stabbed a man during a fight. the man ended up in the hospital after being stabbed at this house. officers say the teen admitted his role when they responded to another call. the victim is in critical, but stable condition. >> at this hour, san jose firefighters are rallying around one of their own who suffered a heart attack battling the fire on thursday. many have taken turns saying with the family at the hospital. doctors say frank ryan is moving and showing other signs of improvement but the 18-year-old -- 18 year veteran of the department is not yet speak oogt one year countdown is on at the bay bridge. >> dal strans is expected to complete work on the eastern span, a project over 20 years in the making. >> we are live on treasure island with the story. heather? >> this might require

reminding if the new bij opens on time a year from now it will have taken 24 years to get it built. had clock counts down and there were 364 days and some seconds until the scheduled opening. the last major project is underway now. and is transfering the weight, or load onto the single cable. that is a job that should be done in november. and there is a lot of work hooking uch to the rest of the kauft yom made light poles have been shipped and installed. the spokesman's planning is in the works for some kind of celebration a year from now. >> all we can say is that we're going to try to do something that harkens back to what was done on this bridge there. is a huge celebration for the

bridge, two presidents involved and a guy gantic pro sessional across the span. >> opening day will be as planned september 3, 2013. >> it's challenging to target a specific day. it's possible that we miss a day. so if we're trending longer with load transfer we may are v.to push that date out. if we do well, we'll pull the state back and open early. >> and we'll see what happens and caltrans will hardly take a breath before beginning demolition of the old one. >> and there is a dunbarton

bridge on track to row open on time. >> cal transsays they're scheduled to update their reopening time anymore now. >> this is the latest video provided by caltrans that shows crews finishing up repair work around the bridge and. >> a laser flashed into the cockpit of a jet blue flight. >> police are trying to determine what is responsible for that. it's a phone shallly dangerous beam of light. >> police investigating an incident in which someone shine aid green laser into the plane of an airplane, a flight to boston taking off last night. the plane three miles away from the airport at 13,000 feet. the pilot called in it and said a green light ill yum lated his cockpit. the flight was able to continue, but san jose police

say this is an ongoing problem. faa reports 20 cases just this year, so far. in los altos, abc 7 news. >> let's go down south, firefighters had a busy day battling wildfires in the mountains of southern california. >> witness williams fire is only 5% contained. >> officials believe it's burning away from homes and other structures and they have ordered evacuations because there is only one road providing access to that area another fire stopped a short time after it broke out that started around 11:00 this morning. >> flames charred about ta acres before crews were able to bring it under control. >> a holiday outing on lake tahoe was a near tragedy for one family it was. a mother and father riding a personal craft one of their children collided. >> this happened in sounl lake. the mother swerved in front of the father, he hit her at 30

miles per hour. >> the couple's 7-year-old daughter has severe injuries to her leg and foot. the mother and 5-year-old son went to the hospital with mood rit skmaed leg injuries. the father was relatively unharmed. >> right now, visitors to golden gate park being warned of several recent coyote signings. >> signs are up alerting people that it's pup rearing season and coyotes may be more territorial. >> several are warning areas the area is off limit. coyotes most active at night and early morning hours. >> republican presidential nominee and wife, ann took their 25 -- 29 foot boat out for a spin in new hampshire today. >> that is the site of the 13 acre vacation home. over the weekend romney kmaired president obama to a football coach with a record of 0 and 23 million a rever yens to the

number of under employed american autos president obama fired back in ohio today, telling the crowd romney should be penalized for unnecessary roughness on the middle class saying he wants to increase taxes while giving multi millionaires like himself a tax break. >> the president will make his way to north carolina for the democratic national convention. >> abc 7 news will be there live this week for the democratic national convention in charlotte. you can get updates by following him on our facebook page. >> what do you want knee tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. >> last thursday the republican national convention, clint eastwood talk owed to an empty chair, many called the event clever political theater, others called it bizarre. the chairman of the republican

national committee gave his opinion. >> i think it was great and here, at the end of the day, it was clint eastwood telling the american people barack obama didn't fulfill his promises and barack obama has to go. >> the president tweeted this seat is taken shortly after the remarks and later added he's still a clint eastwood fan saying if you don't have a sense of humor, you don't belong in politic autos that is probably very true. >> we wind down a holiday weekend. >> spencer christian is here. >> there has been a nice, sunny labor day across the bay area, looks like weather will continue another day. sheer look ahead in our headlines this evening, mostly clear skies, late tonight after midnight there is a little bit of fog forming at the coastline. early morning hours, fog, temperatures from upper 40s to upper 50s, then, sunny skies and mild to warm on the coast.

will this warm weather holdup throughout the week? probably not. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up later. >> thank you. >> and expect to see price changes at the gas pump. why prices are expected to drop and how they're having an impact on car dealership autos worries after the storm, isaac passed but the fear of flooding remains for some in areas. >> michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook and will answer them here live just a little later in the hour, you can contact him also, on twitter. >> taking a look this is an unusual term of events there is the heavy side. you can see it's a slow crawl for drivers heading south.

