it's a very primal existence and it's very fun in that regard. >> he's not kidding when he says forging for food. on their first hike sdsh -- >> everything is wet. >> reporter: the brothers can't even light a fire because of a downpour. they only have two boxes of matches for the entire trip. >> getting a hot meal is the number one priority right now. >> if we don't get this fire going we'll be going hungry. >> the two were left eating uncooked rice and beans. >> not the tastiest meal i've ever had, but there's ral rees in it. -- calories in it. >> reporter: you're basically lost, that's extremely frustrating. you're wet, you're cold. you don't know where you're going. >> reporter: and at the end of the challenges, there is no prize. >> so i guess a lot of people might be watching this show and say why do this? why go through all this? >> reporter: the easy answer is it puts yourself in a situation where you can really test

yourself. see how you react when the rubber really hits the road and i love that. it's an opportunity, and you have to look at adversity as an opportunity and find your way out. >> reporter: an amazing journey if you can make it. >> thank you. "ultimate survival alaska" airs sundays on the national geographic channel. and we hope you have a much more relaxing weekend than that. and we do thank you for watching abc news. good night, america.

do you recognize this guy? well police hope you do. police say he is responsible for a violent carjacking that began at this denny's where he was captured on surveillance video. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. 2* all happened at the denny's at blossom hill road. the victim managed to jump out of the moving car. sergio is live in san jose for the latest on the hunt for the carjacker. sergio? >> reporter: police are hoping surveillance pictures will catch this man. that's because just before the carjacking he walked into the denny's and security camerass inside got some really good images of him. these are photos of the man police say attacked a customer as she arrived at the denny's restaurant at 4:30 this morning. >> runs up to her driver's side door and forces his way into the car and pushes her into the passenger seat basically flees which is a carjacking. >> reporter: the man sped down sanchez drive, but the victim

our.ed out of the car at 40 she was pretty banged up. >> road rash from hitting the ground and rolling. these are significant injuries, and you can imagine the emotional fear and the damage that was done in addition to the physical damage. >> reporter: she made it back to denny's and called police. one regular customer of the restaurant tells us he is surprised to hear that this happened. >> my son has walked from here to oak ridge all the time. they cut through here all the time. that's quite alarming to me. >> reporter: police say the man ditched the victim's vehicle in the neighborhood. the suspect is described as about 18 to 25 years old standing about 5 feet seven inches and weighing about 150 pounds. anyone who knows this man should call san jose police. in san jose, sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> new details at 11:00. we now know the names of two men shot to death on 880 in downtown oakland. relatives provided us this picture of terrance marx and christopher deardon taken

hours before they died. he owns season tickets and took marx as his guest. several bullets struck the porsche. investigators believe they were targeted. detectives want to know if something at the game perhapsge. triggered this shooting. they are reviewing surveillance footage from oracle arena and 880 as well. developing news out of connecticut where 60 people have now been taken to the hospital following a collision between two commuter trains. a train bound for morning derailed during rush hour and hit another train on the opposite track. the side of one train was shredded. >> all of a sudden we heard boom and then we saw smoke everywhere . i was just focusing on my kids, hugging them and embracing them. >> i have seen people flew all over the place. i almost flew over the seat, but i held on. >> the crash happened near fairfield about 60 miles outside new york. the track sustained major

damage. in fact, all rail traffic between new york and connecticut has been suspended and amtrak has stopped service between new york and boston indefinitely. an explosion rocked the neighborhood in san jose earlier this evening. sky 7hd was overhead as the bomb squad blew up a grenade. there it goes just before 6:00. a woman told police she found it in her garage on clover crest drive. officers evacuated a few nearby homes as a precaution. bomb experts were not certain if the grenade was actually live, but they didn't want to take any chances. they destroyed it just in case. flames raced through the mountains near los angeles this afternoon. firefighters battled the wildfire from the water and the air after it broke out tay -- castaic lake. it burned hundreds of acres and it came within 100 yards of the school, but the school was not in danger because dry brush was cleared to create a defensible space there. and sky heavy hd was above

