>> announcer: abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news is in san francisco where police are taking no chances with a vice found in a tenderloin apartment building. terry there have been evacuations? >> reporter: there have been 75 people evacuated from a hotel after a device was found in the basement of that building. that bidding is one block from where i'm standing. -- 605 jones street at geary. the building with 75 people inside, someone reported to police about 2:30 this morning that there was something in the basement, it looked suspicious police not divulging what it looks like. people were evacuated and people are not being allowed to return to their apartments in at joining area.

you see the san francisco police, san francisco fire. the bomb squad is here the lights coming from the back of the bomb squad truck. they are prepared for anything. they don't know what they've got. they have not gone in. they have ambulances standing by, fire trucks and a lot of police. we did speak to someone trying to get back to his nearby apartment. i think -- i mean it is an interesting situation. i live two buildings down. i think it is early to decide and to know what -- with the whole bomb situation. but i would like to find out more details before making any judgments. >> reporter: again, suspicious device, something along the lines watch could be a bomb in the basement of 605 jones, 75

people evacuated. if you go to the intersection of jones and geary and block off traffic for one block in every direction that is the situation down here not much traffic this time of the morning. the bomb squad being methodical in going into the basement to see what it is they've got. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. the deadly crime spree continues in san jose, this morning police are investigating another fatal shooting latest victim 18-year-old shot before 11 last night south king road. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. san jose's 33rd homicide of the year. a few hours from now san jose police holding a conference on the task force plan. officials say the plan will include efforts to quickly apprehend suspects and stop retaliations. they also plan to conduct more

police sweeps to disrupt gang activity. we'll have more from amy hollyfield at the top of the hour. later this morning, police in hayward are expected to release details on a fatal shooting that happened inside a jewelry store. a 911 call in the afternoon from someone inside the store the caller dialed 911 but didn't say anything officers found a 53-year-old hispanic male shot to death. police would not give details. the store buys and sells gold. teenaged driver accused of killing a father and daughter riding their bikes last spring in concord is scheduled to face vehicular manslaughter charges in court this morning. the victim's family say they are angry with the decision that the driver will be charged as a juvenile. david rosen was driving an suv

that veered out of control. he hit the man and his two daughters. the 12-year-old suffered minor injuries. this morning in vacaville, crews remain on the scene of a five acre brushfire to make sure there were no flare-ups. sky 7 hd was over the fire last night. firefighters were able to get it contained last night. flames and smoke could be seen from i-80, no homes threatened. investigators trying to figure out what sparked that fire. lance armstrong says he's giving up the fight against doping charges. in turn, the u.s. anti-doping agency says it will strip him of his seven tour de france titles and ban him from cycling forever. armstrong maintains he's innocent but says he's tired of the allegations and enough is enough. he calls the investigation an

unconstitutional witch-hunt. the usad says it is an admission of guilt but banning him. in june anti-doping officials claimed they had new evidence against armstrong but did not give details. >> it definitely appears to me like it was an unfair process that came after him. at the same time, i think it is an acknowledgement on his part, not spoken, that he is cornered that the charges are largely accurate. >> armstrong says, he wants to devote more time to his family and his live strong foundation. petaluma national all stars are closer in their run of the little league world series. last night they earned a spot in the u.s. championship game. first inning grand slam to put petaluma ahead 5-0. later second homerun put them ahead 7-0. the mercy rule invoked in the

5th inning petaluma beating texas 11-1 setting up a rematch with tennessee. >> the same pitcher, same team and we know they don't give up. i see a lot of similars in them with us they are going to fight to the 6th they've done that in the last two games. we know we are going to have a battle we are happy we get the opportunity. >> you will see that game tomorrow against tennessee 12:30 here on ab 7 -- abc7 we will rebroadcast the game on comcast as well as kgo. wayne freedman will bring us live coverage of the game from pennsylvania. 4:36 on this friday morning. >> it is friday! mike tell us more about the forecast, i'm so excited!

doppler quiet. picking up a little fog quarter mile visibility in santa rosa. good morning. fog not nearly as thick or low clouds as it was yesterday looking for a little more sunshine today, temperatures that are going to be close to yesterday, you can see all this dry air above the marine layer, jet stream well north now, little area of high pressure taking over for today, temperatures running through 7:00 now until 7:00 in the 50s except for santa rosa, 47°, clouds by 10:00 out of inland valleys by noon out of the bay even sun this afternoon along the coast. 50s along the coast san francisco san rafael 70s elsewhere 4:00 60s and 70s around the bay, 70s 80s inland temperatures cool into 60s and 70s by the time we get to