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actor michael clark duncan after nearly two months of treatment following a heart tack. his fiancee confirmed the news. the 54-year-old never recovered from the july 13th heart attack. he appeared in dozens of films you've seen his face many times but perhaps best known for his oscar nominated role in "the green mile". celebrations of his life will be announced at a later date. >> bizarre allegations about the church of scientology and actor tom cruise's love life. a story in "vanity fair"

claims the church launched an effort to find cruise a girlfriend saying actresses were selected and auditioned by church officials to be the "mission impossible" stars significant other. >> coming on top of the divorce, it's just one more thing. nobody wants to be exposed to articles like this. true or not, if not true it's frustrating. if it is true some of the most-personal moments so i'm sure this is just one more headache for tom cruise right now. >> "tran van ti fair" says officials tried to match cruise up with an iranian born-london raised actress but it didn't work out. officials deny they did match making for cruise. >> listen to this. sometimes it's hard to do the right thing. case in point this serial bank robber in arizona. piz picture plastered all over television, his ex-girlfriend

recognized the man. the man tried two stations, one is knocked and the other finally success at the county jail. and authorities say there is a sure fire way to go about giving yourself up. >> this easy way to pick up the phone, call 911. and let the call taker know who you are. >> that is simple. dial 911, evidently. william in custody, someone wanted to arrest him. his bail at $50,000. >> experts promising lower gas prices on the way. refineries should be back up and running because hurricane isaac didn't didn't do a lot of damage. and it would be welcome news for drivers here in the bay area, here is a look at average prices of a gallon of regular unloaded in selected

cities. high gas prices also have a ripple affect. they're changing our car buying habits. keira clapper explains. >> in daily city, gas prices are the highest on record. gas buddy reports national average is $3.80, up 13 cents from last year, here in the bay area prices for regular are well above $4 a gallon. and these prices for holiday weekend with the new report by kelly blue book suv sales are down. and there is a silver lining are experts an tis ate prices at the purpose won't be this painful once workers return to work.

they also say once demand drops prices expected to fall at the end of the month. >> president obama making a visit to victims of hurricane isaac. it left behind damage out of proportion to strength, interesting enough. >> hurricane isaac is gone but notting for gotten. >> i lost everything. what i have with me now... is what i own. >> it continues today wreak havoc. the pearl river north of new orleans expected to crest today, meaning these homes are still in danger of flooding. and hundreds of thousands have had no electricity and no air conditioning six days. >> the heat index topped 105.

>> and there are zaf, residents told to evacuate unleashing a wall of water 11 feet high. >> this current situation is that everything is stable. >> and this system is forecast to bring heavy rain and flooding but it means short term flooding and beneficial in the long term. and this is especially in the mid west. then, there is tropical storm leslie, forecast to strengthen into' hurricane and likely affect ber huda in the week. and president obama will take a look at the damage and visits one of the hardest hit areas. >> we're enjoying gorgeous weather this labor day.

and take a look this, is a live look, it's the final day this ride had been open there. the hurricane will be dismantled in north carolin carolina -- new mexico and will be replaced by a new one called the under tow. hurricane has been on the board walk since replacing the coaster in 1992. >> and that switching cars thing. >> look how beautiful it was. >> it was. >> there is a sunny stretch and lots of inland sunshine across the bay skpinland. here is an interesting crew from our camera looking towards golden gate. there is our marine layer. you can see tops of the towers

so this is about 700 feet deep or higher than that. there is a how fog is showing up on our radar image. you can see breaks and lots of coastal clouds lingering throughout the day. there is just a stunningly beautiful labor day around the bay area. there is a marine layer, you can see this is sunny now. it's still warm over most of the bay area there is 64 degrees in san francisco and there is a 90s in preem yont. livermore, 95. 87 down south. 91 in los gatos, and santa rosa, 91 degrees, lots of labor day warmth.

