they have a gun and thought they were going to shoot me. >> a spike in street muggings i. good evening, i'm ama daetz. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana is live with a look at the efforts to raise aware nose on safety. >> on the given weekend there are plenty of people in the castro, and this evening there were a couple of organizations passing out tips like this, tips and information encouraging revelers to think about their. >> safety. >> do you have a whistle? >> no. >> we need a whistle. >> on this busy saturday night the sisters of perpetual indulgence are helping g wordhe word out. >> people come here and think it's the gay mecca and there's

this cloak of safety. but we live in a pig city. >> san francisco has seen a recent ceremony surge of mugsings, especially people on their smartphones and not paying attention. >> somebod my phone and i started chasing, and then a second person pushed me to the ground. >> this is a picture of the cuts and bruises suffered from that attack. now he is helping pass out safety kits. included in the kit is a safety whistle, something that had been used to ward off gay bashing in decades past. now they have a new use. >> you should blow over and over three times in a role when you're in danger, and just keep going until you have scared away the danger or or somebody comeso help. >> part of theout reach is to encourage residents of the castro and visitors to get help if they're attacked.

coming forward and reporting i urinalysis a problem in this community. >> a lot of people in sanare frm francisco are from elsewhere, so they may have had a bad interaction perspective of the police, and it might be just because of where they're from. >> these community groups are asking people to use the whistles for their safety and also asking panel to pay -- people to pay attention in case they hear someone using the whistle. there's asking people to respond, be a good witness, and call 9-1-1. >> ama: new details tonight in the search for man who tried to kidnap a toddler in pittsburg. here's a sketch of the suspect. lisa amin gulezian has more than on the search from pittsburg. >> employs going door to door, asking for the public's help.

>> they now have a sketch of the man accused of trying to kidnap a two-year-old girl while she played in front of her house yesterday afternoon. the man was walking along snow flake way when he saw the girl driveway. he grabbed her and then took off running in this direction. the legislation girlmother screamed which started chasing him and he dropped the toddler. the suspect rap away but may have been driving a mid-90s maroon or burgandy explorer or similar size sports utility vehicle. >> it's scary to think that close somebody would do something like that. >> police canvassed the area immediately after the attempted kidnapping, and brought in specially trained dogs that can patrols patrols in thecent, and enabled -- neighborhood continues. >> it's tragic, we don't need that in our neighborhoods.

it's a shame.. >> scary. we have a daughter who lives here, and it's frightening. >> police expanded thei their outreach efforts, stretching it to businesses along willow pass road. this liquor store owner took action immediately because, fork him, what happened yesterday just can't happen again. >> i got kids. i'll grab them until the cops come. >> finding the suspect is a high priority for police. they feel it's a good chance he'll strike again in pittsburg, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> ama: breaking news. a manhunt is underway in calaveras county. authorities are safing for a man who stabbed and killed a nine-year-old girl in valley springs. police say he broke into the girl's home. her 12-year-old brother chase off the man after she was attacked. the parents were not home at the time.

>> alameda county sheriff's deputies checking out a call shot four pit bulls when they began attacking a sheriff k-9. happened today near the hayward city line. who of the pit bulls died instantly. a third dog was shot in the paw and survived. the fourth dog was put down by deputies at the request of the dog0s roper, officers were looking for a drug and car theft suspect when the pit bulls charged. a neighbor said deputies could have respond differently. >> sloppy. and watching it, it was sloppy. pow, pow, pow. i couldn't believe what i was seeing, they were shooting dogs and having to watch the dogs die right there and then the one suffer. that was the worst part. >> deputies say they had no choice but to shoot the pit bulls when they began attacking their k-9. >> coast guard officials say an engine leak led to a boat fire that sent one man to the hospital.