park boulevard and eerie boulevard to clear a huge tree that had fallen. ththe middle of rush hour. traffic was stopped as the tree was cut into manageable pieces and hauled away. no injuries were reported. tens of thousands of trees are on the chopping block in the east bay, but they have one final chance to speak out about the project that will 80,000 trees0,000 trees from the east bay hills. alan wang has this story. >> reporter: in one year this es young eucalyptus tree can grow four to six feet. they have taken over the east bay hills and now uc berkeley, oakland and the east bay regional park have a plan to remove about 80,000 nonnative trees. >> the you eucalyptus can -- the eucalyptus has a compound in their leaves and their bark is known as candle bark because it ignites. >> oakland and the east bay regional parks want to thin out the trees. >> the fire risk program removes the under story.

that to us is ideal. >> but uc berkeley wants to remove most of its 22,000 eucalyptus trees and restore native species like they did in the clairemont canyon. >> these are lower trees. they don't have the same bark characteristics. they put far less litter out per acre per year in terms of ground fuels. >> but opponents believe the native species are a greater fire threat. >> and because all of these trees have foliage at ground level, they are ideal for propogating a fire. >> reporter: they are providing the money to cut down the trees and a final public meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at clairemont middle school in oakland at 10:00 a.m. in the east bay, alan wang, abc7 news. tonight the port of oakland suspended operations for 24 hours to investigate the death of a longshoreman there. the unidentified employee died when his white pick up truck

plunged into the san francisco bay this afternoon. the man who worked at the port for 50 years was helping direct the placement of containers when this accident happened. a southern california woman has been charged with bill -- bilking an 85-year-old man us out of his life savings. gina mitchell was arrested at a sting operation at a san jose hotel. they call her a sweetheart scammer. she tricked him into marying her and pretended to need money to renovate two hotels. turns out the hotels did not exist. a record powerball jackpot drawing. grab $600 million and growing of the along with your dreams of fabulous wealth there are things to consider before plunking down your $2 for a ticket. ama is live in millbrae where sales are strong. hi, ama. >> hi, carolyn. this ridiculously yet marvelously large number has a lot of people going to their local corner store to buy a

powerball ticket. what to do if you win all this money this i spoke to a financial planner who has some advice. inside liquor land on el caw 19mow and millbrae -- el camino and millbrae people are playing powerball in hopes of winning the jackpot. >> i have family in third worldies. >> reporter: before you are dishing ouyo dough, financial advisor br it is eacarefully. it is make mistakes and wiebd up -- and wind up broke. >> you would have all of the money you would ever need in your lifetime and you would be in a position to give a good part of it away. >> reporter: before you can win the money though, you have to spend the money, $2 for your ticket. a price many are happy to pay. >> they say you can't win if you don't play. i'm playing. >> reporter: this dreamer wasn't planning on playing until i mentioned that magic nine-digit number. >> not until you say you guys and i thought tomorrow is the big jackpot. maybe i will get lucky. >> then there is the tempting

office pool. >> me and my family do a pool and my co-worker does a pool and i get my own. >> craig says to have fun, but responsible about it. >> just make sure everybody is listed and social security numbers and so forth and who is actually in that pool. sometimes it gets contentious as to legal fights with who won. >> and make sure the ticket buyer is trustworthy and all of the money is going to buy tickets. ama dates, abc7 news. >> follow us on twitter to get the winning numbers the moment they are drawn. and you can sign up for push alerts at abc7news.com or tablet with those winning numbers. tell us about your lottery dreams at facebook.com/abc7 news. >> we have them around here. >> and a reputable person managing it for us. more to come here tonight. the door knock burglary, the bay area's new crime wave.