these are the highlights. coastal fog developing tonight into overnight hours, it might make a push beyond the coast. warm again, tomorrow, then, partly cloudy skies for mid week and cooler mid week as well. overnight, coastal fog with just a few areas where there is a push inland and there are low temperatures into low to mid 50s and there is a low of 48 degrees, low around 50 in half moon bay. and there are low to mid-50s into other locations. there is some clouds and moisture coming our way, remnants of tropical storm john heading our way. notice we'll see some clouds and moisture moving into the area by wednesday we might see showers into the bay area, slight chance of showers and

tomorrow, there are sunny skies and 78 redwood city. and upper 50s to low 06s on the coast there is low to mid-80s in santa rosa. near east bay highs 77 in san leandro. there are near monterey bay, highs into 70s near the bay up ander 80s inland. we'll be cooling down, wednesday, thursday, and friday. still pleasant inland highs mid-80s. around the bay, mid 70s. just a lovely week of weather ahead. maybe a shower or two, wednesday that, will be interesting. >> yes. it will. >> thank you. >> and coming up next, a prince with a sense of danger. sort of.

why a member of the british royal family repels down europe's tallest building today. that story. and hollywood action star calls in the authorities. i'm rachel smith in los angeles. who needed help, just ahead. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 water patrol duty goes to new depths to sniff out a big, invasive problem in lake autos let's go outside again. bay bridge toll plaza. there are cars facing you head together city. cash is not king today. slow going if you don't have fast track. stay with us.

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6. coast guard comes to the rescue in real life for actor russell crow and all that have is in today's enter taintment report from on the record carpet of here is raishel sming. >> a movie star has to call in the authorities. russell crow and his friends kayaking and got lost. the coast guard on a routine patrol when they heard calls for help. crow paddled to the boat, and hitched a ride back to huntington bay. michael jackson apparently worse than believed before his death. new e mails show the his

health had concert promoteors worried in the weeks leading up to his dental. l.a. times obtained 250 pages of e mail messages saying jackson was out of shape and consumed with self doubt putting his tour in jeopardy. >> movie goers in a scary mood this holiday weekend. the fright flick "the possession" jumped to the top spot. and the film about a young girl possessed by a miss steerus spirit earned nearly $18 million. and for your hollywood head lines check out otrc.com. >> and don't expect to see a kim kardashian star. the socialite stated she wanted to be the first reality tv star to appear on the los angeles landmark but according to the hollywood reporter she

was denied. the hollywood chamber of commerce says kardashian does not currently fulfill the criteria. >> and britain's prince andrew descended europe's tallest building to raise money for charity. this is the 52-year-old royal tethered to a rope starting at the 87th floor in london. and repelled nearly 800 feet. he says his training gave him confidence to do this stunt but he says he'll never do it gene perhaps now i can look back up it. the hell of a long way. >> and they raised $275,000 for the outward bound trust and royal marines chairitable trust fund. >> and there is death in a

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the secret service says a stolen truck rented by the democratic national party has been found. a spokesperson tells abc news it was parked when it was stolen. the secret service says no weapons were taken but won't comment on what was taken or what may be missing. biden attended in the motor city. >> in the central valley police investigating whether hazing played a role in the death of a fresno state student. officials say the 18-year-old phillip danes died after a nighting drinking in an off campus party. prompting officials to suspend recognition of the fraternity. according to police danes had been drinking friday night and into saturday morning. someone put him in a so called sober up room and he was unconscious later. they called 911 but it was too late. >> this is apalling to think

that someone died from being a part of the organization. >> his mother says he was just starting the pledging process. >> and another wildfire broke out in southern california today. smoke rose after the fire started in the loss pad dress national forest. the flames charred about 25 acres in the mountains and firefighters stopped before it hit structures. and the fire started yesterday and it burned 6,000 acres so far. >> this time there is no threat to any structures. there were several incidents yesterday. there a number of vacation homes and out building that's there was structure protection that is conducted in the area and there is no loss of

structures. >> investigators are looking into what sparked it. >> and there are responders say an earthquake hit beverly hills at 3.36 this morning. police report getting calls from a lot of anxious people. but officials found no signs of any injuries or damage. >> there is labor day pra tigsally a day off work and traditionally includes travel. these days shopping is becoming a significant activity. there is a steady stream of cars coming into the parking lot. and afternoon events may be wrapping up. >> there is fantastic sales

the at one store they had 60% off additional red marked items. i've done quite a bit of shopping. >> shoppers are laughing today. retailers are offering up discounts so deep, like the day after thanksgiving. >> it's similar for a black friday sale. and it's been a big driver of business and sales lately. >> gap has many select jean styles on sale for 30% and 40% off. and there is a one says it averages 48%. and this actually took some people by surprise. >> and i didn't think through sales when we set out today, now, we're enjoying this.