the boat caught fire off candlestick point. you can see three men on the in. all four were rescued safety. the engyp was leaking gas when the owner tried to fire it up. >> i heard this zap, poof, and then flames. flames were too big for us to handle at that point. >> ama: our news camera hitched a right with the san francisco police to see the boat. it is a loss. three men were treated and a fourth was briefpitalized hospitalized for smoke inhalation and then releast. >> tonight a san francisco man is back in the united states after he and his sister nearly drowned. ben and kate's story is truly miraculous. they spent 14 hours swimming toward land after their fishing boat sank. in their first interview both described the grueling ordeal. >> very surreal. watching the boat turn down, and go underwater.

surreal. >> we could see land in the distance and started swimming that direction, and then it was just appear as we b but we felt the wind behind us and tried to use that at as a gauge. >> battered and bruised they made it to a small beach and spent the night eating bananas. a farmer spotted them the next day and helped them to safety. >> here's our first check on weather. >> leigh: we're all clear out there. rain-wise, as you see on live doppler 7hd. but the low clouds and fog continue to make inland roads -- roads moving inland over the bay tonight. here's a live look from the high definition emeryville camera. fog over san francisco. when the fog clears, nice. santa rosa, high of 76. 59 in sa, and livermore, 86 degrees.

more heat tomorrow. take a look at the forecast coming up. >> ama: tonight there are new developments in the boston they're thon bombing investigation. using toy car remotes were with batteries manufactured by a bay area company. russian intelligence secretly recorded a 2011 conversation between one of the sons and his mother in they discuss jihad, and a search of a massachusetts landfill is done. here's a report. >> investigators are increasingly suspicious the tsarnaev brothers had to have had technical advice to build their bomb. a government document obtained by abc news says the alleged bombers likely knew more about bomb-making than they could have learned from the al qaeda magazine, inspire. that raises the specter that older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, might have been trained in more advanced bombmaking on a trip he made to

russia. >> did he receive training, what type, individuals he was. >> his brother dzhokar tsarnaev spent his first day in a federal prison hospital. much to the relief of some patients at the hospital. >> i'm happy he is not here anymore. >> as boston slowly and painfully heals. boylston street re-opened for people and for business. >> we're looking to move forward, and we're looking to get back to our normalcy, and let that process start. >> the bombing's youngest victim, eight-year-old martin richmond, didn't live to play in his first little league game. he was remembered with jerseys bearing his name and his teammates honored him with a moment of silence, and this memorial painted in center field. abc news, boston.

>> ama: tomorrow, big sur will host the first major california marathon since the bombing. 400 runners who participated in the boston marathon will join in the was. they'll wear blue jackets. a total 106,000 runners will take part in the race. there will be extra security along the route. >> tomorrow a fun run will be held. you can find details on our web site. >> still to come at 11:00. >> i have to admit i'm not the strapping young muslim i used to be. >> the president shows off his lighter side. a look inside the white house correspondent' correspondent's dinner. >> a simple game could cost you more than you can afford. >> hundreds hoping to become part of history this summer. how they hope t

>> ama: flight delays caused by the furlough of air traffic controllers will come do an end by monday morning. all towers will become fully staffed, comes after congress and the president passed a bill that called for an end to the staffing cuts. >> it was a big night in washington at the prom for nerds.ievable. >> unbelievable. i've got 99 problems. >> president obama got to delivers' jokes and jabs at people and issues that have rubbed him the wrong way, including infamous infamous comt about california attorney general kamala harris. >> i'm out in california, we're at a fundraiser, having a nice time, happened to mention that kamala harris is the best looking attorney general in the

country. as you imagine i got trouble when i got back home. who knew eric holder was so sensitive. >> wasn't just the capitol hill crowd who attended the affair. that's san francisco mayor ed leeack there, back east making d on a super bowl bet with baltimore and appears he decided to make an d.c. stop in d.c. tor what this year's host had to say. >> amazing to think how much our country has changed in 18 years. think about it. in 1995 you had told me that in 2013 we would have an african-american president, with a middle name hussein, who was just re-elected to a second term in a sluggish economy wierks have said oh, he must have run against mitt romney. >> he last hosted the dinner back in 1995. >> new at 11:00, the city of oakland celebrated the anniversary of a national historic landmark. the paramount theater.