what is the real reasons people's homes are getting broken into? vic lee investigates. >> and facebook's new friends. the squaters who moved on to the company's menlo park campus. >> and surprise reunion. the impossible and improbable get together made possible by a dream and a promise. >> i'm meteorologist sand yaw patel. sand jaw patel. sandhya patel. we will tell you how much rain will fall in your

there has been a huge spike in home burglaries and

other property crimes around the bay area. why? police say it is largely because so many inmates are being released into our communities because of overcroweded state prisons. abc7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> in the bay area there is one property crime every four minutes. cell phone robberies are becoming an epidemic even on muni. this security camera video may be old, but police say the mo is still the same and just as quick. the most troubling of all, the big spike in home burglaries. this security camera captured a woman with an infant knocking on the door. when no one answered two other burglars tried to pry open the sliding glass door. the san mateo police chief is president of the peninsula police chiefs and sheriffs association. >> all five of the bay area peninsula county and san francisco and santa clara and alameda and marin county contributed to a 23% jump in

the last quarter alone in burglaries. that's huge. >> my sense is why that's why many of you are here to hear about burglaries. >> reporter: community meetings are sprodding up all over. this one held in san carlos was packed with homeowners. many in-law enforcement believe reuh mine meant may be a likely cause. in of 2011, the state tried to reduce over crowding in state prisons and thousands of nonviolent and low risk felons were released to county jails. a move that ultimately resulted and many being released early. yesterday the state released its own report that showed a slight decrease in arrests among prisoners who have been released. but the report only tracked them for the first six months of the program that started a year and a half ago. >> let's get some data so we know w about. about. >> reporter: no studies have been made on the impact alignment on the crime. there are a lot of troubling connections.

san mateo county district attorney steve wagstaff says during the first three months during realignment started property crimes began increasing. the county task forces like this one are monitoring how realignment is going. the state prisoners who were transferred to counties are supposed to be nonviolent and low risk. he says that's not true. >> i am only speaking to san mateo county now. there is a 50 t 75% that are higher risk offenders. >> she describes the discrepancy. >> they are released based on their last conviction offense. if you go back there will be some sort of violence or somebody that got caught dealing drugs with a weapon and they plea away the weapons charge. >> antioch police are tracking some 80 realignment prisoners who got early releases to their city. they say some were responsible for murders and officer

involved shootings. here are some other examples of low risk realignment transferses. this one has carjacking, assault on an officer and a gun charge on his rap sheet. he was previously arrested for robbery, carjacking and has a gun charge. on his record attempted murder, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon. san mateo police routinely ask why realignment prisoners prisoners are committing property crimes. >> they have all realized that there is much less of a punishment and much lighter sentence for property crimes. >> like home burglaries. vic lee, abc7 news. >> here is the tip from san mateo police. let people know if you are home if people come knocking on the doors. they look for and are -- and prefer unoccupied homes. some young foxes have taken up residents at facebook headquarters in menlo park. here is a look at some cell

phone video of the kids sunning themselves and playing a game of tag. since they are at facebook, the foxes have their own facebook page. the company's facilities team contacted wildlife services to make sure these adorable foxes are protected. >> and they are tacking on likes like there is no tomorrow. >> and loving the sun. let's talk about the weather forecast which is warming up this weekend. >> there will be plenty of sun for the foxes and for you out there as you look at this view. a lovely sunset tonight. have i to thank our transmission control. he helped us put this beautiful shot together. you can see a few clouds. let's check out live doppler 7hd and i will show you what it looks like. we do have some patchy clouds out there, but really no fog to speak of. we are expecting limited cloud cover tonight. from our high definition explore for yum camera you can see the flags blowing. it is breezy and 53 degrees. 56 in oakland and 55 in mountain view.

pretty much everyone in the 50s and san jose 53 degrees. the view from the high definition camera showing a bouncy camera and it is still breezy. look for partly cloudy skies overnight and warming begins tomorrow. even warmer weather is coming for sunday and monday. get ready for above normal temperatures in some areas. this will bring an area of high pressure. it will kee a dry pattern, warmer days this weekend, and we will continue to see the temperatures coming up until next week when they start to go down. here is the temperature trend for san jose, 74 and getting into the low 80s sunday, monday you can really see them dropping into the low 70s and 69 in san jose for thursday. the cool down is coming, but initially it is a warm up in time for your weekend plans. if you have early plans it will be a cool start. upper 40s and north lay valleys and along the coastline santa cruz and most other areas in the low 50s. you can see some areas of low

