone involved is a plaintiff unless you choose to opt out. >> boys of summer are making a showing at the little league world series tonight. and that is followed by another homer, tonight the crowd has got to be going crazy. john? >> before you came to me there was another home run. the score is now 7-1. the bottom of the third there was a little bit of a set back.

there is a where you should have been here about a half hour ago. we had a grand slam. people went nuts. and this turned into one big party. this street has been shut down outside of boulevard cinemas. there is a piano player here to entertain the fans here. and probably a few hundred people in all. an miss paigs outside was nothing kplair compared to explosion of the excitement. petaluma went into the second inning and the fans here have been eating it up. >> it's everybody here, no matter where you are. it's like a dream come true. wonderful experience.

>> among people who showed up today are a 4-year-old and his family. fans have been running the photo of a boy placed at businesses around town around town. it seems to be working 7-1. and if they win tonight they go on to us us finals on saturday regardless of what happens petaluma is planning a parade here september 2. >> and they need a celebration, thank you. again if they win the next game takes place on saturday. it will be carried live. we don't know whether it will be rebroadcast and be sure to tune in saturday at 12:30. >> can you believe it?. >> and still coming up here tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 the new chick-fil-a franchise and some of the people dismissing a same-sex marriage controversy on the opening day.

>> and helicopter pest patrol. a mosquito district takes to the skies after a long, hot summer of bug bites. >> a woman's credit is damaged over a payment to a bank she never went to. coming up 7 on your side gets her good credit back. >> and also here katie couric showing us how she's going to incorporate social media into the

san jose's first chick-fil-a restaurant is celebrating today. it's been busy all day. supporters say they're planning a big demonstration during the dinner rush.

they're upset about comments made by the head of chick-fil-a. this morning there were no protestors in site. only people carp camping out to get free food. that is what they do p when opening in the country. first 100 customers get a year's worth of free chick-fil-a, one meal per week. >> three people including an infant died after a crash north of cloverdale. patrol believed a silver honda crashed into traffic just before noon. a chevy tahoe then rammed into the honda. you can see results. the crash killed three people in that the chp investigated this crash. >> investigators ruled out arson late today as the cause of a nir a church in san leandro. sky 7 brought thus view of the

damaged church just before noon yesterday. officials now believe the fire started accidentally and there is no word on what it will cost to repair damage. >> west nile concerns growing in the east bay tonight after health officials determined a dead bird nound a school yard has the west nile virus. the infection comes from two types of mosquitoes so vector and mosquito control put insects under the microscope for testing. they're now spraying to kill some mosquito autos another threat, one that is not deadly is under attack in palo alto. santa clara county vector control is taking a step of aerial spraying.

and and this is a clear sign the mosquito population is out of control. the summer salt marsh mosquitoes do not carry west nile virus but they're vicious blood sucking biter autos bites look like they broke out with mumps or whatever. they're mosquito bites on the face. >> insects under attack travel five miles, meaning people working on their swing are well within striking distance. >> there are golfers getting bitten. and they were scattering like crazy. >> this is the reason for the aerial operation. sky 7 gives you an idea of the mission, it took more than four hours of spraying to cover some 400 acres. >> vector control says usually it can control breeding in

this area using ground operations but there is a situation prompting air attack. a critical structure kept high tide from flooding this area has failed. >> we have a broken structure allowing much more water than usual to flood the marshes here. >> the stagnant pools are ideal for motorcycle lar vai waiting to hatch. the area was closed to the public during actual spraying, vector control says the product being used is safe. >> there is a bacteria that shouldn't harm any of the other fauna or flora here. >> unless there is a quick fix they say more flyovers may be needed to keep the salt marsh mosquitoes in check. >> they're nasty. >> they are. and weather, nice conditions

out there. and spencer christian is here with the forecast. and there is a live view from our camera. looking westward across the bay, looking at low clouds and fog beginning to roll into the coast across the bay. and pattern we've seen all week long that continues this evening. let's take a look at our live doppler 7. you can see outline of clouds along the coast beginning the push right now across the bay z into inland areas. there is a lot of clouds here. dreary condition goes to the coast. go out towards the bay or inland. there are 76 in fremont. low 80s in concord and fairfield. 88 in antioch. so warm inland east bay. these are the highlights. areas of fog and low clouds tonight. cooler days this weekend and warmer next week. and there is fog moving

