saying it's a legal matter, but family and supporters asking them to turn over information they have to police and asking law enforcement to open a new investigation. >> there is suicide jumpers don't land on their back buzz their feet or their head. >> the family says one of the last people to see him alive was father jerry lindner. lindner the priest who recently was attacked by a man he was accused of molesting years ago. and he came to the parking lot to support the brother. >> something is not right here, i believe that the john is on to something. i hope he's going to find out what the truth is. >> and this is a cold case, some eight years... >> carolyn, sorry.

thank you, we lost auto -- audio there just a moment. two fires in san bernardino to talk about. they make quick work off a grass fire near ontario today thchl began with flames near upland. another fire in devore destroyed one home, threatening dozens more this is in san bernardino. in last report only 15 acres burned but a lot of homes are nearby z there are kids evacuate from a school not far away and there are are no reports of injury autos prison officials gating the cause of a large scale riot this morning. that fight broke out in the general population yard of california state prison about 11:15, one inmitt mailt was shot by a guard z 11 others

were hospitalized. >> and a burglary suspect suffered injury whez lost control his car, then slammed into a home and there is a police say they recovered items stolen in the suspect's car. >> and an east bay city struggling to get a grip on violent crime met the future of its police force today. the chief and mayor addressed the new police academy. this is the first class since 2008. and the chief used this opportunity to highlight success in arresting three wanted suspects. and says the city is committed to getting more officers on the streets. >> 66% of them believe they we

have enough police officers and. >> oakland police has 631 active officers this class is expected to add 40 new ones to ranks. but that will not happen until next year. >> test results just released in the shooting death of trayvon martin find the only dna found on the gun used to kill him was that of george zimmerman. zimmerman is claiming self-defense. he says martin had been on top of him, slamming his head into the ground and said he only shot after martin reach forward a gun in a holster on zimmerman's waist. tests were inconclusive as to whether martin's dna was on that holster. >> this under cover police are underway for a man that may have groped three women. and there is sketches of the

people wanted in two previous incidents and police are frayed this guy may be getting more aggressive because he grabbed a victim, trying to pull her to the ground. she was able to run away. a sheriff patrol car crashed into this big rig persuing a driver for a traffic violation this morning. and there is a police arrested two people in the car and they did recover the gun and there is no one injured. >> copper thiefs have gone to new heights. police now investigating after someone stole $9,000 worth of copper from all of the air conditioners atop a building on doolittle drive this, may have happened weeks ago and there are police asking anyone

with information to call them immediate lie and police are looking for a cause of a fire that injured one firefighter in a complex near west capitol expressway. there is one firefighter went to the hospital. two residents suffered minor smoke inhalation. >> there is when i woke up, i looked out z bill said "fire". i looked out and sure enough, so we high tailed it out. >> there are sl people replaced from the scene. >> there are two new reports out tonight indicating the housing market is doing better. national association of realtors says it's sales of previously owned homes increased nearly 8% and median

price climbed 9.5%. this is on the same day the government announced a 5.5% increase in construction of single family homes. that is good news and we should not kid ourselves there are a lot of people still losing their homes. in oakland today some in trouble got some help and eric thomas has more. >> it's the wrap up of the three day long work shop sponsored by bank of america. tom martinez is disabled after two back surgeries and needs a hand with his mortgage. >> i was looking into this. and see if i can apply. and qualify. >> to alleviate some of the pressure on us. >> up to 200 people came through here yesterday and today the crowd is smaller, they still have the orientation and explanation of modifications versus refi.

some will get a yes or no on the spot. >> homeowners bringing their paper work were able to have a 40% decision made. >> that doesn't mean goitsing to be the decision everyone wants to hear, some people have financial problem that's will get a denial. members of the occupy movement say rejections are too numerous, part of the reason they staged a protest monday at b of a offices. struggling homeowners admit there is a trust issue that has to be and they first started and. >> tom left paper work that must be turb turned in, and there is still time for him, and you, the event closes at 8:00 tonight but there is another in san francisco next week. >> next week, september 26th

and 28th we'll have this event at the hyatt regency. >> that is eric thomas reporting. a treasured cello stolen from music students has been found outside of a war memorial opera house. there is an unlocked locker and the and there the young musician learned his losless on. >> and i've never not known where it was before. >> and police are still looking for these suspects. >> coming up here, fosh's richest list is out. did any top guns trade places? >> also, negotiations could be behind chick-fil-a's change of heart. >> and i'm sandhya patel.