clouds first thing tomorrow morning. that's your wake up weather. high of and sa 74 and santa cru8 los gatos. mild day on the peninsula. 60 degrees in pacifica. and another breezy afternoon, same thing in daly city. north bay, 79 in santa rosa, 76 sausalito. starting out with patchy clouds, but sunny by the 73 castro valley. inland communities are warming back up to where you should be this time of year. 80 in fairfield. walnut creek, 76 for san ramon. sunday is the beta breakers race. a big day. as you go to check it out or are taking part, school start and temperatures in the mid50s. 2 starts to warm up by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, upper 50s to mid60s. mild and breezy by 1:00 p.m.

great looking weather for the race and great looking weather for any outdoor plans. upper 80s inland and low 60s coast. the temperatures hold before we start to see a cool down. more cloud cover, only in the 70s in the warmest valleys by thursday and friday. carolyn, dan? >> thanks so much. well, the giants. sorry, larry. >> that's what bruce bochy was thinking. okay, here we go. this is a night madison bumgarner would like to

coors field, it is the place that pitchers go to die. the giants gave madison bumgardner a lead, and then it evaporated into the thin mile high air. three hours and 45 minutes of fun, fun, fun unless you are madison bum bumgarner. nine runs. in a game with 19 runs we show defense because dexter foul leer robs pagan to protect a 10-8 lead in the seventh. buster posey and loving that thin mountain air. he crushed his 6th of the year and it is a 10-9 year. bettencourt strikes out the side and blowing ought way blanco. giants with four errors and fall 10-9. the opposite with the a's and royals. he gets ready to work and 2 and 5 coming into thisame

but bringing it. five strikeouts and no decisions. in the seventh and james shields with 15 consecutive scoreless innings at the coliseum. that streak is over. josh donaldson with his 6th of the year. and it is adam row sal less. he got all of this. a solo bomb and 2-1 athletics. and that is your final. slow down, slow down. you can jog now. the season ended last night for the warriors, but in their minds, this is just the beginning toward the ultimate goal of winning an nba championship. steph curry turned into a real star this season if they could all stay healthy and that is a big if given the struggles of andrew bogit. this team should be in the playoffs the next several years. and that means they will not be sneaking up on anybody like they did this year. >> next season most teams will look at us and try to beat us. >> obviously it takes a lot of

things going right for anybody to win a championship. but i feel like we have the pieces to do it. >> the sharks have an uphill climb in their playoff series with l.a. they blew the lead allowing two goals in a 22-second span in the final minutes as the kings came back to win game two of their playoff series 4-3. the sharks, they are a veteran group. they have been in this situation and know they have a chance to claw back, but they have to win game three in the tank. >> we have been in these situations before, and we have overcome some adversity.ere there weren't many lips hanging today and that's not always the case. the guys are excited to get back out there and play. >> gotta win. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. as the players were cleaning out their lockers the warriors were asked you think you will be healthy. can you play a whole season? yes unless i get hit by a bus or something. and all of the warring keep thi

are thinking keep this guy away from buses, please. >> really. >> we naed him. >> they had a great season. it was fun. >> a great run. up next, the heartwarming story of a marine and his dog. >> and a

a look at your wake up weather, you will need to bundle up. temperatures in the 40s and 50s at 5:00 a.m. and up to the 60s at 8:00 a.m. cool morning and light wind,

breezy by the afternoon. lisa argen is here at 5:00 a.m. carolyn, dan? >> terrific, thank you very much. a under withful surprise -- a wonderful surprise for the u.s. marine. >> he worked in afghanistan for 150 missions with a bomb-sniffing yellow lab called kasey. >> he loved her so much and had her image tattooed on his right forearm. >> when he went to work in afghanistan the dog went to work for the fire marshall's office. today they were reunited in a ceremony at the iowa capital. >> check out that tail. it never stopped waging. >> that breed is that excited and happy. >> it bonds so nicely with an owner. >> they are bonded. that's this edition of abc7 news. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. we will start tomorrow morning at 5:00.

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