it celebrated the 40th 40th anniversary. the paramount is one of the finest art deco theaters remaining in the world. in 1973 it was restored after years of disrepairs, glittering murals, paymentings, and rugs look as good as they did then. >> a new warning for smartphone users. your phone may be able to read your credit card. the technology that allows you to use your card instead of a credit card at the cash register would allow your phone to -- and -- it is hard to believe that itunes has been around for ten years now. steve jobs launched the online music store for ipod and mac users. at a price of 99-cents a song, and more than one million songs sold during the first week of business. >> it's time to get a full check on at the weather. >> leigh: hi there.

we're seeing clear conditions across much of the bay area. live doppler 7 hd sweeping live right now. not picking up any returns, although we do have quite a big of fog moving back in near the coast. it's been sitting there all day long. live look now from the high definition rooftop cam, a brilliant moonshine out there this evening. current readings, all pretty much nestled in the upper 40s to low 50s. 5053 in oakland. san jose, 53. another live shot for you from the high definition mt. tamalpais camera, looking down towards richardson bay and san francisco bay, and you can see some moonshine reflecting awful the water. 48 in live moore, los -- livermore. the forecast highlights. get ready for a warmup next week. the fog will continue to move inland near the compost and the bay -- near the coast and the bay tonight. more warming for the bay area

sunday afternoon and then 90s will return to much of the bay area tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of next week. lows with that -- low cloudiness and fog moving further inlan overnight. low 50s to mid-to-upper 40s across much of the bay area, and high pressure starting to build in. this is going to be our main weather feature for the next few days. going to keep the storm cut to the north. we have a little area of low pressure. this is just going to come up and over ridge of high pressure by tuesday and wednesday, and that may cool down temperatures one or two degrees. that's about it. it will set the stage for warm offshore winds to develop by tuesday night and wednesday and that's going to mean warmer temperatures near the coast. at least for tomorrow, look for warmer temperatures inland. still look for a little patchy fog at the coast but i think it will burn off sooner so have moon bay should experience temperatures a few degrees warmer. this is 8:00 tomorrow morning.

fog near the coast. and then watch as we put our maps into motion. you can see the fog burps back -- burns back off the coast which will allow temperatures to warm up into the mid-to-low 60s at the beaches and a lot of mid-to-upper 80s in the north and east bay locations. here's a detailed look at the highs for sunday. 82, san jose. morgan hill, mid-80s. cupertino. 80. half moon bay, identify 50s today. mid-to-low 60s tomorrow. a little more sunshine. 75 for menlo park. san francisco, 66. north bay, numerous 80s, 85 in cloverdale, santa rose sacks napa, 82. oakland, 7 2. hayward the heat will be on inland. the accuweather seven-day forecast. more warming on monday, maybe come down a degree or two on

tuesday, and then high heat on wednesday and thursday. inland mid-089s. thursday right now looks like the warmest day next week, and then we'll start to cool things down next weekend. >> thank you, leigh. mike shumann is here with sports, talking sharks a >> the final game of the season. determining whether they're heading to the playoffs. st. louis or

>> mike: the giants have now lost four straight. the question is can they right the ship and prevent a sweep on sunday. crawford, shortened the swing and it's working. top three.

two-rub shot. 3-0 good-men. now the padres sack barry zito with sick runs -- six runs in the third. hunter pence retakes the lead in the fifth. two out, two on triple. buster posey scores from first. 7-6 giants but the padres tie it in the seventh. rbi single. 7-7. bottom 12ment padres, man third, nick hundley, rocket to second. and scutaro boots it. giants lose, 8-7. >> oakland honoring the 1973 world championship team with reggie jackson throwing out the first pitch. markakis delivers a bomb off griffin. ties the game. next batter, with former ace sal bando looking on.

griffin had seven strikeouts in seven. in the ninth.rrie, game en play. and session sped deshopefully deshopefully--deb cespedes hopefully returns tomorrow. >> sharks in their final game in l.a. a win they start in st. louis, and a loss, vancouver. these two rivals don't like each other. second period, shot popped up in the air, knocked in his own rebound. 1-0 l.a. sharks fans, couture, through two defenders for the team-leading 21st goal of the year. tied at one. the kings regain the lead. james shepard, 2-1 l.a. watch the passing. williams, count it. 3-2 the final. sharks start the playoffs in vancouver. the kings head to st. louis.