sure doesn't feel like summer here. i'll let you know if autumn arrival will bring a warm up coming up. >> and voter registration going online, bringing new concerns about private and political gainsmanship. stay with us. abc 7 news at 5:00 continues in one minute.

breaking news a search for someone involving a brief high-speed chase, sky 7 is live over the scene now. it ended in the last half hour with a violent collision of mcarthur and ritchie streets. two ambulances called to the scene indicating there might be injuries. ploos are blocking off traffic at the investigation and the search for the suspect continues. and sky 7 over the scene of a fire underneath interstate 280 in san francisco.

the fire charred a loadway and caltrans inspected the yof pass to make sure it didn't have damage. investigators say the fire started in a homeless encampment. there is more permanent wrought iron fencing. >> police identified a man found badly injured two days ago. he was found unconscious with critical head injuries monday night z drivers called police to report a man lying on highway 128 and investigators skk anyone with information to contact napa valley crime stopper autos dozens of teenagers rally for free muni rides on the outer mission district. the group staged a street play. one youngster played a enforcement agent demanding to see proof of payment. and saying many teenagers struggled to find money to pay

the fare. >> a lot of parents don't have money to pay for this every month. and this is very high, it's hard on how parents don't make as much. a lot of students are having trouble getting to school on time or showing up on days they can't come wupt fare. >> city leaders came up with a man to -- plan owe give low income teens free muni passes. >> and chick-fil-a will reportedly no longer donate money to antigay organizations. the chain created controversy after its president made comments opposing same-sex marriage. and a chicago politician said during negotiations for a new chan friz -- franchise, the chairitable arm of chick-fil-a reported not to and states they will quote, treat every

person equally regardless of sexual orientation. >> starting today there is a new way to register to vote. you can sign up on the internet. we have more on the secretary of state's new online voter registration system. >> and california today joined 11 other states in offering online voter registration. in the past three states experienced glitch that's crassed their systems but so far, so good here. >> and this is the old fashioned way of registering to vote. filling out a paper form. this is a new way, filling out the application and sending it. the california secretary of state launched a if you online voter registration system a month before the deadline to be able to vote in the presidential election this november. >> the main reason people don't rental sister to vote is because they were never asked. now, asking will just take a

quick e mail or text message. he voter registration brings california, ground zero for high tech into the 21 century z and you can select california id or driver's license records. >> this system will allow us to transfer an image of the signature to their application. >> nearly 24 million are eligible to vote. a quarter of them are not rental sistered. the new mental period expected to boost polls among young whr used to doing a lot of things online. critics say online registration will boost possibility of fraud where anyone with register to vote. >> there is a beautiful sits tim. >> the secretary insists the use for paper application lbz

used for ones submitted online cross checked with dmv, social security and death records. >> we try to catch dogs register sog the safeguards don't change. this is not automatic registration. >> just in the first 12 hours ted 3 howe,000 people registered to vote online. last day to register is october 22. >> thank you very much a supervisor wants to make it easier for voters who speak english as a second language to cast their violent. and they were joined by other groups on the steps of city hall, they're urging the governor to sign senate bill into law making california ballot initiative petitions available in multiple languages including spanish and chinese.

>> nearly half of the 2.1 million naturalized citizens don't read or speak english well, many will have a better chance of understanding what is in the initiative. >> supporters say they'll deliver a stack of letters in support to the governor's office by the end of the week. >> rich did get richer in 2011. net worth of these 400 richest americans grew by 13% last year for the 19th year, bill gates heads the list. $66 billion. coming in second, and way behind is warren buffet with $46 billion. three is larry ellison with $41 billion. >> san francisco symphony begins its second century tonight.