locally across bait and inland. not very wide spread. and low temperatures into the same range we've seen all week long into mid-50s. starting at 5:00 tomorrow morning and during early to mid morning we'll see fog burning back to the coastline. there is high temperatures into upper 50s to around 60. 60s to 70s into bayside locations and 80s into warmer spots. upper 80s in locations so on we go. there is a sunny skies and highs into upper 70s for the most part. 78 san jose. 79 in campbell. there is 74 in redwood city and mountain view. there is 62 degrees downtown tomorrow, 61 into sunset district. upper 70s to low to mid-80s tomorrow, and upper 60s to

mid-70s into the east bay. highs into mid to upper 80s there is mainly 60s near the bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. there are temperatures cooler with highs into low to mid-80s, bouncing back next week. >> thank you. >> still coming up a big question on cal train. will she or won't she? >> this couple tells us why this is

the ponderosa fire is now threatening homes and billing. and today the state department boosted its count of structures destroyed by the wildfire to 84, up from 50 just a day earlier. the fifr is about 60% contained and burned 27,000 acres in shasta county. >> and australian tourist plead nod contest in the death

of a vacaville girl on vacation in hawaii. the charge was negligent homicide. the 20-year-old tourist posing for pictures and not paying attention when the jet ski he was riding on collided with the one vacaville girl that was on. she died sadly the next day. felony animal abuse charges filed in monterey county mother and daughter accused of hoarding 100 cats. some dead or sick in their home in seaside. these are nearly 50 -- there are nearly 50 survivors. the spca says most are doing well. and right now, they're considered evidence in the case against the women and willwill not be available for adoption until the case is closed. >> you better stash your ledgic gadgets. the warning from police after a recent increase in robberies. oakland pd reports robberies up 24% in the western part of the city. lease say they've seen more robberies including phones and computers.

>> sometimes, people watch you. they wait for a crime of opportunity. when you're not paying attention, you'll become a victim if you're not vigilant. >> if you're in restaurants you may have been at or going to and from, some of our business districts, maybe conceal your cell phone. >> some happened on bart trains and others in parking lots and bus stops near stations. >> do you know where your poushouse payment goes? you might be surprised. michael finney straightening out a problem with a bank she'd never heard oof a deadly fast approaching. there is a controversial short cut to get measures to the governor's desk. >> and the planning now underway in case hurricane isaac invites himself to the republican nationa

good evening, again. a controversial push this evening at the state capitol. >> it's a back door process giving measures quickly during frantic final days of the legislative session. however, why some call this under handed and worse. >> this bill died once in committee. >> a controversial practice called gut and amended is part of the last minute tradition among lawmakers to get their bills passed during waing days of session. >> this compromises opportunities to par tis pait in the government. >> lawmakers make a measure approved by several committees then empty contents and add in another bill n one case ate lous nurse practitioners and other nondoctor dwrorz continue performing aborgss in a pilot study. it's a weaker version of a earlier bill but insures

expanding access. >> there is a shrinking availability. yet we have a need. it's a legal right that women have. >> and critics say six days before the end of session is not the time to revive a bill. >> now to have it gutted and aamendedded with no ability for the public to come voice their opposition again is absolutely inexcuseable. >> the senate president defends this practice. it would allow ballots that are postmarked on election day to be counted and slowing deliver rye gut and amended is sometimesness troy deal with the present situation. >> ask one bill dealing with air pollution would allow up to two million undocument immigrants to live and work in california to pay state income taxes. there has been debate, when it was an nish five.

>> this is major kol polsy. we've been having conversations the better part of the year. >> i have seen gut and amended just hours before session ends for the year. in sacramento abc 7 news. >> fbi is investigating a threat against todd akin, who made headlines when he said womens bodies have a way of preventing pregnancies in cases what he calls legitimate rape. and fbi fwhot say what kind of threat the department is investigating. >> happy to move past the akin controversy, mitt romney turned his campaign message to the economy once again today and told a crowd a plan will get america moving again, including better schools, more trade, cutting spending and

increasing off shore oil drilling. >> by 2020, we're able to produce 23-28 million barrels of oil per day. we won't need to buy anymore oil where we don't want to. >> in wisconsin first lady michelle obama gave a rousing get out the vote speech. >> we believe in this country, everyone should do their fair share, that means teachers and firefighters shouldn't pay higher rates than millionaires and billionaire autos a new poll shows romney leading the president 45-44%. >> tropical storm isaac is baring down on the caribbean now, forecasters say increasingly powerful storm could hit florida monday, and the republican national convention begins there monday night. and this is being storm