7:00. the weekend temperatures below average now the coolest two days in the forecast are saturday, sunday you could throw monday in going to be like saturday coolest day sunday around the bay area. good morning. you heard terry mcsweeney at the scene of this building evacuation in san francisco streets closed in the area i would avoid that for a geary at jones if you take geary you may want to consider ellis. other than that, not much freeway trouble. there's an accident injury crash eastbound 80 eastbound most heading westbound no delays. it is friday and here's what it looks like at the bay bridge toll it has been busy this week right now good to go. 680 walnut creek flowing well this is southbound past north main towards highway 24. pittsburg eastbound 4 at

loveridge overnight roadwork blocking all whraeupbs detour in place until 5:30. -- all lanes with detour in place until 5:30. next, the fight to stop the spread of west nile in the bay area. crews fog an area where mosquitoes are breeding discovery of a dead bird raises new alarm. frightening scene on a subway platform a woman runs off it with a baby in3q back to school time means back to school germs. that's why lysol partners with schools to help teach healthy habits,

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good morning. it is friday you are looking live toward san francisco buildings and the lights on weekend is just about here. we'll be checking forth cast. mike will tell what the temperatures will be like. frances telling without traffic will be like today. all that coming up. it is 4:41. contra costa county workers completed spraying pesticide

overnight in a brentwood neighborhood hoping to keep west nile at bay. workers with the mosquito and vector control district drove down every block within three miles they used insecticide derived from chrysanthemums. >> not toxic, put out in such a fine mist it dissipates quickly. >> this should meet the threat head-on try to eradicate it. >> vector control hopes the spraying will reduce number of cases of west nile spread by mosquitoes. yesterday they found a black crow with the disease, the 23rd so far. human cases there have not been any this year. check this out. frightening fall for a mother and her 4-year-old in boston. the woman running for a train fell on to the tracks, had the

child in her arms. the woman said she was trying to catch the train on the far side of the platform wednesday and she thought she could cross, but she was wrong. she fell several feet. commuters jumped on to the tracks to pull the woman and her child to safety before a train approached. nobody was injured. nice to see how quickly everyone dove in to help. >> now did she think she could cross over? >> she will think twice next time. the man charged with one of the deadliest murder sprees in europe is sentenced. why the time he will serve is a surprise. senate candidate who made a controversial comment about rape may have more than a backlash to worry about why the fbi has stepped in. contingency planning underway in case isaac invites himself to the republican national convention. it's time to change the way we clean.

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60s along the coast, 60s san francisco oakland richmond mid to upper 60s mainly 70s for the rest of the bay 70s 80s inland like yesterday. around the country coolest weather still around seattle 69 portland 76 great falls 72 everybody else in the 80s and 90s. all major airports green only one area of severe possible in north dakota. back at home, going to be touch and go with san francisco for flight arrival delays clouds not as thick as they were yesterday. flight tracker abc7news.com. 4:46. the norwegian man convicted in a bombing and shooting spree that left 77 people dead will

serve only 21 years for that crime, max. a judge declared anders breivik sane this morning and handed down an immediate sentence he will be held for a minimum of 10 years, norway has no death sentence. breivik went on a murder spree in july of 2011 at a summer camp. he says he did it as part of a political protest. breivik was seen smiling and smirking during sentencing. fbi investigating a threat made against missouri congressman todd akin. he made headlines when he said women's bodies have a way of pregnancies in the case of what he called legitimate rape. he has apologized. inning -- he is continuing to run for senate. the fbi won't say what kind of threat agents are investigating. the potential threat of tropical storm isaac causing

officials to make changes at the national convention delegates will begin roll call vote on the first day that will allow romney to accept the nomination earlier than usual. romney and ryan campaign together today in michigan and ohio tomorrow. tropical storm isaac is crashing ashore in the caribbean this morning and heading west towards tampa, the convention site. tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: tropical storm isaac whipping through the caribbean islands, 600 miles wide winds up to 50 miles per hour, isaac's projected path puts it in the florida keys sunday where residents are getting red. in tampa the republican party has to deal with the storm threatening its convention, 50,000 people traveling into the city. the governor says it is too early to talk about what happens. >> looks like we'll have rain and wind but we'll -- the time

to have a discussion about this is after it leaves cuba. >> reporter: the storm could change security plans for the gop convention, thousands of police officers from around the state are scheduled to be in tampa, but could be forced to stay home for storm duty. airlines are allowing passengers flying into tampa to change their tickets without penalty. 800,000 people live in the evacuation zone, they would be forced to leave in isaac becomes a hurricane. tahman bradley, abc news. abc7 news political reporter mark matthews will be covering the convention next week and in charlotte north carolina for the democratic convention a week later. orange juice prices falling following concerns isaac could cause havoc on the citrus crop. prices dropped yesterday after new storm models showing the

