>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. a desperate cry for help. a state lawmaker is renewing a push for the c.h.p. to step in and assist san jose police dealing with rising violent crime in the city. good morning, everyone. >> the san jose police chief is saying "thanks but no thanks" despite recording five homicides in the final week of may. abc7 news reporter matt keller is at police headquarters. >> this is the speaker pro tempore's letter to the police chief urging him to ask c.h.p. for help patrolling the city. >> the most recent crime wave

sparked an old debate: the speaker pro tempore wrote another letter to the police chief urging him to ask the c.h.p. to help patrol the city. she wrote that she is concerned the five homicides last week is just the beginning of what could be the most violent summer in years. her brother and san jose city council member think police chief should ask for the help in light of the recent violence. >> it is strapping our police department. we put all resources to the incidences, and it leaves other parts of the city vulnerable so when we have a department that is less than a thousand officers when we are budgeted for 1,100, we want to make sure that all areas of the city are covered. >> the speaker pro tempore wrote a similar letter last summer after a bad stretch of violence saying the mayor and the chief rebuffed the officer insisting they had crime under control only for san jose to reach a 20-year high in homicides.

the police spokesman said they currently have no immediate plans to reach out to other law enforcement agencies to assistance. he says the department has enough resources to combat the crime problem and points to the arrests over the weekend of gang members in a rival neighborhood carrying a stolen gun. >> with our staffing restraints we have the capability to have 40 to 50 officers on the street, high caliber, highly trained gang suppression officers that worked criminal street gangs with experience. >> the mayor feels the decision on whether to accept the c.h.p. help is an operational issue and is leaving it up to the police chief whether he wants to accept it. >> a man is dead and two hospitalized after someone fired into their van in oakland minutes after the shooting, then, the van crash into a power pole and the driver died from

gunshot wounds and a man and woman in the epa were also shot and wounded. power was knocked out to 700 pg&e customers and all but 20 got their power back. pg&e says the rest should be restored this afternoon. >> palo alto police will release a sketch today of a man wanted for attacking a jogger on the preserve trail. the woman says the man groped her on the trail sunday morning and she fought him off as two bicyclists came to her aide. >> opening statements are underway in the trial of a second man accused in a gang rape of a 16-year-old richmond high school girl. the prosecution says witnesses will testify they saw the 22 -year-old defendant sexual assault the victim and his d.n.a. was found at the crime scene. the girl was severely wheaten and robbed outside the homecoming dance. six men and teenagers were arrested but up to 20 watched and did nothing. the defendant is on trial with a

20-year-old whose attorney said that dan evidence was comp mid by police walking through the crime scene and windy conditions. >> happening now in the east bay authorities are looking for a missing woman, the alameda sheriff has issued a silver alert for 77-year-old woman who has amounted to alzheimer's disease and no one has seen her since yesterday morning. she is driving camry with 5aua431 license plate. >> oakland police headquarters is closed to the public today because of severe flooding with a broken toilet leading an inch of water on the third floor which seeped down to the first and second floors knocking out lights and causing puddles. employees are working around the mess while crews make repairs. no word how much repairs will cost. >> in afternoon, with the stroke of a pen the city of alameda

will take control of hundreds of acres that have been after for a decade. what is the plan for the old air station? abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more on the base. >> how about 9,000 jobs and 1,400 homes? right new you look out he and you can see a lot of neglect but the city of alameda sees a lost potential. >> we are excited the it has been a long-term going and a big milestone for us and we can develop the rot with shovel in the ground. >> the spot where the old run down build education sit will be transformed into a new community, you will see condos, houses, retail shops, and restaurants. 510 acres that used to be the naval air station now belong to the city of alameda and the city has big dreams. >> the city lost over 14,000 jobs when the base closed and one of our big goals is to attract jobs here so we have

plans over 9,000 jobs in stroam office development so it is a big component of the project. >> this is a free transfer from the navy in part to compensate for the lost jobs. the base closed in 1993 but it has taken a while to reach this day switching ownership. >> 20 years we have been working, the navy has been working on cleaning up the property, spending millions on clean up, we have worked with the navy to make this transfer happen and the community has been putting their vision in place so it has been a lot of work. we are glad we are finally going to receive the properties. >> right new, you are looking at area they have designated for commercial use, about 5.5 million square feet. i asked what it looks like? like big box stores and she said no, research and development companies, maybe a company that has overground its campus and looking to relocate. call alameda, think of alameda, that is what they want out here.