>> sharks know they're starting on the road. they beat the nhl leading chicago blackhawks. blues get the kings in round one of the playoffs. >> we'll take a brief time-out before we take a tour of today's nba games and the sabre cats casting a spell on the new orle

>> mike: the warriors hoping to take a commanding 3-1 series lead back to denver. meanwhile, thunder and rockets. okc without westbrook. durant doing just fine without him. 4 in the game. okc winning easily 104-101 the final. >> nets and bulls. three overtime affair. first o.t., robinson's 39 -- two

seconds left. joe johnson says not so fast. tied at the buzzer. to the third o.t. both teams exhausted. chicago hangs on to take the 3-1 series leerksd 142-134 the final. >> saber cats in new orleans facing the voodoo. second quarter, the new orleans quarterback the nine-yard dart, is thrown into the crowd. 18-14 but nick voodoo. but nick was solid. 312-yard passing and sixdowns, three to this guy. saber cats win big. >> third round of the zurich classic in new orleans. a ten-foot gait yoimplet'll take the penalty stroke there 2009 u.s. open champion lucas glover is the leader after three. shot a 2-under 70. 14-under, up by two going into final this sports report brought to you by rock casino.

coming up later, how a healthy y the warriors play. >> ama: just ahead, new details about the plane part fnd in alley in new york city. >> the high-tech trip lets thieves get in your car. >> unusual sight in the sky you can see tonight.'ll be right we'll be right back.

good evening, in tonight's headlines, man who authorities say stabbed and killed a nine-year-old girl is the subject of a door to door search

in calaveras county. he broke into the girl's home during an attempted robbery. >> pittsburg police released a sketch of a man who attempted to kidnap a two-year-old girl. the attempt failed when the child's mother gap screaming. the suspect dropped the child and ranway. >> alameda county sheriff's deputies killed two pit bulls and wounded wounded another. depu they beganay they began shg when the dogs charged their own k-9. >> four men escaped safely from their burning boat in san francisco bay. a gas leak ignited after the opener tried to start the engine. developing news. boeing officials have confirmed a piece of landing gear discovered in an alley in new york city is from the 767 can, the same type of plane that crashed into the world trader in in september 11, 2001.

>> a few blocks from ground zero what appears to be landing gear from one of the jets that crashed into the towers. >> a long time. >> it's wedged between two buildings in a narrow al yeah that has not been touched in more than a decade. >> the space between the two buildings is only 18 inches. the part hat been measured to be five feet by four feet by 17 inches. authorities say it was found wednesday morning by workers doing construction on a controversial islamic cultural center. >> if you see how confined this space and is realize the choose that existed down here on this street, i think -- understandable. >> authorities don't know how it got there if you look closely you can see there's a rope attached to it. >> could have been lowered at some time? it's possible. looked to see if there were marks on the wallle doesn't appear to be marks on the wall. >> with so many unanswered questions authorities will now

take their time combing through the rest of the area for other debris or even human remains. >> do there be remains of humans? ation of the site.epth can >> the alley where the piece of plane sits is considered a crime scene. authorities will determine how they will move that partplane oe plane on monday. >> today the fbi arrested james everett dutschke of mississippi in connection with the ricin letters sent to president obama and a senator. hazmat teams search his paramount. on tuesday, ricin letters were dropped against a dutschke acquaintance, kurt kris. >> hundreds turned tout san francisco's waterfront looking to land a summer gig. the venue's operator, live nation, is hiring 100 seasonal

workers. the positions pay minimum wage. th job fair attracted a good number of people who wanted to be part of the america's cup action. >> kind of good especially for san francisco residents because of the economy and you have to get what you can get if you have experience and in your city. >> people who applied will find out if they have been hired by the meddle of the week. you can still apply online. big crowds are expected to come to san francisco when the 34th america cup sets sale in november. the event is expected to pump 300 mental into the local economy. it will cost the city a pretty penny. $34 million in police, cleanup, and transportation costs. the regular ga a will be -- regatta will be a smaller event, with three international teams. >> this week the city of oakland will start to tackle one of the biggest complaints from residents, potholes.