>> some have been watching the character. >> i think that today is a good day because the deals are coming in. that is why i'm here. >> there are just enough people traveling to ensure lines aren't too long and there are choices if you're ready to both spend and save it. >> i work at bebe. >> there are signs throughout the mau. you're going to hear from shoppers and keels they call unheard of and phenomenal, coming up at 6:00. >> tempting and thank you. >> we have very good news by the way about the dunbarton bridge it will be reopening tonight before midnight.

one supposed to open at 5:00 a.m. but they're ahead of schedule. >> and there is before tomorrow morning, for sure. >> just ahead, summer not over yet. why are doctors giving flu shots is in the best time to get yours just ahead. >> a study real ree veals whether eating organic is really a health yes year choice. >> today's g and a is just ahead. still taking questions and you can contact me on facebook.com. and on twitter, i'll answer questions live, here in just a little bit. >> i'm spencer christian. from our high definition sutro camera, looking at golden gate bridge, it hasn't shut down warmth. what about tomorrow? i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> thank you. and that is what it looks like up high on the golden gate

bridge. look at how different compared to bay bridge shot. the fog, marine layer has really rolled in. traffic moving along. not too badly on the golden gate.

checking healthy living news, just three days into september, most clinics now have flu shots available. it's early and doctors say

shots should protect you. the ckc -- cdc recommends people get their flu shots as early as possible. there is little flu going around there could be early outbreaks. cdc urging everyone six months and older to get a flu vaccine once per year. >> sales of organic foods exploded in recent years but a study finds interest there is little nutritional difference between organic and conventional food. nearly 250 studies were reviewed and organic foods did show a lower risk of having pesticide residue but the difference is very small. finding both organic and nonorganic had the small risk of e coli and salmonella contamination. >> this is a little view back

by way of time lapse there is fog there. and so the marine layer is just about that deep. sort of a mixed bag, and will be cooling down which is good news. 87, chicago, 74 boston. there is not much changing there. 102 in phoenix. warm weather but not hot. now, here in the state of california tomorrow we'll see wide range of temperatures from 62 up why eureka to 97 in sacramento. that is 94 in yosemite.

106 in palm springs. 84 los angeles notice a trail of moisture moving up into and towards southern california tomorrow. that is subtropical moisture from remnants of tropical storm ilyana and tropical storm john well south that. is going to factor in by mid week, but not tomorrow, tomorrow, sunny skies here in the bay area like today. we'll see low clouds and fog lingering at the coastline. and we'll see sunny skies of course around the bay and inland. high temperatures from of 1 in half moon bay to 65 san francisco. 81 in san rafael. and mid-90s in clear lake. over inland east bay, highs into low 90s there. 92 in antioch. and fremont, 82 moving south ward. 83 in san jose. we'll see sunny skies there as well. and high temperatures 75 in santa cruz, 70s in watsonville. warmer inland. upper 80s in morgan hill and

gilroy. another day like today, maybe a couple degrees less warm. and by mid week clouds in the sky and might have a mid week shower or two. we'll have more at 6:00. >> thanks spence year still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 reason marine experts believe a pod of whales beached themselves in florida. >> direct deposit supposed to make life easier. your boss doesn't have to cut checks and you don't have to make a trip to the bank. can your company make you accept e-pay? answers to the questions just ahead. >> a heart warming underwater moment this, afternoon talking about what happened in the moments leading up to this break. stay with us.

michael fin gee here answering questions sent to him by facebook and twitter. >> first one comes from ca girl asking if usps is responsible to replace the cluster that my mailbox is broken. >> this is on the new neighborhoods, here in the bay area kind of on the outlying areas there are those big

boxes they have a series of mailboxes. i'm glad you asked me this this, is very interesting. this f.a lock is broken it's the postal service issue. you call them up, they're supposed to replace the box because they keep track of the keys and locks. the rest of it is whoever owns the box. so if it's part of an apartment, would it be your landlord, part of the neighborhood would be homeowners association. lock is there. rest of it is yours. >> and this question is, it legal for an employer to have all emmoiys do direct deposit? >> no. they cannot force to you do that. and they can offer, but you're allowed to reject it. they cannot force to you use a financial institution that is california state law. you can call up the labor department. you might get yourself in trouble, though. be care oofl yes. why don't you have a bank account? >> danny we mailed this