they say it will take time to rebuild all of this and you will see shovels in the ground at the end of 2015 or maybe in 2016. thanks. new this morning, two south bay cities are competing over netflix, last night los gatos gave the company the green light to build 485,000 square foot campus near highway 85 but the site is less than the 550,000 square feet they wanted. now, a san jose councilman made a competing proposal asking a choice for build site elsewhere, and netflix will know in a few days whether to move forward at the los gatos site. >> santa clara has a special election to replace disgraced county supervisor who resigned in march and will be sentenced on friday on charges involving the misuse of campaign and taxpayer funds. officials are expecting low voter turnout and a only run off

for the district two seat. polls are open until 8:00 tonight. >> happening now, the most powerful men in the pentagon are on the hotseat over the rice number of sexual assaults in the military. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is in the news room. >> lawmakers have several ideas how to deal with an epidemic of sexual assault considering seven bills one taking away authorities from the commanders, and the top brass say it will not work. >> they agree that sexual assault in the military cannot be tolerated. >> the problem of sexual assault is such scope and magnitude it has become a stain on the military. >> creams of sexual harassment cut to the core of what i care most about, the health and welfare of american sons and daughters. >> the crimes are happening, a pentagon report found there are up to 26,000 sexual assault cases in the military last year

up from 19,000 the year before. senators say victims are hesitant to report assaults because they don't trust the commanding officers will do anything or they fear retaliation. >> we are acting swiftly and deliberately to change a climate that has become come placent. >> proposed fix from congress would prevent commanding officers from deciding which crime should go to trial. military leaders are opposed. >> commanding officers never delegate responsibility. they should never be forced to delegate their authority. >> a majority of the seats in the senate armed services committee are held by women and in fact new york senator introduced the bill that would change the chain of command. >> you do not have good order and discipline, you have arguably 26,000 attempts either unwanted sexual attempts, assaults or rape. that does not define by any your definition as stated today, good discipline. >> no victims are testifying today but senators will be given a written account of a soldier

who says she was raped and forced to keep quiet about it. >> ahead, boulders on the highway and a rock slide liters the highway 101 overnight. >> the silicon valley start-up being sued by

>> new this morning an s.u.v.

plows into a home in the san francisco bayview district shortly before 5:30 this morning. he was awakened, david was, by the crash. >> i felt my bed move and i thought it was an earthquake and i ran downstairs and there was a lady if my house. she was trying to start the car. she said she was going to portrero hills. the driver was acting like nothing ever happened and he got her a blanket and waited with her until police arrived. the tow truck removed the s.u.v. and the home owner plans to stay somewhere else until repairs are completed. >> all lanes of southbound 101 in sausalito are open again after a rock slide that happened south of rodeo avenue coming down around 2:15 shutting down several lanes. the lanes reopened before 4:00 a.m. and a woman hit the boulders with her car and suffered minor injuries but it was a scary situation.

>> i could not see. i could not see. this is the second rock slide in recent months. in march, rock slides came down in the early morning hours and three cars were damaged. >> the city of san francisco is suing a start-up saying the company is dodging fees at san francisco international airport. the flight car allows air travelers to rent out vehicles while they are gone rather than pay for an airport packing at sfo. our media partner reports that san francisco wants flight car to give airport a cut of their profits and follow certain rules. flight car says it is exempt because they are not a traditional rent am car company. >> our meteorologist is straight ahead with the forecast. >> we have sunshine breaking through the cloud deck and arrival delays are over but you can see the clouds are stubborn

along the golden gate bridge and we will talk how were cooler the next few days will be and the warming trend for the weekend. >> more fallout over a hepatitis a outbreak. >> study that could have you