the pothole blitz will last until late june. >> today, the march of dimes held its annual march for bay a, across the bay and it's a cause abc7 proudly supports. f mason hosted one event. and layla emceed the ft. marry son march. the march for babies races funds for important research and programs that help babies begin happy lives. amy holly feed was a part of the march for babies today. >> tracking down criminals with up usual gadgets. michael finney has the story. >> the secret revealed in my investigation next. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. 80s today inland. close to 90s tomorrow. we religion look at the

seven-day forecast

>> ama: a series of car burglaries across california have stumped police. michael finney jumped in and began investigating. >> some thought this was a brand new crime, and a crime isolated in southern california.

but my investigation found it's not. it isn't even what it appears to be. these cars aren't only being burglarized. they are being hacked. this surveillance camera video shows who car burglaries underway. on the right the thief presses a button on some sort of hand-held device, the dome light comes on, the alarm is silenced and the door unlocks. now the car to the left. another criminal, another hand-held device, another burglary. >> we long beach police department has reached out to numerous organizations, international organizations. they don't know what it is. >> why? this isn't supposed to be possible. modern car security systems are equipped with rolling codes similar to those used on garage doors. everytime the key fob button is pressed, a new code is set. so, even if a criminal, with sophisticated scanning equipment, detects and steals the code, it does them no good

because the code changes with every push of the button. >> shown this video to experts in the field. and everybody right now is -- they don't know what it is. >> it is this hand-held device. the crime, i find, has been seen internationally. this netherlands based security web site discusses rolly codes being thwarted. but on this site no one knows how. a search news abc news archives finds of similar incidents in chicago in august 2012. michael shen's home surveillance system catches the thief in action. >> he walks by the car, the dome light goes on. >> the bay area is not immune to this type of crime. a similar series of car burglaries were reported in oakland in early 2011. a couple of months later another series of burglaries of this time in palo alto.

so, the southern california burglaries are not the first. but they are the most notorious. >> in long beach, they're stuck. they have no idea what is going on. here in san francisco's mission district? they do. >> cars are mobile computer networks now. engine talks to yours to talks to your dashboard, talks to the rear lights in the back. everything is a huge network. eight has gone high-tech, including your vehicles. >> were these cars hacked? >> well in a literal term, yes. the cars were hacked. >> professional hacker and automobile trip knew says separating the cars that were hacked from those that weren't will allow me to figure out which locks have the vulnerability. >> jeeps, mazdas, one was a bmw. and the victims, when we talked to them, told us they were positive they locked their car

do urilnce video of the long beach thieves showed they were unable to unlock a ford escape and cadillac. so we asked automakers for the names of the company that provide their locks. they won't tell us. they insist the ball is in their court. >> the vehicle manufacturers can figure this out. it's like, they're going the at all the cars that did get broken into versus the one that didn't and say say, what's the piece of hardware in common? this is the thing they broke. >> i believe i found the supplier of the locks that have been hacked but without cooperation of the car manufacturers i cannot be certain so i'm passing this report along to long beach police and i'll let them take it from here. now, the takeaway for you is to never leave anything of value in your car until this is solved. these thieves weren't looking through car windows for items. they were simply opening the doors that unlocked. i'm michael finney, seven on your side.