question. i gave a $5,000 deposit for a rental home. seven days later offered another place and i never moved in. i promptly notified the manager and have -- gave back keys. he isn't refunding my deposit. is that legal? >> well, okay. yes and no. if it was for the rent, then he or she may not have to give it back because you have keys for seven days and you were there, so you owe at least seven days worth of rent. and depends on how much forewarning do you have to give them? you can see it on the screen here, are they justification for retaining a deposit? if you owe rent, cleaning deposit, have you to give there. and they probably don't owe

that and there is if you damage something, i don't know how that happen. it seems like what you're going to do is deduct the rent from seven days plus how much time to give them notice. and if i had to gerks you owe them 37 days. >> thank autos sure. >> and a deer got itself into flubl a backyard. take a look at what happens here. that is a deer splashing around in the pool this, happened in colorado springs and the the homeowner says the deefr o.deer stay add float by hopping on the pool cover. >> my dogs were barking and i couldn't get them to knock it off. i looked down there was a buck in the pool. >> about 30 people came

together and no one could figure out how to get the deer out. the fire department built this ramp. the buck use that had to get out and run away. damage to the pool about $2500. >> wow. >> nornl story about animals not expected to be there is another whale stranded on a beach sadly died. they're recuperating and if all goes well they'll continue rehabilitation at sea world. 17 other pilot whales died and pilot whales are a socially tight group and speculation is that they follow the sick minute of the pod right on to the beach. >> and there is some heart warming video. take a look. a seal grabs to a suba diver's

hand. front flippers can grasp like a human hand. this camera man says he was driving off the coast and the seal became curious and when the diver got attention the seal gave him a firm grasp. >> pretty cool. >> surprise team of the baseball season is here and not the giants. >> oakland a's with a win streak from n.baseball f they win, will the fans come? there is a live report coming up. >> and there is timing everything. the formula for the best time and day to get lowest prices at the pump. [ female announcer ] every day, there's a new reason not to make a home-cooked meal.

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attention. they now have the post season in their sites abc 7 news is live now from the coliseum. and they stumbled a bit today. >> yes. i suppose so. but that is okay. there he said something must be going on and he's right. a's have bnt most talked-about team in the country. >> fans are all over this team no matter what goes on in front office. >> i just think they're cohe'sive now. therefore, i think they're working towards the same goal. >> this is a team picked to finish as a bottom of the division. lucky to play 500 ball. and there is is the low-salary budget but it made players

start briefing in each other. >> this is just helping out. >> he can't count out skills. >> this is good energy in the crowd. >> koudz so small, upper section is covered so they can't fell seats. >> there is i thinks there is a strategy to move the team to san jose. >> there is steve, an aflt's fan since 1968. he said a losing team would make it easier but winning calls for a different strategy. >> this is he realizes they haven't walked since 2006. >> when fans and players don't stop believing.

>> there are big impacts and we've been playing well at home. >> and i guess they'll take the board out tomorrow and look for new challenges. and it's suggested if he moves the team, he moves it somewhere in oakland. and this is aspiring cyclists converged for a popular ride. the action got going along l ve. i plaza the 38th edition of they say the setting

provides a thrill. >> there is a great thing is that i get the group feel going on. there is action in the pack. >> this is a race in downtown san francisco. there is a lot of fun to race in front of them. >> and the hais rais is taking place around lake merced and greg laman won twice in early 80s. >> they come in front of the building. they're flying. >> they are. >> and thanks for joining us at 4:00. >> we want to remind but our cool new alarm clock atmosphere -- app. you can restore headlines from the moment you wake up. >> officer involved shooting in a hail of gunfire against a

man might not ever have left his car. >> the dog called to duty to sniff out a growing problem in lake autos warm away from the coast. i'll let you know if it's going to carry over into the work week. >> good evening, i'm dab dan ashley. >> an investigation is underway into the 7th officer involved shooting of the year. >> this happened on pepper drive and lofus place sunday morning. john is live from the scene. >> both men shot in front of their house here. a memorial is not all that remains but there is mistrust of the police facing a high number of shootings this year.

>> this she says she watched her brother die. police rolled up to this car parked in locust place, shining a spotlight, then opening fire. they say the 23-year-old pulled a gun in his waist band. he was killed. >> i see joe's hands outside of the car like this. this is through a cracked window. the officer letting his gun loose, just shooting and shooting. >> this is the seventh shooting involving police since may. and the citizens advisory economy would like an explanation. >> doi believe this department needs to take a look at why police officers seem to be resorting to deadly force