>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> there is now a recall underway for the frozen berry mix linked to an outbreak of hepatitis a. two people in the bay area got sick. the food and drug administration announced today that the company from oregon is recalling the frozen organic blend with bags of the fruit sold at costco which pulled the product off their shelves. the berry us linked to 34 help tight a illnesses in five states including a 62-year-old from east contra costa county would has been released from the hospital. >> going green could load to a longer and healthy life according to a new study in the journal of the american medical association, vegetarians live longer than meat eaters.

researchers studied 73,000 members for six year from a church that promotes vegetarian diet. they experienced 12 percent fewer deaths in that period of the study, and were 19 percent less likely to die usually in the period of the study than meat eaters and a possible reason is that vegetarian diets tend to be consuming higher in fiber and lower in fat. you cannot cheat death altogether, so... >> no, i will have my steak. >> is it grilling weather? >> it is especially this week. >> boy, yes, maybe as hot outside to throw the steak on the ground. >> we have done that experiment, the fried egg on the sidewalk or see how quickly it cooks in the 130-degree car temperatures

which will soar this week so please be careful. do not leave anyone in a locked car. >> we will talk about graduation, we have a graduation today in san jose and abraham lincoln high school, the lions, graduating seniors today, 3:00 is when it starts so i thought you would get this half an hour early, and at 2:30, 76, and you will take pictures after, and all your friends and your family and at 4:30, it will be beautiful sunshine, mild, mid-70's for you, congratulations. live doppler 7 hd shows very dry out there, we still have winds, the kayak step we ran of the kid with trouble in the kayak on the bay yesterday afternoon, same conditions this afternoon from 1:00 o'clock to 9:00, western winds at 15- to 25-knots and fastest at the golden gate. here is the rapid decrease in cloud cover, and the north bay, you can see it is every frame every 15 seconds going away and more stubborn around the bay,

but walnut creek at 680, southbound, into the san a moment valley, you can see sunshine and it is taking only an hour, maybe two hours in some areas so with the slow sunshine we keep temperatures at average or below slightly. cloudy tonight and dangerous heat on the way for friday and saturday. here is how the roof camera looks, plenty of cloud cover around the bay and temperatures are close to yesterday if not cooler especially around the bay where we taking longer to see the sunshine. now the temperatures, specifically 72 in milpitas, cupertino and san jose at 75. possible up to 78 in los gatos. only 65 in santa cruz. a lot of cloud cover there. millbrae and san mateo, you have the breeze and the sunshine mid-to-upper 60's. less of a breeze and low 70's for the rest the peninsula. headed in los altos, 73. we will get to 60 at half moon bay. daly city is 58. on the bay side, low do mid-60's

in downtown, and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay and temperatures at your beaches upper 50's, mid-to-upper 60's from the bay more and further to the south and to the east castro valley and fremont and hercules, possibly 70 degrees. and up to 80 in the east bay valley which will be nice compared to friday and saturday when we are 20 to 25 degrees warmer. two games with the blue jays at at&t park at 7:15, 59 degrees and cooling to 56. throw mid-50's, another nice night over mostly overcast conditions. and livermore, a look at for san jose, 90 and 91 and three days of 90's degree temperatures and we could get two, back-to-back and the seven-day forecast,

shows small steps tomorrow and the sun will be a couple of degrees warmer and 5- to 10-degrees on thursday and we jump another 5- to 10-degrees on friday and heat peaks on saturday, 8:00 touching 100, and cooling breeze on sunday and more existable level on monday. abc7 news has another great weather resource follow live doppler 7 hd on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions rain or shine including power outage information and weather tweets. >> you can even tweet pictures. >> this weekend, many students will go to the prom and last night, jimmy kimmel took advantage of the timing to dig up a copy of president obama's prom photo. >> this was published in time magazine, president obama's prom photos and there he is. with a friend. and their date. the girls in kenya are very good

looking. obama is 17 years old. notice he is the only one not holding champagne. that is called plausible deniability. >> jimmy kimmel airs right here at 11:35 following abc7 news at 11. still ahead, milely cyrus make a series of stops all over silico

>> coming up at 3:00 on "katie" escaping extreme religion and drama, a sundayed? >> and yesterday milely cyrus was on the couch with the crew and then stopped by facebook in menlo park and posed for this picture. >> she hit up twitter with a live chat with fans and answered

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