prepped now there. is a possibility the convention could be delayed or moved. >> i'm not going to speculate. we do have plans for a variety of issue that's could arise but you know we're moving forward. >> isaac expected to arrive in florida with the lowest risk but that may force air lines to cancel flights with no way to get to tampa. mark matthews will be covering that convention next week and will be in north carolina for the democratic convention as we'll there is some consumer news, if you use an auto pay system you may feel confident bills are paid on time. >> there is one woman that doesn't realize payments were go together wrong place. >> and this st owe so much in the marketplace. companies buying each other out you know know who you're

doing business with. and there is the case for her it involved her house. >> it's frustrating big banks have this power to ignore you. >> susan brian is talking about her three-year struggle to fix a mistake that wrecked her credit over a payment to a bank she never twont. >> he they couldn't tell me why that happened. >> this began in 2009. susan received a notice from ci tismt i bank mortgage saying her house payment was late. she zrnt a mortgage with citi. her lender financed this house she owns in virginia beach. her auto pay service sends in the payment. why the late notice? why from city bank? >> apparently citi mortgage bought my loan two years prior. and they had not informed me.

>> turns out citi mortgage bought abn mortgages in 2007. susan says she never received a notice there was a new lender. for two years, she had been sending her payments to her old bank and two years, those payments were forwarded to citi mortgage. susan didn't know about that, either. then, in 2009 payment nose longer forwarded to citi. that is when trouble started. >> i received a letter from citi mortgage saying that my payment was late and that they're sending a leter to credit bureau it showed up on the credit report. she told citi mortgage this wasn't her fault. she'd made the payment to the wrong bank. >> took my mortgage, failed to tell me that. and when this comes twoup years later i find out you own my mortgage. >> she says the blemish made it hard to refinance her san

francisco home. >> which i did but at a higher rate than i should have had to pay. >> three years after the notice the ding remained on the report. and she was still pleading her case to the bank. >> he said who do you think you are? someone special? >> citi saying she considered her dispute frivolous. there would be no further corresponds. susan had enough. >> i went to 7 on your side. i said this is not right. >> we contacted citi mortgage which declined to discuss this case. however, it did finally agree to remove the late charge telling us we're pleased this matter has been resolved and apologize for any inconvenience. and appreciate abc 7 bringing this to our attention. >> i received a letter saying we're so sorry that you have been having a problem and we're going to send to the credit bureaus this was a mistake. they d after three years. >> thanks to citi mortgage for

responding. and it's not uncommon for banks to buy ask sell mortgages. it's important to read notices and try to keep up on any change goesing on. and if there is still a problem with that, go to abc 7 news.com and click on 7 on your side. this is, you know, everybody thinks i've got the loan with this bank. >> they're wheeling and dealing. all the time. >> still to come unsung heroes get recognition they deserve. >> we'll have that and the cal train proposal. why the train was the perfect hello?

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tonight wall street takes a plunge, dow jones fell amid signs of a stalling global economy. and hewlett-packard fell 8% after reporting a hunl loss today. facebook ruled out a major upgrade of the iphone app. and facebook hasn't pig out how to deliver advertising to users and microsoft unveiled corporate logos. they were introduced in seattle and boston today, sending a signal microsoft changed thinking about how people are interacting with technology.

>> san francisco fire department honored several people for acting quickly to save lives. they included two women that saw a 21-year-old sasha mccanyon collapse while exercising in an apartment building workout room. they realized his heart stopped and they gave him cpr and followed first aid instructions this will firefighters arrived. >> i felt comfortable doing it. i'm so glad we were there to do that. there is no way we're going to let him go without help. we would have done anything for sasha in that moment. we don't know him. >> the chief pointed out though rescuer arrived within minutes of being called, often makes a difference between life and death. >> that is remarkable. >> a way area man proposed to his girlfriend at the spot where the couple met four years ago on cal train in san

francisco. >> i thought cal train would be the best place to do that. i got her friends and family onto the train and she had no idea. >> and maggie sheldon was blown way by the proposal and family members and friends who sang her favorite song. what a moment! >> that is ku. what a great idea. >> and coming up next katie couric ask her day at twitter. >> she tells us how she plans to incorporate social