>> tomorrow on abc7 news at 11:00, "7 on your side"'s michael finney will be looking at the online puzzles. >> a big treat for star gazers. you can see the planet saturn in the center of your screen. it will be visible to the naked eye and at it's closest point to earth than in years. and let's get to leigh glaser. ,. >> leigh: going to be competing with the bright moonlight. we have mainly clear sky across the bay area. live doctor he 7hd right now, all clear now, not picking up any returns at all. if you're doing some traveling tomorrow, the mid-section of the country looks okay. dallas 8 4. check out the east coast, from new york to washington, dc, atlanta, even new orleans, expect something isolated showers and thunderstorms.

atlanta, 70. boston tomorrow, 64. 79 for minneapolis. and bring it towards the west, los angeles tomorrow, 80. the low clouds and fog right near the coast here. should start to peel back. monterey today, you high was 56. warm up to 62 tomorrow. sacramento, 93. yosemite, 82. get ready for a modest warmup for the bay area, especially tuesday, wednesday. check out this. high pressure builds in by tuesday and wednesday, offshore winds develop and temperatures mid-land, back into the mid-90s by close thursday, closo 70-degreeness the beaches on thursday, and then we'll start to cool things down next friday and saturday. but enjoy the heat. >> going to be nice. thank you. mike shumann is here. >> mike: warriors hoping to coue tomorrow night. steph curry gets all the

attention but andrew bogut has changed the

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steph curry has gotten most of the attention but andrew bogut has changed the game plan. his physical play has opened the door for the rest of his teammates. he can also score, but he won't take grief from anyone. >> gives us a different look. screens, attacks the rim. playing with force. being physical. it's the style. >> intensity. getting physical during games. that's basketball. >> mike: sharks in the final regular season game in l.a. with the loss start the postseason in vancouver and the

king goes to st. louis. kings and sharks don't like each other. can you tell? second period. clifford gets the kings on the board first. shot pops up in the air. he knocks in his own rebound. kings up 1-0. sharks answer 49 second later, couture, through two defendants for the 21st goal of the year. tied at one. the kings regain the lead. the shot deflected off shepard. 2-1 l.a. then tanner to richardson behind the night. williams, 3-2 kings. the sharks start in vancouver, the kings in st. louis. >> the giants can't get out of their own way they've lost four straight with the extra inning afar in san diego and hey hope to prevent a sweep tomorrow by the padres. it's coming back, trust me. crawford, shorten his swing during the offseen and it's working. a three-one shot. his fifth of the year.

3 or g-men. now 5-giants but the padres tag barry zito with six. hunter pence, gives them the lead in the fifth. the triple. buster posey scores from first. padres tie it in the seventh. blanks brings home headley. now it's 7-7. to extras. bottom 12. padres, man on third, nick hundley rips one to second and scutaro boots it. won't see that often. parts hand the giants their fourth straight loss. >> oakland honoring the 1973 world championship te recommendi recommendingy jackson, mr. october, throwing out the first pitch. with man on first, nick markakis ties the game. one swing of the bat. next batter, a's sal balancedo looking on. jones, back-to-back jacks.

a's got no offensive help. edlowrie, bases loaded. game-ending double play. reinforcements tomorrow, cespedes returns from the delaware. >> as a team we're putting too n much pressure on muchves and have to regroup and focus on what makes us good, and what makes us good is playing loose and not pressing and having fun. >> mike: nba action today. oklahoma city facing houston without russell westbrook who had knee surgery. but no worry, durant doing fine without russell. 17 points in the first quarter. 41 in the game. okc with a 3-0 series lead now, winning easily, 104-101 your final. >> a threeover time affair, nets and bulls.

bulls up two. thinking victory. joe johnson says not so fast. tied with a runner at the buzzer. in the third o.t. mohammad lays it in. chicago takes the 3-1 series lead, 142-134 the final. >> saber cats in new orleans facing the voodoo. second quarter, new orleans quarterback, the nine-yard dart. a little fan frenzy. but 312 yards passing, saber cats win big, 57-38 the final. >> san jose state womenwomen win the wac championship for the first time. congratulations to the lady spartans. >> that's it for this edition of

abc7 news. we see again tomorrow. have a great night. we'll leave you with a live look outside.

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