>> that is the conductor, it will feature a guest by josha bell in its 101 year for the san francisco symphony. >> unusually bad west nile vir swrus forcing more fogging in the east bay. and there there are parts of antioch near highway 4 and there will be fog in neighborhoods highway 4 and a street that, is what is going on. it's scheduled to continue until 11:00 tonight. >> and take a look out sigh. it's breezy out there. sandhya patel is here. >> chilling winds. and crisp and cool out there. and there is pleasant outside. we're going to keep it coming. so far, we'll do it again,

tomorrow, temperatures running similar to today and then we're going to change it out. there is san francisco, you can see clear skies right there there is fog heading back looking towards sausalito ask san francisco. upside to the breezes keeps air quality good. there is a upside to everything. there is live doppler 7 hd. we'll see what it look looks like now. sunshine across the bay area. a little patch of clouds lingering off the coast. we're enjoying a nice-looking day. that is quite all right. temperatures 59 in half moon bay. 60s in san francisco. towards inland valleys it's into 70s to low 80s. there is a wind, wind coming off the cool ocean waters. there is 31 at sfo. there is 20 in half moon bay.

and is low clouds with fog overnight tonight. and brief warming coming up friday. it's going to be brief. just one day. taking a look at high so far, highs so far santa rosa, 77 tomorrow you'll see 83 degrees and six degrees below normal. you should be at 70s so eight below average. there is san jose only 68 the high so far. 12 degrees cooler than normal for this time of the year. and it's going to be a cool start and chilly tomorrow morning in areas. you'll want to bundle up. we'll see low clouds and fog. 52 in livermore, down to 53 in san jess yeah by morning. and looking at water vapor this is bringing below average conditions, area of low pressure movement with lows so

we're not expecting a major heat wave. as a matter of fact it's an area of low pressure that will go northward and there is a brief warm up friday, then this comes down into southern and central california. weekend featuring cooler than after rej conditions again. wait until you see temperatures. this is going to reenforce our cool patterns. highs thursday, 71 in san jose. there is sunshine on the pin anyone la and 69 aloe alto, only 58 in pacifica. downtown, 63 degrees up into north bay. 58 bodega bay. mid-70s in calistoga. and there is 72 in castro valley. head out towards inland valleys there is a mild, sunny day. monterey bay, 72 in santa cruz. 59 degrees in carmel. accu-weather forecast and

there is a last day of summer slight warm up. mid-80s is an improvement and there is a cooling off sunday. and there is warmest inland valley autos in the bad. >> no. it's beautiful and will warm up. >> and coming up, a big 40th birthday celebration what they plan to give back. >> then at 6:00 the billions we've spent remayorring -- repairing owe our broken

thousands of people looked at the space shuttle endeavor

as it was bolted to the top of a jumbo jet, what a sight. the shuttle going to fly over san francisco and nasa ames research center. officials warning heavy traffic along u.s. highway 101 and on local streets. it will go on display in los angeles. >> what a spectacle. and bart kicked off the 40th anniversary celebration this afternoon. the party included memorabilia from early days when the trains ran back. 100,000 people road bart between oakland and fremont. and one long time employee describe what's people thought of the system started running. >> we looked at bart like disney, we didn't know what it was. we knew it's going to be a commuter system. >> 400,000 riders use the system on a regular basis. bart's 40th anniversary

celebration include contests. and the system will give 40,000 free rides to local schools so students can ride on field trips. details on our site abc 7 news.com. there is more on bart's past and future coming up at 6:00. >> and as we go to break there is a reminder about a new afternoon line up starting at 1:00 with general hospital. >> and who wants to be a millionaire on at 2:00 followed by jeopardy, then, katie couric's new talk show followed by abc 7 news at 4:00.

coming up in half an hour arrest of a demonstrateor in a war protest. how her legal challenge could affect criminal investigation autos and an angry monday bringing business to a halt in oakland city hall over a fatal police shooting that has not been explained t