storm could avoid a direct hit. as florida braces for isaac the state is remembering another historic hurricane 20 years ago today hurricane andrew made landfall in south florida the storm slammed into the state as a category 4 storm with winds better than 150 miles an hour. andrew now listed at the third costliest hurricane in u.s. history causing 26 billion dollars in damage. a lot of that was at the air force base they have there. >> homestead, yeah. latest -- several years later it was upgraded to a category 5 there's still a lot of confusion about that. speaking of isaac it keeps drifting west now it is heading towards mobile, alabama which means it could sideswipe tampa and not have affect you don't want to jump the gun but you want to plan

ahead. 4:51, clouds not hanging as low as questioned. they are not as moisture laden easier to get rid of, hopefully more sun today. doppler in search of wet weather for your morning commute, we have fog up in the north bay, quarter mile visibility now in santa rosa, 48°, the rest of us mid to upper 50s dress kids for mid 50s monterey bay inland with cloudy conditions. clouds having a hard time making night the south bay and east bay valleys the next couple of hours 10:00 out of the inland valleys by noon almost out of the bay more sunshine around the bay even a little developing along the coast maybe not as sunny as yesterday in the north bay beaches temperatures in the 50s there, 60s, 70s, more 80s

inland. low to mid 70s peninsula today except for millbrae 68 pacifica 58° mid 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito mid 70s to low 80s north bay valleys east bay shore sea breeze, slower sunshine richmond, berkeley, oakland, all entitle 60s, low to mid 70s elsewhere east bay valleys mid to upper 80s for you. sunshine around monterey today and 66. america's cup winds faster out of the west 15 to 25 knots under a little more sun between 2:00 and 4:00, 56 up to 60°. around the state thunderstorms not as likely in yosemite today 95, tahoe 81, 101 fresno palm springs 100, l.a. and

san diego mid up to effort 70s. temperatures drop tomorrow and sunday we'll slowly warm through next week nothing out of control no rain in this forecast. here's frances. good morning. we are following breaking news in san francisco, terry mcsweeney is live at the scene this is his camera shot. we have streets closed due to building evacuation of suspicious package this is 605 jones at jones and geary the streets are closed on geary as you approach jones from taylor a couple blocks from union square. you can see from the live shot we are looking down this is jones right here and this is geary, if you are heading throughout the area, even throw traffic is light i would avoid it, if you can. we'll keep you posted on that. freeway traffic still looking good, this is i-80 westbound heading through the oakland maze this is 580 here.

eastbound 80 as you head towards -- still injury crash not causing delays. >> san mateo bridge great this is westbound past the toll on the right no problems in san jose, headlights northbound 280 under highway 17. it is 4:54. in taiwan powerful typhoon made landfall before dawn today. it packed winds of 96 miles an hour toppling trees dumping torrential rain. authorities evacuated more than 3,000 people a day ahead of the storm. schools were closed and flights were cancelled. there's been no word of casualties. the federal government warns the state-run levee system protecting sacramento and 15 other california cities not up to code that could mean loss of millions in and repair money the state's plan for maintaining and improving

the levees is not detailed enough and there are other problems, including homes located too close to the levees. the state faces the loss of millions in money to repair the levees after may juror flood and sacramento homeowners could be required to buy flood insurance if the problems are not addressed. san francisco is the place to be if you are looking for a job. new study compared job growth in top u.s. cities for july of 2012 to july of last year. san francisco in the top spot houston number two, denver third. there's a tie for fourth phoenix and seattle, both have seen job growth. measure protecting you from being tracked by police is a step closer to governor brown's desk this morning. the state assembly approve the measure yesterday. for years police have been able to search and follow

people use dag that received from their electronic device. the senator who sponsored the measure says that is not right. the measure would require police to obtain a warrant based on probable cause. the bill does allow tracking in an emergency situation or if someone's life is at risk. scientists may have devised a new way to better protect soldiers from the heat of a bomb blast the key is a new camouflage face paint hides soldiers from the enemy also showeds them from a bomb's heat. when bombs detonate there are two blasts the first a wave of high pressure the second is a blast of heat that can exceed 1,000 degrees fahrenheit researchers say it can cook a soldier's face and hands the material helps block them from the heat this illustrates how effective it is. on the left blocks out heat for 15 seconds to achieve the effect researchers replaced

the carbon base with silicon which is nonflammable. we continue to follow breaking news in san francisco, dozens are evacuated from an apartment building. terry mcsweeney is live with the latest on what forced them out. hundreds of thousands in jewelry stolen in seconds. the smash and grab robbery caught on camera. rabid bats in san francisco, the warning going out to people who live around a popular recreation spot. too many of the wrong eyes on ipads and smartphones bart says it might be time to go low tech on their trains.