abc 7 news got an exclusive look inside twitter's new san francisco headquarters today. the first time television cameras have been allowed inside. it was also an opportunity for katie couric to talk about her new show. >> this is beautiful. >> starting with a garden katie couric got a special tour around social media giant,

twitter's new headquarters from the state of the art open floor plan to gourmet cafeteria. the social media giant took over multiple floors after san francisco mayor ed lee broker a deal to deep twitter in the city part of a plan po revitalize market street. and couric talks to the employees about how she plans on using social media in the talk show "katie". >> and she opened up about the first time she realized how personal twitter could be. >> i tweeted by dad was experiencing delirium in the hospital. he was 90 years old. >> she was overwhelmed by the response. >> the response was so gratifying. i heard from e.r.nurses. i heard from doctors and other people who had taken care of

aging parents. >> she found comfort in knowing others could relate. >> i mean i learned a lot from these people. there was a sense of community there. it was really wonderful experience for me. >> i know that is cheesey but i feel kind of close to people on twitter because there is a certain i think authenticity in the way we communicate with each other. it's been a positive experience. >> you can join the conversation when katie premiered here on abc 7 on september 10th. it airs at 3:00 right before abc 7 news at 4:00. >> that is nice to have her here today. a lot of fun. >> and there is a look at weather on the bay, san francisco bay. america's cup continues and

it's going to be a lovely day, friday. looking for sunny skies mostly. just wispy clouds around. winds 15-25 knots. temperatures upper 50s to around 60 degrees. summer spread there is a high of 58 degrees in pacifica. on the coast and across to oakland milder there. there is a high of 68 degrees moving to the inland east bay. will be warmer with a high of 89 degrees. there is a 86 in fairfield. 80s in santa rosa. 90s in clear lake. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a cooling down over the weekend. highs back up into upper 80s and 70s around the bay. >> this is a nice time of the year. >> mark s and larry and nicky

m are the people we want to single out tonight for taking part in the sleep train dream campaign. and for every new like we get there is $1 going to help foster children. just go to facebook.com and click on the thumbs up button. >> stay with us. this gets better and better. petaluma prevails. >> why tonight's game came to an early end. stay with us.

join me tonight at 9:00, coming up, caught on tape, flames burst into the sky of a louisiana freeway. why sending fire and smoke into the air was no accident. >> and talking about concerns over west nile virus at hoek here on abc 7. we'll be there. crews begin spraying in the east bay. there is a look at insecticide being used to combat this disease coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> there is one of the best city stories in sports in a long time. >> go, petaluma. >> wait until you see this kid in highlights. the little leaguers, what a wonderful run. it continues. they took the field tonight. one win from reaching u.s.

championship game. there are the boys from texas that needed more than that. petaluma strikes first. there is a grand slam. and 5-0, petaluma in a flash. how about back to back jack's quentin gago? there is two hits for petta luma. there is a second home run of the night. there is a strike out 11 in this game. and there is the mercy rule. petaluma went up 11-1. there is a 10-run lead. and moves into saturday's u.s. championship game against tennessee. that will be right here at 12:30 p.m. on abc 7. >> and a's in tampa. where bartolo cologne supposed to be the starting pitcher tonight. and former cal bear is just

points ahead of the a's. this is your loan highlight. steven drew down left field line didn't lead to runs. wheels falling off in the bottom of the 5th. there are runner was a base hit. two batters later matt joyce there is a double off the wall. and there is two more runs, and then, evan longoria joins the party. this game was all tampa bay and the final score 5-0. and virginia beach tonight there may be a new show coming to town. nba. there is a the brother that's own sacramento kings will meet with officials from comcast. the goal to relocate to virginia beach. three months ago a deal fell apart after the brothers had

been picking up costs of picking a new arena. and there is fed yechl cup playoffs in new york there is possible passing of the torch here. and finished a three under 68, and on the par five seventh there is a another young gun. saving birdie with a nice chip. and and toddrick harrington who is aknown at seven under. and indy this weekend.

jr hildabrand showing off the ride he'll be racing on sunday. and there is a scarlett and gold paint scheme. >> this is a bonus for me. and there is a drag for goals over the weekend. it's been fun. hopefully we can do the boys proud this weekend. and this should be a cool event. >> and that is probably it. >> thank you. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. closed captioning services, inc.

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